A Few of My Favorite Things (today)

Yum!

The black raspberries are ripening faster than I can pick them. I had a wonderful bowl with some ice cream and a scone my daughter baked for me. What a refreshing treat on a warm night.
To make it even more special, I used one of my antique spoons.

Ummm, Doesn't it look wonderful?

It was late by the time I could photograph them so there wasn't much window light and the flash washed the color out so the images could have been better but I didn't want to wait till the next day. Actually I should have because my Chef is baking a cobbler as I post this so I will probably post another shot later but maybe not.

My next favorite thing is a very cute pair or MaryJanes I found yesterday.

I have always loved this style. Very cute with certain outfits. These are quite comfortable.

Sorry about the brightness of my legs. I should have warned you to put your sunglasses on!



And my 3rd favorite thing today is...

This book. I have owned it for awhile and decided it was time to read it. I was sucked in the first 2 pages! I'm only on chapter 3 so I may be speaking to early but I'm liking it, today!


Hope you have a great rest of your week and find at least 3 things you love each day.

Summers Pleasures

While standing in line to get my ice cream, my friend spied this little guy sitting on a dairy crate eating a very large ice cream cone.

It was so precious.

He did not notice anything going on around him. Not even the 3 of us staring at him. And then the best thing ever happened and I captured it!

Is this just not the greatest shot?

"I doubt whether the world holds for anyone a more soul-stirring surprise than the first adventure with ice cream."
Heywood Campbell Brown (1888-1939)

Look at the band-aid

Look at his tongue

Total concentration

What a cutie

I Love this little guy!


Summers Coming!

And The Winner Is.....

Wow, what a fun time I have had visiting so many new friends! I found so many fun new blogs!This was my 1st give away and I was overwhelmed by the response. I did it the old fashioned way. Filling out the names on a square of paper for each chance. Look at all the names!

I stirred them up outside of the basket then stirred them again in the basket. I am glad I did it this way. It added to the fun for me. I was so nervious. I was the only one here so I had to pick the name. And The Winner Is Karena from http://artbykarena.blogspot.com Congratulations!

Thank you to everyone who became a follower I hope you stop by often and leave me a comment! Have a great Memorial Day.

Give Away Update

I will be very busy Saturday and Sunday photographing a very large soccer tournamen, so...
I won't get to draw my name until I get home Sunday evening after 9:00pm. I would love to tell you that I am so dedicated to all of my blog fans that I will come right home and make my announcement.

But

I will be photographing from 7 am to 7 pm and the temps will be near 90 degrees. I just have a feeling I will be exhausted.
I shoot Monday again at 7:00 am so my plan is to announce my winner Monday as soon as I get done with my teams.

Don't you just love suspence and drama?

Until then have a great holiday weekend!

Fetching Fannies

Warning!!!

I don't want to offend anyone

so

Please don't be mad if you don't appreciate the image to follow. (Nakedness in art)

While enjoying a beautiful day browsing the Springfield Antique Extravaganza with my BFF, I came upon this fantastic print!I began to laugh, then I stopped to appreciate it and laughed some more.

It made me feel so good about myself. I wanted so much to purchase it and put it in my bath room.

Ladies, someone, somewhere, someplace in time a man appreciated a more full figure! Being 50 isn't bad. I love how I feel about where I am in life now and I am having lots of fun so what if my body looks just like this naked. Someone, somewhere, some place in time thought I was beautiful and painted me!

Antique Extravaganza!

This Weekend is the spring Antique Extravaganza in Springfield, Ohio. My friend and I have been going to this antique show for the last 10 years at least. We also go to the one they hold in September. This has been the best spring one weather wise in a long time. Warm temps and lots of sunshine! Usually it's cold and wet. Do you need a rooster in your front yard?

How about this cute metal chair planter?

Personally I like this skinny church.
We did pass some cozy looking chenille bed jackets that I thought I might pick up for chilly evenings when I sit in bed perusing my favorite blogs. But then we passed this lovely jacket and thought it might be a bit more stylish!

It had a cape like styling and it fix perfectly! It would surly keep my shoulders warm. The vendor had me try it on and my friend Becky had me put on her sunglasses for effect.

What do you think?

Um, I'm thinking not.

This next booth was my favorite! I loved all of her items.
Her shop is Romantique Boutique

she is located in Waterford, PA.

Love, love, love it!

Beautiful. I imaging love letters here.

She has scrumpcious laces!

Cute embellishments on a vintage photograph.

Lovely, Linens.

If you see something you like you can call Mickey at 814-590-7010





I really liked this next booth to. They are called

2 chicks & a truck

you can find them at trosel1@fuse.net
I only took 2 photos because I talked to long

but I purchased a cute little chair I'm sharing in a bit.

They did a great job styling their booth space.

Here is the stuff I brought home. 2 linen tablecloths to cover the sofa cushions. Cooper would ruin my sofa because he messes these up often enough. 3 doilies. ( forgot to put one in this photo. It's on my mantle already) My cute little chair and a pin cushion.

The little blue and white doily fit perfect under my Meakin salt cellar.

Here is everything added to my mantle vignette.

I love my little chair. It has all the colors of everything I have displayed here!

I get to be in the July extravaganza with my handmade Etsy group. I will be busy making new stuff to sell until then. I'm very excited. Don't forget to check out the Cottage Charm Give away!

http://twiceremembered.blogspot.com/2010/05/4th-annual-cottage-charm-giveaway-event.html
Check out all the other blogs participating here.

Charming May Give Away

Here is what I am giving to one lucky person!

It’s time once again for The Twice Remembered Cottage Charm Giveaway!

I was visiting the site and thought I'd love to participate too!

It’s a multi-blog, month long event beginning Saturday, May 1st where bloggers give away on their blogs items they feel exhibit “Cottage Charm”. Anyone can join at any point in May before the 29th. On May 29th, all participating bloggers will announce their winners and post it to their blogs. An ongoing list of ALL the giveaways and participating bloggers is maintained at Twice Remembered during the entire month of May. The list grows and grows the whole month of May as bloggers add their Cottage Charm Giveaway to their blogs. All the winners will be drawn on the same day: May 29th. You do NOT have to have a blog to join in the fun, just an email address. You do NOT have to host a giveaway to participate.

Here are some close ups of my items. I have my rules to enter at the bottom of these photos if you think you would like to win.

This is a digital image of an 11x14 digital painting I did which is printed on watercolor paper.

My scrappy pillow. Made with my mom's vintage buttons and scraps I had .

A set of 4 of my Bitty Sentiment cards. This set features birds at the beach seen out of a lovely beach cottage window of course!

and last, A cute little watering can for your cozy cottage!

Now here is what you need to do.

For 1 entry, just follow my blog and post a comment that you are a follower or a new one.

For 2 extra entries, go to my etsy shop (shown on the side bar) and check out my things. Come back and post what your favorite item is.

That's it! I will put each entry in a hat and pull the winner May 29th and post the winner here. You have up to 3 chances to win! If you do not have a blog, just leave your e-mail so I can notify you if you are the winner.

Now to see all the other wonderful giveaways go to http://twiceremembered.blogspot.com/2010/05/4th-annual-cottage-charm-giveaway-event.html

I am so excited to participate this year. Have fun visiting all the other wonderful blogs!