Christmas In July Free Gift From Me To You

Hi Girl Friends......I just have to tell you, we are so excited at Shabby Cottage Shops to announce our Christmas In July event!
It starts Saturday, July 9th......We invite you, each day, to come visit the featured shop and see their beautiful ONE DAY offerings.
We begin on Saturday and it starts with our shop... THE RUFFLED ROSE I created the Teddy In A Teacup just for Shabby Cottage Shops and this fun affair and.....there is a sweet surprise that goes with it, but just for Saturday....

just this one day, at The Ruffled Rose You will receive the pretty white eyelet sachet booties....made from a vintage eyelet dresser scarf and all of it is SHIPPED FREE! Thats right a beautiful free gift and....Free Shipping. My thank you to all my wonderful friends and customers. Each day a different shop will be featured with the same offer so come often to see the shop of the day!

THE SHABBY CRAFTER
5 DOLLAR FRENCH MARCHE
VINTAGE PARIS MARKET
LITTLE LUXURIES OF VA
TEQUILA BAY BOUTIQUE
SASSY BEACH JEWELRY DESIGNS
DUSTY OAK ORNAMENTS
LAURIE'S DOGGIE CREATIONS
CELESTINA MARIE DESIGNS
CREATIONS WITH HEART
BELLE INSPIRATION
DEBI COULES
SWEETHEARTS NEST
HOLLY AND GLITTER
LITTLE BIT OLD LIL BIT NEW
Enjoy!
xo
Jil
This is also PINK SATURDAY and to find all the other funtastic PINK blogs just go to
Beverly's
See you there!

A Pretty Vintage Find

~SOMEONE ELSE LOVED IT TOO....IT IS SOLD~
This is such a beautiful day! I wish there were time to walk down to the beach, but I just have too many things on my "to do list." Not fair! :(

Here is a find I wanted to share with you.....I think it is sooooo beautiful and the pictures just do not do it justice. It is a generous sized vintage linen for a table or dresser....the exquisite crochet and embroidery are at each end and the color is rich and very, very French.....French Country or Farmhouse. The fabric a wonderful linen.

I have to admit that I purchased this for myself, but it is a bit too long and so I am offering it on my WEBSITE

Hope you will come and take a peek and starting on the 9th, Saturday, Shabby Cottage Shops is starting a marvelous event that you won't want to miss.....More details to come!

Back to my list....Ho Hum!
Smiles,
Jil

COLORS PARTY

Hello Sweet Peeps....I am joining the monthly blog Colors party at ETSY COTTAGE STYLE and I hope you will come join me by clicking on the link and visiting all the blogs showing their "whites" this month.....this is the month for brides and beautiful weddings, so it just had to be a "white" month.

It has been so cool, cloudy and even rainy here that I don't have much in my garden. Nothing is really interested in growing or blooming. I have lots of green and my Eden roses had their first gorgeous blooming but nothing white.....yet. So, I took my camera inside and shot a few of my inside whites....I use white and wood as I think they compliment each other and keep it from getting boring. I love colors, especially soft pretty pastel colors and white is a perfect backdrop for them...I admit to a love of red and blue, too, and use the stronger colors mostly the kitchen, I just have to sneak some in. lol!

Have a beautiful day and have fun wandering through our "whites!" Here are some of mine:
The first picture, above, is one of the guest rooms and where my computer is. I love all the comfy pillows and this is "my reading spot". Those two pillows in front are 20 years old!!! I could not believe it when I figured back to when I purchased them in Prescott, Arizona. They are by Waverly and were very expensive which goes to show you get what you pay for. They are made of polished cotton and have wide eyelet ruffles....the pillows behind them mostly have vintage cases....

I love this white picket fence shelf....it holds sweet olden baby shoes in black and other mementos.....I did the watermelon slice years ago.....sold hundreds of them it seems at shows...

A darling and very old little shelf above and another of my "picket" shelves, below....note the pretty white and glass terrarium...inside, it has the daintiest little wrens nest...all the twigs as fine as thread. One of my darling granddaughters, Miss Allie, found it and saved it for me a few years ago. I found a Robins egg that was mostly intact and it gently rests in that little nest....It is one of my favorite possessions!

A wall of white and olden plates with white backgrounds, a part of my olde Kitchen Hoosier and a beautiful spoon rack painted by Celestina Marie....Isn't it a beauty?


And, my last picture is of the dining which is mostly white with white lace curtains and swag valances...only a maple corner cupboard that was my Mom's, a grandfaher clock and my olde Singer sewing machine cabinet and an lovely olde oak chair were not painted....I am still debating on the corner cupboard...
Thank you for stopping by and I hope you enjoyed your visit!
Bye For Now....
Smiles and Hugs,
Jil

Come Smell The Roses

Welcome Sweet Pink Loving Peeps! Here is the way to Beverly's and all the fun and amazing blogs that love PINK as much as I do.....Be sure and leave Beverly a comment so she will know how much you enjoy this venue! Thank You Beverly! We just LOVE you!

Finally! The roses are blooming and the rose that holds the key to my heart is Eden. We have had a chilly and wet Spring and beginning to Summer and without the six hours of sun she loves, she has been taking her sweet time to burst forth, but here she is. Isn't she gorgeous?

Even though I use a Bayer product for my roses that is supposed to discourage all buggies, with all the wet we have them anyway. So, they are not all absolutely perfect, there is a little nibble hole here and there, but then, that is just Nature at work! Right?



Below are my hardy and pretty landscape roses.....never any bugs and they survive any weather, it seems. They just grow and bloom and make Mama happy!

I hope you enjoyed some of my roses!

I am planning my first ever GIVE A WAY! I would have had one long ago, but I had to figure out how make the little button for you all to take back to your blogs....so, When I get to 325 followers I will celebrate my first one....stay tuned!

Have a very Rosy Pink Saturday!
Love To You All!
Jil