May Day Tradition

Hi Everyone

 Happy Monday

♥

This Wednesday is
 May 1st
One of our favorite family traditions is 

hanging flowers on our front door 

to celebrate May Day!

This vintage  glass peanut butter jar has a handle 

so it is easy to hang a 

few flowers from our garden
 we have also used everything from recycled tin cans
 to woven baskets and paper cones full of garden flowers

Every year we even surprise our neighbors and friends
by secretly hanging a bouquet of flowers
 on their front door too
Its almost a covert operation we try very hard not to get caught

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May day celebrations were a wonderful way
 to get outside and celebrate the warmer weather
The May Pole was a town tradition
the men would erect the pole  on April 30th
and the  entire town would gather and dance around the pole on May day
how adorable are these little girls skipping around
a decorated May Pole in a field of flowers

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This picture is from a college May day celebration
{Love}
 their beautiful dresses and the flowers
 look at the umbrella covered with flowers and the streamers
so funny to see only one person smiling

My Grandmother used to hang flowers on her front door
 she said it brought happiness
 to a Home 
 all of us grandchildren helped her pick the flowers 
and she taught us how to arrange them so they made a pretty bouquet

Celebrating May Day is not just a celebration of Spring
 in our home
 but a wonderful way to continue family traditions
 of spreading kindness and beauty
 to friends and family
and honoring a much Loved Grandmother
Don't forget to put a few flowers on your front door for May day too
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romantic saying for today

"You called me and I came home to your heart"
Browning

♥
Pam

Decorating with Horse Shoes

Hi Everyone

 Happy Friday

♥

After traveling to Round Top
Texas 

and seeing all of the creative ways people decorated with

 horse shoes
We decided to add one to our little
 California cottage

In Texas we were told that horse shoes have
 a legend of good luck
but here is where it got tricky.......
Some said to hang the horse shoe with the edges facing up
so you catch good luck
others said to hang the horse shoe with the edges facing down
so the good luck runs into your home
LOL

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Here are a few creative ways to 

decorate with horse shoes
{Love}
 this adorable horse shoe gate
just like the gate at Rachel Ashwells Prairie
{my pic's coming soon}

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Rhinestone horse shoe
wedding cake topper
too cute

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How adorable is
this hanging heart

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This is one way to hang
 horse shoes with the edges facing up above a door

We brought a few vintage horse shoes home
and
this one got a fresh coat of white paint now
it fits right in our California cottage

Grateful to have a little bit of
Texas charm
that is filled with wonderful memories


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romantic saying for today

"Come live in my heart and pay no rent"
unknown


♥
Pam

   

How to Create a Romantic Garden

Hi Everyone

 Happy Wednesday

♥

Creating a romantic garden

 for your home 

Begins with choosing the right plants 

There are many amazing varieties to choose from I made a list of my favorites 

 that will help you set the stage for romance by

 adding amazing beauty and

 fragrance to your yard

One of my favorite plants to add to the garden is 

 ~paper white bulbs~

 they have such an intoxicating fragrance 

and every year you will be happy to see the bulbs bloom again

 {Love} 

~Lavender~
 is another plant 

that blesses us all with its amazing fragrance 

The gray colored leaves are also beautiful year round

This is a fabulous plant called 

 ~Breath of Heaven~

love the way this sways in the breeze

and its luscious fragrance
is soft and sweet

~Tulips~
 are a wonderful border
 plant in our garden
{Love}
to walk by and say tulips so romantic!!!!

