Sunday's songs

Pretty in Pink

I love colors. My whole  house is full of color. I have always loved anything pink and I find myself being more and more drawn to pink. Here are some pink things I am loving today.

Well, you had to know vintage Pyrex is at the top of my list. 

While I like the solid above, I adore the Gooseberry pink bowls.

And the pink daisy has always been a favorite of mine. 

Check out this gorgeous pink Fenton glassware.

And the pink rose Fiesta dishes.

I fell in love with this quilt. It is something like I want for my bedroom.

A friend of mine owns a floral shop and this was a new wreath design featuring old country roses. I love it. 

I commented on it on Facebook and next thing I know Marketplace popped up on my side bar and recommended these pictures. 

And last but not least, I am slowly falling in love with flamingos. I have incorporated a couple into my beach room and beach bathroom decor. Check this out. It is a rose gold necklace with a flamingo. I am in love with it.  

Well that's it for today. Have a great Saturday.

Friday Foto Friends

I love my drive to work. No matter which route I take, when I get close to work I have mountains in front of me and a river beside my car. And even on an overcast day like this morning was, I have some beautiful clouds to look at.

Throwback Thursday

Just a few old pics that popped up in my Facebook memories this week.

My Great Aunt Romaine. She lived to be 98 and smoked her corncob pipe, wore pioneer hats and dresses and combat boots till the day she died. I think it was the late 60's or early 70's that she died. 

My Great Grandpa Moses McComas. Reported to be about 4' 10" tall. His gun was taller than him.

My niece Cindi and my son Chris at the house I grew up in from the time I was 9 months old till I got married.

L-R Nieces Amy and Lori, then my daughter Diana, my nephew Jacob and my niece Cindi (Yes the same Cindi from above.)

 I grew up in a hollow (pronounced holler). This is our road taken from standing in our yard. Daddy's been gone 20 years and Mom moved into town when he passed. My brother owns the old home place so I still have an opportunity to go back and visit any time I want.  

Have a blessed Thursday.

Opening Pandora's box

If you will recall, a friend gave me this beautiful Pandora rope bracelet at the beginning of the year. 

Since I love charm bracelets of any kind, I was very excited. I started thinking about what I want on it and decided to make it a beach bracelet. I haven't bought anything yet, but I am starting to research what's available. I do love the sand bucket. Especially since this is the year I have a bucket list that I am actually doing things from. So I really want this one.

My daughter got this charm for Christmas for her bracelet and I just love it. May have to get one of my own.

Nothing says beach like a star fish with blue bubbles. This is a must.  

And I am a sucker for anything sea turtle. This glittery one is so me.

But my favorite one is so perfect for what I love. I love sparkly. I love pink. And we all know I LOVE flip flops. Do you think this might be the first one I try to purchase? I think so.

Have a great Wednesday.

Repurposing your Pretties

When my grandchildren were little, they never bothered my decor I had sitting around because my daughter-in-law coined the phrase "Mamaw's pretties" and they new they couldn't touch them. Here I am 19 years after the first grandchild and I still love my "pretties". But over the years, I have learned that you can have your pretties and make them useful as well. Here are some I have done over the years. I had a tea for one set that I put in my floral bathroom. The top tea pot part of it held Q-tips..

But the cup underneath held cottonballs. It was really cool. 

And I almost always have a teapot in my home office with paper clips in it.

I love putting flowers in a tea pot and this cute cup was too pretty to stick in a cabinet so I filled it with scissors and hole punches.

This teapot came with flowers in it, but it matched my kitchen colors at the time so I used it to hold utensils.

Another cup I found for .25 cents at a yard sale. I put it in my beach bathroom. I had Q-tips in it but changed that out and it now holds my toothbrush and tooth paste.

So I decided to go online and see what other people are repurposing pretty things for. I love this big cup they used as an outside flower pot. 

Here is an antique find of an old silver tea/coffee pot that they added vintage keys to and now they have a very unique wind chime for their porch. 

Another pretty to hold plants.

This lady made a pin cushion for the inside of her tea pot lid and keeps some sewing essentials in the bottom.

And if she is pinning something, she simply inverts the lid to access the pins easily.

Now I love this (more Q-tips!) but I like the brushes in it. More importantly is the fact that it was a tarnished silver set that the lady scrubbed up and painted. Isn't it pretty.

How cute. An old pitcher that they have hung up in the hopes a bird would build a home. 

You could do your own herb garden with tea cups.

Or try your hand at homemade candles. This one scares me a little. I would worry that the heat might eventually crack the cup. I'd have to do more research.

A great way to display African violets.

Now this is a neat way to use mismatched china pieces. I love it. 

Not sure how they mounted these, but again cute planters.

And I love this one. They painted a sterling silver one and then added ribbons, bows and pearls. I may have to do one of these for my bedroom! It is so feminine looking.

I hope you got some good ideas about repurposing today.

Weekend wrap up

I was off work Friday and it was an amazing day. One of my friends at work gave me a couple of milk glass vases that his dad didn't need anymore. This one was a little dingy and yellowed around the edges. 

But I always have Bar Keepers Friend on  hand to use on my vintage Pyrex to keep it colorful.

A little soft scrubbing with a tooth brush and it was back to pristine white.

He also gave me the hobnail flower pot I have been looking for. I have the smaller one, but have wanted the bigger one for about four years. Now I have it.

I also went to the Corningware outlet in Pigeon Forge after work. They are going out of business and everything was 75% off. I was thrilled to get the $16.48 cake pan and lid for just $4.12. 

And the Lucky in Love bowl was only $2.24 instead of $8.99.

My son-in-law has been looking for deep pasta dish bowls. They had some for $11.00 normal price but that would be $44 for the set. So I called to see if he wanted them since they were on sale. So I picked them up for her to save her the trip. All four of them was just a little over $10 total for the whole set. 

Then Saturday night I decided to try out the cake pan and made me a French Vanilla cake. Look how perfect it baked. 

Then I put some of my home made chocolate icing on it. It turned out great. I made brownies because I was in a baking mood. I should have gotten two of the glass bowls. 

Today at church we had five people baptized. It was an amazing day. All in all, it's been a pretty good weekend.