Handpainted Floral Napkin Rings

When Claudia at Mockingbird Hill Cottage
decided to host her first linky party
I knew I would want to take part. 

I wanted to share my beautiful vintage
 hand painted wooden Japanese napkin rings

 

I love their glorious colour!

The Flowers

 

~~by MM of Finch Rest~~

 

Oh, wonderful flowers

How you show us your grace

 

As you dress in your colours of lovely pink lace

 

Your precious sweet fragrance

 

One cannot deny

 

We feel, see and smell you

 

With our hearts & our eye

 

 

 

THANK YOU FOR VISITING!
Have a wonderful holiday weekend.

~Michele


 
(Don't forget to note the "blue moon" tonight!)
 

I will be picking a winner later tonight for my giveaway
and will announce the winner later this weekend. Good times. ♥

 
This is your last chance to enter!
Just click here!

 

 

 

Linking:

 

Pink Saturday 

Autumn Transitional Vignette

 

 

 

 

Autumn has hit the store aisles

 and the magazine & catalogue covers

 and lots and lots of blogs.

 

I am sharing a "transitional" vignette today

featuring a nice big cuppa because that is the way

I am drinking my coffee this morning.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Most of the time I drink tea in a dainty cup

but this morning I am mug-bound!

 

This mug is part of my everyday dishes set.

(It even gets the approval of my tea-party hating daughter.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I am just not ready

 to give in to my Autumn decorating!

 

I am not ready for all the deep luscious harvest colours

of burnt orange, reds, golds & browns
when it is still so green and alive outside!

 

 

Fall is going to come fast enough as it is!

 

Because everything is so dry the leaves will fall fast

 and leave very little colour for us this year, I'm afraid.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I WON A FREE YEAR'S SUBSCRIPTION TO A MAGAZINE!

 

 

 

And last but certainly not least

I am a winner and it arrived yesterday afternoon!

 

Diann from A Thrifty Groove had a generous giveaway

a while back and I was the lucky winner of

a subscription for BETTER HOMES AND GARDENS!

 

♥ Thanks so much, Diann! ♥

 

 

If you haven't yet visited her blog, please do!

 

It is great reading & she is a very sweet gal!

 

 

 

 

 

 

A good cuppa, nice magazine, sitting with my kitty

and enjoying a very sunny summer day!
 

 

~~~~THANKS FOR VISITING~~~~

P.S.

 

DON'T FORGET MY OWN GIVEAWAY THAT ENDS FRIDAY!

 Click here to enter!

 

 

 

Linking:

 

Tea Party Tuesday

Tabletop Tuesday

WOW Us Wednesday

THRIFTY BLUE TABLESCAPE

 

 

 

Sometimes we just find the neatest things

 when we are out there thrifting, yes?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And if one looks long enough

 one may find like items that work perfectly together!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Goodwill, Ohio Thrift, estate auctions, yard & garage sales, antique stores, secondhand stores, Volunteers of America, etc.

 can really be amazing places to pull together

 simply wonderful tablescapes!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It takes a good eye, imagination, a little time and patience -

but seldom takes much money to get

"The Look for Less!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Every single item on this table came

from one of those kinds of shopping experiences.

(I especially adore these huge heavy glass chargers!) 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Why pay high retail prices?

Full-price retail shopping is something I seldom do.

(HomeGoods and craft stores exempt from that statement.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And then there is catalogue shopping. That too is exempt.

 

 

More often than not I get my inspiration from

those wonderful catalogues - but get my shopping mojo

 where it's doing the world some good, like GW.

 

(We all win a bit more then.)

 

 

 

 

And for all the star gazers, here's a little BLUE MOON info for you!
(Source: Mike Wall | SPACE.com)

 

Skywatchers should circle Friday (Aug. 31) on their calendars

for the date offers the last chance to see a so-called "blue moon"

for nearly three years.

 

The moon reaches its full phase at 9:58 a.m.

EDT (1358 GMT) Friday, marking the second full moon of August

(the previous one occurred Aug. 1).

 Stargazers won't be able to see two full moons in a single month

 again until July 2015.

And now for Ella's awesome rendition of Blue Moon,
because I just KNOW you are humming it to yourself now!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmYfkG9vyfk


 

THANKS SO MUCH FOR VISITING!

BE SURE TO VISIT MY LAST BLOG POST TO ENTER
 MY ROSE CHINTZ CHINA GIVEAWAY!

Click here to enter to win!

 

 

 

Linking:

 

Blue Monday
Mosaic Monday

Make It Pretty
Nifty Thrifty Tuesday
Tabletop Tuesday
Primp Your Stuff Wednesday

Tablescape Thursday

 

 

 

Pink Rose Chintz Giveaway

 

Happy Pink Saturday!

 

 

Today I am feeling the Love of Pink throughout Blogland!

 

 

and wish to spread that love to all of you!

 

 

