A huge Thank You to Bev at How Sweet The Sound for hosting our weekly celebration of all things Pink. Make sure to check out all of the other sites she has listed.

Today I’m featuring three non-related items, except of course for the pink!

The first item I purchased at Home Goods about two weeks ago. It’s a lovely pink glass bunny covered dish. I photographed it sitting on the sideboard in my dinning room, but he lives on a table in my bedroom. He’s so cute and pink I may just leave him out during the year and not pack him away with the other Easter decorations.

The next item is one I picked up at a local thrift store. I thought it was very nice and I think it goes with some of my bunnies. At least the flowers look like they do. I’ve been thinking of buying some things that I find at thrift shops and garage sales and offering them in an online shop. So many ideas and so little time.

My last pink item for today is from the Lenox Pincess Collection. This is The Snow Queen – not exactly the nicest of the Princesses. I have about 8 of them and would like add to the collection. I had no idea until I started researching what they were going for on eBay that there were so many I had never seen. Guess I’ll be saving my nickles and dimes (for a long time) to get another one to add to the other Princesses.







Each week Bev asks us to visit a blog we haven’t been to before and then feature it in our posts. Most of the time I end up posting about a blog I have been to before – but this one was new to me since it was the first time they had participated in Pink Saturday. The blog is Cape Cod Rambling Rose and she’s done some extraordinary things with vintage paper, ribbons, and more. Take a few minutes and visit the site, I’m sure you’ll enjoy it.


Hope you are all having at least a few glimpses of Spring. I’m seeing small shoots coming out of the ground, so soon there should be tulips and daffodils showing up.


Have a Happy Pink Saturday!


Sandra

A huge Thank You to Bev at How Sweet The Sound for hosting our weekly celebration of all things Pink. Make sure to check out all of the other sites she has listed.

While the color isn’t exactly Pink, these tags, I think, are close enough. I hope you will enjoy these tags I’ve created with vintage images. You can click on the second image and you’ll get a PDF file that contains the printable sheet. I think they would be a great addition to your Easter decorations or to put on an Easter basket.

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Each week Bev asks us to post about another blog from last week. I chose to feature Stone Gable and their post from last which is tutorial on making a beautiful Spring Wreath

Have a wonderful Pink Saturday and Happy First Day of Spring!

Sandra

It’s my parents 68th Wedding anniversary this week. Congratulations, Mom and Dad. They were married just three months after the attack on Pearl Harbor. Dad soon left for four years to serve as a Marine in the Pacific. Over the years my parents worked together to build a business and provide for their children and grandchildren. They are now retired and living the good life in Florida. I couldn’t be prouder of them.

March is also my son’s birthday. He turned 35 this year! Happy Birthday to my Davie. (No one else but my parent and myself get to call him that. LOL) I don’t have grandkids, but I do have a grand-puppy, Bootsy, a six pound six year-old Chihuahua who spends most days with me while “daddy” is at work.

A huge Thank You to Bev at How Sweet The Sound for hosting our weekly celebration of all things Pink. Make sure to check out all of the other sites she has listed.

This week I’ve got an addition to my Easter decorations in the kitchen. First, I got a very lovely “sugared egg” vine that I’ve wrapped around one of my new bunnies as a centerpiece on the kitchen table. The vine is by Valerie Parr Hill from QVC. I need to do a bit more fluffing and evening out of the eggs and follage since it needs about a day or so to relax after being in the box. I’d love to have gotten the topiary, wreath, and centerpiece, but have to draw the line somewhere. Second, last week when I was at Home Goods I picked up the plaid tablecloth with the bunnies and eggs woven into the design. It’s all so pretty and pink.

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Bev has asked us to post about a blog we haven’t been to before from the previous week’s contributions. My pick to share this week is from a brand new participant in Pink Saturday. Tobi’s blog is The Pink Pixie Forest which features her fantastic Fairy Trees and Pixie Trees. Check out her blog where you’ll find out all about these gorgeous trees that she creates.

Have a wonderful Pink Saturday!

PS Does anyone else have a clock around the house that never did get the time changed last fall so after this weekend it will now show the correct time? Thought so. LOL

Sandra

I began collecting items painted by Debi Coules on eBay. She has now moved on to having her own website (banner lower down in the post.) I just love her roses and have lots of items spread out through my home and will be sharing more of them in the future.

My kitchen bay window has a shelf and right now has a combination of enamelware and two stained glass lamps. Somewhere I’ve got more plates that I’ll probably put on the shelf – but I tend to like the way it looks now. I do have a lace trimmed runner that’s in my “to iron” stack that will go back on the shelf.

Thanks to Cindy at My Romantic Home for hosting Show and Tell Friday. Cindy’s blog is one of the two or three that inspired me to start my own blog.

A huge Thank You to Bev at How Sweet The Sound for hosting our weekly celebration of all things Pink. Make sure to check out all of the other sites she has listed.

Today I have one Home Good find, another angel from QVC, and an intruder who just would not take no and had to be included in my Pink Saturday posting.

First is an adorable bunny teapot. It matches the larger pitcher that I got last year at Home Goods. My guess is the teapot has been sitting in a wharehouse since last year just waiting for me. I’m thinking that the small cookie jar that’s the size of the teapot really needs me to go back today and get it – before it goes home with someone else. lol Any excuse for a trip to Home Goods.

Next is a Jim Shore Easter Angel called “He Is Risen” that I purchased from QVC. I have one like this that’s for Christmas as well. The angel has an rotating diorama in her skirt. It’s also a music box and plays “How Great Thou Art.” There is a very small seed light bulb that shines on the diorama. The three images in the diorama portray Christ praying in the Garden of Gethsemane, the Crucifixion, and then Mary witnessing the risen Christ.

And lastly, I couldn’t resist him when I saw him on QVC the other day during one of their garden shows. It’s the Travelocity Gnome! He’s designed to be used indoors or outdoors but I won’t be using him on the patio or small terrace outside my condo. It would be one thing if I had a yard, but the area is wide open and I’m concerned that someone might “help him walk away” so to speak. I think he’ll look just adorable in front of the fireplace.

He’s not as big as the one that you see on The Amazing Race (one of my favorite tv shows) but he’s big enough and cute enough to make up for that.

He told me that he just had to appear in my Pink Saturday post. He did point out that he has a rosy pink color to his cheeks and nose. lol

Have a wonderful Pink Saturday!

Sandra

I finally got tired of running all over town to find copies of Romantic Home so I decided to finally get a subscription. When I went to sign up there was a “deal” to also get four copies of Romantic Country – so I figured I can’t have too many Romantic magazines, so why not?

As I was going through the Summer 2010 issue I turned a page and stopped in awe. It was over a article called The Poetic Potter – Lark Roderigues. It includes photos of her pottery which is just spectacular. Below is a photo of some of her vases that I found online:

They are absolutely gorgeous and I suddenly thought about what I could get rid of so I could afford a couple pieces. I also regretted getting rid of my kiln from my dollmaking days because I would so like to try to make something like it. But, alas the kiln is long gone.

The article mentions her website, which is www.larkpottery.com and has lots more examples of this beautiful handmade pottery. I then googled her name and found a piece of her work on eBay, though it had been sold. And lastly I found her Etsy shop with a few of her items.

There are so many wonderful things in Romantic Country that it’s going to take me some time to get through all of it. But I as soon as I saw Lark’s work I knew I had to blog about it.

Sandra