Under the Sea and Mermaids!!

Hello Friends!

I think that for my last post of August,
an "Under the Sea" theme is in order.
And, I have just the thing to share with you!

My adorable goddaughter recently had a baby girl, Zoe.
No pink or prissy nursery for Zoe,
Tricia wanted ocean blues and an "Under the Sea" theme.
Love it!

Similar to my "oui" banners,
I made a "Zoe" one:


And, digging around in Michaels' end-of-summer clearance bins,
I nabbed this wooden "Z" for 25 cents!  It's about 6" high.



It was painted black to begin with,
but I covered the whole thing with book papers,
then decoupaged ocean-y paper on top and embellished with a tiny starfish.

And my favorite is this blossoming box:

 
I have made several of these boxes and blogged about them here.

It's like a scrapbook in a box; when you lift the top,
the box falls open to reveal 20 "pages" where you can put photos, etc.



There is room in the center of the box for mementos.

I can't wait to see this box filled with pictures of Zoe!!

Friday freebie time...let's stay in the under the sea mood:

  

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Lots of links to lovely pinks at Pink Saturday.

 

Thanks so much for visiting, and have a great weekend!

The PINK Days of Summer!!

Hello Friends!     Welcome White Wednesday partiers! This post is a little to the pink side of white ;)
I can't believe how summer has just flown right by!!
There's still so much more relaxing and fun-having to be done!
Still more pink lemonade drinking, strawberry ice cream eating...
Let's call these last days of August the pink days of summer:   Don't forget the SPF30!     And the Dramamine :)      This COULD have been me:   Soooo cute!     I want to go there now! 
Pretty towels...

Mmmmm....

Relaxing...  

Pink lemonade drinking...

And a beautiful sunset...sigh

OK, yes, these are all from my pinterest board ;)

I hope you all enjoy your last pink days of summer!!

And a freebie:

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Lots of links to lovely whites at Faded Charm Cottage!

Thanks so much for visiting, and have a great week!

Urban Barn Flea Market and Freebies!

Hello Friends!

I have been keeping busy,
and I will soon have lots of craftiness to share with you,
but I will wait until my swap partners have received them before I post about them.
Don't want to ruin the surprise :)

I do have a few pictures of my trip to the Urban Barn Flea Market yesterday.

A little Boho chic:

I want this garland made up of vintage millinery flowers!

Here's your vintage freebies!!
Something summery is in order I think:

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For links to lovely, shabby, chippy whites, stop by White Wednesday!

Lovely, feminine things at Pearls and Lace Thursday!

Lovely, cottagey links at Feathered Next Friday!

Party on at a very pinteresting party at Tutus and Tea Parties! And for all things lovely and vintage, visit Knick of Time!

Have a great week!

Vignettes Summer Fete

Hello Friends!

Yes, I admit it, I took last week off, played hooky, lazed around...
But I've been taking my responsibilities as kitty care-giver very seriously...
It's a full time job just trying to keep up with her...
Or at least trying to find her latest sleeping places :)

Oh well, I guess at 21 (102 in cat years) it's respectable to sleep 23 hours a day!
And anywhere you happen to find yourself!

I am so behind with pics and freebies;
right now I would like to share with you the photos from
Vignette's fabulous Seaside Summer Fete!
Heather Bullard was there
signing copies of her new magazine, Souvenir. The name Vignettes truly describes this store, as everything is so beautifully displayed in vignettes throughout the store.  For this fete the store was decked out in coastal/boho/shabby/french chic!  :)Roll camera:





Oooh.....





Aaaah...


  And it was at this point that the battery in my camera was "exhausted".I did take some pictures with my phone which I have not downloaded yet,I will do that next week and if "blog-worthy", I will post them :)
It was truly a lovely day which I got to share with my BFF Brenda,
who was visiting in San Diego from Tucson that weekend.
Hopefully the lovely times we had together
will spur a return visit soon!
 Freebies!!Ooh, and I've got some good ones!!


 Click to enlarge, right click and save! Lots of links to lovely pinks at Pink Saturday.   For links to lovely, shabby, chippy whites, stop by White Wednesday! Have a great holiday!  

But wait...how cute is this July 4th craft, courtesy of Country Living? 

Make it yourself with this clipart:

 Have fun!   Happy Fourth!!