Joyful Mantel!
Church in the Wildwood print, Rustic Candle Holder encircled with Cotton and Eucalyptus ring, Nativity Print (I'm sorry sold out!)and hanging galvanized tin JOY!
With God All Things are Possible!
Colorful Church in the Wildwood print! Scripture embossed wooden frame!
Christmas Mantel Arrangement
Mantel Reindeer, Pottery Pitcher, Tiny pine cone filled Glass Apothecary Jar, and Rustic Open Wooden Lantern are all great statement pieces for your Christmas or Year round Mantel!
Cookies for Santa!
Who's got their hand in the cookie jar! Santa and his sleigh ceramic cookie jar! Perfect to stash his cookies until the Night Before Christmas!
2018 Holiday Open House!
Unveiling Christmas and the Goodies!
Sip and See! Goodies everywhere!
Visiting with friends, sipping punch, nibbling cookies, and Christmas Shopping! Perfect Saturday!
So Many Ornaments!
Decisions, Decisions! Ornament parties, Ornament exchanges, Decorating our own trees!
Lots of Friends Meet Here!
Perfect chilly weather for Holiday shopping!
And They Won't Loose the Pieces!
Selecting Melissa & Doug Toys for the Littles!
Girly Girl!
Love my Baby Dolls and Purse!
I Pledge Allegiance!
A proud Cub Scout!
Reading Chair!
I love my touchy Animal books!
Holiday Open House 2013
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Vacation at the Beach!
10 Months Makes a Big Difference!
Hannah-Belle Reading
New Sister is almost one!
Big Brother holds Baby Hannah so gently! He is such a sweet Big Brother! All three older siblings love their new little sister!
Happy Thanksgiving!
Caroline, Mason Man, and Kate send you Thanksgiving Greetings!
Thanksgiving Fun!
M, K, & C display their Thanksgiving Turkey Thankfulness Banner!
Dogs in Action!
Cool Down!
Heee! Hawww!
Just a Little Mischief!
Just a Little More Dirt!
Kids at Work!
It's Not Too Hot Out Here!
Playing in the fort!
Makeup Artist!
Pawpaw helps C with her lipstick!
Love Me Some Pawpaw!
K loves her Pawpaw! "You're so funny Pawpaw!"
Mudhogging!
The Guys and their Wheels! Love that mucky yuky mud!
Springtime Walking Partner!
Thank You Mrs. Melanie!
Art Camp with Melanie Massey, her very first for Little Folks,was the highlight of C,M, & K 's Spring Break! Their Owls are displayed in each bedroom at home now!
Whoooo's Twitchy!
Movers and Shakers C,M,&K loved working on multi-media Owl "paintings" even more proud to show them!
Whoo! Whoo!
Caroline, Mason, & Kate showoff their owl pics that they created at their Art Camp a-la Melanie Massey!
Funny Bunny Cousins!
The Cousins Weekend at Dellas!
Cottonail Tea!
Sweetest Little Butterfly!
Cottontail Tea!
Where Friends Gather!
Cottontail Tea
Social Butterflies! Cynthia and Martha
Pride of Louisiana!
Our Pride of Louisiana pose in front of the Pride of Mobile Azaleas!
You Gotta Love One Another!
Yes we do Love our Brother!
You're Sisters and a Brother!
Gimme a Kiss Brother!
Family Christmas Photo 2011
Started out trying to document drought by low pond level, but it turned out to be a pretty background with the fall foliage still on display!
The Last Train Ride!
Mason, Kate, & Caroline enoyed their last ride on the mall train; it closed the next week. : (
Speedy!
Mason Man Speeds past the girls on his plasma car!
Basking in the Sun!
Kate watched the Market Center turtles sunning!
Prize from Market Visit!
C holds down Kate's purple elephant friend from her market visit!
I will call Him Jesus!
Kate plays the part of Mary in school Chapel Nativity play!
Let Us Adore Him!
School Play! Wiseman Mason presents his gift to the Baby Jesus and Mary, played by Kate!
Ready or NOT!
Nope! Not ready, no one!
Ready for Photo Shoot!
K & M practicing poses!
Christmas Card Photo Session 2011!
At the pond; won't do, dog in pic!
Pinterest!
Cheesy!
Girls Pose!
Ready!
Eager to start Christmas Card Photo Session! HA!
Leader of the Pack!
The Woods Await!
Pawpaw & C stop just for a minute!
Fall Front Door pic!
Sisters and Brother! You're sisters and a brother; you've got to love one another!...composed by Aunt Milna!
Fun to Paint!
C picks and mixes colors for her stick!
Stick Painter
M "details" his stick!
Stick Painting!
