Pretties and Grocery Shopping

Wanted to remind you that there are only 2 days left to enter a fantastic giveaway for all the above prizes over at TALES FROM AN OC COTTAGE!! M always has the most awesome glittery blingy unique items!! Enter by May 8th! Of course, if you don't, then I'll have a better chance of winning all these pretties to help me get a terrific start on my summer decorating!

I'm also featuring another new artist that I just found named Lara Harris of A Vintage Touch. Her work is simply amazing and she is offering the following works as giveaways in this months Cottage Charm giveaway hosted by The Twice Remembered Cottage.

Visit Lara here and sign up to win these beautiful works!!

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Found these pretty glasses at World Market ~ I'm so loving anything with Fleur de Lis on it!

This table setting is courtesy of TJMaxx ~ wish my store had the square blue chargers!

One of my vintage china hands holding a pretty little purse

And my favorite little man grocery shopping with his wee-sized cart! Next thing we know, he will be picking up girls in the produce section!! Ha Ha

                                                             Big Hugs,
                                                              
                                                               

The "Other" Half!!

The "Other" Half!!

Last time I posted about all the wonderful treats from my friend & PRH Sister Shirl. Well, Shirl just happens to have a daughter named Jen of Jennifer's Petal Palace & she is every bit as sweet as Shirl is, & I was lucky to have Jen as my Christmas Swap partner!

I purchased some beautiful silver & pink handpainted Christmas ornies from Jen years ago before I ever met her, so this year she gifted me with some beautiful blue handpainted ornies that go great in my red/blue dining room!!

Jen knows that I collect spare body parts (hands to be exact), so she handpainted her special roses on this lovely hand vase for me. Look, Vic, I don't have to try to swipe yours now!!



Jen also creates the yummiest faux food that you'll ever see. I am so lucky to have some of her beautiful cupcakes!

She also gifted me with this adorable birthday cake!

Look at this gorgeous vintage inspired ornament!!! Love the millinery on it!

Jen knows how much I love cupcakes, so she gifted me with two of her precious cupcake ornies ~ one blue....

one pink....

And the piece de resistance....my very own "JEN" special faux ice cream cone!!

See, I told you she was the other half of the dynamic duo of Shirl/Jen!! To view more of Jen's items, you can visit her Lolli Shop Store here.

Now, I'm off to find more missing pictures.....

Hugs,

Pink Saturday 9/27/08

Pink Saturday 9/27/08

Beverly of How Sweet the Sound is always our wonderful hostess for PINK SATURDAYS, so after you read my post, please hop over to hers here to see all the other PINK participants today!

My precious mother's birthday was this week, so thought I would share a family pic with you ~ the restaurant we ate at had a beautiful PINK parlor, just the perfect place for a BLOG pic!! I think Bertie & Lorena will like the furniture & decor' of this place!!

Mother's cake ~ PINK of course!! And roses because her middle name is ROSE!

I ordered a special something for my mother from my sweet PRH sister Rhea of Sweet N Shabby Roses & she included several extras in the package for lil ol me ~ just perfect for PINK SATURDAY!!

Our dear PRH sister Katie is a new grammy & we had a virtual shower for her & I won a prize in one of the shower games Rhea was hostess for ~ isn't this "Bless Our Nest" just too adorable?!? Rhea puts her heart & soul into everything she makes & she is as beautiful on the inside as she is on the outside! She now has a selling blog here & is our hostess for FIRST FRIDAY sales each month, so please check out her beautiful items!!

She always remembers birthdays, holidays, & everyone's likes & collections, so she also sent me this beautiful porcelain china hand with ROSES on it for my little "body parts" collection of hands!!

Of course it is my new favorite, and nope, Vic, you can't have it!! Vickie has an awesome collection of china hands, too!!

Rhea even included a cross-stitch magazine in my package! I spied some patterns for ROSES, a Santa, & some bunnies that will make wonderful bibs!! And look, on the front is more pretty PINKNESS for today! Thank you, Rhea, so very very much! I love you!

One of my newest little pieces I recently purchased to add to my purse collection.....

And my last piece of PINKNESS for the day, one of my favorite little pin money purses. To the right is a piece I cross-stitched years ago of a bunny, a summer hat, & a pink & green quilt.

I'm off to visit the rest of the pinkness now!

Happy PINK Saturday!
Hugs,