I Can't Resist A Pretty Pot Holder......

WELCOME TO PINK SATURDAY!!!










I don't know when this began, but I can not walk past a pretty, pastel potholder without buying it. Of course, it has to be in perfect condition. I prefer the white ones with minty green and palest of pinks and I keep them all arranged in a bowl in the kitchen.
The funny thing about all of this, is I am not attracted to cooking and the sooner out of the kitchen the better for me, but I love kitchen "things". I have a couple of my Grandmothers potholders from long, long, ago in blue and white and they are displayed on shelves above the stove.
Isn't it interesting the things we wind up with in a little collection!
Have a wonderful Pink Saturday and I am so happy you stopped by!
Sweet Blessings,
Jil

A PRETTY IN PINK SATURDAY

Hi Everyone and Welcome!
Thank you for coming by to say "Hi" and I hope you enjoy browsing thru my Pink offerings,today!
Blessings,
Jil


**A GORGEOUS TUSSIE MUSSIE SACHET FULL OF LAVENDER AND SWEET ROSES**




THIS ITEM IS SOLD



**A DELICIOUSLY ROMANTIC PILLOW**




THIS PRETTY PILLOW IS SOLD!
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THIS BEAUTIFUL TOPIARY IN A TEACUP IS FROM
"SOMEWHERE*IN*THYME*


WOULDN'T THIS BE STUNNING ON A TABLE IN AN ENTRY WAY TO GREET ALL YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY? BE SURE AND CHECK HER WEBSITE http://someplaceinthyme.blogspot.com/ AND FROM THERE YOU CAN CLICK ON HER LINKS TO WHERE YOU CAN FIND ALL HER "PRETTIES".
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**ANOTHER PRETTY TUSSIE MUSSIE SACHET FROM ME**




THIS TUSSIE MUSSIE IS SOLD!

**A ROMANTIC "Ballerina" PILLOW**








That is all for this Pink Saturday! I hope you enjoyed my "Pink Pretties" and thank you Char for letting me show your gorgeous Topiary!
Blessings,
Jil

Late HAPPY 14TH BIRTHDAY PRECIOUS ALLIE!!

Happy Birthday To You! Happy Birthday To You! Happy Birthday, Happy Birthday To You!

Miss Alexandra Rae, or Allie as she likes to be called, turned 14 on January, 2nd and I can't begin to say just how dear she is to us. When she was a wee baby we all lived together for a bit and her Mo and Pa, her name for us, got the honor to care for her while her Mama worked. She went everywhere with us and we got to watch her grow seeing her first steps and hearing her first words. We got to show her things, like where carrots and broccoli come from. We were living in the Imperial Valley of California at the time. (It is a big agricultural area.) It was a joyous time for all of us and we bonded in a very special way that hasn't changed today, even tho we are, sadly, now 500 miles apart. It never will! As I write, so many memories are remembered, and now she is a beautiful young lady that has always been on the honor roll and has a love for the theatre. Her plan is to study Theatre Arts when she goes to a university and she wants to act. She has already been in two plays in a little theatre group. She is not only beautiful, but loving, caring and very responsible with a thirst for knowledge that is amazing. She has a beautiful singing voice and I could listen to her sing all day. I love getting her sweet emails and pictures and talking on the phone about all her friends and school. Real joy is when she comes, with her sisters for their summer visit and we go places, talk, watch movies and just plain have a great time with lots and lots of hugs! Can you tell how much she is loved? From here to the moon and back!

In the picture, taken this summer, she is with her "Pa". The Blue Water Bridges are behind them with a freighter just entering the St. Clair River from the mouth of Lake Huron. Sarnia, Ontario, Canada is on the other side.


*(If you scroll down a bit, you will see her younger sister Hannah for her 11th birthday. Coming in February will be her little brother Jack's 5th birthday.)

Michigan Is Cold And Snowy This Pink Saturday.....

WELCOME!
And
HAPPY NEW YEAR!