~~~ ♥ ~~~

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Giveaway open to USA and Canada only-

(So sorry to all my international readers!)

 

The winner will be picked next Friday night, Aug. 31st.

 

Just leave a comment below and let me know if you wish to be entered!

 

 

Sappy sweet adulation comments get special treatment!!!!!  <kidding

 

 

Adulation: Noun

 

Definition: Servile flattery; excess praise beyond being merited.

 

(I have no shame.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non bloggers are able to enter - just leave a comment anonymously but please check back to see if you won! I shall wait two days and if I don't hear back from the winner (if anon) and have no way to email you, the Random Number Generator will pick another winner on Sunday evening.

 

Of course ALL comments are appreciated - whether or not you care to enter this giveaway!

 

 

 

LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING EVERYONE'S PINK POSTS!

 

 

 

As always, thank you so much for visiting - it means a great deal to me.

 

 

 

Hugs from your pink-lovin' friend,

 

♥

Michele

 

 

 

 

Linking:

 

Pink Saturday 

Bernideen's Open House

 

 

 

White Carnations & old tea china

Tea in our outdoor zen room with white flowers.

Relatively wordless.

Relatively white.

~~~~Relatively wonderful~~~~

(I know almost like yesterday's but I was there already so I took advantage!)

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR STOPPING BY!

♥

~Michele

Linking:

White Wednesday

Wordless Wednesday

Wordless Wednesday II

Primp Your Stuff

Tea in the Garden

Time Travel 

Let's Dish

Vintage Thingies Thursday

Limoges Tea Cup

Teacups bring me such joy.

I know I am not alone in this thinking.

I always knew there were many others.....

.......Those who love hand painted china from wonderful

places as Bavaria, Austria, Japan, France or England.

My favorite pieces that I have kept are quite old.

(This one isn't so much, but it is a cutie nonetheless.)

Thanks for stopping by!

I do so appreciate your visits!

Linking:

Tea Party Tuesday

A Return to Loveliness

Teacup Tuesday - Terri

Teacup Tuesday - Martha

Nature of Finch Rest

Oh how divine these cooler days and nights have been!

We can finally stand to spend time outdoors.

Nature abounds all around us!

 

The butterfly bush is the main attraction.

Nature just flitters and floats and buzzes all day.

 

 

I have discovered not one but TWO hummingbirds now.

We have the green one that I posted about here not long ago.

He was the very first one here.

Isn't he a CUTIE??


 

 

But since there we have been spying this cute white one.

 And the green one is very upset he has to share

They are constantly at each other, as they're quite territorial.

(As if Finch Rest would let either of them starve! Silly birds!)

 

 

If you love hummingbirds be sure to check out that old post

 mentioned above for a very economical easy nectar to make

for your hummingbirds!

 

 

Have a fabulous week, everyone!

Linking:

Mosaic Monday

Cowgirl Up!

WOW Us Wednesday

Home and Garden Thursday

Cottage Garden Party

Bridesmaids Tea Luncheon Tablescape

Bridesmaids Tea Luncheon Tablescape

Well..............least it could be.

It certainly has that "look" about it.

Perfect shape/size cup and saucer set for either

hot tea, coffee or cuppa soup!

But there aren't any bridesmaids in my life right now,

  so I shall just have to pretend.

(Does a body good!)

Light blue, sweet light pink, old silverplate, white china

with pretty colourful florals....

All just so girlie- tastic!

Reversable placemats have a stripe or a vintage looking floral - 
making it difficult to decide which to choose! 
(But the stripes won in the end.)

Which do you prefer?

The centerpiece needed to stay super simple:

Large & small white carnations, in an old white Ironstone pitcher.

THANKS FOR VISITING!

Linking:

Tablescape Thursday

Let's Dish

Feathered Nest Friday

August Note Card Party

AUGUST NOTE CARD PICKS OF PICS.

#1.)

From this post.

#2.)

From this post.

3.)

From this post.

 

4.)

From this post.

 

Join the fun!

Just share 4 of your favorite pictures from previous blog posts

that you think would make wonderful note cards!

Thanks for stopping by!