Blue Monday~May 24th~Give Away!

Smiling Sally is a darling lady who hosts the weekly Blue Monday event. Click on the Blue Monday button to fly over to Sally’s site to see a list of Blue Monday party-goers.

Don’t you just love blue? All my life I have adored blue; baby, sky, delft, navy, marine, and lately a “shabbed up” aqua or turquoise. These tin birdies are may latest shabby blue addition. They stand tall together in their home atop the piano. I think they’d be happier if someone actually sat down to the piano to play!

They sure are a sweet couple! My youngest daughter and I sampled this cake at a smart little gift store and decided we had to bring home the mix to treat the rest of the family. Luckily, all 5 kids love coconut. Over the years I have met a number of kids and adults that don’t like coconut at all! Hard for us to imagine!

An Estate sale in my neighborhood is where I found this soft, sky blue Damask table cloth and napkin set. It is vintage, I don’t know how old, but it was in a box that looked like it was a style in the 60’s. It was never used and I thought $4 was a steal. I love finding bargains!

I am having a little giveaway! Click here to see all the party favors.

Here is a preview:

And there is more :)

All you have to do is leave a comment on any of my posts this week. You get 1 chance per comment. If you decide to follow, I would be delighted and you get 2 more chances.

I wish you a happy Blue Monday and a wonderful week!

Pink Saturday Party Favors!

I am linking up to the 4th Annual Cottage Charm Giveaway at Twice Remembered. This is the most exciting event; fun and prizes from so many Bloggers. Check it out!!!

Happy 2nd Birthday to Pink Saturday! I am delighted to be part of the festivities. Pink Saturday is always fun but today is birthday special! You will not want to miss this occasion so click on over to visit Beverly at How Sweet the Sound and share in all the Pink Saturday birthday- goodness.

I intended to have a 100th post giveaway but the time got away from me. SO, I have pink party favors for the birthday party.

If you’d like a chance to win the box of party favors; just leave a comment. You don’t have to follow but if you do or already are, let me know and I’ll throw your name in the pot 2 more times. I’ll ask one of my daughters to draw the name of the winner in time for Pink Saturday next week.

First of all a lovely bouquet of pink roses. They look so real but are actually made of delicate paper! Faith, Hope and Love; 3 stamped bracelets. Of course they will arrive in pink organza bags. You can wear 1 at a time or all three…

A pink creamer with delicate rose blossoms, (they remind me of moss roses) and polka dots.

A Rose Quartz Rocklet; handcrafted soap that looks like it just came out of the mine. It is claimed that the soap is infused with healthy and beneficial minerals. My home made bath salts with rose petals and lavender. This is also nice as a sachet.

I had Kewpie dolls when I was growing up. I still think they are adorable and when I saw this book, it brought back some sweet memories. Did you have a Kewpie doll? The Kewpie Primer was used for learning basics such as reading and counting. It is chock full of “pink” Kewpies.

I would like to introduce a new-to-me blogger: Lynn at TeaCup Stitches. She has a great style and I adore her pinks today. I will be on the lookout for her darling pink wall pocket; it is so cool and I have never seen one before. Lynn is also having a Give Away so stop on by and say “hello”.

Blessings to you on this beautiful Pink Saturday!!!

Spring Floral Bath Salts

Hello and happy Pink Saturday! I am linking up with Beverly at How Sweet the Sound  for the weekly Pink Saturday event. Stop on over to see Beverly and all the other pinkies.

This week I decided to make luxurious Bath Salts for Mother’s Day gifts. I had all the ingredients on hand. I had chunky sea salt, red and pink rose petals and lavender buds. I, also, had some pink/red liquid dye. (this stuff is potent, use only the tiniest drop). I also had Spring Floral scented oil. There are lots of supply sites online. I like San Francisco Herb.

In a glass bowl I dumped the sea salts and added the dot of liquid dye, then mixed thoroughly with a wooden spoon until the white salt turned pink.

I poured about a teaspoon of the scented oil and mixed it in, as well.

