VINTAGE SWEET PEAS: January 2009

One World One Heart

One World One Heart......Giveaway has Started!

It will last from now until Febuary 12th.

Click here for more information on OWOH

*HOW TO ENTER*
1. Leave a comment on this post

2. Everyone is welcome to enter, just be sure your comment takes me back to you, if you are not a blogger, make sure to leave an email address where I can reach you.

3. On February 12th a random winner will be drawn from the comments left. I will notify the winner and announce it on my blog. And I will send your gift off to you!!

4. And that's it.......

I will be giving away Two Books..... The First one is for all those who love to Knit...or maybe you want to learn....if not either of those....this book would surely make a lovely gift.....

The second Book is, Bend-the-Rules SEWING....This book is great for All Ages.....full of so many wonderful and easy projects......

Well, I wish you all good luck on winning one of these books, and I thank you for visiting my blog and leaving me a comment so that I can stop by your place. Have a wonderful day....Hugs...Lisa

O Sweet Valentine!!!!

Yeah, I finished making all my Valentine Items for my Esty Shop.....

First up is Sophie. She is all excited because she just completed her first Valentine recital!

Sophie is one of a kind. I hand crochet her using ecru cotton yarn then hand embroidered her features and added a cute little note that promises she will be truly yours. She is carrying a red felt heart with an embroidered cupcake. Did I tell you she likes Cupcakes....she does....

next I made Valentine Pomanders. They are hung with care by a vintage velvet ribbon and outfitted with red velvet flower petals that I topped with a glitter dove and matching glittered sprinkles on the petals........

and here's my "BE MINE" Valentine Banner.........

I used wood flags, covered them with soft colored scrap booking paper, primarily in pinks, cherry red and lime green. I made the letters using glitter and trimmed them with matching pink paint that also outlines each flag.....

Banner is hung using a satin rose colored ribbon.......

then I made these very sweet valentines to help decorate a home or to be given to a very special someone........

each Dove is carrying a little banner that says....Kiss ME......

Sophie is so excited....she can't wait to see who will take her home for Valentine's Day!

Yeppee!!!!!!!!!

O.K. Off I go to add these goodies to my Etsy Store....I should have them all added by Friday Morning....:) Thanks for Checking back....Hope to see you soon....Lisa

Valentine Posy's, Banners and Ballerinas

O MY, I have been so busy in my little work room!!! As I mentioned in my last post, "while we were visiting Rogers Gardens", I was going to be adding a lot of new items to my Etsy Shop! While they are not completely finished yet I do have some bits and pieces that I.m so excited too share with you all.....

First up, A Valentine Pomander....I made these for my daughter's wedding and soooo many of you just loved them, that I decided to make them for Valentine's decorations/gifts......

Here is one of my cute little cat ballerina's. I'm so happy with how they are turning out. Although making them is taken a little longer then I had hoped. This one likes cupcakes.......

These I'm very happy with and will share more about them later this week....

and another valentine......

Well, my goal is to have all my items finished and in my Etsy shop by this weekend. As of now it looks like I can make this happen. But before I list them in my shop I will post them all here, so you can see how they all turned out! Until then I hope you all Have a wonderful week...Hugs Lisa

Hello January 2009

Well, hello to everyone and welcome January 2009! Wow, the holidays went by way too fast. We had such a wonderful time with all of our loved ones under one roof. I could not have asked for anything more. I hope you all had an equally wonderful Christmas!!! That having been said, my first weekend of January got off to a busy start. I went out to California to visit Christie and Kevin and their new Kitten,Sid that was a Christmas present to her from us......

He is such a sweet little cat and Christie is having such a great time making him feel at home. While in California we made sure we hit up all of our favorite shopping site's. One of my very favorite places to visit, is Rogers Gardens. It is located in Newport Beach and I made sure I had my camera so I could share my visit with you....

So lets go on in.......

When you first enter Rogers Gardens, they have a cute cottage house that is decorated with wonderful gifts you can buy pertaining to the season or Holiday at that given time.....

There are lots and lots of goodies......

and O, so pretty.......

Here is one of the rooms, as you can see, with lots of cases filled with very special gifts.....

this case had all glass and crystal hearts.....

and here are my favorite cases!....they are filled with lovely items for all occasions.......Christmas, Easter,

Halloween and more Christmas.......

I promise!!!! She was already on the floor.......I guess it's time we go outside.......lol

during our visit it was misting, but by early afternoon the sun had come out....

for all my visitors that are covered with snow this time of year, I was hoping this little adventure could put some color in your day.....

A little close up.....

A living wreath. So pretty.......

Here is one of my favorites.....the ivy topiary.......I just love them.......

more color .....

I really liked him .....but my check book doesn't carry that many zeros........

Here they are again, there's just something about them that I love.......

Here is the white room......

Lots of herbs.......

window baskets ready to go......

And here's another one of my favorites....foxgloves....

Whenever I come to Rogers Gardens, I'm always reminded of the gardens at Disney Land.

This next picture is blurry, yet I still think it looks so pretty with all the color.....

Here they have Candles in all colors.....

Fun gift tags in every letter.....

A little area for gift wrapping...

Well that is all the photos I took for this visit....One of my goals for 2009 is to take photos of Rogers Gardens each season and share them all with you ....another one of my goals is to get my new items for my etsys shop finished and up and running....My items have to do with this little doll that was in a past post.... Claire-abella.......

she has some friends that are going to perform the Valentine's Ballet ..:) and once they are done I will list them in my Etsy shop for sell and all decked out in their cute Valentine Tutu's.....so, please check back soon and I hope you enjoyed your visit........:)