Of Bluebirds and Roses

Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Another Gorgeous Giveaway Gift!

I am not making this up; I won another giveaway! :)

Look at these absolutely gorgeous pillowcases I won from the lovely Marilyn of Our Victorian Cottage!

Look how pretty they look on our bed!

She made these herself! I am in awe of all the workmanship that went into these!

What beautiful embroidery and crochet detail! And this is how she packaged them:

In a pretty pillowcase holder, tied with a sweet little ribbon.

I am going to remove these beauties from our bed when we turn in at night.....

I will treasure them and enjoy them so very much. Thank you, dear Marilyn!!

Aren't Bloggers amazingly generous and kind?

I enjoy all of your visits and comments greatly. Thank you for visiting!!

Monday, July 20, 2009

Do You Dress Like You Decorate?

From these photos of my recent purchases, you will see that my answer to that question is "YES"!!

I thought these overalls were just too cute..... they are actually "capri" length, and look even cuter with the legs rolled up a bit. I though they would be cute for gardening. (yes, I'm using the word "cute" a bit much here, but they ARE! :)

I also found this sweet cotton shirt jacket that is in a cream background with pink "toile-like" flowers.

And this lacey shirt, that is so romantic. I love wearing lace, and things with embroidery.

Another thing my clothing has in common with my decor ~ I shop at the thrift stores. That's where all these items came from. The overalls still had the original price tag on them of $49 and they are Liz Claiborne. I got them for $4. The pink toile shirt is from Christopher Banks, and the lace blouse is from J. Jill, each $3.79.

So, how about you? Do you "dress like you decorate"?

Saturday, July 18, 2009

Looky what I won!!

Can you believe I won another giveaway? This time from the lovely Suzanne Duda of Pink Roses. My prize was this vintage white wicker purse that she had embellished, to which she added these vintage goodies:

Beautiful old wallpaper.....

Love how she co-ordinated this vintage ephemera!!

Thank you so much, Suzanne, what a delightful purseful of goodness!! :)

And thanks to all of you, for stopping by!! Hope you are having a happy weekend!!

(and yes, I plan to carry the purse! It's too cute not to!! :)

Thursday, July 16, 2009

~Blue Dishes~

I rarely buy anything that's not vintage, or at least "previously loved", but I was at the outlet mall the other day with my son Andrew & my mom, and found these pretty luncheon plates at the Corelle store.

I have had a plain white set of Corelle "hard-to-break" dishes for 25+ years, and love them. I was going to get plain white again, when I spotted these, with the subtle blue floral trim around the rim.

Yesterday, Brad and I were near "The Christmas Tree Shop" -- have you ever been? It's not a Christmas shop at all, ironically, but they do have some pretty and inexpensive things. I picked up two of these bowls, because Chris likes to use bowls this size when he has cereal ~ though I am picturing them with ice cream!

Vanilla ice cream with Hershey's syrup. Must be a nostalgia thing; that's the ice cream we usually ate as children.
mmmmmmm........

Wednesday, July 15, 2009

~Pink Knockout Roses~ and a frog!

~Sharif Asma~

~Carding Mill~

~Gertrude Jekyll~

(also shown in the top photo -- my husband thinks the name of this one is hilarious! :)

Thursday, July 09, 2009

~Find of the Century~

oh-Oh-OH, look what I found today!!

gorgeous~Gorgeous~GORGEOUS barkcloth-era drapes!!

Oh my!!

They are now hanging in our dining room, over our double-doors.

I found them at my favorite shabby vintage shoppe.

Can you be in love with drapes? I think I am close to being so!

In other news (if I can stop drooling over my own find :) ......

Here is something else to drool over!! I won Karla's giveaway this month!!

Every month, she holds a giveaway, and every month I faithfully check for my name! ;)

I couldn't believe it when I really won this month!!

She sent me one of her handmade wallpaper scrapbooks; just look at this sweet detail!!

She included this lovely bluebird card, as she knows my love of bluebirds. It's one of the reasons we first became bloggy friends, because we had that in common. So it was quite generous of her to bestow this pretty vintage card upon me!! Thank you, Karla!!

And for now, I wish you a good night and sweet dreams. (I think I'll be dreaming of vintage drapes, lovely wallpaper creations, and pretty bluebirds ;)