BLUE MONDAY & A SURPRISE FROM A BLOGGING FRIEND

Hello and welcome to Blue Monday hosted by Sally of Smiling Sally. Thank you Sally for hosting this fun event!
Today I have some pretty blue and yellow dish towels that I recently picked up at Walmart. I'm a dish towel person, if I have to do dishes then I've got to have pretty towels!

I'd also like to show you all the goodies I got in a package from a blogging friend. Miss Peach from Miss Peach's Meowz.

What a surprise I had in my mailbox last week from my sweet blogging friend!

An adorable Americana tag made by Karla, looks right at home in my Americana bath.

For Angel and all the other kitties some Whisker Lickin's and a fishing pole.

Angel trying to catch the fish with Vira watching are wanting to join in the fun.

A pretty vintage apron, Holly Hobbie coffee jar and some Peach Tea.

Delish Colombian Coffee and a Holly Hobbie coffee mug.

Packed in a pretty Holly Hobbie gift bag.

A cute little hand made kitty tag and a Women's Blessing pen and bookmark.

A Vintage Fashions magazine, seeds, crochet dish cloth and some inspirational reading.

The first issue of Holly Hobbie's Home Times. I was thrilled to get this magazine, it was just being discused in the Holly Hobbie's Collectible Club that I belong too. Funny story about this magazine, I had bought it back in the 70's when it came out and when my son was 2nd grade and had to do current events, he decided to do his current events on his Mommy's favorite magazine. He cut it all up, I was soooo upset but did not let him know because he was so proud of the good job he did on his homework. I will treasure this issue! LOL

Last but not least three Country Gardens magazines. How sweet of Miss Peach to think of me and collect all my favorite things. Thank you so much Miss Peach and Karla, so much thought and love went into this gift and I will think of you each and every time I look at one of these gifts! Bless you!

Thank you so much for stopping by and have a great week.

Bless you, Shirl

PINK SATURDAY, AWARD & OTHER MUSSINGS

Hello and welcome to another Pink Saturday hosted by Beverly of How Sweet The Sound. If you would like to join us just go to her blog and link up, we are growing by leaps and bounds! We do have so much fun!

I'm starting my pinkness with a pretty vintage post card. Please feel free to click on the pic to get a larger and better view.

I'm just thrilled to show you this beautiful Southern Belle Pin Cushion Doll. I purchased her from my Pretty Romantic Homes Sister Vickie of Visuals by Vickie. You can go here to see her web-site and all her beautiful treasures!

Some close ups.

Miss Vickie was so sweet she sent me these two little vintage poodle pins. My Aunt had poodles and when I see one I think of her.

Today I went to a little flea-market in town and found some really cute vintage treasures. The journal in the backgournd was not at the flea market, that was made by my friend Rhea and I will showcase that next week on my Pink Saturday post.

I got these salt/hat pin holders for $1.00 each. The aqua sugar bowl was only $3.00. It's not pink but I thought I would show you all my goodies from today's shopping trip.

Some closeups.

Look at how pretty this aqua glass is, I think I'm going to paint the lid pale pink and put some mini pink carnations in it.

This pretty bowl is really shabby but I loved it anyway. My friend Rhea had a good idea, she suggested making it into a pincushion.

Well that's it for all my pinkness, now on to an award.

My friends over at Jan & Tom's presented me with this thoughtful award. Thank you so much Jan & Tom. I really appreciate this! Jan & Tom host a fun Tea Party once a month. I have enjoyed doing that with them.

THIS IS A BLOGGING FRIENDS FOREVER AWARD!

Please accept this award, my friends...and in turn, hand it out to others, following the Rules below.Here are the rules:

1. Use the Twinks Bank icon

2. Nominate 5 other people only

3. Four (4) nominees have to be dedicated followers of your blog

4. One (1) has to be someone new to your blog and live in another part of the world.

5. You must link back to whoever gave you the award.

Now the five that I pass this award on to are~~~~~~~~

1. Jen of Jennifers' Petal Palace

2. Connie of Living Beautifully

3. Miss Rhea of Sweet n Shabby Roses

4. Lynne Laura from A Romantic Nest

Now a new blogging friend from another county.

5. Tracy from Norway.

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Now on to more mussings, I had been looking for a new floor lamp for my upstairs sitting room for some time. At times I sit up there and look through my cross stitch, craft & decorating books. I could not find what I wanted but found the one below that was just perfect for my living room. So I bought that one and painted the old one that was in my living room and put that upstairs.

A few close ups.

Below is the old lamp, I painted it white and put crystals on it then purchased a new lampshade. It's perfect for the room upstairs.

When it comes to cross stitch, I have two hobbies! Cross stitching and collecting books! I can set up here for hours just looking through books.

The base of this lamp is pretty too and it lights up.

Last saturday we spent the day on the lake in the boat. We live only five minutes from the beautiful Stonewall Jackson Lake and Resort.

We stopped a bit and watched this busy little beaver.

The next two pics are some things I picked up in a thrift store, I plan on redesigning them into cottage treasures and selling them on a Flea Market Friday.

Last pic is an adorable set of vintage filet crochet of cats and cherries. Just fell in love with it! They will go upstairs in my sitting room. Lots of red & cherries up there.

Well that's it for this post, I enjoyed having you! Please leave a comment, I love hearing from you!

Blessings, Shirl