Showing posts with label vintage glasses. Show all posts
Showing posts with label vintage glasses. Show all posts

Sunday, June 29, 2014

Water Or Not?


Hello!  I think we will stay in for a bit today.  I tried to take a few photos outside but my glasses kept steaming up and so did the lens on my camera.  It feels very humid to me.  I won’t talk about my hair today. However I did get it cut and now I have to blonde it up a bit more since the gray ~ no ~ I mean brown hair is peeping through, in case you wanted to know. Ha!  I cut some hydrangeas today and brought them in.





The coke glass looks pretty with them too.  It’s short but the green of the glass with the green in the flowers are very pretty.  My daughter took all the mason jars and I like to try different looks.






 
Now that hydrangeas are starting to turn I have to decide how I will dry them.   From what I have read you are supposed to wait until fall to cut your hydrangea blooms or wait until they are turning fallish colors.  Fallish colors on this bush is the green and pink.  Also you are supposed to put some water in the container and let it evaporate for them to retain their colors better.  Or you can put them in a container with no water for them to dry.   How do you do yours?
 
 
 
 
 
Shells from many trips to the beach.
 
 
 
I decided to let them dry on my mantel.  Last year I had them scattered about and they can take up a lot of room.  They are already pretty and why hide them when they are drying?  These were my mother’s glasses.
 
 
 

Flour canister part of a set my mother bought my grandmother many many years ago.  I use it a lot.  It shows how smart I am, Flour and I put flowers in it, see!!



Turning green and pink.
 
 
 
 

Jan
 
 

 
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Friday, May 16, 2014

Plate Of Roses

Hey Ya'll!  I hope your enjoying pretty weather today like I am.  I have my doors open and am enjoying this cool weather we never have in May.  My gardenias are blooming and they smell wonderful.  Is it early for them to be blooming?  It seems like they usually bloom later in the summer.

I had a little excitement a while ago when a bird flew in the house!  He found his way out before my dogs found him.  He left a gift for me letting me know just what he thought about my hospitality! 

I put together this tablescape outside since it's so pretty today.



The plates I got at a huge discount.  The glasses were my mother's.  The rose fabric I have had for a long time and had just about forgotten about.
 
 
 

 
 
 

 
 
 

I like pretty tables but actually I love bringing out the pretty fabric more.  This is a perfect way to show fabrics.  Of course it's roses.  I am a nut for them.  This fabric is a little warmer than I usually go.  Notice the orange in it. 
 
 
 

 
 
 

A plate of roses.
 
 
 

 
 
 

We planted the roses years ago and they are this very loud color that makes them look almost artificial.  I will throw some 'faux' flowers in the mix now and then but this time it's the real thing!
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
Jan