Brighton Show and Tell

I love Brighton. I always looked forward to going to the airport, because I could pick up a piece there. I love the jewelry and their fancy sunglasses. Talking to a friend at church, which I lovingly refer to as a Brighton church (the ladies love Brighton too), she asked if I had been to the new Brighton store!!!!!!
A store of our very own...and not that far away! Well, I was there Monday bright eyed and ready to shop! The store is absolutely beautiful...even the outside has the signature Brighton hearts for door handles....
Anyways, just thought for Show and Tell I would show all my Brighton tins...cuz they are part of the fun of the jewelry....
I know, it is silly, but I always keep my latest bag. I still have my Tiffany bag too....can't help it. Just brings back all the memories of going to the store and finding that special trinket.
PS. For all of you unfamiliar with Brighton, the jewelry and sunglasses, etc come in a tin. They also carry yummy purses and shoes. I have one purse.

Some more quilts!!

While talking to my BFF Ro, here, she encouraged me to show my other quilts. They are not old as far as vintage....so, I will show them anyways! Hope you enjoy them! This quilt is store bought and has seen many a night on the bed.
This one also....in fact, they have some worn out spots...but loved none the less.
This one we bought in Wisconsin, when we knew we were coming to Arizona. We had to have the cowboy boot. My kids used to love to wrap up in this one..and it shows it!
So, I mentioned to my hubby that I needed some new quilts for the beds. One evening while I was resting during chemo, he went to his favorite store...QVC and bought 2 new quilts for me. The one above is on our guest bed, and

this one on ours. By the way....I KNOW this one...it is a Postage stamp. He thought that fitting since I worked 5 years for the Post Office!

You can see my other quilts on the next previous post. Thanks for coming by and sharing my quilts. I look forward to hearing from you!

L. Ingalls Blog-a-thon 1

I wanted to take part in this special blog-a-thon, because I enjoyed Little House on the Prairie so much. I do not have very many quilts. My mom's family did not do quilting unfortunately...but I have a few special ones from others. I also do not know patterns. This quilt is a child's baby doll quilt. A very special lady in my life gave it to me. She is with the Lord now, and I am assuming that this quilt has to be at least 75 years old.
The beautiful quilt is for a double bed. I had it on display in my last home which was country style. A lady in our church 20 years ago bought it at an auction for me. It was over 100 years old then.
This is the only family piece I have. My mother-in-law pieced the points to the star when she was a young girl. She never did anything with them, but gave me the pieces. I had another lady in our church who did quilting make a square blanket from it. It is simply quilted and because my MIL did not really do a lot of quilting it is far from perfect, but a treasure none the less.
So that is my contribution to the Blog this week...you can see more here.
And just a finish....look at this beautiful bloom from some gladiolas. A waitress at Macaroni grill gave them to me!

Bedroom Show and Tell

This week at No Place Like Home, Kelli asked us to show something from our bedrooms. I just posted my bedroom, (scroll down) but thought I would focus on some of the items in the room. This picture has been in our bedroom for many years. I think I bought it at a Walmart. But I love it and won't replace it.
I have four "prints" like this, two on each side of our armoire. Each one has a different item in the center. Found at Kirklands. Kinda like a mixed media.
A friend (JB) gave this to us for our 5th anniversary. I just have always thought it is so cute.
This is above my armoire. The two mohair bears were a gift to us for our 25th anniversary!
This book is probably one of the most precious items in our bedroom. It is a love story that my husband had made for me. He is the hero and I the heroine. It has our birthplaces and different personal touches through-out the story. This book is very special to me.

I hope you enjoyed seeing some of our "things". I can't wait to go to all of your blogs to see your show and tell!

Our bedroom

Boy, it is quiet out in blogland....I am not used to that...I thought I would post our bedroom...not the best pictures, but you get the idea. We do not have a big bedroom. Not that I wouldn't love one! But I do love our bed.
The night stands have a marble on the top. The picture that didn't show very well is of the little boy and girl whispering. I have had it for probably 25 years! Bought it at Walmart or something...I just love it and won't replace it.
Armoire for the TV. I like that the bottom is drawers!
My jewelry armoire
Just a little chair. We do have an ensuite bathroom. That will be another day!
Hope you all are having a good week....

Happy Memorial Day!

Just a few pics from the day.... You have to have dessert!
And Grandma and Grandpa's best part of the day....

Memorial day is Monday and I cannot help but think on memories of that day when I was a kid. We lived in a suburb of Detroit and I always spent the night before the holiday at my grandparents. My grandparents were both from Russia and my grandfather had become an American citizen. Every year, and I mean every year until he could no longer walk at age 90 we would walk down to the corner and watch the Memorial Day parade. My grandpa taught me to stand when the flag came by and clap to the good American patriotic songs when the bands came by. Tears would stream down his face. I know that only in his heart did he fully realize what freedom meant.

