~ off to have some small town fun ~

Off to visit my Mom and Dad...

in a very small town filled with nothing but beautiful orchards

and vineyards

...hope to do some cherry and apricot picking

{taking my bike..Maria & my camera}

Have a Great Week

bed image.... Sarah Kaye

laundry image.... Cabbages and Roses

suitcase image...... found on google images

~ ooh la la pies ~

"a pie to die for"

our family waits all year for these ooh la la pies

{a name i made up}

they are heavenly

only coming out during berry season

this one was piled high with fresh strawberries and raspberries

a bit of custard on the bottom

{yummy creamy vanilla bean custard}

only to be found at Krause Farms

we get all our

strawberries

raspberries

blueberries

there

so off we went Saturday

the whole berry picking family

strawberries were slim pic kins this year

{we arrived much too late}

small and not too many to be found

but did we care?

NO

all we really came for were the ooh la la pies

we were a little panicky at first

thinking the pies would be sold out

so my husband ran to check

phew....still a few

lucky us

we all did the happy dance

and

off we went home

our happy berry picking family with our prized pie

{had to find more strawberries elsewhere for my jam}

i wish i could say

we ate our pie on our outdoor veranda

{dream}

which was filled with lovely soft pillows

{inspire}

and that lovely girl in the image is me

running to open our gate for you all to come in

and enjoy a piece of ooh la la pie with us

{wish}

{i really would love you all to taste this pie and meet my family}

{maybe someday}

truth is....

us berry pickers did enjoy the ooh la la pie at my humble kitchen table

table setting...pillows...me running {let a girl dream}... from cabbages and roses

~sew pretty ~

sew pretty

sew pink

some pretty pinks from Linnet

{ double click on photo to see close up ..sew pretty}

Happy Pink Saturday

Take your needle my child

and work at your pattern...

it will come out a rose by and by

Life is like that...

one stitch at a time

taken patiently

and the pattern will come out all right...

just like embroidery

{oliver wendell holmes}

One more thing to share....

A warm hug goes out to Andrea for awarding me with the Kreative Blogger award...

please check out her blog Arise 2 Write

her beautiful words will inspire you

{i am told to pass it onto 7 bloggers but i am having the hardest time deciding who to give it to ...you all deserve it....as well i am to tell you 7 things you may not know about me...i will tell you 2.....i always get "cold feet" and my feet are always freezing cold}

~ berry delightful ~

off to do some berry picking

Chocolate dipped berries

made with love by Syd & Molly

berry basket image found here

~ dress forms & poesies ~

start with a dress form

+

some pretty poesies

=

pure color inspiration...

Which palette does your eye fancy?

{this was so much fun to do}

images...

dress form 1,2 & 4 ... sarah kaye dress form 3 .... anthropologie dress form 5 .... one hundred wishes

poesies 1, 2, 3 & 4 ..... once wed

poesies 5 ..... mary ruffle

~ soft hues of pinks and blues ~

these are the colors i adore

a few deals found at a thrift shop that fit well into my home...
curtains...$2

rose bowl...$3

creamer...$1.50

creamer from a friend who knows my love for roses

last pillow in a local store...i snatched it up....

now i am on the hunt for the whole dreamy set...

{ this image from shabby chic}

~ a little trumpet blowing ~

This week we had a

celebration~jubilation

in our home

we gathered up the

ruffles

party hats

noisemakers

to salute

a milestone...

a journey which has only begun

a Grade 8 Graduation

...no more middle school for my daughter Sydney

it's off to high school

we had sumptuous cake ...

{she is a ballerina...hence the topper}





yummy refreshments....

fabulously fun party favours...

we

yelled

screamed

and totally embarrassed

her when she went up to get her diploma

{that's what families are for...right?}

What did you celebrate this week?

**pretty party ruffle image found here

~ red roundup ~

who doesn't love the color red

so ...

thought i would share some red

from my corner of the world today ....

{featuring my daughter molly}

red heart candies

which are one of molly's favourites...

sitting in my sweet bird dish

{soon to be eaten}

molly's art assignment she painted...

red bow mickey mouse ears with red balloons added in...


molly's red tights...


a photograph taken by molly when she was in Amsterdam...
{her biggest want in life is a red vw beetle}

stay tuned....

i hope to feature my other two daughters soon...

{i don't want anyone feeling left out}

~ the cupcake challenge~

weeks ago i made a visit to a beautiful blog called

snapdragon's garden

she had a challenge and the chance to get one of her cute mini pins free...

well i am always up to a challenge and i love free stuff....

this was the deal....

she would send you one of her adorable pins free if you would take some images of the pin in some creative fashion...she would then use the images(if she liked them) for her catalogue

check it out here

so i went for it!

weeks later i receive this adorable cupcake pin in the mail

but now i had to pay for it in images...

a bargain is a bargain!

Finally....

here they are....

{please don't be too harsh on judging them...this is my first time doing anything like this}

i don't know if they are catalogue worthy but it was fun!
Check out Snapdragon garden shop
cute things indeed

~some amazing finds i just needed to share~

Merci Beau coup

to my friend Mandy

at a la parisienne

she is so unbelievably talented!

She is the one behind my blog's little face lift...

have you noticed my new sidebar labels and signature/post embellishment

Mandy created them for me!

Mandy does...
Customized banners, sidebar labels(5 or 8 or more if necessary), Customized button/links for Etsy store (for people who blog and have an Etsy store) as seen above, End of post embellishments, and signatures
please check her out at http://www.alaparisienne.etsy.com/
She does not disappoint and is such a JOY to work with...
it's like magic....her beautiful work just appears!

Merci Beau coup a la parisienne!


something else i have been wanting to share
a book on Visual blogging

A Year of Mornings

an amazing collection of photographs from the blog 3191

"A Year of Mornings -- The morning hours before the hustle and bustle of the day commences is the perfect time to pause and enjoy a sense of renewal and vitality. On the morning of December 7, 2006, Maria Alexandra Vettese and Stephanie Congdon Barnes each took a digital photo of everyday objects randomly arranged on their kitchen tables and, unbeknownst to one another, uploaded them to the website Flickr. Noticing a remarkable similarity between their images, they agreed to document their mornings by posting one photo to a shared blog every weekday for a year. Their site, 3191 (http://3191.visualblogging.com)—named after the distance in miles between their homes in Portland, Maine, and Portland, Oregon—quickly acquired a worldwide following of devotees fascinated by the magical coincidences and pictorial synchronicity of their photographic pairings"... (quoted from the book)



some of the images taken from the book..
get it here

~almost forgot to celebrate~

A little bird reminded me of something very very important

that i had completely overlooked..... How could i have forgotten?

i need to get my pencils sharpened....



so i could quickly get the invites out...




run to get the flowers...





fancy up my backyard...







bake the cupcakes....







put the tea kettle on...







get my daughter out front to do the greeting....

Yes, Yes it's a party
and you all are invited!

How could i have forgot such an important even!?
It's my 100th post!
Well no..... it's actually my 101st post!
~oops~



so grab a friendship balloon...
you all so deserve one or two or three or four...
heck take them all....
your friendship has overwhelmed me ....
i have had blessings
after blessings
after blessings
from you all....
xoxoxoxo

thanks for coming....
it would not have been a party without you!




***flower and backyard image from once wed .....cupcake image from google images.... teacup image from debi treloar ..... sweet bluebird image from cafe baudelaire***