PINK SATURDAY

Welcome to Pink Saturday hosted byBeverly of How Sweet The Sound, If you go to her link you can get a list of everyone that is posting for Pink Saturday. If you would like to participate just let Beverly know so she can link you up to her list every week. All you have to do is post something pink on your blog next Saturday for all us pink lovers to enjoy!

I'm starting my Pink Saturday with a Lemon cheese chiffon pie garnished with pink roses and lemon balm? I made it this week for my Bible Study Lunch. They loved it!

I'm thinking about getting this pretty print for my bedroom, do you like?

Here's a flea market find that I re-did with a pink fabric bow and rose.

I have been looking for a large coffee mug for my cappuccino and had no luck finding pink but I did find this one at the Fenton Outlet this week, it's a peachy pink but it will do for awhile.

It came with a little coaster. I love the lace and lamp on it.

I purchased this pretty little apron from my PRH Sister Connie of Living Beautifully at her La Maison Rose FMF sale. I am collecting aprons for a guest bedroom that I am doing in teatime and cupcakes.

I've just redone this hanger, I used to sell them in my cross stitch shop. It was stained in a dark walnut. I painted it pink did some new cross stitch for it and put a little pink ribbon a vintage flowers.

I thought this was so pretty, I bought it last summer when my husband and I took a little trip to Ohio Amish Country. It was made using a vintage quilt and crochet square and other sewing notions.

I just purchased these two vintage quilted satin glove/hankie boxes on ebay this week. I love the look and thought I would use them for craft supplies.

I love this fabric! I am going to make a quilted tablecover out of it for my kitchen table.

This pretty card was in a box of vintage cards that I bought on ebay. They were all in really great condition for their age. I thought it was so sweet!

Well that's it for my Pink Saturday this week, I hope you enjoyed our little visit. Please stop back again.

Blessings, Shirl

I LOVE PURPLE WHEN THE LILACS ARE IN BLOOM

Hello, thank you for stopping by, I thought I'd share one of my favorite flowers with you. I don’t usually use purple in my decorating except as an accent in a floral arrangement but I love purple when the lilacs are in bloom. It seems every spring lilacs delight me with their intoxicating scent and colors in varying shades of purple, blue, white and pink. During that time I pull out all of my purple and lavender from around the house and make little displays on my kitchen window sills along with bouquets of lilacs. Please feel free to click on the pics to enlarge and get a closer look!

Lilacs can survive hundreds of years. The oldest living lilac in the United States is said to have been planted in 1750. There are more than 20 species and 1,000 cultivars of lilacs and all bloom at a different time so you can really extend the lilac bloom time well into summer. I plant a few every year and this year I planted two lilacs that re-bloom in summer. I purchased them from Michigan Bulb Company. As little as they were (only 7 inches tall) one of the plants arrived with little blooms on it.

In Kate Greenaway’s book “The Language of Flowers” she explains that in the Victorian Era they used flowers to express their feelings. The meaning of a purple lilac is “First Emotions of Love” and white lilac is “Youthful Innocence”.

My husband built me this cabinets under my kitchen windows, they are actually kitchen wall cabinets that he mounted on the floor under all four windows, they make a nice place for plants and seasonal decorations.

This cute little bear is made from a lilac print fabric. I bought it years ago and it's still one of my favorites.

These pretty little crochet lavender glass cozies I purchased on my last trip to NJ, I found some really nice antique malls that I go to on every visit. I always come out with some real treasures.

Some of the other jadeite on this cupboard I picked up on the same trip.

While I was in my purple mood, I pulled out this little Victorian cross stitch that I had done years ago and made it into a tote bag.

This pretty vintage crochet basket I picked up in the same antique store that I got the glass cozies at. I guess I was in a purple mood that day!

Of couse I had to have some bling so I used a vintage button with a little bling glued on top of it.

I love this print that I used on the inside, I have some left over that I thought would make some really pretty yoyo's for a quilt I'm working on.

My wisteria did not do to good this year because of a late frost but I did get a few blooms from it. This is the first time I’ve brought a bloom in the house, the scent was heavenly!

The next four pics are all my little clippings that I pulled out of magazines on lilacs, I have a folder full of them. They are nice to look back on when I'm in my purple lilac mood! If you enlarge these you can get a better look at some of the pretty clippings.

Well I hope you enjoyed this little visit of me while in my purple mood! Why not plant a lilac tree or two? I'm sure you will enjoy them as much as I do! Please stop by again!

Blessings, Shirl