Saturday, August 21, 2010

A Birthday Story...Pink, Of Course

There are a few traditions in this family when it comes to Birthdays.
We spend them together and not necessarily with a bunch of people.
We decorate!!! Boy, do we decorate.





Usually the night before so they wake up to a house full of decorations.



We usually have a theme. We ALWAYS have cake;)




Breakfast in bed...or at least lounging on the sofa!




One of my all-time favorites...strawberries on toast...with a side of good n plentys;) And a cute puppy helps too!






The celebration lasts all day...and sometimes all week...or month;)

We always have lots of presents to open. Not that we overspend...we just
Wrap everything separately so there is lots to open.



Guess what? This week it was my turn to be the Birthday Girl.
In addition to a pre-Birthday dinner and a week full of festivities,
I awoke to an amazing Birthday celebration last Monday.

There was ribbon, cherubs, tutus, flowers...a perfect blend of PINK, shabby and very chic.






My girls did good, let me tell you! My husband was out of town so it was up to them...and they made my day sooooo special!


They went shopping the week before...and what shoppers!
A necklace and charm bracelet from Brighton, beautiful belt and gift card from White house/Black Market, Body butter from Victoria Secret, Starbucks card, cute stuffed turtle (family memory), a tai chi DVD for me (doctor 's order) and more goodies too, from them and others:)

They made me a special card...little notes tucked in a pretty pink box, nestled among a bunch of tiny messages just for me. I loved it!,,











I am SOOOO blessed! Thank you for a wonderful day girlfriends!
And I hope all of you liked my pink treats!
Happy Pink Saturday and thank you to Beverly from How Sweet the Sound for graciously hosting all of us pinkies again!


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Friday, August 20, 2010

A Cool App...

Okay, so I'm playing with my new toy. (in case you're wondering, my family gave me an iPad for my birthday on Monday;) Anyway, this application was found with my iPad but it isn't exclusive. We've now added it to our phones too, so check it out.

One thing I have been wanting is Photoshop...still do. But this might hold me over until I do. It's called "color splash". No...not the tv show with that cutie David Bromstead;)

Same name though. In a nutshell, it let's you choose one of your photos, turns it into black and white and then with your finger you color in whatever part of the photo you like. Kind of like hand-colored photos, which I am crazy about anyway. Here are a few of ours...
































See if you can find the hand colored object in the one above. You will need to enlarge it. Hint...it's tiny, by the fence and colored green.

This last one is a photo of our sweater pumpkins that we hand colored and then turned sepia on iPhoto.





Isn't that so pretty and vintage looking? Okay...there you have it. Color Splash is amazing and so much fun to play with. I should know;)

Saturday, August 14, 2010

"Pink" School Days...

It's that time of year again...
Back to school time!

School Clothes, backpacks, lunch boxes and school supplies...
Oh My!

And if I could do it all over again,
I would have to say...
"Make mine PINK"!


So in honor of pink Saturday,
let's go back to school in style:)

Time to shop...
let's start with school clothes.
(minus the high heels, of course!)
Are these dress code?
And I believe most schools require polo shirts...
and nothing says cuteness like a yorkie in a polo!


...unless, of course, it's a yorkie in a pink hair bow.

And every put together little girl has to have plenty of hair bows
for back to school!

One last thing...
a pretty pink charm bracelet!


Vintage, at that!
Be your own girl...
set your own style...
pink, pretty AND vintage!!!

Backpacks...
pretty easy here.
Pink, pink and more pink!
For the stylish young lady...

and for the sweet little girl...



Lunchboxes...
This used to be my favorite to shop for.
I still love lunch boxes.
I remember when Taylor had a Barbie lunch box just like this...


Today I would want to carry this sweet vintage lunch box...


And finally, school supplies.
I LOVE shopping for school supplies..
especially pink ones!



Like I said, time for school.
So put your supplies in your locker...


Sit down at a cool pink desk...


at your Pretty PINK School!



Happy Pink Saturday and be sure to visit
to visit all of the other pink ladies today.


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