~ To My Surprize ~

The other day I went to Michale's and purchased this cupcake tree that holds 23 cupcakes, it has a tilt to each holder. As soon as I arrived home I took it out of the box put it together and left if on the kitchen counter. I went about my house hold chores and when I came back into the kitchen Gary had put his fresh picked lemons from the yard and his favorite fruit tangerines all arranged carefully in my cupcake tree. He had the biggest smile on his face, he really thought it was for fruit.
(So Now It Is). I think he has something here.

~ Waking Up in Sun Shine ~

This is our Master Bedroom, a very light and airy room that just fills itself with sun shine every morning. How could anyone wake up in a bad mood. We have a king size bed in the room that is so warm and cozy with the down comforter. The window slider goes out to the back yard and pool. Wonderful for those late night swims.
Gary made the head board for me last Christmas. This head board gave us more room since the head board is mounted onto the wall.
There is crown molding all around the room and molding around all windows. I tried to keep this room very simple without to much clutter, since I tend to keep adding nick nacks all around the house (all the time).
The picture above the bed is a Charles Peterson. Look close and you will see ghost like images. I thought this was a fun picture looking into the mirror and seeing the bed on the opposite side of the room. One of my favorite chairs to rest in and read a magazine.
This painting is above my dresser and was painted by Dwight Hickman or better known as (Dobby Gillis)
I love this pillow it reminds me of a soft cotton nightgown.
I made this white afghan years ago, I just can't say enough good things about Red Heart Yarn it really has passed the test of time.

A closer look at the beautiful lace of the curtains. And of course there just has to be a little red in every room.

~ Six More Things About Me ~

I have been tagged by Carrie at http://dragonflyfreeme.blogspot.com/ to share 6 things about myself!

The rules are as follows:

1. Link to the person who tagged you.

2. Post the rules on your blog.

3. Write six random things about yourself.

4. Tag six people at the end of your post.

5. Let each person know that they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.

6. Let the tagger know your entry is up.

Thank you Carrie, I was tagged once before and had fun thinking of six things to share about myself. I will leave this open to anyone who would like to share six things about themselves too. Please let me know when you do, I would love to know more about you all.

O.K. Lets see now.. Hum,

1. I love to watch old movies like White Christmas, Brigadoon, By By Birdy and Elvis movies.

2. I also love fall my most favorite time of year.

3. I love holding a new baby and cuddling them all up.

4. I have to finish every project I start.

5. Confession -I tried Botox! I swelled up, so much for my vanity.

6. I am 4ft 11in. I know a shorty, my friend Sandy once told me that when I grow old and shrink I won't be able to reach the mail box. LOL.

O.K. now its your turn.

~ The Little Rose Domed Plate ~

Isn't this just the cutest plate ever, I bought this from Tina at Cherry Hill Cottage http://cherryhillcottage.typepad.com/ a few months ago. Tina's blog is one of first I found and enjoyed reading so much that I finely decided to create my own blog. I love the little pink flowers and green tea cup holding the plate, its just so cute.
So now what should I put in it, well since its a flower plate what else but my daughter Bernadette's wedding favors. Flower seeds.
These are the favors that we made and placed by each table setting. Bernadette had a garden wedding in June of 07, and may I add it was one of the hottest days in June.
Here is where I have placed the little rose domed plate. I just love seeing it when I come into my front room.
Just another view of the coffee table were the sweet little plate rests. (You click on any picture to enlarge if you like).
I thought I would share a few pictures from Bernadette and Travis's wedding. The invitations were white with beautiful cut out lace and hydrangeas, they just called out garden wedding to us.
O.K. this is not the best picture of the dinning table's but it was the only one I could find. The favors are kinda turned around. But you can see the napkins had the menu placed inside and the center pieces were lanterns with a butterfly suspended in air. Bernadette's wedding colors were blue and brown.
This is Bernadette, you can see the back of her gown in this picture. She was so lovely!
And this is Travis, I think this picture says it all. Such an endearing picture. Travis was quite the trooper to keep his jacket on for these pictures in the heat of 106 that day. After pictures the jacket came off. By the end of night no curls left in the hair and a pony tail twist took over.
I love this shot of them coming down the back stairs.
And here we are inside the mini mansion on the grounds of the wedding site. Proud daddy Gary, tearful Mama me and the Sweet Bride.
Just had to show you Aleena and Andrew. These two are inseparable, Andrew is Travis's little brother who is 19 years younger than him. So really Andrew would be Aleena's uncle by marriage but since they are the same age and same grade in school Aleena and Andrew consider themselves cousins. They truly love each other and talk to each other all the time. Best friends!.

~ Crocheted Baby Blankets ~

This granny square crocheted afghan I made for my Nephew Justin and dear wife Nichole who is excepting their second baby in January. A baby boy who will be named Talan. The baby shower for Nichole will be held this Sunday. This green and brown crocheted baby blanket is a gift for my sweet niece Stacey who just had her second baby, a boy named Gavin. I hope to see them on Sunday at Nichole's baby shower.
I Love to create new edgings for my blankets and this one just happened. I enjoyed making this afghan the yarn is a multi colored tweed. My motto is " Busy Hands are Happy Hands".

~ Remember this Antique Dresser ~

Before and Now
Well here she is!. I know I said we were going to re-store it back to its original state but after hours and hours of stripping and loosing count of how may cans of smelly stripping solvent we used and sand papering we gave up and just painted it white and distressed it a bit. I also replaced the knobs with glass ones. I guess you can call it "Shabby Chic Antique". It fit perfectly into our guest room.


This sweet water pitcher and bowl are from Portugal, our dear friend's Joanne and Richard brought this back as a gift for us. We have had it now for about 15 years. I love the pretty blue and white color.

~ My Little Kitchen ~

Welcome to my little kitchen. Do any of you recognize this beautiful "Mosaic Transferware Teapot Light"?. It was made my Penny from Lavender Hill Studios, the minute I saw it I knew I just had to have it for my kitchen!. Penny is so creative and a true talent of Mosaic Art. I love my lamp it as added so much to my home. You all know all much I love teacups and teapots so this was really a sweet added touch to my collection. Penny has been so kind to me, she introduced me on her blog site. I have met so many wonderful ladies, we really do have so much in common with each other and I have been touched by your kindness. The roses are still blooming in my front yard so Gary made me this little bouquet,(he is so thoughtful). Full picture of the kitchen, we just had the kitchen doors re-designed with glass work. The open look of the kitchen doors really helped to open up this small space.
The glass in the cabinets are a antique bubble glass, they really look pretty when the sun is shining on them. I have the extra high windows all around my home call transom windows. Do you see my Orchid, its still blooming!! and I am so happy its still alive.


I enjoy using my Crystal and antique plates to hold my coffee and all the fixens. The pink and white wheat tea cup was given to me by my dear friend Joni.
A full view of the kitchen and part of the dinning room. I really love my glass top stove, this is my second one, I had one in my last house and liked it so much that when we moved we purchased another. Its so easy to keep clean.

I made this fun little tea cup counted cross for the kitchen. The frame reminded me of steam coming from a cup of tea or coffee!