Week-end Wedding

This week-end I attended the outdooor wedding of my cousin Tom's youngest daughter. Sara was the most beautiful bride . Here they are just having crossed a wooden bridge about to walk down the petal strewn aisle.

The bride and groom - still glowing well after midnite! Blue hydrangeas, pink rose buds and garlands of vines decorated the tables in the white tent. The band played into the night - my cousins and I danced, laughed and chatted. A beautiful wedding and an evening spent with some of my favorite people.

Childhood Dresses

The smocking on this dress is so beautiful and well done that I've cut it from the dress to make a pillow - not sure when the pillow will get done.... I was so blessed to have some loving great aunts.

These 2 dresses make me smile. So sweet and made with such loving care. I am grateful my mother was a saver and kept these for me all these years!! 50 at least!

50's smocked dress

My sweet Emma humored me the other day by letting me dress her in one of the smocked dresses from my childhood. She's also sitting in my old rocking chair!
This photo shows me in the dress in 1956. Two of those little guys are my brothers - at least Bill wasn't aiming the gun at me! My great aunts made several of these sweet dresses for me with all the wonderful smocking.

Sweet shelves

This shelf is in my kitchen - a "find" from a friend and perfect for a few little things.
A touch of my Scandinavian heritage (both Swedish and Norwegian) in a corner of my fam rm.
The shelf itself is too cute for me to clutter it up with too many trinkets!

door welcomes

These are another couple "finds" at our Mole Hole. The "curtain" on the front door is an old embroidered tablecloth from my mother's collection. I liked the little blue birds on the hanging pieces and the welcome on each. The basket quote says "Love, Laughter and Friends Always Welcome". My feelings exactly!

Wilkerson Cat

This is one of my favorite paintings. My friend Sue, her daughter Dana and I saw it in the window of a shop in Petoskey a couple years ago and stood on the sidewalk laughing. Thankfully the price was right and it came home with me, where it continues to entertain. We see the possibility of our future selves in it! The artist is Shelly Wilkerson and it is from her collection titled "Cat Companions". After the purchase I received a set of collectible cards from her and each painting is as whimsical as this one. Her web site is www.catcompanions.com If this keeps up I may have to rename my cottage to "Cat Cottage"......

oh no, new cats

I continue to maintain that I have cats, I don't collect cat paraphernalia!!! However this tile was just too cute to pass up. Loved the colors, the sunset and yes the cats. Reminded of me of my 2 and how they sit in the window waiting for me to come home - tho as yet I haven't seen any paws over each others shoulders..... Hope everyone had a good 4th!