But Friendship is The Breathing Rose, With Sweets in Every Fold

A bevy of botanical beauty by the fleurific Ms. Megan:

AWWW! Shaving like daddy! I wonder if the almost 1 year old Ms. Pippa will do that too??!!

When You Look At A Cupcake, You've Got To Smile!

Here are sweet sentiments from the talented Ms. Jillian:

Be Glad of Life Because it Gives You The Chance To Love & To Work & To Play & To Look Up At The Stars

Gaze upon this playful delight by the incomparable Ms. Maija:

(Bad Scan! The Front is So Full and Fluffy!)

There is One Order of Beauty Which Seems Made to Turn Heads. It is A Beauty Like That of Kittens or Very Small Downy Ducks...

...Making Gentle Rippling Noises With Their Soft Bills, or Babies Just Beginning To Toddle.

Two beauties contributed by Saint Peggy the Magnifiscent:

She Discovered With Great Delight That One Does Not Love One's Chidlren Just Because They Are One's Children...

...But Because of The Friendship Formed While Raising Them.

Feast your eyes upon the beauty created from the heart of Shannon, Maddy and Maxx! These are 3 of the most important tags in this book because they are created by some of the people Ms. Barbara loves the very most in the entire universe!

I held it together until I saw the hand tracing of Maxx, the beautiful drawing from Maddy and the "Mommie" from Shannon on the back. Then I had a nice little blubbering slobber fest right there on the couch! These are going to mean so much to Barb and make this book SO AMAZING!! Thank you SHANNON!!!

Though We Travel The World Over To Find The Beautiful, We Must Carry it With Us Or We Find it Not

A true work of beauty from the exceptionally talented Ms. Mary! She wanted to make a tag that she felt followed the theme better, although I think her first one was JUST PERFECT TOO!

Knowing A Great Deal is Not The Same As Being Smart

Another delightful creation by the Sassyliscious Ms. Angie!

Remember, The Greatest Gift is Not Found in A Store, But in The Hearts of True Friends

Let's all remember our true friends as we gaze upon this beauty by the wonderful Rosalie!

I Celebrate Myself, And Sing Myself

Let's all celebrate the beauty of this tag by the charming Ms. Linda!

If Every Day is An Awakening, You Will Never Grow Old

All the pieces have obviously fallen into place in this tag by the delightfull Ms. Carol M!

I Was Happy in That Doll's House, I Was Happy As A Queen

A childhood delight by the young-at-heart Gina:

NOTE: The dolls and extra clothes (!) nestle inside of the pocket on the back! How cute!!

It May Be Hard For An Egg To Turn Into A Bird - It Would Be A Jolly Sight Harder To Fly While Remaining An Egg!

A sweet hatchling by our lovely Ms. Bonnie:

I Picked Her Because She Knew The Whole Alphabet

A Buttonrific piece by the talented Sanna:

Wish On Everything -- Pink Cars & Stars of Course, Birthday Candles, Baby Teeth"

The newest addition is a real beauty from sweet Laura:

My scanner really doesn't do any of these amazing tags justice!! This is going to be the coolest book in the world!!!

Shall I Never Get Any Older Than I Am Now? That'll Be A Comfort, One Way -- But Then -- Always To Have Lessons To Learn!

A whimsical delight from our own chapeu-rific Ms. Julie:

Brown Paper Packages Tied Up With String, These Are A Few of My Favorite Things

A delightful tag by our sweet Ms. Debby:

Some Day You Will Be Old Enough To Start Reading Fairy Tales Again

Two fantabulistic tags by our effervescent Ms. Jennifer R.D.:
(Sorry for blurry image!!)

Wherever We Go, Whatever We Do, We're Gonna Go Through it Together

A beautious piece by our delightful Ms. Christy:

(PLEASE EXCUSE the horrible scan! It's dimentional on the bottom, so it's hard to pick up the beauty of the image!)

Thank Heaven For Little Girls, They Grow Up in The Most Delightful Way

A heavenly tag by the delightful Ms. Kimberly:

Laughter is The Spark of The Soul

A fantabulous creation by the soulful Ms. Mary:


PLEASE NOTE: This tag is going to be offered along with a goody bag to one lucky participant!! Mary made a tag she liked better than this for Barb's wonderful book! :)

Every Artist Dips Her Brush Into Her Own Soul

A wonderfully affirming beauty by the adorable Cat:

Let Us Celebrate The Occasion With Wine And Sweet Words

A darling tag by the magnificent Sandee:

And a second one to delight us with as well: