WE HAVE A WINNER

WE HAVE A WINNER

Very sorry for the delay, My life has changed so much and this thing with a teenager is keeping me very busy, always someplace to go or something to do. I am sure most of you know what it is like.

I am so pleased to say we had 112 entrants for the give away. Thank you to all who entered, left a beautiful comment and linked back to my blog.

I am amazed at how many wonderful new friends I have met through the blogs and my website, It is a pleasure to visit all the wonderful blogs and have you visit me.

It is wonderful to have so many people to share with. We are all so much alike across this wonderful world.

Well! I should get to the good stuff and tell you who the winner is of all the beautiful gifts,

DRUM ROLL PLEASE!

The lucky lady is Jennifer from Jennifers petal palace. She was just the sixth entry. I am so glad, as she is also one of the buddies in our group called Pretty Romantic homes.

Her package will be on the way this week.

Congratulations Jenn.

Thank you to all the sweet ladies who entered my give away, I love doing this so come by real often and we will have another real soon. Plans for a big one for Christmas.

Hope you all have a wonderful week and come visit me again real soon.

Hugs,

Judy

Happy Pink Saturday

Talk about Pink, This is the ultimate in pink luxury, A pink Thunderbird, I'm not sure of the model. I have a hard time telling a volkswagon from a Cadillac. LOL! We had a car show in town, Pigeon Forge, Tenn., last weekend. Called Shades of the past. You could see every kind of car you can imagine. Isn't if funny how cars bring back a specific memory from our past. Years ago, there were not many car companies so you could tell which one you were looking by just a glance, except me of course, now there are so many different companies, they just all look alike.

These are a few of the others we saw. The first car Darrell and I purchased after we were married was a 1968 Camaro super sport. Gold and black convertible, Do I wish we had that car now. If I ever hit the lottery I will find one to purchase. lol!

The first car we purchased for our son in 1997 was a 1987 transam. At the time it had been garage kept and was in mint condition with very low mileage. He still has it and plans to keep it. hopefully someday he will be able to restore it. Of course being a teenager he put a few dents in it.

This weekend there is another show and it is the rod run.

Enjoy you tour through the pink today. Just click on the pink lady of the left and visit Bev. our hostess and you will be on your way.

Hugs.

Judy

Not So Shabby

NOT SO SHABBY

This is the name of a wonder shop in our town. As most of you know we now live in Tennessee, We are right in the heart of Sevierville, Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg. The craft capital of the United States. If you can't fine it here It isn't made.

Not So Shabby is a wonderful little shop for the Shabby Chic decorator and is located in Sevierville in the Governors Crossing Shopping Plaza, which is located just across the street from the Walmart and we all know most of us can find the Walmart in any town. LOL!

Jennifer, the owner will greet you at the door with a smile and a how are you doing. You will love the shopping if you are a Shabby Chic decorator. Much of the wonderful merchandise has been created by Jennifer or other artist from this area. I have added a few items to her shop. Be sure when you visit that you let her know you read about her here on the blog.

This is one of the top vacation destinations on the East Coast and I am sure a lot of you have come for a visit.

Also remember the Gatlinburg Craftsmen fair will be going on for the month of October and the changing of the seasons here in the fall is a site to behold.

If you enlarge the pictures and see something you like just let me know and I will pass your information on to Jennifer, She will ship merchandise anywhere in the U.S.

DON'T FORGET TO ENTER OUR GIVE AWAY, WE WILL BE DRAWING THIS SUNDAY FOR THE LUCKY WINNER. CLICK ON THE PICTURE AT THE TOP LEFT AND IT WILL TAKE YOU OVER TO THE PAGE TO ENTER.

Hugs,

Judy

Come Enjoy the Pink, It's Saturday again

My beauty in pink today comes from a trip to the flea market, We were visiting the flea market in Milton W.V. a couple of summers ago. I came across a booth on the outside of the building with some of the most beautiful pieces I had seem at a flea market in some time and so low priced I could not believe it.

Needles to say I began to shop, The lady was a very small elderly Italian lady, She I began to talk as I made my purchases, She told me her husband had cancer and she was clearing out a lot of her house for the extra money, most of her items had come from Italy with them many many years ago. It was so sad to hear her story. I purchased 8 or 10 items from her, This beautiful vase is marked on the bottom and has Italy on it. I bought it because I loved it. Sits in a perfect spot on the mantel. I think I paid $10.00 if I remember correctly. Perfect for Pink Saturday.

