A Pink Wedding

Celebrating Pink Saturday and a Happy Couple!

If you have seen the movie Fireproof then you understand the salt shakers on top of the cake.

Isn't that cute?

Revealing Mr. and Mrs.
To capture the look of love on your child's face ....priceless
To know that it is towards the daughter-in-law you have been praying for.
beyond priceless!!


My husband the Rev. Capt. Dave married them.
This was awesome!



And there you have it.

A Pretty Pink Wedding

On Pink Saturday.
Now make sure that you go tell the creator of Pink Saturday congratulations on the anniversary of a wonderful pink thing.
www.howsweetthesound.typepad.com

Soon to be revealed

I think this is going to make a great Pink Saturday post. So this is just a tease until then.

There's going to be a wedding, but first you must be sister approved!

I believe that this was the face of my little girl as she was told that she was going to be a big sister.

However once that little brother was here she became a little mother.

No need for baby dolls with her.

She had her very own.

And she grew up watching over her brother. Bossing him here and there through life.

However, there is one thing you can't boss a brother around with and that is love.

So needless to say this whirlwind engagement has caused "Big Sister" some concern.

A Facebook Romance????

Mom, what if????

So it was time to have a little tea party.

I'm not so sure this is the generation for tea parties but hey....one day they will think back to this special time together. Right?

Recently I found something while going through an old box of pictures and papers.

So it set the theme for my tea party.

It was a little book that had been handed down from mother to daughter over 100 years ago.

It was called a Bridal Bouquet.

And it held the sweetest story called the Advise of an Irish Fairy.

Has anyone heard this story? It is precious.

So I read it to my girls as they had their little tea party.

And we are going to start a tradition of passing down this little bridal book.

I think my Great-Great-Great Grandmother would approve. Don't you?

Now if only we can just get big sister to.

An Engagement Ring

Imagine our surprise when our son who is stationed in Hawaii told us that he was going to

become engaged. Why surprised, you might ask. Well, this engagement

is to a girl that he has known since the 5th grade but they have never dated.

It started in October last year.

He is stationed in Hawaii and she lives in Tampa and the two of them

started talking on Facebook. And they fell in love with each other over the internet.

He is home on leave and he got down on his knee and asked her to marry him within

hours of coming home.

And then he swept her away on his white horse and they will live happily ever after.

It is so much fun to meet other bloggers and one that I got to meet and enjoy some time with last year is Kelly from www.Rosevinecottagetwo.blogspot.com. Well, my friend and her beautiful home are featured Cottage of the Month by Jennifer at www.TheOldPaintedCottage.com.

Congratulations Kelly!!

Her home is adorable and you will be in heaven lingering over the pictures that Jennifer has posted. And then there is Jennifer.....another talented lady that I am sure if you don't already know is working on a cottage that I am sure will have us all sighing when she finally reveals it.

Don't you just love all the talent you find in blogland?

Again congratulations Kelly.

I am so happy for you.

Hugs

Becky

Antique Garden Catalogs

These beautiful catalogs is what the post man would have been delivering about a century ago to the Shabby Old House. Make sure you click on the picture as it is amazing.

I am sure that the ladies of the house would have been scouring the pages dreaming as I often do of the beautiful flower beds that could be created around this old Victorian home.
This is a wonderful collection of Joseph Freedman and this article was in an old May
1994 Victoria Magazine that I found.
What I love about the old Victoria magazines is the history that they wrote of which keeps the magazine as interesting today as it was in 1994.
I learned that a sum as small as a dollar was enough for a magnificent garden.
The seed companies hired top artists to draft horticulturally accurate flower illustration, which were reproduced as lithographs and accompanied by the proud words, "drawn from nature."



This catalog from 1925 portrayed the garden of George Washington's sister Betty.
Oh how pretty the Shabby Old House could be with flower beds and gardens surrounding her.

Any ideas from you girls that study those wonderful gardening books?

I am open for lots of comments. I have a dollar too! lol So

if you want to come bringing your gloves and shovels I'll be happy to name the garden after you.

The Cat's Meow

There is a beautiful shop in Venice FL called the Cat's Meow and it is owned by two equally beautiful people, Mark and Susie Holt. These two have been a source of inspiration for me and when I need a beauty boost in that direction I head south.

The store carries the most beautiful funishings, bedding, clothing and gifts that one could ever imagine and on this particular day I wanted to surround myself with those things. I love what being around such talented people does for my soul.

I come away energized with new vision. Inside of me there is a new creation just waiting to be birthed in the Shabby Old House and places like this just stir me to action. Now stick around for a few days as I show you what fabulous finds could be yours. I don't mean to tempt you but.....I'm just saying......

How could you not be tempted by this?

The Cat's Meow

213 W. Venice Ave

Venice Fl

941-445-5602

I Forgot My Camera

Oh the joys of packing! I actually don't mind it especially when I am heading to Eufaula. I look forward to placing all of my little collections in the Shabby Old House. So when we headed to Eufaula, I drove my SUV and Dave drove the truck and we had both loaded down with all the things that I have been gathering for the house. We have the house to the point that we actually had some overnight guest over Pilgrimage.

I forgot my camera and so my guests are going to share their pictures of Pilgrimage. We had a wonderful time touring all the old houses as well as hitting every antique shop around.

I picked up a disposable camera for these shots. Ya gotta love a Kodak.

This is a Vintage Pagent gown that I found this weekend. Now if I start dieting now perhaps I will be able to wear it for pilgrimage next year...

No doubt some pretty "little" southern belle wore this.

Have you visited Dream In Cream blog and seen her blog banner? There are the most beautiful pillows made by Felicia of Bountiful and they have been my inspiration for my next project. They even inspired the girls over at Antiques in Old Town.

Here is a sweet old vintage sofa that I have been dragging from room to room.

It is here in the Master Bedroom for now.

I love the carved wood but it gets lost on the floors so....

I painted it and now the detail pops off the floor.

I am on the hunt for the perfect rug.

I will be making lots of pillows. I was just playing with some that I had.

Can"t you see it loaded with lots of those pretty pillows?

As pretty as this wood is it is a toe breaker.

Perhaps now that it shows up on the floor I won't stub my toe and then have to repent.

Hope you will come back soon

I will be sharing with you my friends Susie and Mark's shop, The Cat's Meow.
You are going to love it.

It's another great place for inspiration.

Bye for now

Becky

It's So Much More

It's so much more than the Easter Bunny.
It's so much more than finding the right bonnet, dress and shoes.

It's so much more than just stepping inside the doors of a building called church.

Or wearing the perfect cross and having a Bible.

It's not Religion It's Relationship.

God Loves You

Plain and Simple.

I pray that the eyes of your understanding will be open to the revelation knowledge of who He is ....this Easter.

Happy Easter

Love

Becky

My Granny Collage

I think my Grandmother's picture would be happier here.

I pulled a few more of her things together.

Her Christening bonnet,

Small picture of her mother.

A sweet picture of her as a little girl.

And the gloves that I remember.

She would stroke my hand in church with them on.

I guess it took the wiggle out of a me.