My computer had to go into the shop and I just got it back a couple of days ago. It was a shock to discover how much I am attached to it keeping up with friends, family and listing on my different sites. I am still pondering on this..........as I never expected to miss it so much! With no family around and the days cold, snowy and dark, I wonder, has the computer become my second family???? And, is this a sad thing or a good thing?

Anyway, I wanted to share with you, this Pink Saturday, my pink and rosy china that I just love. It is called Rose Chintz, and made in England by Johnson Bros. I have had this for many years, so you see I was loving roses and the cottage look years before it came into it's own. One of my very loved daughters-in-law ( I am blessed with two of them! ) started me on my way with a vegetable bowl that you see in the first picture. I still need/want a few more pieces such as the teapot and the sugar and creamer and, the salt and pepper and......I am sure I can think of more!

The china and depression glass are in a very old pie safe out of a kitchen in a long gone hotel in British Columbia near Vancouver. We lived in Blaine, Wa. for several years. I was so fortunate when I found this oldie. A friend took me to an antique dealer she knew, because I was looking for vintage display pieces for my little shop. When I told him what I needed he took me out to his barn to show me the very big and very old pie safe. I should have taken a before picture as it was sitting in over grown weeds and needed lots and lots of paint and TLC. It is one of my treasured pieces!

Do you see the pretty dinner bell in the front with the pretty pink roses? It says, To Mother With Love and was picked out and purchased by my adorable little daughter, with her own money. My "little" daughter is now grown with four precious children of her own!

Enjoy!









I thought I would share some of my things with pink that are hot off the press, too!

The first two pictures show a tote/diaper bag with recycled denim from a blouse grown too small, and lots of vintage touches and straps that have knotted ends OUTSIDE the bag. The generous pocket on the back is perfect the cel phone, sun glasses or keys. Two more pockets are inside.




THE FRONT


THE BACK



THIS IS SUCH A DARLING CREAMER FROM BAVARIA WITH HAND PAINTED FORGET-ME-KNOTS ALL THE WAY AROUND THE CREAMER......THE CUSHION IS FILLED WITH SWEET LAVENDER BUDS! Mmmmm Mmmmm!





I HAVE HAD THIS SWEET SMALL PITCHER FOR YEARS AND WITH THE ADDITION OF NEW "PRETTIES" I WAS WALKING AROUND THE HOUSE TRYING TO PLACE IT WHEN I DECIDED IT WOULD BECOME A LITTLE PIN CUSHION TO GO AND LIVE WITH ANOTHER TO ENJOY. THE CUSHION IS FILLED WITH THE MARVELOUS LAVENDER AND I MADE THE PRETTY PINK RIBBON ROSES AND LEAVES THAT ARE TUCKED AROUND THE EYELET.






THIS PIN CUSHION IS MADE IN A ROGERS BROTHERS VINTAGE SILVER PLATE CREAMER WITH BEAUTIFUL LOOPED RIBBON TRIM FROM "LINENS AND LAUREL" AND GORGEOUS YUWA tm FABRIC. AS WITH ALL MY PIN CUSHIONS, THIS ONE IS FILLED WITH THE YUMMY LAVENDER WE ALL LOVE!





A LOVELY VINTAGE SUGAR BOWL MADE INTO A SWEET SACHET PIN CUSHION.
THERE IS A HEART ON TOP FILLED WITH ONLY DELICIOUS LAVENDER BUDS! GREAT FOR KEEPING THE PINS CLEAN AND SHARP AND MAKING THE ROOM SMELL HEAVENLY!








A Pretty Luxury Hand Towel Set With A Lavender Filled Strawberry Sachet...To Bring "Pretty" Into The Bath Or Powder Room











OH YES, PUMPKIN OUR DARLING RESCUED KITTY WANTED TO BE INCLUDED EVEN THO HE IS ORANGE!



THANK YOU FOR STOPPING IN AND VISITING THIS PINK SATURDAY! SEE YOU ON THE NEXT ONE!
Blessings,
Jil