2008 ~ A Year in Photos

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Cindy of My Romantic Home is hosting a year in review, so I thought it would be fun to make a photo mosaic from the past year's photos, and join in. Please visit Cindy for all the other participants!

Whew, that was a fun Christmas!!

As you can see, we are recovering! Be back soon!!

:)

Today is my second-born son's birthday!! He's 19 today!! (He was almost a Christmas baby :)

Whoooo-hooooooo for Brad!!

Merry Christmas

One more *sleep* 'til Christmas....May it be a sweet one........... Merry Christmas Eve!!

Dining Room at Christmas

I used this great old planter, filled with greenery, vintage ornaments, and bottle brush trees, as a centerpiece on the table.....

The big day is almost here!!

~I'm dreaming of a Cottage Christmas~

Christmas in our living room this year.

May your days be merry and bright.....

Thank you for all your wonderfully-kind comments on our bedroom decorated for Christmas!! This is what it looks like with the lights on.....
We do feel very blessed to have a fireplace in our room..... and our own woods from which to gather firewood. I think I enjoy it the most at Christmas time, and I'm happy to share it with all of you. :)

Have Yourself a Pretty Little Christmas

This is our bedroom, decorated for Christmas.

Heather is hosting a Pretty Little Christmas Blog Party today -- stop by to see all the participants.

And Have Yourself a Pretty Little Christmas!! :)

Some pink & pastel Christmas decor fits right in the dining room.
The Christmas card arrived just today from a dear cousin, so I placed it atop the lace (which is atop the pink rose quilt :)

Also, Heather is hosting a Pretty Little Christmas party; so please visit again Monday to see what room of Christmas pretties I'll share, as well as stopping in Heather's blog to see all the participants.

Christmas Blessings!!

Pretty Pink Ornament A recent purchase ~ this one is just too sweet with the little bottle brush tree inside!!
I've displayed it in a pretty cup & saucer my Sister in Law recently gifted me with! Such soft blue with pink roses!! Love it!!

Remember the little pink flocked three I bought recently? I decided it would be the perfect tree for the master bathroom!After moving it in there, it looked kind of bare, until inspiration hit, to decorate it with my vintage pink corsages.

So I went around the house, gathering them up, and placed them on the tree.

I used a vintage hankie, clipped by a pretty old earring, as the "skirt".

I'm happy with my romantic pink tree!!

Lollishops, Lollishops, Oh Lolli-Lollishops!!

The new "frou-frou" marketplace has opened online, and it is Lollishops.com

You'll find hundreds of artisans offering their creations, and I am happy to be among them. To go to my shoppe, click on www.lollishops.com/of-bluebirds-and-roses

to see the creations pictured above, among other pretties. I am offering free shipping on all items in my lollishops!!

In other news, we had a lovely Thanksgiving, and I hope you all did too. We are full-fledged, without a doubt, officially in the Christmas season now; let the shopping and decorating begin!! :)

It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas!!

YAY, it's officially the Christmas season!! The most wonderful time of the year!!

Little touches of Christmas are making their way into our china hutch, finding their places among the pink rose china.

Happy Thanksgiving to All!!

My Swap with Laura Glad you all enjoyed seeing the pretties I received in my bloggy swap with Laura. Here is what I sent to her.
She likes pink, green, pale blue, silver&gold, and vintage, so I created a tussie mussie just for her with that in mind.

Added lots of my handmade pastel Christmas tags.....


Along with some vintage ornaments and a silvery vintage Christmas card...

A bluebird button card I made for her....

Some vintage trims and velvety millinery leaves and flowers in her favorite pastels....

Aren't swaps fun? And aren't bloggy friends among the sweetest most creative people you've (n)ever met? :)