Above all else...

guard your heart.

{a favorite scripture verse that speaks to my heart}

I'm so in love, every time I look at you my soul gets dizzy.
~Jaesse Tyler

I climbed up the door and opened the stairs,
Said my pajamas and put on my prayers,
Then I turned off the bed and crawled into the light
All because you kissed me goodnight!
~Author Unknown



I found this Paris postcard in my antiquing adventure last week for a whopping $1.00. It is a souvenir
postcard stamped 1944. I was delighted to run across it along with another one in color.



The love in your heart wasn't put there to stay
love isn't love  'til you give it away.

Anyone can catch your eye, but it takes someone special to catch your heart.
 ~Author unknown

This is my very favorite fragrance at the moment.

Paris Amour

{It can be found at Bath and Body}

"Paris Amour...a beautiful blend of French tulips, apple blossoms and
sparkling pink champagne, inspired by a romantic stroll through
 the streets of Paris.

It is that time of year you know...the special day of love is creeping up on us fast.
The day that we celebrate the ones we love.

I can't even begin to guess how many $$$ worth of candy and flowers
are purchased on this day and let's not forget the special dinners out.
{that is what I am looking forward to if I get over this bug}

I hope you have a wonderful Valentine's Day celebrating with
everyone that you love.

I have grand intentions of making cupcakes or cookies to share with the ones I
love, but first I need to get over this awful cold or that will not happen.
{I certainly don't want to bake germs up and send them on their way to my
loved ones}

I will leave you with many wishes for love in your life and this quote:
You know you're in love when you don't want
to fall asleep because reality is finally better
than your dreams.
~Dr. Seuss

{If you haven't entered my giveaway for a FREE dress from Shabby Apple be sure and
do that! You can click here to get to that post. I will draw a winner on Valentines day}





Shabby Apple Dress Giveaway!

{UPDATE: THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED. THANK YOU}

Wouldn't you just love to hop on this scooter in this gorgeous dress
{named Spanish Steps} and take it for a spin?? I know I would!! One
 of my lucky readers will be able to do just that!  Well,  they will get
the dress free, but the scooter is not included. Sorry!  lol.
I just want to jump into this photo and instantly be wherever this
photo was taken! Isn't it beautiful?


The kind people over at  Shabby Apple contacted me and offered me a
chance to do a giveaway,  so one lucky reader of mine will get this dress
FREE! Yep, you read that right...free! The winner won't have to pay one
teeny, tiny penney for this gorgeous dress. *smile*

Below is the description of this dress taken directly from the Shabby Apple site.

"Some things are just better together: peanut butter and chocolate, Audrey Hepburn
and Gregory Peck, Rome and Vespas. We decided to pair two things we love—
the soft, cotton jersey of our favorite t-shirt, and the gorgeous sateen of the dresses
 of yesteryear—to create the Spanish Steps, an indispensably
comfortable-yet-elegant summer frock. A luxe jersey cap sleeve top is gathered
 at the waist with a wide satin sash, and a veritable bouquet of appliquéd, ruched
 flowers and leaves adorns the full sateen skirt that swirls just below your knee.
 A truly inspired combination,the Spanish Steps has star potential.
This dress is made from a leightweight, delicate fabric and
FITS GENEROUSLY on our fit guide".



Shabby Apple sells all styles and colors of dresses including white dresses,
little girls dresses, and even maternity dresses along with other clothing,
jewelry etc. They also have several lines of vintage style dresses
 including their Berkshire collection , oh la la , and tinsel town
 along with many others.
  If you have never visited their site I urge you to do so and see
all the amazing looks that Shabby Apple has to offer.

Now for the fine print.  To enter the drawing for this gorgeous dress please
leave a comment below. For a second chance to enter you must “like”
Shabby Apple on facebook and then come back and tell me that you did.
Please also visit Shabby Apple and leave a comment on facebook telling
them what your favorite dress on the site is.


I can also offer any of you a 10% off code to go shopping. Just enter
“waysidetreasures10off” when you checkout.
This code will expire in 30 days so if you see something
you like you better snatch it up while you can get a discount.

Also, per Shabby Apple rules the winner must have a US shipping address
and there will be no exchanges for the winning dress. Drawing will take place
on Valentines Day ~Tuesday,  February 14th.  Good luck!

