Monthly Archive for: ‘June, 2008’
CHRISTMAS IN JULY GIVEAWAY
67July 16, 2008 UPDATE. Just added another bit of treasure to this giveaway. See the picture in this post. I had so much fun with The Cottage Charm Giveaway. Why not have another?What will I be giving away? Well, I have a few old West [...]
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FABULOUS FINDS
Once per year the town home community in which we live has a giant garage sale. It’s important to keep track of the date for a number of reasons. It is the ONLY time I’m allowed to have a garage sale per the by-laws. Our [...]
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ROMANTIC HOMES
Panicked me: Breathe. In and out. In and out. Self-assured me: I just placed an ad in Romantic Homes magazine for http://www.alovelything.com/ Panicked me: Breathe. In, out, in, out. Self-assured me: It’s a huge step. Like, I’m really in business now. Really, truly. Panicked me: [...]
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PAINTED FOR A LOVELY LADY
The two rose paintings hanging over my fireplace — and over my indoor rose garden — are so very dear to my heart. I fell in love with them the moment I saw them at an auction house last year. So, bright and early, I [...]
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Mmmmmm … Pastry!
If there’s one thing I love, it’s pastry. From strudel to fruit tarts to torte to these delectable filled croissants. Flaky, buttery and filled with cream cheese and stick to your teeth chocolat. Yummy! I blame my mother and my European heritage that comes from [...]
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Slice of Life Flowers
I have an account with LinkShare.com — though I don’t use it much. Maybe I should — earn a little spending money from the blog. But really, I’d rather shop Indie myself and encourage others to shop Indie as well. But when this landed in [...]
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A Paris Street Market
We visited A Paris Street Market this past Saturday. The market runs every first Saturday of the month May through October in Littleton, Colorado. We were late and by the time we got there, the French baker dude was out of egg croissants. I’ll explain [...]
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A COTTAGE INDUSTRY GARDEN TOUR
I am participating in A Cottage Industry’s wonderful Garden Tour. So, welcome to A Lovely Thing’s tiny little concrete patio. Here you see the front of my tiny townhome — and all the empty pots on the steps that still need to be filled And [...]
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ANOTHER LOVELY GIVEAWAY!
But it’s not mine this time. PamperingBeki, a very talented jewelry designer and maker selling on Etsy, is giving away a lovely freshwater pearl bracelet on her blog. Isn’t that heart clasp so beautiful? Beki has instructions on her blog to enter. All you have [...]
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Yarn Storage
Ask any yarnster … knitter or crocheter or weaver … about their “stash” and you’ll likely get a gushing, glowing review of the latest yummy fiber they found at the LYS (local yarn store). Alas, after the gush, will likely come the sad tale of [...]
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