GiveAway Winner & what I've been up to

Greetings! I hope you are enjoying the same gorgeous ~ not so hot ~ summer day as we are here in Midwestern Illinois!

The winner for my embellished bottle giveaway is Debbie from Debbie-Dabble! Congratulations Debbie ~ I will contact you for your shipping info and hope you enjoy. Check out her inviting porch!

Please stop in again very soon for the next giveaway.

I have just finished up a batch of custom bottle orders for some special ladies at Victoria Rose Cottage and as you already know they are my very favorite things to create! They love the very foufy fancy ones!

I have been a busy busy bee and really need to get over to eBay and get some things listed before I run out of room HA! I had a really nice response to the smaller embellished bottles I made for eBay so have about 20 more to list . . .

 plus darling vintage lace patchwork pincushions . . .

(Update - all 5 of the pincushions are SOLD)

loads of original notecards sets which include hang/gift tags and cute teabag covers . . .

 and of course pillows . . .

I get caught up in the creating and forget about the biz part!

Hugs and Smiles,
Lynn

New Pretties 4U & Giveaway Ends Tonight!

Hello Sweet Bloggie Peeps!! Just a reminder that the giveaway for my Vintage Pink Santa Embellished Bottle ends tonight so if you have not yet entered I hope you will! See the PREVIOUS POST HERE for details!
I just realized that I haven't posted for 2 weeks and not because I have been lazing around enjoying the refreshing cool autumn weather we've been having . . . although I have enjoyed it :-)
Some of you know that my sweet furbaby Maxxie was diagnosed with inoperable liver cancer about 4 months ago. He has an ultrasound every month to check its progress and the 3 evil golfball size tumors have fortunately been growing slowly. Last week we found a strange looking pencil eraser size bleeding growth on his hind end and after our vet checked it out she said it must be removed immediately. He had surgery last friday and the mass was like an iceberg being much larger under the skin than she thought. Dr. Mary said she almost lost him twice on the operating table but he came thru like a trooper especially since he is 12 years old. SOoooooo we got the pathology results back today and it's the best news! It is benign!! She tells me now that she was 90% certain it was malignant .. . oh how relieved that she didn't share that with me as it would have made the wait even more unbearable! When we brought him home from the original checkup what does the little stinker do? Takes off after a squirrel, slips on a wet leaf and tears his knee ligament! He did the same thing last year and had surgery to repair it but not this time. Dr Mary said it will scar over within 12 weeks and he'll have 80% movement of his leg. In the meantime I must carry him up and down the stairs and am getting quite a workout HA! He is resting comfortably in his bed and says Hello :-)


I have a number of new pillows for EBAY and lots of new embellished bottles for Victoria Rose Cottage ~ you can clic the pics on my right sidebar to take you there!
And I must share this nice surprise I had when visiting Shirl's blog Shirls Rose Cottage (click HERE to see) last Saturday! She featured me and my cross stitch designs that I published under the name Graph-it Arts! She is quite an expert stitcher and you will marvel at all her perfect X's. Be sure to visit her blog it's always full of fun reading and lots of pretty pictures!!

One of these days I'll create the Profile page and fill you in on my story!
Thank you so much for stopping by today!!

Huggers,
Lynn

Pinkies Rule on Saturdays~ PINK SATURDAY!

Hello Pink Lovers!

It's Pink Saturday and a basket full of Thank you's go to Beverly of
HOW SWEET THE SOUND
for hosting the get together each week!!
Join in the fun and visit as many of the pink party peep participants as you possibly as you can!
And if you haven't entered my giveaways yet there is still time so please check out the links on the sidebar and add your name!!

My first pink selection this week is a most charming vintage french pink enamel swirl teapot . . . sans lid! It has a bit of wear which I think only adds to its charming history. I've added some vintage lace and pink parchment roses and doesn't it make a sweet display :-)

Here is a favorite antique quilt made in the classic Rose of Sharon pattern. Appliqued by hand and handquilted it has 2 pretty pinks for the roses and 2 perfect minty greens for the stems and leaves. I dont know what I was thinking but I sold this on ebay a couple years ago ~ sigh . . .

The sweetest handpainted roses, daisies and violets cover this enchanting lidded container. You may think it looks like a powder jar . . . but open it and . . .

it was filled with vintage cotton balls! And pink ones!! Much different from todays cottonballs - these are big and kind of "rolled" round and round with layers of the softest fluff.

I love vintage Lefton pieces and this set is so cute with the handpainted pink roses on a gorgeous 1940's shade of green. It goes perfect with my Jadite collection!!

And lastly but not leastly are 2 of my handmades! A beautiful Victorian lady pillow and embellished bottle featuring 3 sisters or friends on the label.
Thank you so much for your visit and sharing some of my pink treasures today!!
Enjoy a Pink~A~licious weekend :-)
Hugs and Smiles,

Lynn

Some of my Favorite Ladies

I would like to introduce you to a few of my favorite ladies . . . Vintage Lady images that is :-)
Over the many years I've been collecting vintage ephemera ~ from postcards to prints and everything in between ~ some of my favorite images have been of Victorian ladies and children. By reproducing them onto either fabric or paper, I've been able to share them with you in the form of pillows, sachets, pincushions and even embellished bottles. I hope you enjoy my little trip down memory lane with some of the oldies but goodies in pillow form!!



I'll share some of the sweet kiddos with you in another post at another time!
My very favorite of all the ladies is presented on a new pillow listed on ebay today at a $1.00 opening bid!!
Please click the pretty lady at the top of my blog to be zoomed over to see her and perhaps you would like her to go home to you :-)
Thank you so much for visiting me today!!

LYNN