Be sure you take a ride over to Beverly's blog and check out of the pink goodness today. Just click on the little pink lady on the left.
Hugs,
Judy

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Rooster Party, Come join the fun.

So glad you stopped by to join our party. Thanks to our host

Barb at Barbs good life. Be sure you take a trip over to her blog and visit as many as you can to see all the glorious Roosters.

This wonderful Guy is the cock of the walk in our house. He comes with a story which makes him so special. My Mom, Leona who raised 7 children in our family was always so busy raising kids when we were growing up that she never had much time to do things for herself. She came from a family of 8 girls and some of them are very gifted in sewing and other hand work but Mom never had these gifts. We always teased that her gift was raising children. She was a great Mom. In the late 70ies I opened a Craft supply shop. I have enjoyed craft work most of my adult life. Since all her children were grown and she had a little time for herself she started to become involved in some of the craft classes we were having in the shop. I loved having her involved and had her join us many time. She went to a painting class with me for a year and a half.

We decided to take a class in Ceramic painting in the early 80ies and this beautiful rooster was one of her projects, When she passed away in 1993 he became mine and is one of my most treasured items. He is so colorful and really struts his stuff. He is a decoration in my kitchen.

This little guy also sits on the bakers rack in my kitchen, I have had him for a few years, I try to keep something written on the slate but don't always succeed.


These two sit on a shelf in my kitchen also.

These are a few of the roosters I have in my home. I love the more colorful ones. Have painted a few in the past and plan to paint more.

Hope you enjoy your tour today.
Hugs
Judy

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Come see the Pink, it's Saturday

Good Morning and Welcome to Pink Saturday.

We have so many blogs who have joined the fun so I like to keep mine short and sweet so you will have time to visit many other blogs.

This beautiful piece has been in my home for at least 15 years, It was a Christmas gift to myself one year. Darrell and my kids always tell me how hard it is to buy me a gift as I usually just purchase what I want but that is not true as I love so many things and I am not hard to please. It is a music box and I can't remember what the tune is and I am in my Tenn. home and She is in W.V.

Enjoy your visit through the pink today, Just click on the little pink lady on the left and she will take you over to Bev our host and on to the fun.

Hugs,

Judy

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A Gift from a Wonderful Friend

Imagine my surprise when the UPS truck pulled up to my home in Tennessee yesterday, I didn't have anything ordered so was wondering if he had the wrong house. No, He was at the right house and I got a surprise package from a wonderful lady who has become a great friend. "Steph of Angelic Accents" We met about a year ago when I joined a great group of ladies through a chat group on Ebay. Steph was so sweet to send me a beautiful poem in remembrance of my Daughter. Of course I cried the rest of the day as it is all so true. Some days are so hard to get through and you can never know the pain of loosing a child unless you have been there.

Steph has shown me the kindness in her heart, It always amazes me how you can become a friend with someone you have never met and how we are all so much alike in so many ways.

I thank you sweet friend.

Stacey now lives in our heart and I love talking about and sharing all the good times we had with family and friends, Stacey was a wonderful person, Mom and friend. I am so thankful that Miranda had enough time with her Mom to have so many wonderful memories. She is now our guardian angel.

Be sure you stop over and visit Steph at Angelic Accents as she has an amazing Ebay store with goodies you won't be able to resist.

Hugs,

Judy

Oh! for a lighter note, My sister met her husband through the puter and from across the US. She from West Virginia and he from Orgen. They have been together for about 6 years, I will share the story with you later.

I got it right this time

Good Morning,

I finally figured out how to do it. Found a program to do the collage that works for me.

I can remember years ago when I decided to learn the puter. It was in the 80ies when the program was Dos. I purchased a puter for my business and for my children, I cleared the hard drive 3 0r 4 times trying to learn. Would have to go back into Radio Shack and have them to reinstall it. I gave up, but my son did learn, of course children always do.

Then some years later when windows 98 came out I purchased another one and haven't stopped since. I am truly amazed at what this old lady has learned. Everything I would want to learn I would call my son, who was in college at the time and he would talk me through what I wanted to do. We spent many late night hours on the phone learning. Now I can usually figure it out but sometimes it takes me a while.

This is my first collage and I love it so I will be making many many more.

This is a shelf in the end of my kitchen that houses some of my cup and saucer collection. Yes! another collection.

