Reunited...and it feels so good!

Today I thought that I would share a cute story

 with you all...the case of the reunited shades!

A little over a year ago I fell in love with this

adorable lampshade on Etsy and purchased it

from a lovely seller than I have known for years.

The delicate, floppy ruffles and pretty lace

totally sold me along with the fact that it was

the most pretty shade of pale pink!  I could

not wait to make it mine!

A year passed and it was still sitting on my shelf.

I needed to find the right lamp for it and it had

taken a back seat to all of my other projects.

I decided, after searching around my city, to visit

Etsy again to see if I could find a cute little lamp.

As I was scouring through the pages, I did a double

take and clicked back one page.  Umm...there was

my lampshade.  What the heck?  I contacted the

seller, who lived in Canada, and it turns out that

she had made the lampshade almost two years

ago, but now she was going to sell it.  She had sold

its mate on Etsy to someone about a year and

a half ago and yes, you guessed it, that was my

first pink shade that I purchased.  So...between

two sellers (and a few years!), both of these

adorable lampshades are back together

again...just as they should be!

Now I guess I need to find two lamps!

Let the fun begin!

~Stacy~

Lighten Up!

Now when you saw the title of this post, I imagine

that most of you thought that it was going to be

about lightening up your decor for spring.  In a

sense it is, but not in the way you think!

I rarely get very personal on my blog and that is

just a choice for me, but today I wanted to share

something with you...my new motto, which is

Don't take yourself, or your decorating too seriously!

Recently someone made me feel bad about my decor.

I know, it's silly and I rarely care what other people

think, but this just got to me for some reason.  It

is probably because I pour my heart and soul into

my home and I actually love what it looks like.

I don't follow trends (or it takes me year to and

by then they are really old!) and I don't care if it

is to everyone's liking...I like it!

If you follow trends, hey, that's great!  I have

nothing against that at all.  In fact, I think it's

pretty cool that people can change and adapt like

that.  I'm just not one of those people!

The burlap obsession is not for me, the industrial

chic thing is not for me and the all white decor

(which I love!) is just not for me either.  I love

color and I love adding silly, whimsical objects

to my existing pieces - as you may notice above!

Do what's right for you and your home will shine!

Your personality will come out in everything you

touch and you won't have "cookie cutter"

surroundings to boot!  Do what YOU love and

do what makes YOU feel good!  There is no right

and there is no wrong and there is no reason to

have your home a certain way just because it's

the popular thing to do.

  In other words, lighten up and have fun!

Wow, kind of personal...  (*_*)

~Stacy~

A Perfectly Pink Present From Paula

I know that Christmas is over and that we have all been

inundated with Christmas pictures for ages, but I 

could not help posting this absolutely adorable

Christmas present that I received from my good

friend Paula.  Paula consigns on my web site and

we've been great pals for years so she knows me

and knows how much I love PINK!

Can you believe that she kept her keen eye out the

entire year for things to put in my Christmas basket!

Yep, she's amazing!  This adorable angel was on the

top of the package...printed from Graphics Fairy.

Look at all of these wonderful pink goodies!

Everything is just so cute and so pink!

First of all, there is this adorable vintage celluloid

deer complete with its pink plaid bow.

Then there is this super pretty antique canister 

piece covered with roses on the front.

This is one of my favorite things...the graphic 

was printed from Graphics Fairy and then this

sweet vintage pink trim was added to the bottom

to form a multi-tiered pink skirt!  How cute!

This is such a cute item and one with a story.

Paula thought that these pink rose scented trash

bags were so cute and equally cool because they

have the identical side on the back written in

French.  I told her that I used to use these back

home in Canada all of the time and I was amazed

that she ran across these.  I turned it over to the

French side and found that they were made in

Burnaby, which is near Vancouver...the same

province (British Columbia) that I am from.

Of course they had both languages on them...

everything in Canada has both French and English

on it...every single product!  I'm sorry, but I do not

missing seeing French and English on everything!

These are adorable...cute little vintage clip-on

Christmas ornament earrings!  So different!

This fabulous vintage Shiny Brite ornament will fit

in nicely with my tree next year as I changed my

entire tree to include hot pink and silver!

Love these...a roll of pink Washi tape and a very

cool vintage pink measuring tape.  I will use it

in my purse when I'm out and about!

Paula made this pink bracelet for me.  It almost

looks like candy now that I'm looking at the picture!

She also made this sweet pink paper banner that

I will most likely use for Valentine's Day.

Lastly, there is this beautiful vintage pink Pyrex

bowl with its perfect pink and white stripes!

See...isn't Paula a lovely friend to think of all

of this for me?!  I should say so!

Thank you for indulging me with my last

Christmas post.  I couldn't not show you these

wonderful goodies from an equally wonderful

friend.  Thank you Paula!

~Stacy~

Recycle Your Old Calendar!

For my first post of the new year I thought that

I would share a very simple project with you.

