Pink Saturday !!!!

Happy Pink Saturday !! I Hope that you have all had a Great Week !! I have been busy working on my store, and catching up on emails, etc. I still have a ways to go !! The weather here in the Desert is Beautiful !! This is Our Spring. Was sick AGAIN, but hoping that is behind me now :) Here is a Redo that I did a while back for my Vanity. this vintage powder box was Yellow. And a Yucky shade of Yellow. I forgot to take a Picture of the Before, but I did take one after I painted it a soft pink.


And Ta Da !!! Finished with yummy vintage pink millinery !! :)

Oooh, and look at the Sweet Pink Porcelain Flower Sweater Clip that I found !! Love it :)

This pretty plate my Mom got me when I was really ill, just love it and it blends in perfectly with my German China :) And a pretty creamer :)


Vintage cards to Cheer a very Dear Friend :)


Sweet Pink Chalk Ware Mermaid :)


And a Faux Cake I " baked" lol !! :)

Well, that is my Pink Saturday !! Please go visit Beverly and say Hi to all of the Pink Bloggers !!!!

Hugs,

Rhea

Yick !!

Well, Poo !!!

I was SO excited to get on with my life and the day after I posted last time, I woke up with a Virus, and have been in bed all week, AGAIN. Happy though, it wasn't the H1N1, or the regular flu. Just some type of infection, that made me pretty ill. Speaking of H1N1. I TRULY feel and am praying for those with young kids, and Grandbabies right now. I have read so many different stories about the vaccines and whether they are safe. I am praying for all of our Children and young people and those in high risk for this. I know that Our Lord has His hand on each child.

We have had the most beautiful weather here, in the low 80's with no humidity. Just love it !! ( What I can see through the window :) ) This is our spring in the desert as our real spring kind of goes straight from freezing, to the 100's, lol !!! :) Fall is usually mild and long. Tomorrow is Hubby's day off and we will do a bit of thrifting. I will be opening my store on Friday again, and have lots of vintage goodies that I bought before my Time Out and cant wait to show you !!! Also, I will be making my cupcakes, mini cupcakes and cookies as well to add. I did start on several products 6 months ago and I hope to have them all completed and listed by the end of the weekend. :) Yippee !! I miss all of the camaraderie visiting your blogs and seeing the goodies you make as they pop up onto etsy !

I made this little basket for a very sweet lady, who has the Patience of a Saint and the Kindness as well. I hope she likes it .


This is for one of my BFF's for her Birthday. I covered her pretty Mom's face as I didn't know if she would want that on here, but she is a very stunning and beautiful woman :)

More Aqua for her Birthday :) LOVE this old wallpaper !!!

Ok, here is a Trash To Treasure. I found this sweetie about a year ago, her hand was missing and she had been glued in a few spots, as well as missing some Yicky red rhinestones. So, I made her back into the Glamour Girl she was Meant to be, with Pearl bubbles, and lots of rhinestones. A new Tiara, Bracelet and cocktail ring. She is Just Divine and I am adding her to my shop on Friday :)

Before, a bit Banged up, poor dear :

After, having the Time of her life in her Bubbles and Rhinestones :) :

That's all for today !!! Thank you all that commented and please know I am working on STILL writing letters and that I will be visiting you shortly. I love and pray for each of you Sweet souls :) :)

Hugs,

Rhea

I'm Here !!!

I am Here !! :)

Ok, my few weeks turned into 6 months, :( , Sorry. I cant believe it has been that long. I have a Pile of emails and letters to go through, of which I TRULY am so thankful for all of the love and support. I am feeling much better, finally. I had one thing after another happen, which I wont even begin to go into. But I am up and running again :) I have SO much catching up to do, so just know, you ALL mean the world to me and I think of each of you that comment here and pray for you :) My MS test came back Negative, Thank You Jesus !!!! :) I have an auto immune disease that creates lots of internal swelling. Hence the legs hurting, burning, falling, stumbling, shaking and dropping things . I also have Chronic Costochondritis ( rib swelling ) I AM on a new medication that has helped tremendously :) So, Life is good :) I MISSED you all :) !!!!!!!

