Vintage Vanity Savoir Faire

I like bath products that are relaxing and smell good .......  

but I love bath products that are pretty too!

 I was cleaning under the vanity cabinet and found a couple things that gave me an idea....I decided to mix my own stuff. It smells good and it's soothes tired muscles too! I just poured some of both in a bowl and mixed them together.

Then, I used a funnel and poured my bath soaking solution into a bottle.

This one has a shaker lid. But, I prefer the cup with the sugar spoon. You can put it in any dispenser you choose. A vintage salt or pepper shaker, a pretty tea cup or you could use an apothocary jar.

This is a great gift idea; you can make extra to share with girlfriends too. Have fun!

~Shelly

Cha Cha Cherries!

Do you love cherries too? I found the most juicy, sweet cherries at TWF grocery store. What do you do with yours? I ate half of them just as they were - so yummy. Then I found a recipe for Cherries Jubilee in this vintage 1960's Julia Child cookbook - she cooked it in the Seventy-fifth Show! Its menu featured Ham Dinner for Four in Half an Hour. (Egg-Stuffed Tomatoes; Pureed Peas and Watercress; Braised Leeks; and Cherries Jubilee). Although, I believe the only part that I would be interested in consuming is the ham and the cherries!

This cookbook is arranged by episode of The French Chef Cooking Show. I highly recommend it for it's entertainment value as well as the cooking techniques included. The show was a half hour - you can make a gourmet french meal in 30 minutes!

My son requested another apple pie......this time I let the pie bird do all the work.

And he did a great job; no drippings of lost filling!

Have a great week!
 
~Shelly

Pie Birds...so cute!

Browsing in a favorite antique shop I spotted a pie bird - he just made me smile; doesn't he look like he's singing a happy song?!

I decided that he needed a pie! So I baked him one. I made the filling with fresh apples - they smelled so good when I was peeling them. That's when you know the pie was going to be sweet.

It turned out sooo yummy - now I know his reason for singing!

Like the weekend the pie is all gone now. Hope yours was good too!

~Shelly

Happy Red White and Blue Day

 

I had strawberries and blueberries; so I made a red white and blue dessert to celebrate! Hope you enjoy your day.

~Shelly

Thrifting...

I found these vintage light globes in a Habitat Re-Store a while back. I wasn't sure what I was going to do with them; but I had to have them - all 3! Perfect size and shape! Too bad they didn't have more! haha

Do you ever get that feeling? The one where you just know if you don't bring the ____ (whatever it is) home with you; that you will wish you had later and then it will drive you crazy because you know it will be gone when you go back.......well I brought them home and I've just been looking at them and thinking.....until now.

I cleaned them up a little bit; not too much though! Yes, I did knock out the wasp nests. Then, I added some wire and a little charm.

I decided to put a candle in this one. Can you see the glow? I've decided to add a few more charms.....it started raining though, so I wasn't able to get a picture when the sun went down some. Now, I need a citronella candle cuz the mosquito's are out like crazy. We have been having rain frequently.

I brought this one into the kitchen - I put a jam jar inside and filled it with water. Then I cut some fresh herbs from my garden. They smell fantastic in the kitchen! I love to walk by and smell them: rosemary, basil, lemon thyme - and I added a little mint too, for tea!

I hung a little plant on the fence in this one. So much fun; I think I could use 3 more!!!

I think it's time to re-visit the Re-Store.

What have you brought home lately?

~Shelly

Hydrangea Heaven

When words escape, flowers speak. ~Bruce W. Currie

Hope you have a great day!

~Shelly

June

I know well that the June rains... Just fall. ~Onitsura

Every time I see the weather forecast it shows rain, rain, rain. Its hard to get any gardening done...perfect time to find something to do inside!

Strawberries...

Mixed with a little milk, flour, sugar, eggs, butter and vanilla .... and put into individual baking dishes;

yields yummy Strawberry Bread!

Paired with a cup of coffee and a book are a great way to spend a rainy afternoon!

Memorial Day

Honoring those who gave all...

Going Places?!

Where are you going? What do you want to do with your life?

I came across Kelly Corrigan's video last week and it has stayed on my mind. How many times a day do you daydream about the life that you want to live?

After all...

"Happiness is not something that you postpone for the future; it is something that you design for the present." ~Jim Rohn

YouTube - Kelly Corrigan - Dare You

This Little Piggy...

Is oh so cute!!!

Her name is Claira. You can see her companion Clancy here. They make such a cute pair. Wish I had someone to sew them for....maybe me! lol

I may have to make a couple of these, instead.

Have a great day!

~Shelly

It's 5 o'clock Somewhere.......

........weekends never last long enough!

Waiting on Spring....

As long as we are persistent...

we will continue to grow.

We cannot choose the day or time

when we will fully bloom

it will happen in it's own time.

~Dennis Waitley

Be persistent!
Happy March ~Shelly

Had I but one penny...

I would buy coffee and chocolate! Especially this coffee, it's great. And isn't this the cutest chocolate bar; I found it in the grocery store today and fell in love with the vintage images - it's made in Germany.

Here is a close-up of the bunny.....


It was William Shakespeare who said "Had I but one penny in the world, thou shouldst have it for gingerbread." What would you buy with your penny?

Pure Happiness......

A few signs of spring are appearing in the mostly brown landscape!

Out of moderation a pure happiness springs. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Sneaux Day

Baby it's cold outside!!! We had snow one day recently...South Louisiana; the SuperBowl and now Snow! The birds were singing - I think they were confused! But it was really pretty. I believe that I'll make some bird feeders this weekend; though. I saw a bird in the cat food bowl. Do you think they really enjoy it? fish and chicken!

What is within the artist?

The key is what is within the artist. The artist can only paint what she or he is about.
~ Lee Krasner




Been wanting to paint a little....so I thought I'd paint some flourishes and scrolls; turned out not so much scroll as flourish...I guess that the quote is true. It's all freehand so I painted what was within.

I think I might wear it to work tomorrow. What do you think? What's within you?...

Happy Valentine's Day

Life is to be fortified by many friendships. To love and be loved is the greatest happiness of existence. ~Sidney Smith

Go Go.....

Oh, the places we'll go.....


How fun to ride around in a pink VW with the top down all day! I just think that I would have to smile every time I went out to get into this cute little thing; it makes me happy when I look at it! My first car was a VW bug and I loved it so much!

Where would you like to go this year? ....did you make any resolutions? I'm still thinking....I'm most happy at home these days.

I took this pic when I was on vacation in Cancun...a fun place to go.

Happy New Year where ever you go!

~Shelly