K paints details on her stick!
Silly Pawpaw!
Pawpaw demonstrates Apple Marshmallow teeth for K!
Tooth Fairy Pillows
Puppy and Kitty
Ready for the Tooth Fairy!
C and her tooth fairy cat are waiting for the Tooth Fairy with her new apple teeth!
Apple MarshmallowTeeth
The marshmallows are the best!
Ready to Ride!
J,M,K,C, and Paw Paw
Princess Peach Pageant
Greeting her peeps at the pageant!
Down the Slide!
And Missing a Tooth!
Hair Fluff!
Miracle! She wears a hair accessory!
Rangers Game!
Field of Flowers and Dreams!
Visit with Pop!
Pop always has treats!
High 5!
Aw Right!
Thanks for the suckers Pop!
A Man and His Dog!
Little Sprouts!
I wonder if Mason will grow lettuce in his hair?
Springtime Seed Planting!
A time to plant beans, lettuce and spinach!
A Holy Experience
Texas Grands Visit!
Bubbles on the porch! Need refreshment: Carpi Sun!
Puff! Puff! Puff!
Making more bubbles!
Spring Bubbles
C is amazed at her bubbles!
Loving the Bubbles!
I'll blow a few over here too!
Bunny Hutch Experts!
Working together to make our Bunny Hutch just right! Yes some of us stayed in our jammies all morning! Okay, all of us!
Careful Bunny Hutch Decorating!
I think we need to put one right here!
Bunny Hutch in Progress!
Caroline asking if she can eat the candy! :)
Bunny Hutch Roof Design!
The flowers should go on the top!
Ta-Da! Bunny Hutch Finished!
M & C admiring their work! " When can we eat it?"
Loving Our Bunny Hutch!
Good Job Kiddos!
Let's Nibble!
Mason & Caroline "Please, Mawmaw?"
It's Clean-Up Time! It's Clean-Up Time!
Humm? Where is everyone?
Easter Eggs!
Kate & Caroline decorating their eggs!
Easter Eggs
K & C decorating away!
Jelly Bean Cross
Mason putting his Jelly Bean Cross together!
Early Easter Cookies!
Bake, Frost, & Sprinkle! YUM!
Can we Eat Now?
Mason & Kate decorating! Notice our Hot Wheels Necklce; We made them in Disney Princess too!
Milk & Cookies!
We always need a little milk with our cookies!
Pizza Night!
Pizza Night with all four GRANDS!
Thumbs Up Pizza Night!
You know it's good when the Teen Grand says so!
Faith Forward
New line of custom door designs! Ready for your door!
Faith Forward
Ready for your April front door!
Jelly Bean Cross
Mason Man at work!
Memorable Gifts for Frillseekers of All Ages!
- Lusiana Traditions
- Downtown Choudrant, Louisiana
- You’re invited to sample charming Southern Hospitality at Lusiana Traditions where you will find Memorable gifts for frillseekers of all ages! The Parnell family has served the Lincoln Parish community and the Village of Choudrant for 54 years, 1959-2014! Browse a sampling of our gifts here on the web but for a real Lusiana Traditions experience visit our store in Downtown Choudrant, LA! Do drop in! You will find precious baby gifts, cool kids trinkets, terrific stuff for ‘tweenagers, fabulous jewelry, everyday ornaments for your home, and “Little Happies” to cheer your best friends. We’ll keep the gate open for you! See you soon! Miranda Parnell Lusiana Traditions Hwy 80 @ the Caution Light 318-768-2460
Last Chance Sale!
Bunnies in Many Colors!
coming soon!
Bunny time!
Easter Bunny Glass Platter
Here Comes Easter!
Coming Soon!
A Peep at Spring!
Chick and Egg cup
Spring Bunnies
Mr & Mrs. Bunny Sugar and Creamer
Bunnies Everywhere!
Flying Bunnies Pink & Blue
Easter's on It's Way!
Bunnies in teacups S&P
Porcelain Garden Bunnies
Bunnies deliver bath fizzie eggs!
Vintage Artichoke Pot
Architechtural decor or wonderful pot for Easter Sunday Church Floral arrangement
Vintage Silver Heart Pendant
Oxidized Silver Heart on Rolo Chain or Leather!
Whisper Bracelets
Gold Fleur de Lis Whisper Bracelet
Chocolate Tea Party!
Hot Chocolate & Marshmallows and Lemon Cakes UMMMMM! Especially the marshmallows!
Miss K
Yummy Marshmallows and Cocoa!
Miss C. Manners
Cocoa Party
Marshmallow Man!
Maybe it should be called a Marshmallow Party!
My Favorite Toy: Slice and Bake!
