IT'S A GARDEN PARTY
and
EVERYONE IS WELCOME

Cielo from "House in the Roses" is having a Garden Party.
Please stop by and see all the beautiful gardens.

I'm off antiquing, but here are some photos of my
English Cottage garden which I took last night.

JUST A COUPLE OF GARDEN PICTURES

I took a few photos this morning which aren't that great. I'll update them
with better ones as soon as I have a chance.
Happy Wednesday my garden friends.

I'M SHOWING WHAT I'VE GOT and
I'M TELLING YOU WHERE I GOT IT!!!

I have a crazy busy week ahead of me with a long, long list of pretties I'm ready to create, plus I need to get ready for "Pink Friday", so I thought I would get a head start on
SHOW and TELL Monday.

Everyone who knows me, knows how much I love pretties. I want to share some of them with you and let you know where you can get them too!

I was so lucky to snag this beautiful pink, vintage "glove box" from Michelle at "Rose Petals and Blooms". Lots more pretties to choose from there.



Almost every week I find something I just "have to have" from Lori at "Katies Rose Cottage". I especially love her "forget-me-nots" and her beautiful "charms". I made some of them into bookmarks for Christmas presents.


Completely created by hand, Christine from "Extra Sprinkles" designs these beautiful roses and uses them on many different surfaces. Everything from frames to ornaments. If you love this tussie mussie, I think there is one left on her website!


I absolutely adore these Large and Lovely, Cottage Gift tags made by Theresa at "Cottage Violets". She is one of the most amazing ladies I've come to know. Her website is chock full of fun. Stop by and get to know her and her friends. You'll love it there.

I'll be posting more treasures soon. I hope you enjoyed your visit.

WELCOME TO MY PORCH!

Myself and many, many, many other wonderful bloggers have joined in Rhondi's Porch Party. The theme is to list pictures of our porches or porches we dream about having one day.

Here is my porch in SUMMER





FALL


WINTER

SHOW AND TELL MONDAY

A SHOE FIT FOR A QUEEN!
Is that Queen you?

I hope you enjoy the photos of a "Shoe Fit For a Queen".
I designed this lovely over the weekend. Pastel ribbons, vintage lace, fairy glitter, pearls, a birdie, roses, BLING and trims ~ EVERYTHING a girl could ask for. Feminine and oh so pretty. Enjoy!

You can find it for sale on my website here.

GOOD SUNDAY MORNING and some NEW TREASURES

I will be painting my front porch today, but I thought I would make a quick post of some pretties I've just added to my website. I hope you all have a wonderful Sunday!


French Flower Buckets



Eiffel Tower Bottle


Beautiful Bisque Cherubs


Adorable Cupcakes with Matching Ice Cream Bowls

PRINCESS GABRIELLA TURNS 3 1/2

Princess Gabriella (my next door neighbor) is a little over 3 1/2 years old and it's high time she moves out of the "Winnie the Pooh" decor and into the "Glamour Girl" bedroom. After painting her bedroom walls a 'high stylin' bright Purple she had Mom paint her toy box Bright Pink (one of my very favorite colors, just in case you didn't know).

Well in her very sweet and tiny voice (sometimes!), Princess Gabriella asked Cathy if she would please paint her toy box something pretty and very girly. I was more than happy to oblige.




Yesterday Gabriella's toy box received lots of beautiful roses which danced over the top, front and sides of her beautiful, 'Big Girl' toy box, then Fairies and Glitter (of course!) were added for the final touch. It was a big hit. She is just "Tickled Pink" with her new toy box from Cathy's "Glitz and Glam" station.

Finis!

ONE OF THE BEST DAYS EVER!

The mailman just came about 15 minutes ago and I heard a light bang on the front porch. I wasn't expecting any packages but I ran to the door anyway. I figured if there was a box there, something good was probably in it (since I usually forget that I've purchased something pretty, then the box arrives and I'm surprised).lol

I looked at the return address and knew something wonderful was going to be inside. Hand made with TLC and sent to me out of the kindness of her heart, Francie of The Scented Cottage shipped me the most amazing faux sweets I've ever seen. The packaging and presentation was gorgeous. I received three cupcakes, three small desserts, cookies, tarts and garden seeds. Each item was individually wrapped in a beautiful box tucked underneath hot pink tissue. The smaller items were wrapped then placed in organza bags and the seeds came in their own separate envelope tucked in a lovely yellow bag just for them.

The pictures will give you a wonderful view of what a corner of my kitchen looks like at the moment. Run, don't walk to Francie's website. Not only is she a lovely person with a wonderful heart, she shares her sense of humor and amazing talent with all of us.

FINALLY CREATING SOME IDEAS THAT I'VE
BEEN THINKING ABOUT FOR AGES!

You know how when you are out shopping for that perfect "thing" that you aren't quite sure what you will do with it, but you KNOW that someday it's going to look perfect? Well, I've decided that this is the week to get all those "going to make something pretty with this someday" stuff and actually MAKE something. Money is tight and the attic is filled to the brim with beautiful treasures that I keep telling myself "maybe tomorrow" or "I'll think of something to do with that next week". Today I've begun turning my Trash to Treasures. I hope to continue for the next several weeks until all those "unfinished" projects are "complete". This should be an interesting challenge.

I just adore the "Marie Antoinette" theme, so I've decided to use it in several of my projects. Two of the three items below are 'antique porcelain clocks' that were missing the clock, but I loved the piece so I bought them anyway. I think "Marie" looks just stunning in both of these lovely old clock frames, don't you? The third "Marie" is a wonderful Queen's Chair frame which I lovingly embellished with vintage forget-me-nots, feathers, glitter and cherubs ~ and once again added an image of "Marie" to give it the final look of elegance.

Last but not least is a real ANTIQUE GLASS SHOE. I have been seeing shoes turned into Magical Altered Art creations, so when I saw these actual Glass Shoes at an estate sale, I had to have them. Creating my own version of a Magical Fairy Shoe is the most fun I've had in weeks. I adore this and have two left to create. I hope you enjoy these lovelies as much as I do.