My life is to make everything around me beautiful.

Saturday, August 30, 2008

Pink Saturday 8/30/2008

I'm doing this post early (thursday) because we're going camping. I'm just so excited you can see the bugs in my teeth from the grinning!! Maiden voyage of the hubs new popup camper. Just tooooo excited for words spending the weekend with the bears, freezing temps, mosquitoes, portable toilet (j-o-y !!) and maybe ever a skunk or two. Whoooooo knoooOOOOooows?!?!?!? ;-)

I was sitting here today wondering just what I was going to post for Pink Saturday and went out to pick up the mail and LOOK what came in the mail today from my sweet friend, Bertie!!! She truly has some of the most fantastic stuff for incredible prices that you should really check her out. Just scrumptious! A tea cozy, a fan, some roses stationery and the biggest bar of french milled soap I've ever seen! I just love this chickee and will forever.

Isn't this bracelet beautiful?!?!?! I cannot describe to you how lovely it truly is. If you want to know who did it email me because she doesn't want advertisement. She's a special little huney to us also. ;-) Please enlarge to see how beautiful her silk ribbon roses really are. That's a decoupaged button in the center. Just exquisite!!!




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Just a thought.

There are two things to aim at in life: first, to get what you want; and, after that, to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind achieve the second. Of course, we have special events in our lives, but ordinary days need to be celebrated also. You have power over your daily life; no one else. What you do with it is entirely up to you. Celebrate even the mundane daily tasks. As I've said before, I like to putter. For me that can be taking apart a sock drawer and weeding out the socks with holes in them to discard or the silverware drawer and cleaning out the little crumbs that get in there. It can be re-arranging my office or a shelf in my office or living room or just the pictures and "fluff" on the wall. It can be "seeing the room with a different eye" and thinking "Ah, yes, I can do "this or that" there and a little "tweak" over here. It can be draping a beautiful silk scarf over an end table or coffee table or dining table. Little things make a difference. Whatever it is, look at it differently!
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26 comments:

  1. that bracelet is beautiful..I can't wait to hear about your adventures in camping..I hope you didn't freeze your butt off....:)

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  2. Connie, happy camping . . . I think!! Gorgeous gifties you have there! Rachaelxo

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  3. Happy Pink Saturday, Connie.

    You did receive lovely pink goodies. I can see why you like them so much.

    I hope you are having fun camping.

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  4. just beautiful as always.. girl you got style!!! i left you an award on my blog!! hope you are having fun camping!!

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  5. Have a great camping trip. take care & be safe.. xoxoxo

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  6. Enjoy your bracelet sweetie! Hope camping is going ok and that you brought some handwork to do. Course your hands might be tired from wrestling bears in the woods and such!

    Happy Pink Saturday! We miss you something fierce. Tell Jack no more long trips for a while.

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  7. How right you are about the joys of "puttering!" It always brings me satisfaction, too.

    Love your pretty pink things.

    I am smiling at the thought of you camping in the woods with a pink camper!

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  8. Have a Wonderful Labor Day Holiday!
    and a Happy Pink Saturday.
    Blessings, Virginia

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  9. Your camping trip sounds like a little piece of heaven :) hee-hee!

    Lucky you getting all that pink loveliness just in time for Pink Saturday. Happy day!
    Holley

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  10. Have a fabulous trip. I just loved camping in our tent trailer with the "swing out" kitchen!
    Very pretty bracelet!

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  11. Hope you are having a wonderful time camping. Your words are so true to learn to enjoy what you have and to be content is the challenge. I love your pink treasures. Happy Pink Saturday. Karen

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  12. I love the pink fan. I posed with one while in Tombstone and dressed up in a Saloon. I love to camp also. It's about to get camping weather in Alabama. Have Fun.

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  13. You got some nice things there Connie!

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  14. I'm a neat nut, and I appreciate the completed feeling that I get whenever I clean out the silverware drawer of the little crumbs that get in there.

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  15. Oooo, what pretty pink. Lots of wonderful stuff. That bracelet is quite lovely.
    I hope you are enjoying your weekend and camping. See you when you return!

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  16. Your pink surprise is wonderful! I hope your camping trip was all that you hoped!

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  17. What delicate pink goodies you have. :)

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  18. What a beautiful pink post. The flowers are just beautiful. I love to putter also,especially in the kitchen. Have a wonder holiday weekend!

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  19. Hi Connie,I love all of your pink items but my favorite is the fan. That was a good thought you thunk. It was so true and something we all should invest in. I hope you're having the greatest time out in the wilderness, just you and the hubby. Deb

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  20. Hi Connie,
    How sweet to receive a package with very nice treasures. :)
    The bracelet is very pretty also. Hope your camping trip is going well and not too many bugs, bears, and things that go bump in the night.. :)
    Warmly, Deb

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  21. I think you got some beautiful things! I especially love that fan. What a sweet bracelet too! It's unique and very pretty!

    Love your mantel too. Can't wait to see what it looks like up!

    Kady

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  22. Super lovely bracelet. Does it have a snap closure?

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  23. Very pretty bracelet. Hope you had fun camping!

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  24. Very lovely *pink* treasures! The *pink* bracelet is exquisite! Hope you are enjoying the camping trip!

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  25. I can't believe how delicate and pretty all these items are! I love them all!

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