Spring has sprung!

I think Spring has sprung in southeast Michigan. I guess time will tell, but for now we
are enjoying the beautiful weather. In the upper 80's today and tomorrow. I just pray
that we don't get a cold snap that will kill off all the sprouting trees. My lilac trees
are covered with huge buds this year!

I had to make a run to town today and I picked up some pretty pink and white tulips.
They just screamed SPRING to me. :)

As usual I got carried away taking photos. {*Smiles*} I purchased this wine country soda
at Home Goods awhile back and sure wish I had some more. I love it!
{non alcoholic for me}
I also love the bottles so I kept them to put flowers in and here they are. :)

One of my pretty white creamers. I think I found this one at the Goodwill for 55 cents.

It is always nice to add a little french touch as well.

I did get another nice gift for my birthday this past weekend that I will share with you soon!
Hoping you are having a wonderful and springy day today!!

Linking up with White Wednesday this week again. Many thanks to Kathleen for continuing
to host it!!

A special gift

I received this special birthday gift from my daughter when we visited them a couple weeks ago.

What makes this gorgeous bracelet so special?

Number one: I LOVE IT!
Number two: She always knows exactly what I love and gives me something from the heart
Number three: She is my daughter

Isn't it gorgeous?  What is better than the Eiffel tower and Paris? It has such pretty french charm.

Thank you dear daughter. Once again you blessed my heart and my soul!
Love you!

Garden cement and ivy

Happy White Wednesday everyone! I am a bit late today because I was going to use
my previous post for WW, but then changed my mind. I fell in love with this cement
 angel when I found her at TJ Maxx for 7.99 so she just had to come home with me.  I
have had the cement candleholder for a few years and I love it as much as the day
 I first purchased it.  

 I had a message written on this chalkboard for my granddaughter when she visited a
little over a week ago and yesterday I swapped out her name for  SPRING.
We are having way above normal temps here this week in Michigan and I am loving it.
70's and by the weekend 80 degrees!!  BRING IT ON!!

{I will say that Allysha noticed the *welcome* message right away and loved it!
I will also say that this arrangement needs help, but I wanted to show the chalkboard.
The little bush thing is dying or dead and I just need to change things up.}

I have realized this winter that I still have somewhat of a green thumb after all!! lol
I had purchased some ivy last year at the big box store for a little over $1 each and planted
some in containers for outside during the summer. When it was time to button everything
up for the winter, I brought these inside thinking they would never live. Not only did they
live, but they have flourished! They are on the back porch where it gets quite chilly in the
winter and maybe that is it. Whatever the reason, I am a happy camper!!

This plant is on the cupboard that hubby built out of old doors for me to cover our water heater. As
you can see this plant is huge too! I am delighted...happy WW everyone! Please visit Kathleen over
at Faded Charm again this week for more beautiful posts. 

Pretty pictures vs reality

Have I ever shown you my dining room? I can't remember what I have posted and what
I haven't so forgive me if I already have shown you this. lol.

My husband purchased this buffet above at an auction before we were married for $10.
It sat out in his parents barn for awhile before I found out about it and rescued it. I have
 loved it ever since.
BUT... I am wondering...
I would love to paint it white and have been given permission by hubby, but I just don't
know if I should or not. I even considered painting just the top white.  If you look
 closely the bottom door on the left has a piece that my father had to replace for me
 years ago when my daughter put her foot through it...yea we won't even talk about
 that. It was a different time and place and thank God she isn't in that place anymore.

Suggestions please...white or not or part white?? I am also still on the
lookout for a replacement handle for the top left drawer...
the part of the hangle that swings is missing.

Oh,  I almost forgot. Got the antique beveled mirror above for 50 cents
at a garage sale. It was falling apart and all hubby had to do was glue and
clamp it and wa la!! Love it!

My Heywood Wakefield hutch...yes I have all types and colors of wood in this room.
I would love to paint this white as well, but hubby has NOT given permission to paint this
piece yet. lol. We got this piece from his parents  many years ago.  They had it in a shop that
 they owned for awhile and it looked horrible. I stripped the whole thing and finished
it with paste wax. {wish I had before pics}

My dining room corner...one of them anyways. 

I know I have shown this chair before. Still loving it...:)

I sure love these suitcases and this is where they landed until I find a better place.

Painted this steel door years ago also and painted the rose stencil on when those were
*in*. I would love to paint over it, but that means I would have to paint the whole door
 and I haven't a clue what color I used so I am still working on that.

My house is not huge, but I do love it because it is home. I can't imagine having a bigger place to
 clean either.:)

Remember the title...pretty pictures vs reality?? Here is the reality! ROFL!! This is my dining room table
 loaded down and truthfully it looks like this more times than not. How sad is that. I have always been
 a cleany, meany, but sometimes stuff just ends up here between shopping sprees and changing
 up decor.  My bff once told me NOT to purchase a dining room table because it is just a place for
things to accumulate. Boy was she right!! 

I am working on getting all of this put away today and I have quite a bit done since I took these photos.
Fairy shoes, candles, roses, feather tree, magazines, books, cell phone, yada yada yada! hee hee
Linking up to White Wednesday over at Faded Charm because I love WW and because there is
some white in my photos. *smile*

3.10.2012

Another year has passed and along with that somehow I am also a year older!! Go figure! lol
Where oh where do the years go? I am constantly amazed at how fast time flies. When I was
young I couldn't wait to be 30 years old and now...I would still like be that age, but know
what I know now. :)

My youngest son and his family took me out to eat on my special day and also presented me
with a dozen pink lemonade cake balls.

They are just delicious and I had to share them with you. I wish you could taste them!
{ I have been hanging on to five of them just to take more photos. lol.}

My little granddaughters Annika and Ainsley both looked so beautiful  in their pretty dresses and
their tiny fingernails were all painted up with pink polish when I arrived at their house.  I was
really bummed that I forgot my camera and my phone camera doesn't take great quality photos,
but the memories will linger in my heart forever.  Annika informed me on the way to the
 restaurant that her daddy painted her nails...not her mommy! Love it!!

I thought I would taste this one for you and see what you think.
What is your verdict?? I know you love them as much as I do!  

I am going to try my hand at making some of these soon!! I found several recipes when I googled, but
they are all made basically alike and sound so messy easy! 

Can you guess how old I am??
Oh my goodness...notice the dust on the left hand side of the*five* ?? That is one thing that
close up photos do...they pick up every detail! lol.

My cake balls were presented in this container with pink tissue paper with the silver flowers on top.
  I was told that I don't get the rest of my gift until we go to my older son's house next weekend.
Annika whispered to her daddy about it and he told her they have to wait a few days.
 It sure is hard for little people to wait...and sometimes bigger people too! ha!