Thursday, February 13, 2014

~ Romance is in the Air and Simple & Sweet Fridays #102 ~

I love Valentine's Day and all the romantic things that go with it!
A girl can never have enough flowers, champagne and chocolate!
Setting the table was easy to do.
Red wine glasses, red votives, and red roses.

Vintage dishes and silverware add to the special occasion.
I stamped some old pages from a book with a red heart and
 strips of linen stamped "with love".
Tied it all together with a dried rose to give it a vintage look
 at each place setting.

I even cut some velvet hearts to place on the table too!
An old silver platter of my mother's,
to place the vase on.
 Focaccia bread with hearts made out of butter.
I love the vintage tablecloth.
Dreaming of a wonderful Valentine's.
 Chocolate kisses in little crystal glasses.


Some Valentine postcards to add a little whimsy.
Butter cookies sprinkled with confectioners sugar.
Heart cookies in different sizes
 look so pretty displayed on my new cake stand.
Love you all...
 and hope you all get a little sweet treat on
 Valentine's Day!!





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Tuesday, February 11, 2014

~A David Austin Rose From Harry~

 I'm so excited!!
I just received a
  David Austin Rose!
Our daughter, Katie's boyfriend, Harry, 
ordered it for Stan and me as a gift!
How lucky are we. It's called,
 "Jude the Obscure".
Can't wait to see it this Summer!!
I wanted to share with you also,
 a Cake Stand Harry gave me for Christmas.
He brought it all the way over from England.
I love Cath Kidston and all her wonderful designs.
I love it.
Speaking of flowers,
 I couldn't resist this beautiful blue hydrangea.
So pretty!!
Our forsythia is starting to bloom now.
I love the yellow flowers on it.
I can never have enough cabbages for the garden.
We were gardening this weekend and Stan placed the 
Heart Stepping Stones in a new area.
Can't wait to see the new bulbs come up!
I was seeing Hearts in the garden everywhere.

I started to make some decorations for the Valentine's table.
I'll share with you our Valentine's table
 this week at Simple & Sweet Friday's.
Candies out for the kids.

My friend, Margie, surprised me with Red Roses today. 
Thank you, dear friend!!
You made my day!

Wednesday, February 5, 2014

~Heavenly Chocolate Cupcakes and Simple & Sweet Fridays #101~

There's nothing like homemade cupcakes for Valentine's.
I found a new cupcake mold at Walmart.
With some pink frosting in the middle 
and sprinkled with powdered sugar.
A very pretty holiday dessert.
I decorated the front door with a rose heart.
I hung up a heart I received from a friend that's living in Germany.
I love the detailed art work on it.
I wanted to share some of the decorations in our house.

I made some handmade rosettes last year.

A little Valentine's box I made to hold special cards.


Wishing you all a Romantic weekend!!





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