I will leave you with some pretties to look at. :) I forgot to sign up for Pink Saturday, so here is some Pink today for YOU :)



Hugs ,

Rhea :)

Pink Saturday April 18th, 2009

Happy Pink Saturday !!! I really want to Thank Miss Beverly for hosting this each week , and being the sweet lady she is. Please go Here to visit all of the Pink Posters this week !!! :)

Well, The Absolute Best part of my week was winning Heidi's (blog) at Birds of a Feather's (shop) candy cup challenge !!! She picked this one :I borrowed her pretty copy of my basket, as I LOVED the sweet frame that she added to the picture. I owe her a Thank you letter !! Bad me !! I was SO totally Blessed by her generosity, I just sat and cried when I opened the package. Bags of her beautiful crepe papers , gosh, it really is so pretty :) and comes so beautifully packaged :)AND........................she made me the SWEETEST bird nest with a Yummy blue bird and tiny eggs that says Merci on it :) Eeeek !! I thinks she has these in kits in her store. Thank you SO super Much Heidi !!! I really love it all and it came at such a perfect time for me, right in the middle of my tests and I just TRULY love it all and that nest is going in my special hutch so I can see it every day :)
I treated myself to a Vintage sweet roses bracelet and earrings this week. :) Kinda funny as I really never wear Jewelry. :) But this is SO pretty, I might have to. Maybe not the earrings, unless I make them pierced. I seem to recall my Great Aunt having Pinched Toes and Ears all the time and I am not really up for any more pain right now, lol !!! :)


Cupcake Thank you cards. Pink and Sweet !!!!


Remember my Pink Haired Dolly ? Well, she now has a Baby Sister :)
Sorry the Pictures are so Blurry on these. It was dusk when we got home from yesterdays round of MRI's. I had two yesterday and two last Monday. No one told me how noisy they would be. I have been so exhausted though lately, I slept right through these ones, and came home, and slept till now 3:00 this morning. :) Sleeping through an MRI is like sleeping through a Marching Band while you are in the middle, in the Float, during a parade . lol !!!!

This will be my last post for a few weeks or so, till I get the medical issues off my plate and my house and studio in order. Please pray that I will have a diagnosis soon. I TRULY am NOT worried and am at peace, just ready for answers and a treatment plan. I LOVE each of you and pray for so many of you, and will visit still. I hope that you will go say Hi to Our Dear Chickie Miss Connie, as she is going through a rough patch right now. Please also go give Judy some BIG hugs, this sweet Faithful Christian lady could use some too right now. :) And sweet Lee Laurie. :) I hope that you will stop and read each of their blogs and are moved to pray or send positive virtual hugs their way :) A little Hi, or Prayer can mean so much when you are hurting.

Thank you Beverly !!! And HAPPY Pink Saturday !!!! :)

Ooops, forgot, These were some Easter Jelly Beans I gave my Mom :) With Pretty Pink Ribbons and Roses :)

Hugs,

Rhea

Happy Easter !!!

Wishing Each of you such a Wonderful Easter !!! My Heart is swollen with Love for Our Lord who Died for us and Rose again this day, The Third Day, as Promised, so that We all could have everlasting life with Him. :) Hoping that this day was spent in joyous celebration, He is Risen !!! He keeps His Promises, and Loves us more than any Human could. What wonderful words to cling to in all aspects of our Lives. :) May many Blessings to Fall down onto each of you !!!!

Hugs,

Rhea :)

Mid week Goodies. :)

Well, This post is dedicated to the Mid week Blues :) Or Pinks !!! lol !!! I am SO behind in showing off some goodies that I have bought over the last few months. EBay was a gold mine right after Christmas with gorgeous plates going for 99 cents plus $2-3 shipping !!! Wow !! So, I slowly have filled up our home, with treasures to keep and some to sell. That and our weekly Thrifting outing. That is my One day out and I can always manage to find a few great things to bring home :) I found these plates and roses dish on eBay. There are three plates altogether. I bought them to go with my cupcake sets, but am thinking I need two of them for the guest bath. Are they sweet or what ? And the dish with the pretty rose will make a lovely soap dish. :)



Got the Bunny tin for 25 cents last Saturday and now I must make some REAL sugar cookies for my family to fill it up. :) Is this stinkin' cute or what ?


Speaking of cookies. I restocked my store with like a gazillion cookies !! :)

And Vintage finds. Love these old hand painted plates. But as you can probably tell, I just have WAY too many of them. :)

Look at this antique crocheted lace. Oh My Gosh !! There is 11 feet of it. It must have lined a sheet or curtain or something. It was quite icky when I found it, all yellowed and stained. But I bleached it ( Yep, a Big no no , I know !! ) And it came out just beautiful !! It does have a few tiny spots left that didn't come out, but probably will with another cleaning. Sweet !!!!!
I found this great old Easter candy box and embellished it with Roses and the BEST pink and pearl vintage brooch !!! EEEK, This was SO pretty. It sold pretty quick. The Easter candy boxes are quite hard to find, and this one had the prettiest pink foil with a floral design on it. It is going to a Wonderful Artist, so I am a bit intimidated, I hope she likes it :)
Thank you SO much for all of the love and support. I know that Prayers and well wishes work as I have truly coasted thru this illness with such ease and strength. I never wanted my blog to be about hard or sad things, we have SO much of that going on in this world right now. But decided early on that someone who is also having the same type of symptoms I have might benefit so I chose to put all of that in here. I TRULY would like to focus on all things Pretty. All things Soft, Pink ( and aqua, hee hee !! ) and a gentle happy side of Life as I truly believe that it is out there, we just need but to look. Not THINGS per se, but all THINGs were made by people and inspired by God, so lets enjoy them all, without making them the Focus. Does that make sense ? There is SO much Beauty and Peace in this great world that we live in. One of my favorite verses in the Bible is ; Phil 4:v 8 Finally Brethren, whatsoever things are True, whatsoever things are Honest, whatsoever things are Just, whatsoever things are Pure, whatsoever things are Lovely, whatsoever things are of good report ; if there be any Virtue, and if there be any Praise, think on these things.