{UPDATE: THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED}

Novica $50 gift certificate winner and my gift!

It is time to announce the winner of my Novica $50 gift certificate winner, but before I do that I
 wanted to share the beautiful package that arrived for me from Novica. They were so generous to give
 me a $50 gift certificate as well! I picked what I wanted and when it arrived I could not believe how
beautifully it was wrapped!!

I was over the moon when I saw the handmade paper that was used to wrap it in. You can be sure
that I will be using this paper in a project soon. I just love it!

A pretty ribbon along with a tag describing my gift made it perfect.

Bet you can't guess what I chose.  A snow white silk and rayon ruffled scarf!  The site said it was the
last one.  I assume they will get more in , but I don't know for sure.



This package was in my mailbox when we got back home from vising my son and family over the weekend,
but I just couldn't unwrap it until today when I could have good lighting for photos.



This is the gorgeousness  {is that a word??} that was inside.



Layers and layers of white silk and rayon ruffles. I LOVE IT!
I highly recommend this site for unique purchases that come beautifully giftwrapped.


Okay...now what you all have been waiting for...the winner!

MARTA is the name that was chosen so she will get a $50 gift certificate to Novica.com.
{Please email me Marta with your info and I will get back to you asap}
Thanks to all who entered!!
{I will link this post up to White Wednesday this week}

Love and french towels

White Wednesday crept up and caught me by surprise again so I took a few quick photos around the house.


 I purchased this beautiful hanging heart over at Cloth and Patina a couple weeks ago
and I just love each and every detail.
It is about that time of year you know. *smile*


 Hubby told me we are going to Olive Garden for Valentines Day.
I can't wait...it is one of my very favorite places to indulge.



I cut out a few paper hearts with pinking shears, rubber stamped images on them
 and scattered them about the house.

I also made a few paper hearts and hung them on my feather tree that I have had out since Christmas.

Fell in love with these beautiful frenchy linen towels that I found at TJ Maxx while I was visiting
 my sister in Pennsylvania this past week so I picked up a couple.

LOVE in the air...:)

A little fun thing I did before I left for PA was to write a bunch of little notes and hide them
all over the house for hubby to find while I was gone. I put them in the kitchen cabinets, on the
 bathroom mirror, in the dresser drawer, wrapped around his toothbrush , in the tea canister,
on the computer etc. 


I found one last night that he didn't find! It was just too fun! I wrote things such as, "I love you",
Be safe today, I am watching you, Email your sweetie, have a great day at work today, etc. 
Just a little something to let him know that I was thinking about him while I was gone. :)


Happy White Wednesday to each and every one of you.  Please visit Kathleen over at
Faded Charm again this week for  more amazing WW posts. I feel I must put a disclaimer on
every once in awhile. I still can't make it to many of the WW posts, but I will continue to post.
 Thank you so much to those of you who visit me despite my slow computer and internet. :)

7 minutes can change your life!

Just a quick post today. I made it safely home last night from visiting my sister in Pennsylvania.
We had such a wonderful time and hated to see it come to an end, but we are both exhausted! lol
That is what happens when you hit the ground running and never slow down until it is time to
come back home. :)


I did want to share with you the amazing goodness of our Heavenly Father. He certainly gave
our family a huge blessing without asking.  The week before I arrived my sister was at her bank doing
 some business and when she left the bank and got back in her vehicle she remembers looking at her
 clock and it said 12:31 pm.
The bank was robbed at 12:38 pm. SEVEN minutes after she left.
This past week she talked to the
clerk who had waited on her last week and she said that Chris (my sister) was her last customer and
then she took her lunch break , but was still in the bank. That is when everything broke loose.
Two masked men came in , showed a gun and robbed the place.


I have gone over all kinds of scenarios in my head such as what if my sister had been in there
when the robbers came in...would they have taken her hostage or worse yet  would they have shot her?
I thank God every day for watching over her and keeping her safe!! I could have been going to
Pennsylvania for a totally different reason that I don't even want to think about.


Friday while we were shopping she got another phone call that there was another bank robbery
in a little town called Sandy Lake about 5 minutes from where she lives and there was also
a third one all within a few miles of where she lives.  If you think about it please say a prayer
that these people will be caught and not hurt anyone in the meantime.

Thanking God today for the prayers he answers without us even praying them!!