SICK COMPUTER AND NO BLOGGING FOR ME!

I have a very sick computer and it is in to the hospital right now recovering. Please say some prayers for our whole family, we are sooooo lost without it, life is bleak and boring, bills aren't getting paid on time and I have taken to a life of crime, stealing my sons laptop while he is sleeping just to check my email... We all miss you Mr. Compter, come back to us real soon, but if you think I am paying a huge Dr. bill your crazy, so better wise up and start working right! AND SOON!!!!! DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND I HAVE TO BLOG????

I AM A VINTAGE HOUSE WIFE!!!!

I THINK I WAS BORN IN THE WRONG ERA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I may be strange, but I love doing housework! Cooking, cleaning, ironing, sewing, laundry, you name it, I love it and take my job very seriously, in fact I pride myself on how well my house smells and my food tastes...

I love wearing aprons, and hardly a day goes by without having one on!

AND THE CLOTHES!!!!!! BELIEVE ME I WAS MADE FOR THESE CLOTHES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

PERFECT! LOOK AT THE MATCHING GLOVES!LOVE THIS PARTY DRESS!LOVE THESE SHOES TOO...

I have been bidding on 1950's dress patterns on EBay, this just came a few days ago, and I was so excited to start sewing...but then I started having problems with my sewing machine, again! So I jumped on Craigslist and found a "new" old Singer, just like the one my Mom had and I learned to sew on, I quickly called the gal and ran over and bought it for a mere $35 bucks! Soooooo I am back in business! WOO WEE! I was "built" for this era, really girls, I was born in the wrong year! I have an hour glass figure and just look right in these clothes... Marilyn Monroe and Doris Day type of clothes! Tight in the waist, fitted in the bust and poofed out over the rear!!! My sis stopped over and fitted the pattern to me, it was perfect. Have you noticed that the patterns they are selling now are NOT TRUE to fit anymore??? What a frustrating thing if you don't know any better! This pattern is big in the bust, and tiny in the waist, just what the sewing doctor ordered...

Marilyn Monroe had the look didn't she? The makeup, hair, great clothes, jewelry and lipstick (all of which I never leave the house without!). I make sure that dinner is on the table every night when the hubs comes home, the bed is ALWAYS made and so am I!!!!!!!!!!

Doris Day is the epitome of a 50's woman, sweet, gentle and kind! She is still alive and well in Southern California, and is a tireless champion of homeless pets, another thing I love!

WHAT I WOULD GIVE FOR A CLOSET FULL OF VINTAGE DRESSES...

I loved Doris Day in this movie, the dress she wears when she is singing to her son is divine, so is this great suit, nipped in at the waist, and fitted in the bodice, love it!Well, I am off to my sewing room, to whip up a truly vintage dress, maybe it will be done in time for one of the up coming weddings, who knows, and like the song says "Que sera sera"!!! What ever will be will be...till next time girls,

I LOVE LEANN OVER AT SIMPLY DANDY!!!!!!!

DO YOU SEE WHAT I GOT!!????? AREN'T YOU SO ENVIOUS????


LeAnn, www.simplydandy.blogspot.com, is sooooooo wonderful! I have gotten to really love this girl over this past year and a half of blogging, we have kept in touch off the blog too! She is a praying sister in Christ and I cherish her friendship! Then when I won her giveaway, I was naturally thrilled of course, she loves what I love and as you can see the box had wonderful goodies galore!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That apron is me to the "T"! I wear aprons ALL the time! I have this one on right now as I write this blog post matter of fact! Perfect timing too, because I had just made cupcakes and they totally went with the theme...


PICTURES OF MY GARDEN AND WHAT'S IN BLOOM IN JUNE

The Johnson Blue Geranium's are billowing out onto the sidewalk, and the Cat Mint is HUGE this year...

QUEEN ELIZABETH ROSES, MY VERY FAV!!!!!

Don't know the name of this one, lost the tag, but it smells wonderful and goes from deep pink to light pink as it blooms...

Have a lovely Sunday! Hope your all doing great, sorry I haven't been around to visit, I have just not been home to do so...hope to have a few days after this week of running around for the weddings, hugs to all of you!

XO,

THE WEDDING

We are done with the first of the 3 weddings, this past Sat. Rachel and Jacob exchanged their vows. I don't have any of the ceremony, but will in a couple weeks when the professional pictures are released to the family, so more to come at a later post Gum paste Calli Lilies on a beautiful cake...

My niece and her fiance introduced her sister to Jacob, so Sarah made the toast...

This is the alter arrangement I made for the church, everything was simple with the decorations as the couple was on a very tight budget, but I really guped on the flowers as it was the center of attention before the ceremony started.

This is Paul, my sisters sweet, sweet husband, they came up from Portland with their children for the weekend, we had a ball together!

Brenden...

Ryan...

and Princess Jennifer...

DIL Hannah, my son Justin and nephew David, the brides brother.Josh, my youngest, Gabe, (soon to be groom and soon to be nephew), son Justin, DIL Hannah and family friend Eagle.The cider toast...

Me and hubs...

Me, hubs, and Josh...Mother of the bride, my older sis Nancy and me...