I am so luck my hubby, Darrell is a wonderful woodworker, I can just tell him what I am thinking of and he will make it for me. I had about 8" of space at the end of a cabinet where my oven is, He put the shelf there for me. I painted a design of blackberries down the side. Along with the cups I have a small collection of crystal salt and pepper shakes.

Hope you enjoy.

BE SURE YOU DON'T FORGET TO SIGN UP FOR MY GIVE AWAY, AND SPREAD THE WORD. THERE WILL BE ONE LUCKY WINNER.

Hugs, Judy

Happy Pink Saturday

Good Morning and I do mean Morning, It is nearly 2:a.m. and I can't believe I am sitting at this puter. Have been playing around trying to learn some new things with my blog but not having much luck.

I traveled to Tennessee today from West Virginia, School starts on Monday for Miranda.

Today I thought I would share a few of my swan collection. I love the ones with roses on them and as you see most are pink.

I have all different sizes. have been collecting for years.
My sister gave me a sign that says everything collector and this is so right.
sometimes you look at some of the collections you have and ask why did I ever start this. My Mom use to have a thing for elephants and when she passed away she had more than 300 elephants in all sizes.

These little one are salt dips.

Hope you enjoy your travels through all the blogs today. I know from experience it is hard to visit all of them. I always try to visit the ones who have visited me. I hope I don't miss anyone. Just click on the little pink lady on the left and she will take you over to visit Beverly and on to the fun.

Hope you have a blessed pink week

Judy

OH! BE SURE YOU DON'T FORGET TO LEAVE A COMMENT ON THE GIVE AWAY SO YOU WILL BE IN ON THE FUN.

Hey! It's Pink Saturday again

Good Morning and Welcome to Pink Saturday. The weeks go by so fast and I must tell you I forgot I was going to post this Saturday so I was not prepared. Darrell and I came to Tennessee on Monday and are going back to West Virginia tomorrow. Our van is so use to the trip now it just knows which way we are going. We purchased the van on Memorial day and have put over 8000 miles on it already. School will start for Miranda on the 17th so we will be in Tennessee next week to settle for a while and I will be glad.

Today I have decided to share a few wonderful items with you.

The first is a vintage piece for the McCoy pottery line from 1956.

A beautiful planter.

This one is a beautiful hand blown Christmas that I painted the beautiful pink roses on. I did a number of these for Christmas last year and this time I kept a few for myself.

This vintage telephone table came from a collection of antiques My Dad had. He had a building full of antique furniture. I painted and decorated this one for My brother.

This is a vintage Kerosene heater, We have made it into a floor lamp. Darrell does all the cleaning and wiring and I do the painting. We have a very hard time finding these and have customers waiting on them when they are finished.

Hope you enjoy your travels through all the blogs today looking at all the pink. Just click on the little pink lady on the left and you will be on your way to visit Bev our host and on to the fun.

BE SURE YOU DON'T FORGET TO LEAVE A COMMENT ON THE GIVE AWAY. THERE WILL BE ONE VERY LUCKY WINNER.

Hope you have a blessed day.

Judy

Happy Pink Saturday

Good Morning and Welcome to Pink Saturday. This is my first time to join since March and the passing of our daughter. Darrell and I are so grateful for all the wonderful emails we have received. We will be in Tennessee by the middle of August.

I am trying to get my business back on track and to help celebrate a new beginning we are having another WONDERFUL GIVEAWAY. The last one was a great success. There is more than $200.00 of beautiful merchandise that will be shipped to you free of charge. You will have goodies for yourself and some beautiful gifts. To enter just leave a comment here on the blog, also get an entry by making a purchase on our website and get another entry if you post a link on your blog. Be sure and let us know if you add a link for us.

We are also having an inventory clearance sale on our website so we won't be moving so much merchandise to Tennessee. For one week starting Sunday, Aug. 2 through Sunday Aug 9 all merchandise will be at a 30% discount. Come shop for your favorites or start your holiday shopping.

Be sure you click on the little pink lady and visit all the others who have joined pink Saturday, It has been so successful and so much fun and all thanks to Beverly.

Copy and paste the picture above and add to your blog with a link for another chance to win all the goodies.

You will get china, jewelry, hand painted items and so much more. Spread the word.

Hope you have a blessed day.

Judy

Join the Give away

Stop by and visit Melissa to Join her giveaway. Just click on the name and you are on your way.

