Simply a good time with friends

      Yesterday my friend Caroll have a social at her new bistro/antique shop. It was a Valentine  party and I don't know how she did it, but her shop was all decked up in red  and Valentine stuff. I was there Friday and she was open Saturday so in a couple in hours she completely rearrange her shop. I want a magic wand like that.

Yumm!

                                      Red velvet cake, which happen to be my favorite cake.

                                      By the way, we all wore comfy pajamas or sportswear. So much fun.

 You have seen my friend Denise before. She is the closest thing to a sister to me. We hang around a lot.

                                                       One of her table vignettes.

                                This window creation was put together using old corsets and girdles.

                                                           Carol  is the lady in the red pajamas.

                          I love this kind of books and have never seen so many of them in one spot.

                                I wanted this so badly for my laundry, could not afford it.

                        It was a ladies only party and this is the first thing you saw coming in the door. I never           look like that, this girls were beautiful.

      

                All her furniture is one of a kind piece. She carries slipcovers, bed linens, curtains and all kinds                
                of costume pillows  made for her shop.

                       I love this lady. Her name is Ann and she puts together tea parties. She also supplies the Tea Time Texas magazine in our area. If you ever travel to Catalina island you will get to meet her there since she is one of the artists that sell wares during the summer festival.

The antique and art business have been one of the biggest blessings in my life. I just love to be surrounded by such creative and plain nice people. Love them all!!!!!.

Still tweaking

            Today I can finally said my Christmas is finally put away, done, totally.  I went ahead and boarded the attic for much needed storage space. I huff and puff bringing all the stuff up and thankfully I got an extra set of hands helping me. I decided to go with a bird and twigs theme in the kitchen. I brought in a  library ladder from the shop and I intent to display my kitchen linen on it. My husband walk in the kitchen today and the first thing that came out of his mouth was NO, it got to go, you are blocking the view, which really upsets me since there is no view due to overgrown bushes that the mister will not trim. I see a battle coming. I'm leaving the dry twigs in the basket and the branch over my kitchen shelf, I'm just adding eggs in neutral colors.

 These are finds from my trip to Georgetown yesterday. Love it all, I just going to keep the floral door stopper.

                                  The birdcage I found a couple weeks ago for 20.00, a steal.

                                Finally i wanted to show you my heart. This little puppy is growing fast and changing everyday. These days he is able to climb on the furniture and do all sorts of tricks. He still doing some of the bad behavior, I think he knows he got us.

                   This yummy throw that Juju is previewing I got at Ikea yesterday. Love the throw, no so much the store. I don't think I'm going back. It is too modern and not so inspiring to me. Then having to use a map...and the costumer service was horrendous. I thought they sold slipcovers, they do only for their line. Love the linen and that is about it...hold on, I love the closet and organizing  ideas.

                 Stop and visit the other White Wednesday participants @ Faded Charm. Blessings, Marta.

White randomness

Today I tackle taking down Christmas decor around the house. After I got everything pack and later took a look back I thought everything look so bare and blah. I have loved the french look with the monochromatic hues but I'm getting a little bore of the lack of color. I do not care for fake greenery nor I have a green thumb so I do not know in which direction to go with the new year decor. I went around and rearrange some vignettes, still, I'm lacking something.

My girl, I love her. I don't necessarily want hair or clothes on her, she is awesome.

 I am too incorporating a lot of sea shells and coral into my decor. I found 4 big pieces in my last trip to San Antonio. Back home when I was growing up in Puerto Rico anything sea was considered trash since we have so much of it around. This days there is nothing left plus is illegal to harvest.

                                             You have seen him before, he is my favorite bear.

 This beautiful garland is made by a very talented scrap booking and everything beautiful artist in town. She is the same person that made the family garland for my kitchen. I'm still working on my kitchen decor, more next week.

                          Love this lady bear and the little hat I found for 4.00 on my last trip.

                                  I collect group pictures, specially of young children.

                                           Shells, coralls, starfish and everything in between.

                  I love this mother of pearl pillow. It weights about 20 pounds . Not practical, just pretty.

I'm working on my Valentines and some Spring in the shop. It is hard to think Spring when is 15 degrees outside. Have a Happy White  Wednesday, blessings, Marta .

Wonderful trip

            Last Thursday I decided to go in a scavenger hunt. I sold a couple of big display pieces so I was kind of desperate. The place I wanted to visit the most was closed for inventory restock so I decided to just drive around and hope. We stop at my friend's Amy store. This is without a doubt one of the most beautiful stores in all Texas. Every single detail have been address and every nook is  beautiful and so well thought off. I can stay hours in this store. After visiting Amy's store I just wanted to come home and decorate, her store is so inspiring. If you ever make it to Waco TX, you must make stopping at Bloom and Bee Swanky a must. Don't you just love that name? See and tell me what you think.

 Amy makes the most amazing clothes for her Santos and body forms out of coffee filters and paper.

 If you have visit my blog before you all know I'm a doll collector. This are all just dreamy.

                                          Wouldn't you love to have a headboard like that?

               Lace everywhere. If you like the romantic style this is the place to come.

 Find Amy at beeswanky.com or if you are in Texas her store is by the Dr Pepper Museum at 210 South 5 th ST. Waco, TX.

    I wanted to include one last picture of my latest project. I found this apothecary in San Antonio over the weekend. We were supposed to be shopping for the shop but I don't think I want to part with this one for now. Can you blame me? See the potential? She just need a makeover  and I think she will clean up well. I clean the last 4 drawers in the bottom left and I can see the difference. I don't necessarily have the space, I'm going to make it fit. The bottom piece was all green like the bottom drawer. I have been sanding for the last 2 days and still have ways ahead of me. I will show you the after picture as soon as I get it done. I also found tons of beautiful things over the weekend in San Antonio. I will post those in days to come. Thanks for stopping and visit and your comments mean so much to me. Visit the other White Wednesday participants  @ http://fadedcharmcottage.blogspot.com. Thanks to Ms Kathleen for hosting such awesome party every week. Blessings, Marta.