~A Romantic Tea Party~

 I am joining Cielo at http://houseinroses.blogspot.com/  for a Victorian Tea Party and Martha at http://www.marthasfavorites.com/ ! The sweet memory of my wedding is lingering with me today.

I have chosen to invite you for tea and share with you some sweet memories of my wedding day.

My husband and I were blessed to find each other a bit later in life...3 children and some life lessons under our belts.

We had a gorgeous wedding in early October set in the prettiest country woods with flowers blooming and love bursting forth...

We were married at my childhood home in the dreamiest setting alongside a babbling brook!

I chose a beautiful formal gown with a long flowing veil. I felt like a sweet fairy princess on this day lucky enough to have met my prince charming!

Please have a sip of tea and relax...aren't these pretty German teacups just delightful and dainty...

I also love these pretty iron chairs they remind me of the vibrant reds I used in my sweet October wedding...

This is a pretty bridal purse my neighbor made...

I wish I would have it for my day but never the less it is pretty for decoration.

My pretty favorite romantic teapot...it is rather shabby because I had to rescue it and put it back together...

That is us in a silver frame that I recieved as a gift from my Aunt Carol for our wedding.

My favorite vintage gloves... they are the softest leather with the prettiest of details...

I can imagine the pretty romantic dress that might have been worn with this sweet vintage hat...

Oh my, it looks as if I need a refill on my tea...

Thank you for letting me share some of my memories with you and please stop by again for a cup of tea and more romantic treasures.

I also want to give a sweet hug and thank you to Cielo for hosting this beautiful Victorian Tea Party

you can find her at http://houseinroses.blogspot.com/.

Martha at http://www.marthasfavorites.com/  has also invited me to participate in her tea party, thank you so much it is an honor! Enjoy your tea time!

Hugs,

Olivia

Ooohhhh La La Pretty in Pink!
Happy Mother's Day and Happy Pink Saturday! 
My Dining Room is feeling so springy and pink,
makes me want to do a little twirl! Giggle!
I was out junk haulin treasure hunting today and I came accross these darling pretty in pink French bowls!
(Shhhh they were .15 cents each, HAPPY DANCE!!!)

I have a lovely pink lacy table runner that I have been dying to use and I thought these would go together perfect!

Oh so pretty in pink vintage table runner, don't the crystal candlesticks offset it nicely!

Last year during Christmas I got really creative and made these darling cupcake ornaments using vintage styrofoam Christmas ornaments plopped in a cupcake wrapper, glittered up and topped off with tulle and pretty flowers! Yummy!

Oh Pink Saturday just excites and delights me!

My mom moved to Colorado a couple of years ago and left me this beautiful Country French Table and chairs! So Sweet! She also gave me the two stand up lamps on either side of the door, which I promptly painted pink (of course)!

We will have some delightful treats in these bowls today, probably cereal first, then ice cream!

Happy Pink Saturday all of you pretty in Pink ladies! Please see more pink where our host Beverly at http://howsweetthesound.typepad.com/my_weblog/ is so kind to host Pink Saturday!

I am off to visit as many of you pinkie girls that I can until I head out for some junk haulin treasure hunting today!

 A special thank you to Jillian at http://bellarosaantiques.blogspot.com/2010/05/mom-knew-i-loved-pink.html

for mentioning my Pink loving ways on her blog, stop in and say hi to her if you get a chance she has a beautiful blog!

Have a lovely and blessed day!

Hugs,

Olivia

Shabby Rose Cottage

I am joining Cindy at Romantic Homes Show and Tell Friday http://romantichome.blogspot.com/.  I love old suitcases. I picked up this vintage samsonite suitcase and painted it white, decopauged roses on the outside and then rubbed it over with stain to soften the white paint.
This one turned out rather sweet. In fact the more I look at it the more I think a little romantic vacation might be nice...

What would one pack in such a pretty suitcase? For me...something pretty and comfortable....

I think I need to sit down put my feet up and have a nice cup of french vanilla coffee in my favorite rose coffee cup and dream about where I might go...

If I am dreaming, I might as well dream big right.... beautiful Paris, France!

Wow! I feel more relaxed already and all I had to do was take a moment to dream...
Sometimes when the house is quiet I look around and think this is beautiful, right where I am at!

I hope this pretty little suitcase inspires you to do a little dreaming or at least relax and take a quiet moment for yourself!

Please stop back by and say hi!

Thank you, Cindy, at 

Romantic Homes http://romantichome.blogspot.com/ for hosting Show and tell Friday!