Wooden cookie set: Wooden cookies velcro to pan to "bake", then decorate frosting sticks on too! Fun for boys and girls!
Wooden Food for Play Kitchen!
Sticker Fun!
Assorted stickers for loads of creative fun! Stick to paper and decorate the scene!
Magnetic Dolls!
21st Century Paper Dolls! Wooden Doll has a stand and magnetic clothes! Fun!
Nina Ballerina Magnetic Doll
Happy Birthday Everyday!
Wooden Birthday Cake and Decorations!
Bags, Bags, & More Bags!
Cheap Tote! Stow all your shopping treasures, lunch, and water!
Hot! Hot! Hot!
Shopping Bag and Lunch Bag
Monkey Backpack!
MONOGRAM ME! Have a name monogrammed for just $5! Personalization will make your little monkey feel very special + help him keep up with his backpack!
Ready for Mother's Day Out!
Great backpacks in a rainbow of colors! Make it special with a monogrammed flap!
Bright Insulated Lunch Bags!
$5 monogram, initial, or name in one color! Nice to keep that water bottle or baby bottle cool on hot days! Great $12 gift!
Insulated Tote: tailgating, picnic, beach or pool
Haul it all! Keep Hot Foods Hot; and Cold Foods Cold! When in doubt, throw it out!
Monogrammed & Ready to Go!
FYI:Monogram Lady Picks up on Fridays!
Photo Ornament
Picture your little honey on your tree!
November: The TX Grands!
We are thankful! This is a true pic of AdOrAtIoN! Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!
Lifelong Friends Gather!
Martha and Paula catching up!
Who Dat?
Fleru de Lis with lots of sparkle!
Gobble Gobble!
Thanksgiving Turkey Stake!
Thankful Pilgrim figures
Pilgrim Figurine
Pilgrim Lady Figurine
Thanks Be to God!
Accent pieces, centerpieces, serving pieces!
Come Ye Thankful People Come!
Pilgrim S & P used with greenery make thankful centerpiece accents.
Turkey Centerpiece
Beautiful Vintage Turkey Centerpiece for the Thanksgiving Table
Fleur de Lis for every style!
Believe Cross
Large 12" wooden Believe Cross
Jack!
Fall Inside and Out
Fall Harvest Pears under great glass dome, candlewick cakestand, fruit plates, stone cross, and oak leaf garland all for fall decorating September through November!
We are Thankful!
Begin every day with gratitude. Say it out loud: "I am thankful for ..." We are so thankful for you, our good friends! We hope you enjoy visiting Lusiana Traditions. We are thankful for our dear sweet families. We are thankful for this grand country and our freedoms, especially freedom to worship as we please and the freedom of speech to tell about it! See! once you get started thanking God, you just realize your blessings overflowing and the list goes on and on! Speaking gratitude helps us to be more grateful too! Thank you Lord for cool seasonal weather for Thanksgiving! I am thankful for the new friends I make every day at Lusiana Traditions and for renewal of friendships with people I haven't seen in a while!
Mothers and Daughters!
Mother and Daugher
Sweet Mother and Daughter!
Nieces and Aunt!
Niece and Aunt!
Aunt and Niece!
Shop 'til you Drop!
Inspirational Key Rings and Luggage Tags
ID your luggage with colorful inspirational TAG!
Dying Easter Eggs
It's just a little early!
Little Hands!
Easter Decor
Grandfather Bunny cookie jar
Sweet Little Fingers!
We all have blue and green nails now!
Extra Large Easter Eggs!
Use just one or many!
Little Bitty Hands!
Egg Dying
It's an art!
Itty Bitty Fingers!
I can do it myself!
Beautiful Eggs!
Sweet Fingers!
Bath Fizzie Eggs!
Another great basket gift!
Strawberry Lemonade Bunnies
Yummy cuties to dress up your baskets!
Just a little something to Tempt you!
The pearl is the queen of gems and the gem of queens
Pearls, Pearls, Pearls!
Very Lady-like!
Coming Soon!
Fabulous FDL Jewels! Geaux Saints Darlin'!
Merry Christmas Y'all!
Christmas Card 2009: Whew! It only took us 25 tries! It's a matter of odds: the more pictures you take, the more likely you are to find one good picture!
Decorating Christmas Cookies for the Hot Chocolate Tea Party!
I like green frosting and LOTS of sprinkles!
Decorating More Sugar Cookies!
I said LOTS of Sprinkles!
Cookie Decorating 101
Lots of green frosting is good!
Taste Tester!
Need MOre sprinkles!
You Go Girl!
This is the part I like! Eating the Cookies! Just keep 'em coming!
More Cookies!
I'm a frosting guy!