After that, I dumped in random amounts of red rose petals, pink rose petals and lavender. That’s it! Done!

I poured the entire amount into my apothecary jar. I plan to put some in some smaller gift jars, and little organza bags to give as gifts on Sunday.  I need to make some more to keep in the jar in the bathroom.

I am giving a shout out this week to Bella at Bella’s Rose Cottage. She has the prettiest blog and wait til you see what she has done with her pinks; gorgeous! She sure has great flair for beauty!

Toile-Can You Have Too Much?

I am linked up today with Cindy at My Romantic Home, for Show and Tell Friday. Stop by to visit Cindy and the many others who are showing and telling about some really great things in their homes!

I love toile. Always have and I always will! I have red toile sheers. I have pink and white toile pillow. I have a blue and yellowish toile loveseat. Actually I have 2 matching blue and yellow toile loveseats. I have a black toile pillow.

I have a red and yellow toile seat cushion on my old wicker chair.I have a swatch of Waverly toile that is a discontinued pattern; gonna make another pillow out of it.

I already made this pillow cover from another Waverly toile pattern from another discontinued pattern. I still need to stuff it!

Sue, from Collectin Texas Blogspot, didn’t even know how much I love toile when she sent me this gorgeous purse in my Bunny Swap package.How cool is that?

And, now I am being tortured by this Ethan Allen sage green toile chair and ottoman , in my favorite cottage style design. It is posted on Craig’s List for 250.00 and was originally almost 2,000. (seller has the original paperwork to prove it). So, do I have enough? Is it too much, as in overkill? I can’t stop thinking about it!

Red and White

Today is a banner day for me as I am attending 2 parties at the same time! I am linking with Kathleen at Cottage Charm, for White Wednesday. And, also, with Sue at It’s a Very Cherry World for Rednesday.

Be sure to stop by both to visit people who love red and people who love white!

Welcome! Yes, that is what my red, cast iron sign says.

Here are a couple of large molded plastic rose bangle bracelets. They are fun, for sure!

My heavy garden kitty is white.All white, even his eyes!

Here is my red mantel clock. The wall behind it is white and green. I am playing around with different colors of paint, so the paint job is still partly done. I’m embarrassed that I have, probably, 5 or 6 or 7 partially painted walls. I will try a new paint color on part of a wall and then not get back to it for a loooooong time. Some people take a couple of days to test out paint colors and how they look on their walls, morning, noon, twilight and after dark. I have been known to take several seasons to decide, because I ambitiously start and then have no time to complete the task. Here is my set of red Costco candlesticks. I have this old window with chipping white paint hanging on my wall. It seems pretty dull, like it could use some dressing up.

I have white shells all over the place and sea glass in all different colors, including white. Where’s my glue gun? I think I’m going to decorate the window frame with shells and sea glass. That would be a fun project for tomorrow. Or, perhaps, I should finish painting some walls?!

Blue Monday Ceramic Spring

 

Happy Monday and  it is a blue one! Smiling Sally hosts this weekly event where participants add their links to show the “blues” they are contributing to the party. Click on the picture of the bird above to view the complete list. It’s a lot of fun!

I am showing this little bird couple in blue crackle finish. They are so sweet together :) 

You can see their light blue color much better in this picture. I had to use the flash as it’s a rainy day and I can’t get good natural light, even by the window.

And here is my ceramic rain boot planter in  soft blue. I had been seeing these boot planters around at different places; all different colors but I decided to buy when I found this color. I hope to plant some trailing petunias in this boot; some pink or red would be pretty.  The annuals should start showing up in the stores and nurseries by Mother’s Day.

This last blue I am showing is this hand painted spoon rest from Poland. Polish dishes have a lot of blue paint used on them. It is a deep cobalt blue; very rich. I have some other pieces of Polish pottery; all with blue and lots of brown. I like how this piece has green and a bit of yellow; works better with the springier pattern.

I wish you all a happy Blue Monday and a happier week ahead!