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Pink Saturday – Various Finds

Sandra — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 04:38:56 +0000

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

Pink Saturday – Easter Vine for Bunny

Sandra — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 08:38:54 +0000

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

Pink Saturday – HomeGoods Goodies

Sandra — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 09:01:56 +0000

It’s Pink Saturday again! And as always our Hostess Bev has collected a list of great blogs that want to participate in the celebration of all things Pink. You can find more blogs listed at How Sweet The Sound.

Friday night I decided I’d had enough of being cooped up in my home and needed to get out – even if it was in the single digits – I needed a shopping fix. lol So, I headed over to HomeGoods. It was so nice walking in and seeing what I hope is just the beginning of the Easter and Spring items they will have.

Here’s my “goodies” that I purchased tonight.

I couldn’t resist this adorable pink bunny with a wreath of flowers around its neck. It goes perfectly with the other bunnies (Fitz and Floyd) that I’ve got in the hutch in my kitchen. I purchased one other bunny from HG last year and guess I’ve started a tradition.

Here’s a close up of my new bunny. Such and adorable expression!

At first I wasn’t sure what these were. I thought they might be candleholders, but they are a bit too big. I think they are egg holders. Will have to see if I can find wooden or paper mache eggs to go in them – or make some out of polymer clay.

Here’s the four egg cups out of the package. A pretty blue, yellow, light pink, and a little bit darker pink.

I also picked up a set of towels to hang on the over door. I’m going to try to keep my son from messing them up when he decides to do the cooking.

So, even though it’s cold as can be outside, by putting out some pink and other pastel items I can at least feel that Spring is on its way.

For this week’s Featured Blog here’s a link to Sweet Finds by Joanna. It’s her post from last week featuring something I think looks fantastic – pretty pink dishes combined with things like vintage silver jewelry, buttons, or other decorative items. Lots of other neat things to explore on her blog.

Have a wonderful Pink Saturday and a great week!

Sandra

Pink Saturday – Lucky Finds at Home Goods

Sandra — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 08:09:34 +0000

It’s Pink Saturday again at Cottage Dreamer! Thanks to Beverly at How Sweet The Sound for once more hosting this fun day of sharing all things Pink!

This week on my nearly weekly trip to Home Goods, I was lucky enough to find something I’d always wanted and also that something I’d seen there a few weeks ago was still around – something that doesn’t often happen at Home Goods.

The first items were two dinner plates and two smaller luncheon plates – or maybe they are salad plates – in the Franciscan Desert Rose pattern. I was so excited to see them – esp for $2.99 each. There was also a cream and sugar pair, but no tea pot so I decided against them.

And though the next plates aren’t pink, I was tickled pink to find them still in the store. They are Spode’s Chirstmas tree plates. I only got two dinner plates and also a set of highball glasses (figure they would be good for water.)

Just the other day I had been telling my girlfriend Pat that I wanted to start a small collection of the Spode Christmas plates for my son and me. Many years ago when the family was all around we started collecting them. Each year we would add more serving dishes, glasses, and anything else my sister could find. Well, my parents are in Florida and my sister and I don’t – well, let’s just say that we haven’t seen eye-to-eye in many years. So, Christmas is just my son, myself, and his Chihuahua Bootsy. But even if we only use the plates at Thanksgiving and Christmas, it’s still a tradition “just for us.” And since it’s open stock we can add dinner plates if the occasion calls for them – like maybe a special friend for my son. lol I thought the last one was “it” but she didn’t work out. My goodness I’m chatty this week about personal stuff.

I’d also told Pat that after seeing all the beautiful china and dinnerware on other people’s blogs – like the one person that had an entire room of china – that I was going to start picking up two dishes here, two dishes there, just so I could change things up a bit for my son and me at dinner. I told her the first dishes I wanted to start the collection were – yep, you got it – Franciscan Desert Rose. I’ve always loved the pattern. And at $2.99 a plate, you just can’t go wrong.

So, now I have to go find a place in the kitchen for my new collection of plates to live but now I’ve got another excuse to go to Home Goods, antiquing, junking, and to garage sales next summer.

Hope you all have a great Pink Saturday!

Sandra

All things work together for good for those who love the Lord.