2013 Year in Review

It's the end of a busy and wonderful year -

Here are a few highlights throughout the year.

JANUARY

We rang in the New Year with a nice dinner 

using cute PB clock plates.

FEBRUARY 

A ladies Pink Valentine's dessert tea was enjoyed & shared.

MARCH

I shared a special beautiful shamrock teacup

 a dear and sweet blogger friend sent me.

APRIL

Showers brought in beautiful springtime flowers

and a blessed Easter Sunday.

May

I hosted a Ladies Afternoon Tea

 featuring beautiful pink peonies and
my antique Bavarian bridal rose swag tea set.

JUNE

Life was born anew around our home, such as this
sweet newborn birdie hubs found in one of our trees.

In June I hosted a birthday tea party
 for my lovely tea friend Dawn -
and started the tradition of The Traveling Birthday Teacup
(I received from our friend Mary back in the fall of 2012.)

You can read about her birthday party tea for me then here.)

JULY

We celebrated Independence Day with a

fun simple outdoor Red, White and Blue dinner on our deck.

One can watch our local fireworks right from the deck!

AUGUST

I shared my FIRST EVER home tour (just partial)

with its little simple summertime touches.

I showed the living room and the music/dining room,
 and then also revealed our new chestnut hardwood flooring.

I had good intentions of showing the rest of our house

but I never really did get around to it.

(I intend on doing so sometime in 2014, though!)

SEPTEMBER


I shared some neutral fall decor and tablescapes
 in this transitional month.

OCTOBER

Things finally started getting cooler outside 

therefore some warm Autumn colours were finally added in our decor;

such as these hand made paper flowers that

 my eldest daughter made for me.

I also unveiled my new-to-me antique
 chippy farmhouse kitchen hutch.

And I also shared an Autumn teatime
using my fav autumn tea china.

November


Rich deep warm colours everywhere!

DECEMBER

I had some giveaways this year:



(For my First Bloggaversary in January):

Then took some time off blogging due to surgery and
an entire month's bed rest.

The very BEST part of my 2nd year blogging
 was meeting or getting to know wonderful friends like you.

 Your every visit, every comment is like a virtual hug to me.

 Your time given to me is an appreciated gift,
one I respect, and one that means so very much to me.

 Thank you for giving a part of yourself to me.

Good happy news:
I will be announcing another giveaway soon
for my 2nd bloggaversary on Jan 1st,
 so be sure to stop back!

HAVE A VERY SAFE NYE-
and a healthy joyful new year.

♥

~Michele