Trying to Get Ahead of the Game~

Easter is coming fast~~

********************UPDATE********************

These Easter Fleur de Lis Towels are available in my Etsy shop!!
http://www.etsy.com/shop/seauxsouthern?ref=si_shop

I always seem to be running late on things so for the past few days I have been trying to get ahead of the game.

Easter is on the way and I have been stitching up a few Easter Fleur de Lis designs.

Here is what I have so far~~

I have a few more Fleur de Lis designs to stitch out

And here are a few more Easter designs I did last year

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.140916219314546.30832.101738366565665&type=3

Hippity Hoppity

Easter's on its way!!

Mardi Gras Kings

My new favorite thing~~

I love Mark Roberts fairies.

I got the sitting one a few years ago and was so excited when I found another "Mardi Gras" ish one a few weeks ago. I just got it in and I just love it! To bad their isn't a Queen one...

It was a great Super Bowl game last night! To bad about the lights~~

but the best tweet I read was "Benson will turn the lights back on for a second round pick"

I thought the commercials were really really good or really really bad!!

My favs were:

Budweiser

Dodge Ram

Audi

So glad the Ravens won the game but I think the biggest winner was the city of New Orleans!!

So now that the big game is over~~

~~on to the rest of Mardi Gras!!!

Mardi Gras is Going to the Dogs

Krewe de Paws of Olde Towne

Today was parade day for Sabrina & Gracie~~

And boy did they have a great time!!

Gracie ready for the parade

Sabrina is ready too!

There were all kinds of creatively decorated floats

Lots of dogs in costumes

Big dogs (these dogs look big even when sitting down ~ they were REALLY REALLY big when they stood up!!)

Little dogs (this had to be the smallest dog in the parade and oh so cute!!)

Our two dogs (who of course were the cutest dogs in the parade!!)

And here are a few pics of our float

Sabrina spent most of the parade hanging over the side of the float and barked at all the BIG dogs.

They both had a fun time and we did too.

This was our second year in the parade and it gets bigger and better every year!

One of the best things about this years parade was that Amanda Shaw was our Grand Marshal!!

This is the crown that Krewe de Paws gave to Amanda

LOVE IT!!!

This was done by  local artists

Cooper - Stratton Designs

Amanda was so sweet!

She and her dog Gator had a great time with us!

And here is one last pic of Sabrina & Gracie in their float

Can't wait till next year~~

Maybe one of our girls will be QUEEN~~

Mardi Gras Mambo

Down In New Orleans...

Mardi Gras time is in full swing! Parades, Mardi Gras Balls, Super Bowl, More Parades, More Mardi Gras Balls!! 

"Down in New Orleans where the blues was born. It

 takes a

 cool cat to blow a horn" Mardi Gras Mambo~The 

Hawketts

If y'all are going out to the parades~~ Have Fun & Be Safe!!

Mardi Gras Again

More Mardi Gras~~~

A few more Mardi Gras decorations that I will be putting out around my house~~

These are some "King Cake" treats that I got for my dog babies Sabrina & Gracie

Mardi Gras coasters

A couple of ornaments

(Not sure where these are going yet)

Mask on a stick

Vintage linen postcards that I got from Ebay

(Not sure what I'm gonna do with these but I thought they would be fun to have)

King & Queen prints

(These were just black & white so I colored them with Mardi Gras colors~I like them better this way)

King

Queen

 And here are a few of my favorite beads~~

Coffee & Beignets

Roses

Alligator Heads

Shrimp & Shrimp Boot

Seafood & Shrimp Boot

I have a few more items that I ordered. Waiting for them to come in & a few more things that I am making. Hopefully I will get that done tomorrow.

Sabrina & Gracie are gonna be in the Krewe de Paws parade again in a few weeks~~

Can't wait to show y'all pics of the parade!!

Oh Yea ~ It's Carnival Time!

Decorating for Mardi Gras!

My Mardi Gras Decorations are very minimal compared to my Christmas Decorations but it helps to brighten up the house once Christmas is all packed up and put away~

I was really hoping to get out today and shop for a few more Mardi Gras items but~~~IT'S ABOUT TO STORM HERE!!

Here are a few of the Mardi Gras decorations I have up right now.

My son was in the Perseus Parade in Slidell for 2 years.

This pic is from his second year~~It was a cold parade day!

This pic of my son & my niece was from the very first Mardi Gras parade that my son was in.

We use to have a neighborhood Mardi Gras parade and he was the King one year!

This pic is from the second parade he was in at his school. First graders got to decorated hats and march in the school parade.

Smaller round pic is from the first Perseus Parade and the bigger pic is when he and a few of his friends

went to see another friend when she was the reigning queen in one of the bigger Mardi Gras Krews. 

King & Queen Crowns

King Fairy

Mischief Doll

A few more Mardi Gras Decorations in the bookcase.

Tied Mardi Gras ribbon around my flameless candles.

A Mardi Gras Fleur de Lis painted by a local artist.

Here are the girls from last year's Krewe De Paws parade.

Sabrina~Ha! Can you tell I have a treat for her in my hand!

She had lots of fun!

And here is Gracie~enjoying the day!

It almost looks like she is dancing here!

I ordered some vintage Mardi Gras postcards from ebay. Not sure what I'm gonna do with them yet but

I thought it would be a fun thing to have!

I would love to pick up a few more Mardi Gras Decorations. Maybe a few more items by local artist~~

Do you decorate for Mardi Gras?

Which parades are your favorites?

Oh Yea It's Carnival Time and Everybody's Having Fun!!