Of coarse a romantic garden would not be complete
 with out beautiful
~Cabbage roses~
the quintessential flower of romance

 and last but not least
colorful
~ hydrangeas~
that look almost majestic in the garden

 Freshly cut hydrangeas
add romance and beauty
everywhere

Do you have a favorite  romantic plant or flower
that grows in your garden
that you would add to this list
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romantic saying for today

"I Love thee I Love but thee with a Love that shall never die
 Till the sun grows cold and the stars grow old"
Shakespeare

♥
Pam

A Matching Pair

Hi Everyone

 Happy Friday

♥

This little corner in our living room

 is where we all 

{Love} 

to sit together in the evenings

It is a warm and sunny spot with comfy 

seating and a special spot for our 10 year old pug

 Finley

to sit with us too

Finley is a wonderful garden supervisor

he follows along outside

 to assist with grass inspection 

Finley waiting by the front door
 eager to go inside for his afternoon nap

The front door pansies are blooming 

do you see the matching
white vintage urns
{Love}

their shape and size and of coarse the color 

Thrilled and grateful to have found another
one and now have a matching pair !!!
Can you believe we found
 the same gorgeous white urn
in  Round Top

Texas!!!

Finley in his bed ready for his nap

♥

Have you ever found a match for a vintage treasure !!!

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romantic saying for today

"You come to Love not by finding the perfect person
 but by seeing an imperfect person perfectly"
Keen

♥
Pam

Round Top

Hi Everyone

 Happy Tuesday

♥

 Back home and so grateful for a

fun filled trip

so much to share with you all

~ROUND TOP~

 was massive

so many people 

so many fabulous treasures 

Everything does seem bigger in 

Texas

The luster on this vintage

 white ironstone pitcher

 caught my eye and 

 was one of the first vintage treasures

 that found a new home 

and just look at this

 extra large crystal knife rest 

the light catches on each facet 

 it almost  looks like it is glowing

This beautiful knife rest

  would have been used to rest large cutting knives on a table 

It is always such a treat to find a vintage treasure

 that is unusual and beautiful and something

 we can actually use in our home

What I miss when I travel

 is being able to just 

 go outside  into our garden.....

With my

rose clippers

and 

 Cut a few pretty roses
bringing them inside and

filling the entire home with their amazing fragrance

The garden is bursting

 with

beautiful  rose blossoms right now

 Vintage white ironstone is the perfect container

 for fresh cut roses
♥

So many fabulous vintage treasures to unpack and even more pictures to share with you

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romantic saying for today

"I would say I'll give you the world but

you are my world"

unknown

♥

Pam

Vintage Treasure

Hi Everyone

 Happy Tuesday

♥

Many times when treasure hunting
we find
 a vintage item

 that we have absolutely no idea

 what it was originally

 used for......

yes its vintage but what is it?

This turquoise  plastic over wire piece 

is just one of those items  

we all had fun trying to guess what it was 

a pencil holder

a flower frog

a  wooden spoon holder
 a lipstick holder

LOL

What do you think it is?

After much research

{and a google image search}

we discovered it is a flower frog

 from the 50's

Still seems so odd to put this flower frog in a vase
full of water

Did this Funky Flower
frog fool you or did you know what it was for



romantic saying for today

"Love looks not with the eyes but with the mind"
Shakespeare


♥
Pam

White Bloomers

Hi Everyone

 Happy Friday

♥

 We have been busy unpacking the

 vintage treasures 

we bought on our trip to the Midwest a few weeks ago

The trip was filled with
loads of amazing lacy new finds

like these adorable vintage shorty white bloomers

{Love}

 the row of ruffles

and cute long  pristine white bloomers

Just adore their lacy detail and pretty ribbon
  so delicate and feminine
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Shopping for vintage is a lot like a box of chocolates 
You never know what you are going to get....

So excited to share with y'all  I am
 heading off to Texas for some more vintage shopping
at Round Top 
I am taking my camera and yes I am even going to wear my cowboy boots
  maybe even those shorty bloomers
I promise to get a few pics so you can all join in the shopping fun!!!
I am going to try and squeeze in a visit to  Rachel Ashwell's
Prairie too

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Look out Texas
 here we come !!!
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romantic saying for today

"So grateful to be caught by your Love"
Levine



♥
Pam