Pink Friday -- SCENTED DELIGHTS BATH AND HOME

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As you're settling back into your regular routine, and making sure everyone around you sticks to their schedules, remember to take care of yourself too.

Scented delights can help you fit in a few minutes of "you time" no matter how hectic your day gets.The scents of honeysuckle and rose can sooth away your stress at the end of a busy day. Add them to your bubble bath to help you unwind. Or energize yourself for an evening out by using playful fragrances like coconut, lime, or wild orchid.

Certain aromas can make even the daily details of life seem more exciting. When you feel bored with your daily calendar but don't have the time for an exotic vacation, add adventure to the atmosphere instead. A luminary scented with white almond, lilac, pink rose or poppy nectar can add some excitement to the everyday.

The right scents can even help you fall asleep at night so you get the rest you need at this time of year. For a peaceful sleep, a lavender scented sachet tucked into your nightgown drawer or into a bedside pillow can give you sweet dreams. In the bath, chamomile scented bath tea bags with essential oils of lavender can help you relax.

Keeping a scented candle on your desk can give you a few minutes to relax or reenergize throughout the day. When you need a boost of energy, you can forego the caffeine or the power nap, and revitalize yourself with a cappuccino-scented candle that smells good enough to sip. Fragrances of orange slices, vanilla, cloves, or ginger can all give you a refreshing break in your day.

And when you need to create the right atmosphere for a cozy chat with friends, cookie scented candles lit in the kitchen give the faint smell of cookies fresh from the oven and make everyone feel comfortable at home. The aroma of gingerbread, nutmeg and cinnamon hints at upcoming family celebrations and get-togethers this fall. No matter how busy you find yourself this season, surrounding yourself with scented delights will make it easy to take care of yourself too.

Joyce Lucas, FounderMake Mine Pink


Photo Contribution 1: Anna's illuminaries Photo Contribution 2: Savon Marie Photo Contribution 3: Tres Belle Boutique

Heirloom-it

I gave my grandson a football shaped bottle of Dr. Pepper and he said he was going to keep it forever. He said he was going to heirloom-it. It is was the first time I had heard that term. So I thought it was kind of cute and who knows what one person thinks is bound to be an heirloom is not what I think would be one.
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Pink Friday -- Working Around the House

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With the arrival of September, our nesting instincts return. With the kids back in school, there is more time for yourself and to care for your living spaces. It's time to create a cozy fall home in preparation for cooler days and more time spent indoors.Living spaces that were moved outdoors over the summer will now come back into the house. Afternoon teas in the garden return to the kitchen or dining room. A favorite vintage tablecloth spattered with hints of autumn flowers pulled from the linen closet and ironed to get ready for the first guests. Your reading nook on the patio will be returned to the living room or den. Favorite pillows ad cushions stitched in deeper shades of autumn, are fluffed to make the corner cozy again.

This is traditionally the time of year we start fall cleaning, tucking away summer accents and decorations until next year. Summer curtains are put away and replaced with warm fabrics in vibrant shades.

The fragrances of fall fill your home now too, coming in through the windows and wafting from the fall bouquet you placed in a vintage metal bucket on the table in the hall. The scents of a fresh apple pie in the oven, and apple cinnamon scented potpourri that fills bowls throughout your home and simmers on the stove. The familiar scents inspire feelings of comfort and home.

Fall is also a perfect time to begin a few of the projects you’ve been putting off. The small pieces of furniture you picked up at summer flea markets now hold the promise of becoming your next painted projects. The vintage fabrics you found at neighborhood estate sales will likely become your next stitched masterpiece. The possibilities are endless as we happily work around our homes. Somehow, we never seem to mind. Instead, we settle back into our routines and enjoy the first hints of excitement of upcoming family gatherings and holidays not far off.Joyce Lucas, FounderMake Mine Pink


Photo Contribution 1: C'est Chouette Photo Contribution 2: Patricia Rose Photo Contribution 3: Grandma G's

Show and Tell

A pink washcloth

Lots of winter white and lilac scarves

A bright baby blanket

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Sale Sale Sale

All pillowcases on my website are on sale for 40% off. That is a huge sale. See http://www.beloved-creations.com/catalog.php?item=473 for an example

All Things Quilted and Stitched

Please join us for shopping with a twist on Friday July 24, 2009 as we present "A STITCH IN TIME – ALL THINGS QUILTED AND STITCHED "

Hand-stitched quilts, detailed hand crafts and keepsake needle arts stitch us together in place and across time. Regardless of century, country or kin, we're unified by our love of all things handmade. Stacks of gorgeous quilting fabrics remind me of Saturdays spent with my grandmother, my eager little hands anxious to just touch the color fabrics tucked in every nook and cranny of the small sewing room. I'd watch her hands and as she worked her fabric like magic and turned floral pastels, ticking stripes and colorful plaids into prized treasures. Stitched treasures are beautiful as well as practical. Hand stitched sachets filled with the sweetest lavender - tucked inside a special drawer of an antique dresser or washstand. Whimsical quilts, using the newest techniques mixed with treasured old quilts tattered with age. Each one is beautiful in its own right, but the centuries combine to create something truly exquisite.

Embroidered table linens can become the finest heirlooms. Many have been passed down from mother to daughter or are looking for new homes to create new traditions. Today, machines can replicate those delicate stitches to create heirlooms for our own grandchildren. Pink flowers embroidered on vintage tablecloths, carefully scalloped edgings, delicate stitches on kitchen towels and napkins.

Needlepoints rescued and made anew with beautiful silks, each one with a story all its own, ready to make new memories in a new home. The finest yarns and threads woven, knitted, crocheted into practical and beautiful garments and accessories. A hand crocheted doily paired with silk ribbon flowers to cover a table, beautifully crocheted cushions to rest on a sofa. A handmade shawl whose stitches are eager to warm someone special on a cool summer evening.From past or present, near or far, we are united in our love of all things stitched.


Photo Contribution 1: The Quilt Shoppe Photo Contribution 2: Beloved Creations
Photo Contribution 3: Kitty Kitty Designs

Show and Tell Monday

Monday is the day my daughter Teresa reports to the Army. She joined the TN National Guard and is just now going to basic training. After boot camp she has 4 months of training too. So she will be gone for 6 months. Even though she hasn't been to basic she has had her monthly meetings with the guard and today I took a couple of pics of her in her uniform.

Product of the Day

It's been several days since I posted a Product of the Day and I wanted to get back into the swing of things. Today's Product of the Day is in honor of a friend of mine who has cancer.

On my web site you can find both Pink Ribbon items and Red Dress items for sale and with each purchase a portion is donated to the cause it represents. So today item is this very pretty cosmetic bag set with a Pink Ribbon.

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Show and Tell Monday at Make Mine Pink

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Here is what I have been working on this week. I have made several of these scarfs now and feel I have the pattern down pat. Each scarf will be made of wonderful soft yarn such as bamboo and angora, bamboo and silk, cashmere, maybe even mohair. I will let you know as soon as I finish each one and list them on my website http://beloved-creations.com/

Longest Yardsale Rt 127

Here we go again. I plan to vist the 127 yard sale again this year. I had a blast last year and took lots of pictures. Here is a link to the yard sale. http://www.127sale.com/