It's a new year and you have a new calendar on

your wall...now what do you do with the old

one?  It's too pretty to throw away so why not

convert it into simple artwork for your wall!

All you need to do is take apart your old 

calendar and trim off any excess from the edges.

For the frames, I used simple, inexpensive glass

clip frames from Hobby Lobby.  You can obviously

use any frame, but I wanted to feature the

artwork more than the frames so I used these.

I hung six of these gorgeous pictures in my main

bathroom in my hall and they look amazing!  You

may recognize the calendar from Jo-Anne of

Vintage Rose Collection.  It is so beautiful!

Now, while we are on the topic, I would like to

remind you that this is only okay if you are

recycling YOUR calendar.  It is not okay to take

photographs such as this and recopy them for

any reason.  That is copyright infringement. If

it is for your own use, then a-okay.  Any 

copying or reselling is unethical and takes away

from the integrity of the artist.  We all know

how hard artists and photographers work to

make something unique and beautiful!

So if you have a pretty, 2013 calendar still

hanging around you might want to try this!

~Stacy~

Christmas Pretties In Pink

Hello again ~ today I am sharing just a few pics of

my pink and cream decorations on top of my tv stand.

I took my large, heavy concrete urn from my coffee table

and used it as the centerpiece.  I love how all of these

pretty pastels work together effortlessly...

I have had this little metal sleigh for a few years...it's a

thrift store find.  I filled the inside with vintage hand

painted pink balls along with vintage white glittered

drum and bell ornaments.

On the other side of the urn is a large glass cloche

filled with Christmas ornaments...nothing fancy here,

but I love the way it looks!  The rose topiary trees on

each side are from Target.  I purchased them

several years ago and I still love them!

That's it!  It doesn't take a lot to make a festive

display.  I hope you enjoyed viewing mine!

~Stacy~

My Christmas Tree!

Everyone else is doing it...so why not me?!  Today I am going to share my

Christmas tree with you all.  This year I decided to go with something quite

different than my usual tree.  I pulled out all of my very pale pastel vintage

ornaments and I just wasn't feeling it.  This year I'm in the mood to celebrate!

My husband had a very serious heart attack in September (what heart attack

isn't serious?!) and I am grateful that he is still here.  I wanted something

more cheerful, bright and happy!

I had a lot of hot pink balls in my collection that I had gathered the last few

years from thrift stores, as well as some larger, lighter pink glittered balls.

These two colors got me started.  I visited Hobby Lobby (two minutes from

my house which isn't necessarily a good thing!) and found that all of their

Christmas decor was on sale at 50% off.  I purchased silver snowflakes,

white glittered snowflakes, ornate glass ornaments with sprinkles on them

and the makings for the top of the tree.

I can't remember the last time I had a star on the top of my tree.  I decided to

go with a plain silver tinsel star along with those wild pink picks and some

other silver branch picks.  I love it!

Here are the silver snowflakes and you can see in the background some

other hot pink glittered snowflakes that came from Hobby Lobby as well.

A closeup view of everything put together.  There is also silver

beaded garland hung around the entire tree.

I absolutely LOVE these long glass ornaments.  I bought them in three

colors of pink and they have sprinkles on them.  They were in the

Candyland section of decorations in Hobby Lobby.  So pretty!

Another view...

The light pink balls are actually bulb covers that just fit over any Christmas

tree light.  I have tons of them and I have packed these things all over the

place.  I think I've had them since my early 20's...so a little while!

I hope you enjoyed my tree this year and I hope that you all

having something to celebrate this holiday season!

~Stacy~

My Christmas Chandelier

Today I thought that I would share my dining room chandelier.  I usually like

to decorate it for Christmas and in previous years I have had it loaded with

all sorts of Christmas ornaments, florals and baubles.  I wanted to go more

simple this year so I decided on two different types of ornaments.  I wanted

a little pop of color, but not too much!

I decided on these vintage pink ornaments for the very top.  I just love

the look of these...I am totally into silver this year and, of course, my

decor wouldn't be complete without the ubiquitous pink in it!

For the bottom I chose these gorgeous glass angel wing ornaments.  I

found these lovely treasures here in Salt Lake City at a warehouse decor 

store called Tai Pan Trading Company.  They are delicate glass and they

have pretty silver glitter accenting each wing.  I love the way they look

hanging around the bottom of the chandelier.

I managed to find eight of these at the end of the season last year and

they were almost giving them away.  I actually went back a second time

to find more, but they were all sold out!

Here is my little tablescape just below the chandelier.  I found this adorable 

pink crepe paper Christmas tree at my favorite decor boutique, Dear Lizzie.

I just love this tree!  It has silver glitter sparkled around each layer.  The rest

of the display is filled with silver candle holders on top of my large rose

resin mirror.  I love the way the mirror reflects everything!  It's so sparkly!

I hope you enjoyed my chandelier and I would like to

wish you all a very MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

~Stacy~