I am such an old-fashion girl. I still decorate for Memorial day. It stays up until after July the 4th. I don't have a parade to go to, but I will see them on TV. And I carry on the tradition of tears because I cannot hear the Star Spangled Banner or my favorite, Proud to be an American without the tears.

I believe in saying the Pledge to the Allegiance, the way it was made to be said, Under God..
I am one of the fortunate ones. Even though my dad, uncles, and cousins have served during various war times, our family has never lost a member to battle.
So I hope that you and your families have a wonderful Memorial Day remembering those who gave their lives for our freedom.
Enjoy the picnics and watermelon!
I will see you all on Tuesday...till then...Proud to be an American....Ceekay!

Vacation Memories Show and Tell

This week at No Place Like Home, Kelli has asked for Show and Tell to show some of our vacation purchases. My hubby and I are not too much for typical souvenirs. But I do like to pick up things that I can decorate with that when I see them, I remember our wonderful trips. Here are just a few of the items I see every day....

This mini sweetgrass basket purchased at Boone Plantation in Charleston. This is about the size of a Tennis Ball maybe...it's all I could afford! By the way, I just found my macro setting on my camera and am I a happy girl!
We also like to pick up prints from the areas we visit. This is a pen and ink of one of the beautiful gates in Charleston. We just loved Charleston!

We went to Savannah and had lunch at Lady and Sons restaurant. That was such a highlight of our trip. This is a print of the restaurant.

My little salsa bowl we just recently purchased in Ixtapa, Mexico.
And my precious sea life carved animals. The Sea Lion from San Diego Seaport Village. We saw them swimming in the ocean and my even more precious turtle from truly paradise next to Heaven - Hawaii.

Of course, there are many more "things" collected after 35 years of marriage and trips, but those will be another time! Hope you enjoyed seeing these. Always remember to take those vacations...no matter big or small. We learned that lesson the hard way, putting it off for retirement. But maybe...just maybe, we shouldn't wait. I know we sure are not. In fact...I feel a weekend get-away just around the corner!!

Teapots, Teapots

On the Tea Blog-a-Thon at Gracious Hospitality this week we are to post our tea pots and tell a little bit about them.....
If I were seeing these teapots on another blog, I would be squealing again...but I will try to contain myself since they are mine....I have to insert here that I am so blessed...the Lord knows even teapots put a smile on my face! And the all time winner???
I Know! I love her too! I found her in Las Vegas years ago at the M&M store. She is soooo me!
However, I look more like this is real life! I don't belong to the Red Hatters, but I is one!
This is a new purchase from Home Goods. They just opened one here, and trust me, I cannot go there often. I love that this is a simple cream color.

This is my spring tea pot. I love the lettuce leaves and bunnies. I believe I got it at JoAnns years ago.
This tea set was given to us as a gift 10 years ago for our 25th Wedding Anniversary. I must say, I do use it quite a bit.
A friend one year after gave me the matching children's set. I have used the sugar and creamer when I just have one or two for tea.

I had to start putting in collage or this would go on for a while.....
1. Tea for one from hubby....QVC 2. Cast iron 1 cup tea pot 3. Children's tea service given by a friend - pot plays Tea for Two. 4. Tea for Two set from Renovations Hardware several years ago, now ladies, is this not cute??? 5. New set with bunnies on one side, flowers on the other from Cracker Barrel.

6. The new set my husband just gave me from QVC (he loves shopping on TV!

7. This Peter Rabbit teapot I just bought at an Estate sale, influenced by a friend....8. Bought from Walgreens before Christmas last year - Garden theme....

1. Old, old teapot purchased many years ago in Wisconsin at a garage sale.. 2. My grandma's silver and pink tea pot about 50 years old .................. 3. Teapot with flower pots on top, given by a secret pal about 10 years ago 4. 2 mini tea pots from friends 5. Thomas Kinkade teapot..................6. China hutch teapot 7. Fireplace teapot 8. Thatched roof teapot 9. Smaller teapot with daisies, probably holds 1 cup....

Can one have too many tea pots?? When trying to take all these pictures, I was saying yes! Seriously, there could me more...I am sure you all have some I will love also!!! I think I love teapots so much because when visiting my grandparents, which was at least once a week, they ALWAYS had a cup of tea, with milk and sugar, before bed. I now just look at a teapot and that warm memory comes back. So I know I cannot promise there won't be more teapots.

I want to thank LaTeaDah for the wonderful Blog-a-thon. I have so enjoyed this topic and really am sorry to see it end. I have met so many fellow tea lovers out there and have looked forward to getting to know them through their comments. I hope we will all keep in touch.....until our next cup of tea......Ceekay