PINK SATURDAY 5-7-2011

Hugs,
Stephanie

Linking with:

Cindy ~ My Romantic Home Show & Tell Friday

Beverly ~ How Sweet the Sound for Pink Saturday

HALLOWEEN PINK SATURDAY 10-30-2010

Witching all my best ghoul friends a Happy Halloween!

Miss Beverly, our lovely PINK SATURDAY hostess, has given us permission to show some Fall colors this week instead of our usual PINKS.

Our front door

Wreath that I concocted after seeing a similar one at Decorator's Warehouse for $169 !!

Spiders Galore

Love how they bounce and flit in the wind!

Also showing off my new door color ~ Billard Green by Behr

My antique hall tree that I bought from my sweet friend Debbie at Morning Star Antiques.

It is just the perfect mix of robin's egg blue and shabbiness that I love!

Grandson's favorite little witch hangs here, ready for him to come play!

Tried my hand at making a few Halloween tags this year.

Forgot to fill my Graveyard Dust bottle with dust before making pictures.
It would be no problem to bottle some of that icky stuff around here!

Mantle decorations

Didn't decorate as much this year, which is kind of sad because next to Christmas, Halloween is my favorite holiday and I have TONS of totes of decorations.....

but new little grandson will soon be here and our 21 mo. old grandson is also keeping me quite busy these days, too.

I'll be lucky to get a few Thanksgiving decorations out!

Dining Room candelabra has fun flickering bulbs ~

They are in the Halloween section at Wal-Mart.

They look really cool after dark!

Sofa table, pewter candelabra and tarnished silver in the family room.

Cross-stitched witch made by me this year.

My Glittered Boo Garland which I didn't hang this year.

Please visit Beverly of How Sweet the Sound for all of today's participants!

Be sure to have a safe and happy HALLOWEEN!!

I'm also linking to the fabulous Debra at Common Ground today. You won't want to miss her awesome Fall Table decor!

Also linking to my sweet friend Laurie of Bargain Hunting with Laurie for her Favorite Things Party here!

Bugs and Hisses!

PINK SATURDAY & COTTAGE CHARM GIVEAWAY!! 5-15-2010

 ~ My Cottage Charm Giveaway is now closed...... ~

Click HERE to see the winner!

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Today I'm combining my PINK SATURDAY post that sweet Beverly of How Sweet the Sound hostesses with the COTTAGE CHARM GIVEAWAY that Kim of Twice Remembered is hostessing.

This is the 4th Annual Cottage Charm Giveaway and runs til May 29th. Anyone who is a blogger can have a giveaway of Cottage type items during this month long event ~ last year there were over 70 giveaways, so hop over here and see all the wonderful giveaways and rules for hosting your own giveaway!

One lucky blogger will get all 6 of the items pictured below from me .....

A handpainted roses Nippon dessert plate

A precious vintage china French figurine

A small cross-stitched Southern Belle pillow ....

.....made by lil' old me

A small silver vase

A vintage crocheted doily

And a handmade tag

~ My Rules are simple ~

Up to 4 entries per person!

1. Leave a comment on this post to be entered. If you don't have a blog with an email address available, please add your email address with your comment.

2. Leave a 2nd comment on this post if you are a follower or become a follower of mine.

3. Blog about my giveaway with a link back to me for an additional entry. Leave an additional comment on this post after this is done.

4. Post my Giveaway Button (below) on your sidebar with a link back to me. Leave an additional comment on this post after this is done.

You are welcome to use my picture below ~ just copy and paste for use on your blog

                      

Winner will be chosen by random generator and announced on May 29th!

Another look at the goodies!

GOOD LUCK to EVERYONE!

                                                         

Big PINK SATURDAY Hugs,

                                                                

HOOKED ON HOLIDAY HOMES TOUR and SHOW & TELL

Thank you so much for stopping by to take a peek inside our holiday home today. I realize that everyone is hustling and bustling around, so I'll not bother you with idle chit-chat, just pictures today with only the briefest of descriptions.

 

I'm linking up with the ever gracious hostess Julia of Hooked on Houses for her Hooked on Holiday Homes tour and with Melissa of The Inspired Room for Holiday Linky Friday ! Please visit these girls and check out their list of other participants, too.

Today is also Show and Tell Friday with our wonderful hostess Cindy of My Romantic Home. Stop by and visit her and all the other bloggers that are showing great items today. I'll be sharing about my Santa Collection!

I showed many parts of my home Thursday when I linked with Rhoda's Holiday Home tour. You may see those pics of many rooms in my home here. I also am participating in Susan's Deck The Hall Tuesdays where you can view past posts of mine here and here.

~Remember to click on pics to enlarge~

My favorite PINK Belsnickle and my pink tree from my tot-hood!

I'm in love with churches and village cottages

This one lights up.......

and even changes colors!

So does this one!!!! Love how it reflects against my floral etched glass antique mirror!

And yes, I bought 2 , no, actually 3 of these ~ gave one to my dear girlfriend.

I've been busy cross-stitching PINK SANTAS

Note to self:  Need to make one for ME!

An elegant Santa in our living room

One of my bday Santas with his own sleigh ~ sometimes I put sleighs and Santas along the stairway on each step.

I originally posted the below pic for my holiday home tour, but failed to mention something about the silver goblet that is holding the white bottle brush tree and why it is so special....

The goblet is one of 6 that my husband and his brother purchased for their mother years ago when they were little boys. They would save their allowance and money from odd jobs and gift her with them, one at a time, as their finances would allow on special ocassions. Isn't that so sweet?!?

I have the Christmas spirit all year long, as evidenced by our Barrister's bookcase in our office. Several shelves have some of my favorite Santas on display year-round.

The small card on the left of all these Santas was the tag on a gift from me to hubby the first Christmas after we were married.

These are some of my larger wooden Santas ~ I used to buy these each year when we went to Salado on vacation at a shop called The Dusty Rose.

Small Avon Bottle Santa with box and pretty Victorian tin box

Tiny hunched back Santa is a thimble

One of my very favorite Santas ~ this one is jointed and was another bday gift from my parents years ago

A small cross-stitch ornament I made

and a vintage chalkware Santa from my childhood (that my mother wanted to sell for 25 cents in a garage sale!)

My roly poly handpainted gourd Santa

A very favorite Standing Father Christmas in very soft colors purchased with my mother on a fun shopping/home tour expedition

One pictured especially for Amy of Bunny Rose Cottage with a sweet bunny in his sack

My hubby bought this musical one as a surprise for me ~ I have to giggle at him telling me how he fought the women at an after~Christmas sale~he said they were r-u-d-e!

These are musical, too

Love the graphics on this box

Papier Mache` box handpainted by a local artist

Another bday present, an Enesco Christmas Carosel that I bought for hubby to give me!

It is musical, turns, the figures go up and down, and it even lights up with over 40 teensy lights.

If you are as big a lover of decorating with cloches as I am, take a look at my post here!

Next time I'll be sharing a favorite Christmas decoration and why it is so special to me for PINK SATURDAY! Til then.....

Christmas Hugs,