New "Rosey" Offerings....

Two Little Canvases, Handpainted By Me....One To Sit In An Easel Or Shelf...The Other, Embellished With Many Sweet Little Roses And Jewels, To Hang For A Touch Of Romance....

These are available to purchase at The Ruffled Rose
Wishing you a wonderful holiday weekend ....Jil xo

2nd BIRTHDAY FOR PINK SATURDAY! WOO HOO!

Thank you, thank you, Beverly for having the brilliant idea for this pinkalicious event! And, can you believe that two years have passed, already???? Well, we sure have had fun and met lots of sweet new friends....that is the best part! And, Happy Birthday Wishes for many more Pink Birthdays!



You will find this fun and fancy frame with a vintage birthday card inside, at our new website....I hope you will visit and take a peek... The Ruffled Rose
A Bit Of Pink From My Gardens...

The Angel In My Garden....I Made Many Of These For Craft Shows

Sweet Little Bird Bath Among The Bleeding Hearts


Carnations...and these have that wonderful Carnation scent....

Delicate Foxglove blossoms with water drops....

Where I love to sit with a book and a glass of Sweet Tea with Lemon or just sit.....

*Lets pause for just a moment and say a prayer for those brave men and women and their families, who served our country and gave the ultimate sacrifice so we can have the freedoms we have today....We must stay united and strong so they did not die in vain....*


Now I am off to other Pink Birthday Parties.....
Sending Hugs.....Jil xo

Prayers Needed~Please

Good Morning, all my dear friends.....Prayers are needed for a lady in Vermont by the name of Debbie Connors.....This woman is wife, mother, daughter, and sister and is loved deeply by her family.....she was rushed to the hospital in Burlington with profuse bleeding to learn she has stage 4 cervical cancer.....the tumor is the largest the hospital has seen and surgery is out.....a procedure was done where chemo is inserted directly into the tumor and yesterday her doctor calmly told her that he thought they had "blown a hole" in her bladder in the process by getting the probes to close!

She blames herself, as she has not had a Pap test done since her last child was born 24 years ago....and, this woman is a nurse.

All prayers are very much appreciated and if anyone would like to add her to a prayer chain, that would be wonderful!

This is a reminder, to all of us women, it is not only mamograms, (which you can go to the button on the right and click on it to give a free one )but we need those Pap Tests regularly, as well!

Thank you all!
Many Sweet Blessings,
Jil
xo

Not Pink, But Blue

Good Morning....and it is a good morning! As I walked into my sweet little kitchen I thought how much it pleases me....there are no Granite counter tops nor is there a five burner stove....just my blue and white checks, which I adore, and many pretties to keep me company as I start breakfast....



Our home is a tiny Craftsman bungalow.....we had a BIG one in Washington state with many of the lovely built ins and lovely features that go with that style and.... that house was on Puget Sound and the views breath taking....out the sun room were views of the water and out our daughters upstairs bedroom was Mt. Baker.....this little one, not so many details, but it has its own personality and there is a wonderful wall in the upstairs hall, of a floor to ceiling cabinet that I would not trade for anything....the attraction to this house was how close it is to the water....walk out to the sidewalk and look down the street and there it is....and if you are in the mood, grab your beach chair and go sit a spell on the sand and watch for sail boats and freighters and pick up some pretty stones to skip.....

A few posts back, I told you I had taken in hand a brush filled with white paint to our antique dining table...I have been tired of it for years and once even tried a different antique set, but when it came down to it, it was my husband who quietly said..."but, Jil, all the children have eaten at this table." With that said from a quiet man who lets me do as I want with the house, I knew this table ment something to him. The other set went quickly back.



I am getting used to, and loving, this new fresh and very Cottage look...but not everything in my eclectic dining room is white....a maple corner cuboard that was my Mothers,.....

my antique sewing machine cabinet with the working Singer machine inside and a spindle back chair and DH's Grandfather clock....I will paint the old mirror frame from a dresser, (that hangs behind the sewing machine cabinet and frames a pretty mirror from my daughter) that I found up in the Adirondacks in NY on our way home from our daughters in Chazy a few years ago. I haven't made up my mind about painting the corner cupboard or the sewing machine cabinet.....

Well, as I rambled on...I got away from my kitchen....not all will like it. It is still country you will think...well..yes and no. I don't have much that is dark in it....my appliances are white and so is the new porcelain sink we put in....I think it is very Cottage with all the white and checks and I am able to add little accents I like in either pink or blue....I have a bowl full of vintage potholders in pinks and pale greens..


And before fall comes the cabinets will have a new coat of white paint...I had hubby remove the kitchen doors when we did the redo....he kept them, of course.....he is not brave with all my ideas....lol!







Anyway, with the quiet warm morning....just the hum of the pool being cleaned next door and an occasional bird song.....I took some pictures to share....

Have a beautiful day!
Jil
xo