Little sister Rhonda and I..It was a wonderful time of getting back in touch with family and friends, some we hadn't seen in years. My camera died after only 5 pictures, so I will have to post some more after I steal them from other family members. Till then, I will be going to more wedding showers, shopping with the soon to be brides, shopping with my sister for the next two weddings, and doing all the flowers for the third wedding coming in August! ME BUSY? NO!! Are you kidding? Of course not!! Why would ya think that....sigh!

A DRESSER MAKEOVER, FABULOUS NEW PAINT FORMULA, TREES AND A MINI GOODWILL PAINTING!

BEFORE...AFTER!!!!!!!!!!! This dresser used to be in one of my sons room, we replaced it with one that was my father in laws, and then I was able to have a go at transforming this beauty!!! It has wooden wheels, and a really beautiful medallion on the front, and really nice decorative wood work along the bottom. I adore how it turned out! I used my new favorite color, it is such an amazing vintage blue.
Here is the NEW AND IMPROVED SUPER DUPER formula, they carry this at Home Depot, it is a primer and topcoat all in one convenient can! It is fabulous, covers like a dream, and glides on and dries hard as a rock! I am in love...you can click on the can and enlarge it so you can get the formula!

I have been painting every thing in sight for years, and have never worked with a nicer paint! I rolled it on using these handy dandy rollers, "my secret weapons", I have painted the entire inside of my house, the barn, the shed, and tons of furniture with these little babies. I haven't used painters tape in years, the Purdy cut in brush relieves you of this terrible drudgery.

Here is what I get to enjoy from my neighbors yard, their beautiful blooming pink trees! My husband and I put up this fence, it is over 300 feet long, in just a weekend, the neighbors house was too close for comfort, we had moved from 5 acres where our only neighbors were the squirrels in the trees and that was it! So now I get the best view of the neighbors, just their pretty pink tree tops...much better!and lastly...this is a sweet little oil painting I picked up at Goodwill for $3 dollars a few weeks ago. Isn't that darling? Ya know girls, I just can not help myself when it comes to roses, I know I don't need anymore, but I buy them anyway...SIGH! I don't think that my love affair with these amazing flowers will ever end!

Hope your all having a SUPER FANTASTIC OVER THE TOP SPRING!!!! I AM!!!!!!!!!!

XO,

A FABULOUS WEDDING SHOWER, AND I WON A GIVEAWAY!!!!

This is me and my beautiful daughter in law, she is a handpicked angel straight from the Lord, what a blessing to have a girl in the family to shop, cook and giggle with!!! We spent two days making all the cupcakes for my niece, Rachel's, shower. My sister Nancy and her two of her six children, Sarah (the maid of honor) on the left, and Gina in the middle. Sarah had tons of fancy finger foods, it was the best bridal shower I have been to in a long time!

A plate of our Very Berry cupcakes. These are so moist, kissed with coconut, organic strawberries, blackberry and black cherry syrups, these were a huge hit!

Coffee cupcakes you ask? YOU BET!!!! These are wonderful, coffee in the dark chocolate cake mix, coffee in the frosting, and then topped off with a chocolate covered coffee bean. We were all talking a hundred miles a minute...wonder why??? HA!

This is the bride to be, in her beautiful apron hand made by my BFF, Victoria Lynn, (her Etsy shop is at the top of my blog). Rachel was so thrilled!!! When she had come in to the house at the beginning of the shower, she mentioned to all the girls that all she needed with her 50's inspired dress was a pink ruffled apron! Hannah and I just looked at each other and laughed, we had gotten her the perfect gift! We also filled a huge bridal bag with cookbooks, baking pans, pink measuring spoons, photo albums, and other fun goodies.

It was so much fun to be around all the girls, talking, laughing and eating girlie food!



Had to show you what I won... a giveaway from Judy Mullins at, http://www.vintagetochic.com/. It was like opening an iced cake... Thanks so much Judy for all the goodies!

Well, better get back outside and finish my yard work, we are having 80' degree weather, blue skies and man am I loving it, evidently so does my garden, I swear some of my plants have shot up 6 inches this week!

Take care and visit with you soon!

3 WEDDINGS, WHATS BLOOMING AND SOME DOGS THROW IN FOR GOOD MEASURE!

My sisters three kids are getting married, one right after another: June, July and August! Can you even imagine that????? HEAVENS!!!!


WEDDING NUMBER ONE, RACHEL (her daughter), AND JAKE, JUNE 13TH...
LINDSEY AND AARON (her son), JULY 18 TH...WEDDING NUMBER THREE, SARAH (her daughter), AND GABE, AUGUST 29TH!!! I am trying to help out as much as possible, there is so much to do and take care of: Dresses, fittings, flowers, venues, food, showers and invitations. I do not envy my sister, I am so happy right now that I have all boys! WHEW!

This is what is blooming in my garden this month, White Bleeding Hearts...

Magnolia...Lilacs...

I love having my doors open, letting the breezes in, so do the doggies. Our weather has been fantastic here in the Pacific Northwest, it was really awful last year, I swear we got nothing but rain and gloom until June 12th! So, I am one happy girl to be gardening, mowing and spending time outside in the sunshine, THANK YOU LORD!

Have a lovely Friday!