Wonderful!! Got some action going.... Milosmom, my ears stay up for Christmas. I just LOVE Christmas..You be careful, sounds like you have a good man. I didn't see the pic. Always make room for more Christmas. LOL Make the best of two worlds, Lots more to decorate, the more the merrier. LOL An hour is not far if you "need" Christmas. HA HA Seasonaldecorating, I have two new, to me, 15ft trees, that I plan to put up this year. One will be all white like I had last year. And the other one is going to be old traditional, like when I was growing up. Kath, I understand, not everyone is ready. Punk, I too buy all though the year for what ever occasion I may see cheap. Just bought an Easter rabbit and grass. Karen, you are always so sweet. Thank you for the permission, however I know I don't need another baby. Daddy and the ones I already have are a full time job. The twins are 15 months, and weigh 13 lbs. a piece. Big boys. Have some cute pics when I get time and can update my program to post. Jeanne, I guess I kind of skip over Halloween and go straight to fall. We don't have any little one to enjoy the fun. Luvs and Nana, I am so sorry you don't have a hobble lobby. Do you have the Christmas tree stores?? I don't. POUT POUT.. I sure hope I didn't leave anyone out, it was not intentional. Thank you all for your reply's.. Take Care everyone and happy decorating and shopping and looking!!! Try to stay cool, We are under a HEAT WARNING today, again. Take Care, Creek

What a great question, and one we all ask. Being thoroughly disappointed with any kind of "art" you can buy at local chain stores, I started finding prints I love from places you can find ANYTHING you like...like Art.com and FulcrumGallery.com. That's the great benefit in finding art that suits your style. However, I've had mixed results with framing. We recently moved into a new home and I had an entire house of blank walls. After finding just what I wanted at Art.com, I placed a very large order of framed art. I will say that all items, except one, arrived fine. However, it took me 6 weeks to finally get the last picture to arrive without damage (broken frame, smashed glass). It was getting ridiculous. A few months later, I got two more framed prints for my kitchen at Art.com. One was beautiful, the other had minor damage to the mat. It wasn't enough to send back, but I did write to them about their quality control. I never even got a reply or a "we're sorry." As for pricing, I only got my orders through Art.com when they did 50%, but even at that, it was expensive. I decided from then on, I'd just buy the prints online and take them to a local Hobby Lobby or Michaels for framing. I did just that with a huge print I had framed at Michaels for my husband's office. It turned out fantastic and I didn't have to worry about damage or computer monitor colors being off. Bottom line is, I didn't see much of a big price savings by having it framed online, versus my local hobby shops.

I sure wish there was one near me...the closest is about 65 miles, so I don't get there unless we happen to be going that way for some reason. However, I signed up, somehow, and they send me their weekly coupons and specials...so, you might look into that...it's nice to have them just 'arrive'. The one where I shop occasionally has some really nice fabrics...good quality, and a ton of supplies and batting...that's where I got the thinsulate for one of my daughter's quilts, which, according to her, is REALLY warm. She can only use it in the coldest of weather. I thought puffy looked good for a baby, too....the only other time I used this sort of batting was with the quilt I made for my husband's VW camper.....a VW quilt. It was a whole cloth quilt...black fabric covered with small, hippy-like VWs.... I just quilted around the VWs, and thought it would look better if they were puffy, as this was the only design feature of the quilt, other than the borders. He likes it, and gets lots of compliments on it from others, at VW campouts!

Thanks Sandra, We have one here and I love the coupons. they are down-sizing their fabric, but I can always manage to find something. Needles, and cutting blades are always a necessity. Carolyn