Rosie The Snow Lady

Hello Everyone,

First, I want to thank all of you that have left me comments...I am slow to get to each of you because I got felled by blood pressure medicine this week. I am a high energy gal and this stuff slows me down so much that walking upstairs is an effort. I am working to get off of it as soon as I can, believe me!!! I haven't needed it for many years, but sometimes unhappy events, events that are other peoples decisions that impact my life, weigh unhappily and heavily on my mind. I try to let them go, but that is easier said than done and I wind up brooding about things I can do nothing about, sadly. It all winds up making me sick and questioning what my life has all been about...with prayer and positive thoughts I will get myself over this big mountain!

Creating has always been a cure for me and so this week, low energy or not, I made this little Snow Lady that I named Rosie....you can see more of her at my website. With her coal eyes twinkling and her carrot nose turned pink from the cold, she turned out awfully cute, don't you think?

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Hope your day is full of sunshine!
Jil

Pretty Pink Saturday

Hello All.....I am posting early to try to get a head start. Pink Saturday has grown and grown and is still growing and I need a head start!!!

My latest Southern Belle with Ribbon Embroidery....This one is sold, but another is in the works...

Teacup Pincushion Confection at my Etsy shop.....

Hope it was a wonderful summer week for all my pink loving friends....You can see, above, a bit of what I did beside the usual weeding and housework....which I do not mind. I am one of those that enjoy these tasks.... I love being in the garden and did you know that keeping a dryer sheet in your back pocket really does ward off those pesty mosquitoes? I let some of it hang out of my pocket.... I tried it as I like to garden in the evening best and that is when they are out and about and....it works!!!

Now don't forget to go to Beverly our fabulous host that keeps this fun event going, for a list of all the pink, sweeties that are doing Pink Saturday this week.

I love glass...especially Depression glass and vintage crystals and if you do too, you will want to visit Kathy at http://www.depressionelegantglass.com/
It is a wonderful blog of so many patterns and a great place to go to find that pattern you have been wondering about....I don't know how I have missed visiting her before...

Well, now I am off to hit the trail of Pink Saturday pink and pretty blogs....thank you for paying me a visit and leaving me comments to read. I get such joy from each of them!!

Jil

Christmas Babies

Good Morning Bloggerettes....
I just wanted to share these charming little ones waiting for Santa... Aren't they adorable?
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I am in love with these darling babies....I don't think I have seen a vintage Christmas image that I think are as cute as this little pair, in long time....This door charmer/ pillow is on my website if you would like to see more of it....

It is a quiet, peaceful soft summer day here.....a bit sticky and we are hoping for a thunderstorm or two....the gardens love this weather and the keeping up with the weeds is a daily chore now....
Hope your day is beautiful, too!
Jil

~Home Again~

We are home....it was a wonderful little trip with lots of hugs and loving from precious grandchildren. Now, I am settling back in and at work. It always takes me a while, as I miss having family close. It seems so natural when we are with any of them....I will never get used to being an empty nester! :( Or being so far away from them all!

It was as hot and sticky in upstate NY, on Lake Champlain, as it is here in dear ole Michigan! We did take the children one day to my favorite, and may I say, unairconditioned, antique store. Two huge floors. The children were stoic and uncomplaining and I kept telling myself, you can do this as I got more and more miserable....I did not find as much as I was hoping for, but I did find these gorgeous dessert plates....the amazing thing is I found the matching cake plate at this wonderful store in Oklahoma, just off the highway. So, cake plate from OK and matching dessert plates from NY state. Be sure and come back Friday for my FrouFrou Friday Post to see them all together.....

These are going on my website in my boutique, In The Armoire, under Vintage Finds..


The weather was mostly stormy, so we did not get to go to yard sales like we hoped, but here are a couple of things I did find that I thought were sweet.

This adorable little vintage Red Riding Hood shaker has the sweetest face!

This darling little dutch girl, in pink and white, is actually a little ashtray from the 1930's or 40's.....she is in my ETSY store

And, then three pretty teacups and saucers.....


These two are my favorites and especially the one with the rose inside the cup...

I was disappointed that I did not find any pretty hankies, linens or pot holders, but then with the weather, we did not get to do our usual prowling....

With Happy Thoughts.....
Jil