A quick little post about some cute, recently thrifted treasures. I am quite smitten with these adorable shell-art boxes. I picked them up at Goodwill for around 2 bucks a piece. I keep hoping someday I will come across a large victorian shell-art piece. In the mean time, I am quite happy with these little treasures.
Here are some vintage shell goodies I found over on etsy.
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*Note*~ This was originally posted on Friday of last week. Somehow it was deleted. I am not sure what happened???
Orange and aqua, one of my favorite color combos.
Speaking of favorites of fall...going to tea has to be one of my absolute favorite things to do. It seems as though this time of year and through to the holidays, call for late afternoon tea with the girls more often than any other time of the year. Of course, I wish this could be an everyday occurrence. Taking time to sit and talk in a relaxed and lovely atmosphere. Enjoying a good cup of tea and wonderful company, what could be better?
Last Friday was my niece, Miss G's Birthday party. She held court at one of our favorite tea rooms, the Queen Mary. Of course, for Miss Liv this meant getting all fancied up in her favorite "poofy" dress, completing the look with a marabou feather boa and frilly headband/hat. She felt quite fabulous!;-)
The girls all enjoyed the Childrens Afternoon Tea, complete with Orange Creamsicle Tea. The ladies, myself included, enjoyed the delicious Formal Afternoon Tea. I ordered my favorite tea of all time the Organic Jasmine Pearl. It is so delicious!!! I can't even begin to tell you how good this tea is.
If you ever find yourself in the Seattle area, and in need of excellent, traditional tea and delicious food. I highly recommend the Queen Mary.
I hope you have a beautiful fall day!
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I had thoroughly intended on posting this Friday, but I somehow forgot to save everything(whatever happened to the auto-save feature here on typepad?) and had to start all over. Ugh!!! Writing is definitely not my strong suit, so to have to do it twice, not my favorite thing. Lesson learned though, never get up from the computer without hitting that little save button.
Sooo, this weeks etsy fave list was inspired by all of the fabulous and super cute, dog themed items over at Anthropologie. I am especially in love with the dog motif wallpaper. I envision it in the mudroom of my dreams. Picture if you will, lots of painted beadboard and beautiful natural light, counterspace that goes on for miles, then throw in this wallpaper... Yes, I could be happy folding the heaps and heaps of laundry we have, in a room like that.:-)
Is it not the cutest!?!
I had to end this post with a picture of our family pup, Mitzi. This was taken back in December when she was still itty-bitty. Although she has been quite a trial for us, chewed through I don't know how many pairs of my jeans, still prefers the hardwood floors to the outdoors as a potty, and barks like a mad woman, we still love her. How could you not love a face like this?!
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I can't wait for some crisp clear blue skies, leaves aflame with the warm and vibrant colors of fall, trips to the pumpkin patch and caramel apples. Yes, I am officially ready for fall.
Happy Friday!
XOXO~Bekah
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So I finally did it! I actually have some things up on etsy...woo! hoo! I tell you what, I don't know how some of you ladies do it. All the pictures, writing the descriptions, figuring out how much to charge...aaagh! I felt so nervous about each and every aspect of this. I just hope everything goes smoothly. I think from now on I am going to just add a couple items here and there. I found that I was putting so much pressure on myself to get a lot of items done, it was becoming more of a dread than something fun. I started to feel like my creative juices were being drained and replaced with feelings of nervousness and fear. I do think, now that I have taken the plunge, I will feel much more relaxed about it the next time. So, here are the little guys that I finished. I still have a few that aren't quite finished yet, but they will just have to wait until the next go round.
Queen Bee-Bop
Mr. Bugaboo
Miss Prim Rose
Miss Carly Crocus
Millie and Mattie Mushroom
Miss Prim's Parasol
I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend! I feel like I have been completely out of the loop. I tried to make myself stay away from the computer as much as possible this last weekend so I could get some things done. Now, I have so much catching up to do. So many blogs to visit and comments to be made. Thanks to everyone for the May Day wishes! Now, I am off to check out what I have missed since Friday! Oh, and get started on some Mother's Day crafts.;-))) XOXO!!!
(~.~)Bekah
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