Busy in Our Garden of Weeden

I hope you are all getting ready for the long Memorial Day weekend ahead!
My nephew Lucas is graduating from high school Saturday and then we are all going out for a nice dinner. The rest of the weekend is BBQ hopping :-)
I thought you may like to see some of my garden photos today so chose a couple pics to share! I'm fond of gardens with paths that meander here & there and are a little on the "wild side"! Cottage garden style with cute little accent pieces to move around as things bloom.

A rusty old chair to rest while weeding at a dead-end path.

No garden is complete without pink roses! Although I need to read labels more carefully so they do not get so big as to overgrow their trellis :-)

I like to mix contrasting colors in the garden that make each other pop!

The vintage red glider WAY in the back was a super curbside find!

My cute froggie is actually a birdfeeder and likes to hop all over the garden and hide!

I hope you enjoyed your visit today ~ please drop by again soon!

May all your weeds be wildflowers,

Lynn

IT'S TIME FOR SOME PINK SATURDAY PINKS!

Greetings to all whirling thru The PINK SATURDAY Blog-a-sphere today! Heartfelt thanks go to Beverly at HOW SWEET THE SOUND for hosting the party each week!!

Please stop by my previous post HERE see my latest giveaway for a pair of sweet lavender stocking sachets!!

Today I chose an eclectic selection of pinkies to share starting with one of my big Antique Steiff Teddy Girls. This old gal is over 100 years old and needs a pair of elegant specs to see you better :-) I have a large collection of vintage hats for the ladies to wear when they feel like playing dressup. Today this Miss poses with a fun pillbox style with handmade rolled ribbon roses - pink ribbon roses of course.Next is a rare french enamel tea strainer. Pink handpainted enamel trim and little posies dot here and there. Isn't the curled handle sweet? The pink teacup is home for a baby african violet.

Now here is something your pink tootsies would surely love! A vintage Dr. Scholls Electric FOOT MASSAGER. A foot massage in shabby chic style . . . ahhhhhhhhhh

Isn't this the sweetest vintage elastic! Its pink with silkscreened pink roses and buds.

And a gorgeous handpainted Bavarian handled platter. I love the shade of tealy blue mixed in.

And it's TIME to leave this Pink Saturday today . . . so the last but not least item is a vintage wallpocket planter where sweet pink lovebirds live in an adorable pink cottage shaped cuckoo clock in a world where it is always 3 minutes past 5 :-)
I enjoyed sharing with you today - please visit again soon!!
Hugs and Sweet Blessings,
Lynn

~A New GiveAway from TeaCupStitches~

A big thank you to all who entered this giveaway!! Your comments gave me the biggest smiles and I appreciate you so much!

The winner did not want me to mention her name so I'll just say that the sockies went over the Big Pond :-)

I'll have another giveaway soon so please check back to see!!

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Hello Sweet Bloggie Friends!

Oh my it was so blustery windy today! We were predicted to get our first 1" of snow but so far nothing. I DO LOVE snow and the first snowfall is such fun for this young lady  ole gal :-)

Well are you ready for another giveaway? I was trying to think of a reason for one and I just realized that on November 4th I entered my 14th year of selling on ebay! Can you believe that!!

When I started there were only a couple digital cameras available, no Paypal, no Priority Mail, no online postage, no cellphones, no ipods, no GOOGLE!  . . . I'd better stop because I'm feeling REALLY ancient right now ~ sigh.

Do you remember when they first offered Priority Mail the slogan was

~ 2 Pounds ~ 2 Days ~ 2 Dollars ~

And for sales and purchases there was a 10 day wait for checks to clear and thank goodness I only had one that bounced!

I'm sounding like my grandmother here - hehe

I've met the most wonderful people over these 14 years and have some of the best friends still to this day!

Eight years ago I started offering these darling little stocking sachets and have always been my favorite thing to make for you! The pic below is from 2004 and you can see that the shape and style has stayed pretty much the same. I thought this giveaway would be for a pair of sweet sockies so zoom down below this photo to see what you will be entering for and I hope you will want to win this giveaway!

Here we go with Teacupstitches Giveaway #18 which is for the set of lavender stocking sachets seen below.

They are made with a cute pink and ivory floral toile with layers of gorgeous vintage laces, Vintage Mother of Pearl Buttons, Ribbon and Lace Bows, sweet silvertone heart charms in lieu of jinglebells at the toes and one is embellished with a rhinestone heart charm ~ the other a star.

They are filled with a generous 1/2+ cup of California grown lavender buds and a bit of fiberfil and not including the ribbon loop hangers they measure approximately 6-1/2 to 7" from top left to bottom right.

They are adorable displayed from shelf pegs, chairbacks, cabinet and dresser knobs, Christmas trees and would even make a cute package tie for a special gift. I like to display them in a cabinet shelf with my vintage teacups and cottage collectibles.

