Easter Greetings & Antique Mirrors

Easter Greetings & Antique Mirrors

I snapped a few quick pictures of a bit of my Easter decor to share with you today.

Bunnies & Ballerinas in my granddaughter's bedroom

My newest bunny that I was lucky enough to find at a shop that was closing ~ got it for a great price! It sits on my favorite bench in the kitchen atop a trip around the world quilt, next to a tin pitcher of roses that my hubby surprised me with!

A huge bunny tassel in my dining room

~ Two of my favorite antique mirrors that I'm selling on eBay here this week ~

An Antique Oak Beveled Glass Mirror with Jacobean Buttons & Beadwork

A Vintage Mahogany Tri-Fold Vanity Mirror

I will share a few more pictures of Easter decor with you later ~ and hopefully I will soon make time to blog-hop around & visit some of YOUR decor!

Hugs,

Rhondi's FRONT PORCH PARTY

Rhondi's FRONT PORCH PARTY

Today a sweet blogger Rhondi of Rose Colored Glasses is hostessing a Front Porch Party here! Lots of bloggers are giving their own parties, too, so Rhondi is linking them to her. Please check all of the pretty porches out!

Since my front porch is teensy, I thought I would invite you to come sit with me out on my back patio.

Our white plantation rockers are still in storage. I love to rock in the evening breeze.
Nothing is better to beat the Texas heat than pretty pink lemonade.

My little Jack Russell Terrier, Sissy, wants to join the party, too!
Daughter made the cake & I must confess I purchased the cookies!

Hmmm, looks like a little rhinestone bumblebee has landed on our pink tray by the lemonade!


DH surprised me with some awesome wrought iron fencing that we have placed around our patio.

I collect birdhouses ~ these are a few of my favorites.

We used this Boston Fern & column in our daughter's wedding. I hope the afternoon sun won't kill it.

My favorite child's wicker chair
My only mosaic piece ~ a gift from my daughter

My sweet friend & PRH sister Vickie of Visuals by Vickie has a mirror in her back yard ~ her entire deck & yard are so awesome ~ you should go look here ~, so I decided to try one of mine out in our backyard, too! Seems only appropriate, as I collect antique mirrors & sell them on eBay here, too!

My dear friend & PRH sister Bertie of Aunt May's Cottage sent me the adorable little leaf wrapped roses arrangement to use in my daughter's wedding.
I won this adorable handpainted sap bucket months ago from my sweet friend Karla of Karla's Cottage! She is one more dynamo ~ I get tired just reading her blog ~ but Wow, she makes sooo many pretty things & never seems to tire. The energizer bunny is coming to mind.....

Stroll with me over to the far right side of the yard

I love to sit & read on this old park bench under the trees, but not when the sun is scorching like it is today! I had to make my pictures early today, but this is a favorite place to sit anytime after five!
Bunny is holding a vintage Golden Book, THE THREE LITTLE PIGS.

She dressed up with her prettiest blingy vintage rhinestone brooch just for our party!
I love to bring my latest Romantic Country or Romantic Homes magazine outside & dream of our next to-do project! These magazines never cease to inspire me!

Well, I kicked off my flip flops to relax for a bit, but I'd better slip them back on & rush on over to the next party! I'd hate to be late!! Thanks so much for stopping by!
Hugs,

Another Dressform

Another Dressform

Remember back a few posts ago I admitted my addiction for dressforms? You can read all about them here & here. Well, somehow or another I forgot the above little beauty.
She is perched upon my favorite quilt rack in my granddaughter's bedroom along with another growing fancy of mine, a rose topiary.
This is actually a pillow sham that I hung longways ~ it accents the bedding for this room nicely. I should say the bedding this room USED to have, as my tween-age granddaughter has totally re-vamped the room from dusty pinks & blues to the neon pinks, yellows, lavenders, & whites that she loves so much! She has now moved . . . can you tell I'm missing her today?!?!
I have decided to leave the room just as she always kept it, even down to the glow-in-the-dark stars we used to add as incentives when she was younger to sleep thru the night all by herself! Her little pink & white Easter purse that she carried maybe three or four years ago sits atop her computer these days. Someday she will thank me for being such a pack rat & saving it for her, among a zillion other things!

Below is a little sneak preview, a tease, about what I will be offering tomorrow for Friday Flea Market. Please visit me again tomorrow as I've got some new/old goodies to offer!

Hugs,

My New Pretties!

My New Pretties!

Please look at some of my newest pretties! You must realize by now that I adore shabby & chic white furniture, all things pink, & roses, so imagine my delight when I ran across this pretty chest of drawers with ALL my favs on it!
Found this at a furniture store in Dallas, & hey, if ONE is good, then TWO are even better, right? Yep, I bought TWO of these, much to my DH's horror!! Plan on eventually doing something else with them, but for right now this one has been placed in our bedroom.

See the appliques, the crystal knobs, the antique ROSES drawer pulls, the intricate beading, the lattice-work background rose florals?!?!?! Now, really girls, how could I resist? And DH couldn't either, as he didn't have to do ONE thing to it!!

Just the perfect spot for some of my favorite goodies, too! Our soon vintage wedding cake topper, my favorite pink tray, & an adorable little pink & blue birds nest from my sweet PRH sister, Shirl of Shirl's Rose Cottage. It is just chock full of pink seam binding bows & ribbons, a pretty pink rhinestone bauble, a grungy Rose tag, snippets of sheet music, & two robin's egg blue sugared eggs nestled among sweet florals & feathers! Lucky would be the bird that got to roost here! If you love this as much as I do, run over to Shirl's etsy & eBay auctions for some wonderful treats!
My dear as a sis sweet friend Celeste of La Rea Rose handpainted this gorgeous blue tray. Don't you just adore the roses on it? She is one very talented lady, so check out her etsy & eBay shop, too! I think I have something of hers in almost every room of my house now!! I placed one of my favorite little cherubs, two porcelain roses, & a vintage pink kitty cat baby cup nearby. Celeste's tray matches my roses perfectly!!

I also really like how the old quilt that my DH surprised me with goes so wonderfully with all my newer pretties!
These new purchases have prompted a total re-do & thorough cleaning of our master bedroom, so I must get back to the dreaded chore of vacuuming now. Til next time, hope you have as much fun feathering your nest as I'm having with mine!!

Big Hugs,
Stephanie

** P.S. **

~*~ Fogot to mention that my ~ one year blog anniversary ~ is coming up April 17th, so please leave a comment if you would like to be entered in my giveaway in celebration!! Each comment left will enter you in a chance to win a few goodies from me! ~*~