WE HAVE A WINNER

Good Morning!
I finally got around to the good part and we have a winner. We were on a road trip for the weekend so had a little bid of a delay. A big thank you to all who entered. We had a total of 118 entries with my blog and web site. She will be amazed with the box and all the goodies inside. The pictures will show you all she will receive. I have had so much fun doing this and will have another one sometime in June or July so be sure you check in often so you will be in on the fun. We put all the numbers in a bowl and drew out a winner. The number is 31. I know you are on pins and needles to know who she is. The winner is DONNA LYNN AND HER BLOG IS BLUSHING ROSE ANTIQUES. She is from the Pacific Northwest and signed up on my blog. Congratulations Donna, please contact me with mailing address and your package will be on the way this week. You are in for a treat.

Again I would like to thank you for all the kind words you have sent our way in the past few weeks, It is so hard to believe my beautiful baby has been gone for over a month. Miranda is doing very well and is staying busy with school and friends, This is all such a big change for Darrell and I but we are enjoying being with Miranda and our life in Tennessee which is a big change for us. There is so much here in the Gatlinburg area to blog about about so I will have to get busy and share with you.

I hope to have my business back up and running after the first of June.

I am so greatful for family and friends and so greatful I have very many of both.

Love to you all.

Judy

Just two more days

Good Morning,

The days are getting a little better for us. We have been so busy getting thing in order in Tennessee with the house that we just fall into bed at night with exhaustion. Having to get up at 5:30 every morning to get Miranda up for school is really not my cup of tea. Has been many years since I done this, The good thing though is she is very easy to get up. We are taking a little road trip this weekend over to Memphis to visit Darrells sister. Will be good to get away for a few days.

We have been painting the house and getting ready to put down some laminate flooring. My brother gave Miranda an above ground pool so I guess we will be putting it up real soon. Feels good to have young kids around in the evenings.

It doesn't seem possible my baby has been gone for a month. Time goes by so fast. My nephew brought me a song the day we buried her and it is so perfect. If you get a chance to hear it the name is sis's song by Alen Jackson. We called Stacey sis all her life and it seems as if the song was wrote just for her and it came out in March. I tried to find it to put on my blog but I guess it is to new.

Don't forget there are just two more day to sign up for our wonderful give away. Spread the word. Since I will be away this weekend I will draw a winner on Monday.

Hope you have a wonderful day. I have loved all the messages I have received from so many caring friends. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.

Hugs
Judy

Just trying to get through

Good Morning to all.

Decided it is time for me to try to write a little update to you and thank you from the bottom of my heart for all the prayers you have sent our way and for all the comments and emails, It is so amazing how people reach out to you from across the world, It really feels good.

Our world has taken a 90 degree turn. We are now parents to our sweet granddaughter. Darrell and I have been very involved in raising her since birth and I think this has made it so much easier for us to step in. She is a freshman in high school and we have decided with the loss of her Mother to not make any more drastic changes in her life for now so we are moving to Tennessee to live with her. We will spend our summer and holidays in West Virginia. This will keep her in her school and with her friends. Our son and family are there also which will help us to. We need to all be together at this time.

As I have told you before we live in a very small town in WV. Stacey was laid to rest in our family cemetery on the mountain behind the property where I was raised. Where my parents and family are buried and where Darrell and I will be also. I will share this with you in the summer when everything is green and beautiful.

To Bury one of your children is not the way it is suppose to be and it is the hardest thing, I think Darrell and I will ever face in our life. Your life changes in the time you can blink your eyes and you are on another path. With the help of our lord and family we will go on.

I can look back to the past now and see so many things that I thought were important at the time that just don't matter anymore. The material things in our life are not important as in the end the memories are all we have. Please remember this and spend as much time making memories with your family as you possible can. Please comtinue to pray for us as we will now be raising a teenager. She is the light in our life. We also have another who is just 3 years old and we will get to spend more time with her.

I have closed my etsy and ebay sites for a while. We will have very limited shipping from the website until the first of June. After the summer we will have enough moved to Tennessee to continue our business from there.

DON'T FORGET TO SIGN UP FOR OUR GIVE AWAY, JUST CLICK ON THE PICTURE AT THE TOP LEFT CORNER AND YOU WILL BE THERE.

Again, please know how much I appreciate hearing from all of you.

Love.

Judy, Darrell and Miranda