If you would like to enter the rules are simple and you have the option of receiving  1 entery tossed into the digital hat for each of the numbered items below. At the end of the giveaway duration, each comment is numbered 1 thru ?? in order from the comments left on this Giveaway post only and the winner will be drawn December 10th using the Random Number Generator.

1. Leave a comment about this giveaway for one entry.

2. Become a new follower and then leave another comment here to let me know. If you are already one of my sweet followers just leave a comment and let me know you are an "oldie but goodie" :-)

3. If you post a link to this Giveaway on your own blog you will receive yet another entry! The link to this giveaway post is on my top Right sidebar. Just come back and leave another comment on this post that you did it!!
4. Want a 4th entry? Just add my regular bloggie link on your sidebar (or comment that it is already there!) ~ you can "grab my button" at my top left sidebar. And yes ~ sigh ~ you must leave yet another comment on this post so you will get another entry :-)

5. And last but certainly not least ~ tell a friend about the giveaway and they can enter and leave an extra comment to let me know who referred them.

Good luck and Thank you for visiting!

Hugs and Smiles,

Lynn

GIVEAWAY WINNER #17 is . . .

Hello sweet bloggers! I hope you had a wonderful long Thanksgiving weekend?! Thursday my Mom took "my side" of the family ~ my 2 sisters, their significant others and my nephew ~ to a delicious brunch and Friday we went to Dave's Moms house for a homecooked turkey, ham and all the fixings. Both delicious and both with leftovers which is the best thing isn't it ;-)

As ususal I am a bit late in picking the winner of my giveaway (17) but here at last it is! The random number generator picked 52 and that is . . . Mari from A Pocketful of Roses! Thank you for entering Mari and please send your shipping info and I'll get your pretty pink santas on their way to you. And thank you to all of you who entered and left me such fabulous comments!

Thank you thank you thank you! You gave me big smiles :-))))

I'll have another giveaway coming soon so please check in again to see.

So til next time . . .

~ ~ Sweet Blessings ~ ~

Lynn

Vintage Pink Santa and Roses Giveaway #17!

Hello sweet blogger ladies!
Thank you to everyone that entered my last giveaway! I so appreciate your kind comments :-)))) I LOVE to offer Giveaways so are you ready for another one? Ok, here we go . . .

Giveaway #17 is all about vintage pink santas and roses! I created the design last season using 3 different vintage postcards that I altered, combined and tweeked! It's changed a bit this year by adding a shadow of french script in the background. I love the way it turned out and hope you do too!

The winner will receive the sachet pillow, one of my embellished bottles and a set of 4 coordinating cards.

The design has an oval frame of roses to showcase a Victorian santa in pink robe with a decorated fir tree and basket of toys ~ antique doll, clown and horse pull-toy. Printed onto fabric it becomes the focal point of the sweet sachet pillow which measures 10-1/2 x 11-3/4" including the ruffle and is made from pretty pink rose fabrics, vintage lace and a rhinestone heart charm tied with pink satin ribbon bow. It is stuffed with fiberfil and a 1 cup lavender sachet. The petite perfume bottle has a pink santa label and is 5-1/4" to top of the glass stopper and features the same embellishments plus a parchment rose.

And the 4 blank inside cards have the sentiment A Joyous Christmas Greeting and are packed in a cellophane bag tied with ribbon.

If you would like to win these pretty items the rules are simple and you have the option of receiving up to 4 ENTRIES tossed into the digital hat :-) At the end of the giveaway duration, each comment is numbered 1 thru ?? in order from the comments left on this Giveaway post only and the winner will be drawn November 21st using the Random Number Generator.

1. Leave a comment about this giveaway for one entry.


2. Become a new follower and then leave another comment here to let me know. If you are already one of my sweet followers just leave a comment and let me know you are an "oldie but goodie" :-)


3. If you post a link to this Giveaway on your own blog you will receive yet another entry! The link to this giveaway post is on my top Right sidebar. Just come back and leave another comment on this post that you did it!!


4. And for a 4th entry just add my regular bloggie link on your sidebar (or comment that it is already there!) ~ you can "grab my button" at my top left sidebar. And yes ~ sigh ~ you must leave yet another comment on this post so you will get another entry :-)

Good luck and Thank you for visiting!

Hugs and Smiles,

Lynn

~ ~ Giveaway #16 Winner! ~ ~

Hello sweet bloggerdoodles!

I am a bit tardy in announcing the winner of my Giveaway #16 for the embellished bottle, stocking sachet and cards!

I can not figure out how to copy and paste the Number Generator so just took a pic of my computer screen and its really fuzzy!

The winner is #80 who is Diane from Tablescapes by Diane . I will contact you for your shipping info. Thank you so much to everyone who entered and left such kind comments :-) Check back later today for the start of another giveaway and its a really special one!

Sweet Blessings,
Lynn