Saturday, June 19, 2010

Shabby Sunday!!

Happy Shabby Sunday!!
First up are these shabby white doll chairs. See the little rose appliques on the backs.
You can never have enough of these pink milinery forget me nots.
And finally is this shabby white doll dresser. I lined every drawer with vintage paper, and added a pretty chandelier crystal.

I hope some more of you will join me next week for Shabby Sunday and show some of your shabby or cottage treasures.

Thursday, June 17, 2010

It's Peanut Butter Jelly Time!!

I just listed these in my Etsy shop. Oh My!! They are so goooood!!
Delicious Belgian Chocolate filled with slightly sweetened organic peanut butter and the organic jam flavor of your choice.


Enjoy!!

You can get these yummy treats in my Etsy shop: New England Candy Co

Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Around my neighborhood

Went out with my youngest, Alex yesterday on a little photography expedition. We both took turns with the camera!! He had a blast, as did I. He was talking about photography to his brothers at the table during dinner tonight. We had spaghetti tacos!
These are from the very end of our lake right before it goes over a little waterfall and into a field of cows.
I wanted to get some close ups of these gorgeous water lilies, but can't get close without going in!!
So I used the zoom as far as I could.


This is a hydrangea just starting to bloom. I love hydrangeas, they are everywhere in Connecticut. This one is right in my front garden under my living room window.
And of course Echinacea Purpurea. These things spread like weeds after a few years, but they are still pretty! Now if I could just get the little bugs to stop chewing on them.

This is one of Alex's photographs. I love it. He thought it was cool that the sky was peeking through the trees.
I am so glad that he is home for summer vacation. I don't like being out of work right now with my back, but I am thankful that I get to spend some time with my boys!!

This was taken from our dock looking over the diving board. I like how the sun is just going down over the hills.



This is our view going up the lake toward the North. You can see the Kalmia Latifolia on the right side. The little flowers are so cute close up. Little pink blossoms with tiny red dots inside each one. They are the Connecticut State flower.

Saturday, June 12, 2010

Happy Pink Saturday

We never lived anywhere for very long when I was a kid. The longest we ever lived somewhere was 3.5 years. The shortest was about 5 months, and there were a couple of places that were only 6 months each. When I was in the fifth and sixth grade we lived in Pacific Beach Washington. It was a very small community lots of logging, and shake mills, and that sort of thing. But I loved it. I think Washington State was one of my favorite places that I lived in. There was always so much to do. My family used to take lots of trips to Seattle and places like Blake Island...which by the way has the best salmon feast I have ever tasted in my life. Anyway on my 11th birthday my family took me to Seattle for a day of fun at an amusement park and sightseeing and shopping. That day was the first time I ever rode on a rollercoaster. My friend Rhonda Tarr came with me. Oh boy did we have fun. I got the big pink seashell below that day. The rest are pretty shells I have collected over the years, but the big pink one is always my favorite!! And it doesn't hurt that it is my favorite color.

Happy pink Saturday
make
sure
you
visit
our
lovely
hostess


p.s. I am thinking about going out to Washington State next summer for the Farm Chicks show. If anyone reading this has ever been please email me got some questions for ya.

...and please take my poll at the very top of my sidebar.

Saturday, June 5, 2010

Sparkly Pink Saturday

Happy Pink Saturday
My Pink Treasure This Week Is this Sparkly
German Glass Glitter. I found this glittery Hot Pink Color!!

Don't you love it in these cute jars all dressed up with some ribbons and millinery. I love glass glitter, it is so much more sparkly than any other glitter I've tried!!
Here's to wishing you a sparkly weekend!!

Make sure you visit our hostess Beverly for Pink Saturday.

Come back and visit tomorrow for Shabby Sunday and I hope some of you will join in and show some of your Shabby items too!!


Tuesday, June 1, 2010

And The Winner Is...

I used this website to pick a random number between 1 and 29.  There were 30 comments, but one was a reply by me so I skipped mine as if it wasn't there.


RANDOM NUMBERS - (click 'More random numbers' for more!)
Random number between 1 & 29
               14                



Comment #14 belongs to.....
Brenda-shabbycatsandroses

Congratulations!!!!
Your truffles will be on their way soon.