Come Visit my Friends Charming Cottage....Apartment? Part 1

Welcome dear friends!

Today I am going over to visit my dear 83 year old friend.

And I wanted to share her special retreat with you and

pictures I took when I went over to visit her.

I am so glad I  took my camera because I knew you

all would LOVE seeing how you can transform

a sweet lil apartment with less than 1000 sqft into

a charming Cottage retreat.

My friend, Mary's color palet is soft peachy pinks and sage

greens...with loads of florals all over!

Her sofa really has those color in it and showcases

the cottage feel she wants.  She also has

gorgeous vintage pieces with touches of

Victorian all over.

Loads of eye candy and wonderful vintettes everywhere!

My favorite pieces is this *Soap Display* cabinet that

houses her lovely china...do you see the

pretty trims in there too?

Here's another look with her lacy window covers.

If you look real hard, the window with all the greens and

florals actually hides a door...so clever!

More sweet vinettes!

Love these vintage pictures and how she has used them.

Isn't this the coolest shaped clock? Mary had me

paint and floral this up a few years ago..it is such

a yummy green with soft roses.

This hall tree was also a paint job she had me do for her!

I just LOVE how she has displayed her vintage goodies!

Okay...that's part one...I have more pictures and

will take some more today as I visit my

sweet friend.

I feel so blessed to know this sweet lady.  We are such

kindred spirits and I always love my visits and the

fact that we enjoy so many of the same things.

I marvel at how she has transformed this tiny aparment

into her home.  She has been in this apartment and is the

manger for over 20 years.

I believe she shows us that you can take where-ever

you live and make it your own.

Thanks for allowing me to share this today with you.

Blessings,

Etsy Cottage Style ROSE Swap ~~~***~~~Tea Time Tuesday

(Tea Friends, Please Scroll down for my Tea Sharing, Thx!)

Hi Sweet Bloggy Friends!

Today, I have so many goodies to share with and

I decided I could do both!  Share swap goodies I

received and also do my Tuesday Tea Time post...

and you will see why...soon.

So I am part of a ning group call

Etsy Cottage Style and I joined in

thefun of our ROSE swap.

Well...

if you know me, roses are SOOOOOO up my alley

and I HAD to participate.

My swap partner was Maryann of

Tulip Streets Designs.com,

so please be sure to look her up.

And of course, I could NOT

be happier with all my sweet goodies.

I'll let the pictures speak for themself!

I have a small collection of Hand Embroidered PillowCases

and this set is by far my most beautiful...roses!! Yes!!!

Aren't these hankies Sweet? A wonderful

addition to my collection.

And then she made me this over the top

GORGEOUS tote.  Oh I just have droollllled

over this fabric!

~~~***~~~

TUESDAY Tea Time

Won't you please join me and my many

tea loving friends as we celebrate

our love of anything tea.

My sweet hostess is

Sandi at Rose Chintz Cottage.

I wanted to make this special tea cup my presentation

for our Tuesday Tea Time.

Sweet Maryann, tucked this into my box of goodies.

It is just so pretty when I put it next to my pretty

rose plate, doncha think?

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Pink Saturday ~ Roses ~

Good Morning my Pink

Loving friends!

Today we will begin our PINK

day with ROSES...

many of which are

PINK!

Hope you enjoy!

Please be sure to visit our wonderful

Hostess Beverly at How Sweet the Sound!

She is so faithful to our Pink Saturdays and

has compiled a list of our weekly

participants!

Sharing and Catching You Up!

Hello my Sweet Bloggy Friends!

I have been MIA for the past few days...

but with good reasons.

First off, the re-do, spricing up, spring cleaning bug hit!

Yep, I couldn't stand it any longer.

Our family room, the room we LIVE in

desperately needed my attention.

So I made up my mind that it would get

cleaned spruced up this week.  I did take pictures

for those of you who are like me,

and LOVE to peek into other bloggers

home and get great decorating ideas.

Now, I know you see loads of pinks and shabby

cottage goodies all over my blog...but I live

in the REAL world with a hubby who needs a

lil' break from all that shabby foofoo stuff.

When we re-did this room about 8 years ago we I

had a vision.  Now trying to relate this vision to my hubs,

an engineer, with little imagination was quite a feat!

Think Vintage, Grammy's home with a rosey twist...

that's what I had in mind.  I wanted to balance

masculine with a touch of Vintage English Cottage,

lace and florals...but still keep my man happy.

I think I have maintained a good balance.  And

made him and me happy.

I have given you various shots of this room.  It is quite a large

room but with 3 openings and a large wall of windows and

then put in a fireplace...well to say the least

I have to get creative in furniture placement.

This room now reflects a place for everyone to sit and view,

comfortably our BIG ole Black box TV.

I spruced up the mantle and fireplace area.

The corner by our fireplace.  This vintage radio

belonged to hubby's grams/gramps.  A treasured

piece!

This carmelly colored chair/ottoman is MINE!!!

There's a story behind it..but I'll save it for another time.

You didn't think I'd just let that BIG ole black TV sit in this

room without any froofroo did ya.  I let hubs get this

monstrosity with the agreement that I'd get a

surround so I could display my pretties! And

try to balance out that ugly thing!

The next few pix are just of a few vinettes

all around this room.

Oh I so LOVE vinettes!

Okay, in the midst of my re-arranging...it became

VERY apprent I needed to clean dust my display

case hubs got me for an anniversary several years ago.

It looks so good now, I thought it deserved

being showcased.

It houses many special pieces, like...

my Silver Tea/Coffee Service hubs got me

for our 5th Anniversary! Pretty huh?

If you follow me, you know I have a love of blue and white too...

well here's some of my goodies that my sweet

momma brought with her about 10 years ago in a box

all the way from her home in the Seattle area.

I also love all shapes and sizes of Teapots!

More silver pieces...sorry about these next 2 pixs, having

the mirrored background makes taking pixs very hard!

Can you see that I have been busy cleaning?

Also, I have been able to sit up in my Studio and do a lilttle

crafting and painting...wanna see a few things?

This purple/lavender tray is for sale in my etsy store!

A couple of trays I am working on for a client...2 more 2 go!

I decorated this *M* for a sweet friend!

Then I am making ooooooodles of roses....

did I say, ooooodles?

And...lastly, hubbys puter crashed and died last week...

so guess what?

I have to share my laptop with him!

My time on here is limited...and sharing is no fun!

Thanks for stopping by,

hope you enjoy visiting me and seeing where

I live and veg!

Etsy Cottage Style MARKET Monday

Hi bloggy friends!

I am joining my friends over at

Etsy Cottage Style in their

MARKET MONDAY!

Please be sure to see all the other

wonderful creative participants

who are joining this monthly event.

You wont be disappointed!

PINK Saturday

HAPPY 4th of July America!

Hello to all my PINK loving friends!

Can you believe how quickly our PINK Saturdays

come upon us? I sure can't!

I've been going back these past few weeks into

pictures of the many items I make and sell. 

Thanks so much for all of sweet

comments...they mean the world to me!

Also, a great but HUG to our wonderful hostess

Beverly of How Sweet the Sound!

Doesn't she do an amazing job each week in

keeping this wonderful weekly even going?

I sure think so!

So I am sharing some more fun mosaics

 that I have made with some of those

goodies I sell, enjoy.

Thanks so much for visiting...I hope I can

come and visit many of you today on

PINK Saturday!

Blessings,

Lorena