Tomorow is Pink Saturday!

Hugs,

Olivia

Dreamy White Window!

Hello! Thank you for stopping by!

I am joining http://fadedcharmcottage.blogspot.com/ for White Wednesday!

I have a sweet little spot at the end of my hallway ( with gappy door at the end) that I have needed to fill.

There is quite a little stockpile in my garage of shabby windows. I decided to use a nice paneless window at the end of my hallway atop a very chippy handmade bench...
BEFORE~Lonely Hallway~

AFTER~A dreamy white sheer curtain added with an old white window underneath.

I thought the black chippy bench would accent the white well. I added the bunny weather vane

to tie in the black and white.

The sweet white bunny weather vane I found with BADLY broken ears for $1with its ears tied to its tail and a note attached saying...Needs TLC.

I used ALOT of the E 6000 glue and wrapped a tiara of flowers around her poor ears. After the repair there was still a nasty crack that could not be painted....hence the flowers~

I would love to add something underneath the bench like a shabby painted suitcase or something of that nature!

I added these sweet white shabby pillows to comfy up the bench. Notice the pretty shabby knob I used on the closet door at the end of the hallway. So pretty. 

I found these pretty lace panels at a garage sale for $1, funny thing my friend and I both went to the same sale at different times and each picked up one piece of this panel. Tee Hee. I was so excited to find out she had the other side and she offered to let me keep it! SWEET FRIEND!

I love the dreamy romantic feel of the sheer and lace over the shabby vintage window!

Thank you sweet friends for stopping my dreamy White Wednesdy, remember see more White Wednesday at http://fadedcharmcottage.blogspot.com/

Have a Lovely and oh so blessed day!

Hugs,

Olivia

Romantic Shabby Chic Shade!

Hello! Hope your Sunday was filled with Joy and Lovliness!

I am going to share with you a lovely little treasure that I worked on over the weekend.

I have a weakness for lamps and linens! Of course most Shabby Chic lampshades and linenes are out of my price range. Yes, even Target is a little high for this thrifty girl...maybe someday!

So, I scour garage sales, thrift stores and flea markets for anything I can use to create the soft look of romance.

BEFORE picture (yellow dot is .50 sticker)

After a trip to the Shabby Chic Beauty Salon!

Darling look at me now! TAAAA DAAAA!

This is not the base this shade truly fits on (oh yippee, I get to look for a fitting lamp base)

I thought it turned out rather soft and dreamy~ I used a pretty little girls dress and trimmed it with lace!

I just love the romantic lace, it also hid my not so perfect crafting. Giggle~

Very dainty and pretty when lit up

I am excited to find a base for it...this one is a wee bit small and it wobbles around on the top so I would be constantly straighting it.

As always thank you for stopping by, your sweet comments delight me and keep me motivated to wave my Shabby Chic wand!

Hugs,

Olivia

Pretty in Pink Powder Room!

Oh my! I am oh so excited to share my pretty pink powder room with you!

Happy Pink Saturday! I just adore PINK!

Ok....lets have a peek....

The walls are a soft powder puff pink, the shower curtain is Rachel Ashwell

with a romantic lacy overlay!

A pretty Victorian Lady planter accented by a crushed rose sits on

 top of my wall shelf! So sweet!

 Pretty Iron accent I painted white and accented with a shabby rose garland.

Oooohhh this is one of my favorite shabby french tables with a

shabby drawer from an old hoosier cabinet stuffed with Romantic Country magazines.

I have to have an inspiring magazine while having a bubble bath...

Oh so Shabby and Chippy! The table and drawer would be cute stripped and painted

but I kind of like them in their original "loved" condition, for now anyway!

A pretty Victorian framed card!

A Beautiful scrolly mirror...reminds me of Snow White~

Pretty Drippy Crystals I added to overhead light that I painted white~ Oh la la!

Darling Tea set I found today so delicate with glass roses!

A pretty little towel to dry pretty princess fingers!

My favorite spot to relax....in a toasty bubbly bath!

A sweet cupid soap dish to hold rose scented soaps!

Oooohhhh Laa Laa Pretty in Pink Powder Room!

I just love pink and I hope you enjoyed the tour of my romantic dreamy bathroom!

Thank you for taking the time to stop by and you can see more pretty pink treasures at http://howsweetthesound.typepad.com/my_weblog/ .

Happy Pink Saturday my sweet friends and may your day be full of lovliness!

Hugs,

Olivia