I LOVE that !! :)

Hugs,

Rhea

Pink Saturday, April 4th, 2009

Happy Pink Saturday !!!! Our Sweet Host Beverly has once again assembled such a wonderful group of sweet ladies for her Pink Saturday's group. :) I hope that you each go and say Hi to her and all of those on her list. Thank you Beverly !!!!

Well, I know I said I was going to finish up and list Easter items last weekend, but I relapsed and spent the week in bed again. Literally, 6 days of it. My legs are getting worse and are on fire most of the time. I am more unsteady on my feet and stumble and fall now quite a bit. I did however see a Neurologist Finally and have many tests scheduled in the next few weeks, MRI on my brain and spine, Brain wave test, sensory tests with needles on my legs and arms. This is now the third Dr. that has mentioned MS , but we wont know for sure until all of the tests are completed. It has been a bit of an emotional roller coaster for me this week, One day I am fine, and then the next in tears. I lost my Beautiful Stepmother Pam 6 years ago to this disease and kind of know what to expect, although medicines are getting better, people are different in how they manifest the disease and most importantly, I don't even know if I for sure have it yet, so no need to dwell. And..... The Wonderful Grace of Our Lord just shines down His love on me constantly, and it is hard to be sad for long :)

Plus, Oh My word, Easter is almost upon us, My most favorite of all Holidays :) Spring is here and everything is just so beautiful right now, it is hard not to get caught up in the Joy of the Season :) It will be 115 degrees here before long, so I will love and embrace every second of this Beautiful weather :)
Here are a few of my Pink things ( well, with a bit of aqua thrown in , of course ) this week. These will all be in my store by tonight. ( Promise !! :) )

Pink Baby Buggy Faux cookies. :)
Everyday Sugar cookies, also in Pink with Yummy Faux Sugar glitter :)

Easter cookies, with Bunnies and Eggs. :) I truly love my Faux cookies and just LOVE this design of Faux Foods. They are so real looking in person and sparkle like real sugar :) I have hearts, birdhouses, bluebirds and others ready as well. :) Sweet huh ??? :)

I bought these little wooden egg looking containers last year and finally got a few painted. Well, 2 of the 4 that I have :) But that IS progress right ? lol !! :) I added bunnies to both, embellished to match. They just need a few jelly beans and those YUMMY See's white chocolate pastel eggs, or Reeses eggs, Yum!!!! :)



I hadn't painted roses in so long I was worried I would forget how. But I think they look the same as I used to paint. I even had to stop and try and remember how to do it !! lol !! :)

I love this tiny metal basket. It isn't pink, BUT, it has pink roses and a sweet bunny with a Pink nose and ears. And Pink Easter grass :) So this qualifies , right ?


Well, That is my Pinkness for this Saturday. As Ever, I am SO truly Blessed by each one of you that come to visit me, even though I haven't been as faithful a friend to visit in return. I am considering a Bloggy break and shutting down my store for a bit after Easter, as I really need to just focus on all of these tests and the diagnosis that might FINALLY after 2 1/2 years be coming my way. I also would like to re decorate our home. Not anything new, just taking it all down and rehanging, organizing and looking at things in a new way. But I am still kicking that around as I really , truly cherish each of you and my heart swells when I read such lovely comments. I feel so isolated these days, as I cant even drive anymore and each of you are my World, if you know what I mean. I told hubby today that after his two days off, when he goes back to work, I go back to my House arrest :) lol !!! I am joking for the most part when I say that. :) My life did a complete 180 degrees in three years. I was a faux finisher and was up on the very top rung of the ladder to paint, sometimes standing and balancing on one foot, and now, I stand up sometimes, and find myself suddenly at floor level to my Chihuahua's , lol !! :) I am Graceful in ways I never thought I would be, lol !! :)

However, I still absolutely LOVE my life. About 99.9% of it, so change isn't bad, only different :) I think it only hurts, if you expect things to stay the same. The more willing you are to hop on the boat and let it carry you to wherever, the easier Life is. Standing on the shore, you are fair game for Alligators :)

So with that Ultra Wise beyond my years advice, ( Hee , Hee !!! ) I bid you a wonderful Pink Saturday !!!! :)

Hugs,

Rhea