Hearts A Flutter....

This is my newest piece with ribbon embroidery.....It has over 2/3 cup of fragrant lavender buds tucked inside in its own mesh pouch....a rhinestone dangle that is a vintage earring....three gorgeous vintage buttons and my silk ribbon roses...it can hang, from its 1" lovely varigated pink and green silk ribbon bow or it can rest next to your bed, on a dresser, a shelf..........
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Beautiful, not only in the Cottage bedroom, but the chic and shabby and Paris Apartment, as well...


This can be found at The Ruffled Rose, In The Armoire under Posh Pillows and Sachets!

Hope your day is perfect in all ways!
Jil

~The Fun Of It All~

My Powder Jar, listed at The Ruffled Rose, was featured, with other lovely vintage jars, in the September issue of Romantic Homes....It is a sweet feeling to be featured in a top magazine and the lady that purchased the jar is thrilled as well.



We, also, have our first ad with Shabby Cottage Shops in this issue, so it is sweetness times two...




There is a soft breeze and rain, my favorite kind of day. What a wonderful way to start the week....

Jil
xo

Odds And Ends Of Pinkness....

I am not very well prepared for Friday and Saturday events as for three weeks now I have been getting used to blood pressure medicine that makes me so tired I can hardly move. And, a bit of vertigo from a plugged ear...the doctor irrigated the ear, but the vertigo is still here if I lie on one side. Very minor complaints, things could be worse, but they are just very annoying and keep me from getting done what I want to do!!

So, I am going back into my pictures and bringing up some things that I hope will quality as Frou Frou and PINK! The first picture is of three pretty little vintage pitchers from my collection of "too many" that are listed in my Etsy shop....

~SOLD~
Now, lets see what else I can find...I thinks this qualifies as Frou Frou with all the bits of olde lace, buttons and a sweet rhinestone button and my ribbon embroidery...This is listed on my website in The Armoire under Tea Time....

~SOLD~
And, this very Frou Frou picture frame that features a vintage birthday card and vintage buttons, vintage rhinestone jewelry, millinery and a few shells....I found this in Oklahoma in a wonderful antique mall on our way home from Texas...It, too is on the website....

Thats all for this Friday's Frou Frou...I am on my way over to visit Connie to visit all my Frou Frou Friday Friends...Come join us!
And, I am combining this post for Pink Saturday, too. Please go and visit Beverly for this weeks list of pink-a-licious blogs to visit and enjoy!
Jil
xo

~FINALLY, THE CICADAS ARE SINGING~

I love my little "buggie" that dances from a long spring, on the porch.....I found him at Mary Maxims, here, about five or six years ago....
Nothing says Summer to me, like the singing of the Cicadas.....I have waited and waited to hear their song and finally, they are here. They came with the cooler air and some soft breezes out of the North..they are late this year....the day is perfect, but you know by the feel in the air that summer is at its peak and is sliding towards fall.

Our youngest grand-daughter in Texas is leaving for her first year in college on Friday....her truck is packed and her parents will be following her to help her get settled in....grandchildren in NY are excitedly getting ready for school in two and a half weeks with new clothes and cleats for soccer to say nothing of the long lists from each teacher of supplies they must have when they walk through the school door on that first day....

The Arizona grands are involved in the same activities...summer flew by all to fast for all of them and me, too. I find it hard to think fall and then winter. I am enjoying these perfect days after a couple of weeks of hot sticky weather. I have no desire to sew or do anything else, at the moment....I just want to sit on the porch and soak it all in.

Hope all of you, too, are having a blissful summer day!
Jil
xo