Etsy Color Of The Month Party

Hello Sweet Friends and Welcome....
It is time for our Etsy Cottage Style Color Of The Month Party and this month is a favorite color for many of us...PINK!
I wish I could show you some fresh new spring blooms from my gardens, but spring is barely here....this is the first week of warmer temperatures for more than one day in a row and really....the trees and bushes are not out yet! They are trying with their teeny green buds, but we need some warm sunny days and some warm rain.
I went to my files and am going to show you a few pictures that you may have seen before....

These storm clouds at the beach down the street, were quite pink. The camera washed them out a bit, but they are still beautiful....

Pretty pink petunias

My "Baby Blue Rose"....a lovely pinky lavender

One of my large pink cupcakes with handmade clay roses...
These are my pinks and now I am off to see yours!
Many Blessings!
Jil

Hello All and Happy Easter, Happy Spring and Happy Passover! This is a special Pink Saturday and when you go to Beverly's you will find all the pretty Springtime blogs to browse through....


Flowers from our gardens last year and the cross beside the road that we always watch for....I believe this one is in Missouri. Isn't it magnificent?

Spring is very slow in coming to us this year...right now it is raining, which I love, but it is chilly, chilly, chilly....which I don't love! I do hope that Sunday will have the sun shinning and warmer temps so all the children can have fun finding eggs outside.....so much more fun than finding them inside.


We will be celebrating just the two of us, but we have much to be thankful for. The West Texas fires swept through the town our Texas family lives in....Ft. Davis. It swept through the area of their home and when they were evacuated they went out on the highway where they could watch. It was all high flames fed by the high winds and dense smoke, but hours and hours later, when it all cleared, their home was OK! There was only a small bit under the fence in a portion of their property. Many were not so lucky....I believe, the last I heard 43 homes were lost in that area and sadly a fireman is in the burn unit of The University Medical Center in Lubbuck. He is fighting for his life with 60% of his body burned.....I hope you will remember to keep him in your prayers.....having been in the US Forest Service with my first husband, I know how treacherous and deadly even a grass fire can become!

And, another blessing....our Texas grandson has had the grafting on his hand completed this week. He is waiting to find out when he will be released to finish his therapy and recovery.....Three weeks ago he had a serious dirt bike accident where he wound up being air lifted to Lubbuck to The University Medical Center and that is where he is now after the surgery.....A freak accident caused him to fly over the handle bars with the bike landing on top of him. He was knocked unconscious and his unprotected hand rested on the hot exhaust pipe causing third degree burns on his hand and wrist. I know he learned a valuable lesson to always be wearing your safety gear...all of it, not just some of it. Thank heavens he had his helmet on or it could have been much, much worse!
This special young man graduates from college next month and has been accepted into the US Border Patrol and is waiting orders. We are all hoping and praying he will get his hand healed and working before they call....

So, these last few weeks have been a bit stressful, but with luck and prayers, all seems to be on the mend!

Wishing you all many blessings,
Jil

Faux Cakes And Dancing With The Stars

Hi everyone....I think Spring has forgotten us.....I hear that Massachusetts is expecting twelve inches of snow, so I mustn't complain too much! lol! We do not have any leaves out....the lilacs are trying with teeny, about half an inch, buds and the tulips are not being eager to send up their bloom shoots.....So, since it is much too chilly for any outdoor activities, I have been working away....

I wanted to show you this sweet and pink little cake I fashioned while watching the elimination on Dancing With The Stars, last night! (I was sorry to see Petra leave and I am betting on the football player, Hines Ward, to take home the mirror ball....I know anything can happen in the next four weeks, so really who knows, but I never expected him to have such grace and ability! He is amazing to watch!) Then after Dancing With The Stars was the new show Body Of Proof. Have you all been watching it with Dana Delaney? It is wonderful....a serious subject, but presented so well and entertaining at the same time...I love this show and and its characters and hope they have the good sense to not cancel it....the same goes for Castle....Missed it this week because they put in that goofy show Cougar Town which I, personally, think they could cancel....not my taste in humor.....Mercy I sound like a reviewer for TV sitcoms....lol!

So, here is my little faux cake and now back to work.....

Have a happy day!
Jil

So Sweet Pink Saturday

Hello and Welcome Blogerettes to another Pink Saturday Party....To find all the other fabulous pink blogs to visit, all you have to do is click on Beverly and while there be sure and leave her a comment.....she loves them!

Hope you all had a fine week enjoying Spring.....here, it is just resisting getting warm and pleasant. The spring flowers are paying no mention and they are coming right on up, but I stayed inside with a sweater and heat on and worked away Faux Baking. I have said before that it is so relaxing and just plain fun. So, here are a few faux goodies just listed in my Etsy Shop Enjoy! And, I am always delighted to do a custom order for you in the color of your choice ....watch for lots more shapes coming soon!

The roses are my handmade clay roses....aren't they sweet? And, a nice change from the paper roses.....



These two cupcakes are larger....almost like little individual cakes and the tops are soooo sweet with my handmade clay roses, vintage and new posies and pink faux icing....just scrumptious! And, they look amazing on a pretty plate because they are larger with more blossoms....just more "prettieness" to savor.....


~SOLD~

Wishing you the happiest weekend and week!!
Sweetest Regards....Jil