The Littlest Taste Tester!
I like mine without frosting!
Yea! Cookies Pass the Test!
I vote yes! for cookies!
Icicles
What are these shiny things stuck to my feet?
Everybody but Caroline!
Everybody but PawPaw!
Mosquitos are rough!
Smile for the Camera Caroline!
Come on Mason!
Okay! Adults should stay ready!
Try again!
Ahh Choo!
The photographer just keeps on snapping!
Guys Ready to go!
Girls still getting ready!
Snap! Snap!
We're not ready...I'm not ready! Busy giving directions!
We're Ready!
The guys are ready but no one else is!
Wahoo! Blabber Blabber Boo!
Dad; Aunt Amy why are you acting so funny?
Picture Prep!
Let's just all get ready!
Headed to the Woods!
First step in any family Christmas card picture! Get them together! Bing! Idea! What do guys like to do? Ride 4-Wheelers!
Bribe #1
You can sit on the 4-Wheeler for your Christmas picture! Smile big guys! We can take one good pic or 25 pics until we get that good one!
Bribe #2
You can drive Mason!
Bribe #3
Yummy! MawMaw's Santa Claus cookies with LOTS of thick yummy frosting!
Good Santa Cookies!
Good Bribe!
Big Bite!
All this red frosting won't stain my shirt MawMaw! I'll take it off when I'm finished!
These are Quite Delicious Cookies MawMaw!
Don't Mind if I Do!
Caroline selects her Santa cookie!
Ummmm!
Ummmm! With every bite! This was worth the Christmas Card Picture session!
Deck the Halls!
Magnificent Christmas Ball Decoration for Mantel, Hutch, or Cabinet Top!
Beautiful natural wreath and very realistic holly garland!
Christmas Red!
Salt & Pepper in Fleur de Lis stand and spoon rest.
Photo Albums
Silk covered photo albums topped with ribbon and Mother of Pearl button!
Poco Photo Albums!
Chocolate Brown Silk with blue, beige, and dark chocolate embroidered dots! 2-UP albums: Each page holds two 4 x 6 photos up or one 5 x 7!
It's Fall!
Monogrammable checked suit!
Any Season Outfit!
Gingham checks fabulous for our Southern Fall! Wear with short or long sleeve shirt or blouse for cooler weather! Perfect!
Monogrammed Turquoise Top & Pants!
Turquoise gingham checked outfit; top and bottom trimmed with brown ruffles and topped off with Giant initial monogram.
Bows to Match!
Special order bows to match our darling outfit!
Beautiful Fall Bouquet!
Set of 2 dishtowels!
Monogrammable!
Very nice hostess gift! Our MonogramLady will put the family name on the great Pumpkin and just add pumpkin soap or a little spice pumpkin candle!
Personalized Gifts
We can order monogrammed jewelry and soaps Early for Christmas delivery! Monogrammed Jewelry, Soap, Address Stamps, Tote Bags. Order single initial monogrammed soap ! Great "little happies"!
Beautiful Colors of Fall!
Mary Lake Thompson dishtowels are the best for display or actually drying dishes! Sets of two towels!
All Dressed Up & Places to Go!
We are Thankful!
We are all thankful to God for all of our many blessings in this great country!
Trick or Treat!
Waiting for Halloween!
They're Here!
Trickster!
Uh! Oh! Another Little Trickster!
Trick or Treat!
Candy corn bowl and dish towels
White Platter and Celery Casserole
Whitewashed Rooster and Fleur de Lis statue
Keep the Home Fires Burning!
Gifts for others and yourself!
For This Child I Have Prayed!
Nursery Crosses for little boys and girls.
What's in the bucket?
I know you have something really neat in there. Can I see, please?
Mystery Bucket!
Just a peek! Lusiana Traditions has lots of sweet little gifts that I would just love to get my little hands on.
Bucket Contents Revealed!
Here Caroline, I'll share! It's great glow in the dark nail polish! Maw Maw will paint your toenails just like she did mine!
Darling Baby Gifts!
"I am wonderfully made" and "For this child I have prayed" are just two of the blessings on the darling nursery crosses.
Angels Watching Over Me
Nursery Crosses in three sizes and prices!
Lilly Mae Leap Frog
Cuddly soft froggie for babies and children
Merry Christmas!
We thank you for Stepping Into Christmas With us this year! Christmas Blessings to One and All!
China Hutch
Platters, frames, teaset, bookends
Yummy!
The House is Full of Christmas!
Silly Monkeys!
Coordinating Monkey Suits!
Lusiana Traditions Bookmarks
Great Little Back to School Happies!
Silly Monkey Suits!
Sibling Sets! It's a Match!