"Easter Memories" at Pink Friday

"Easter Memories" are going on at the boutiques at Make Mine Pink this Friday, March 27th. Easter brings such joy of hope, renewal, rebirth. Spring is springing up all over. Daffodils, hyacynthis, pussy willows, lilacs (right around the corner), longer sunnier days, fresh laundry hanging out on the line blowing in the breeze, baking of homemade bread that Grandma taught us as a sign of "rising"; all these Easter memories plus more. I just love this time of year. Please join us for celebrating the season. Don't forget JELLYBEANS!!!
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Spring is Here!

Just look at these gorgeous gals all dressed up in their pretty laces all set for Spring! I love dressing them up in vintage and heirloom laces, silk brooches (which can be removed for wearing), vintage jewelry, glitter and glam. Add stuffing so that they can also be used as a pin cushion or to hold your pins on your dresser/vanity. Sprinkled in German glass glitter and touches of jewels here and there. Bit by bit their personalities come to life.

Get the Easter parade plans in the making. These Cinderella slippers are the rage for Mom's, Sisters, Aunties. Add on to fresh flowers for a unique centerpiece on your Easter table or in the foyer to welcome your guests. Fresh lavender can be added at the time of ordering for that special touch. Looking for something fresh for your bridal party attendants? Hear them ooh and aah as they unwrap the black and white polka dot gift box and peek inside the black and white tissue paper to see which one of a kind lovely is theirs. Gift cards enclosed.

March Into Spring Shop Hop is Finally Here!

The joyful march into spring begins, a cacophony of bird calls fills the blue skies, the trees show their fresh green buds, and the tulips start to poke their heads from the earth to face the sunshine. Colors are about to burst forth, and the earth will be new again. With fresh eyes, we are stocking our shelves with pretty greens, bright yellows, vibrant pinks, and beautiful blues. For the Boutiques at Make Mine Pink, spring cleaning is over, and we would love to show off our fresh new colors and exciting spring merchandise.
Please join us for our "March Into Spring" Shop Hop from March 16 through March 21, 2009. The shop hop is open to anyone that would like to participate (limit one registration per physical address). Please register if you would like to participate.

"An Altered Point of View" for Pink Friday

Altered art is taking bits and pieces of this and that and making wonderful creations of art from them. My specialty is "If The Shoe Fits~Altered Art for Cinderella Dreams", dreamy frou frou slippers made from heirloom laces collected over the years, antique buttons, brooches, silk rose brooches, baubles, gems, pearls, sprinked with German glass glitter and awaiting their new homes. Would make great pin holder, or just to adore as a romantic decor for a dresser or vanity. Pair it up with flowers for a centerpiece for a shower, wedding, of sweet 16 party. Thank that special someone with a dream all her own. Join us at Make Mine Pink (www.makeminepink.com) to visit the boutiques debuting their creations of atered art. You will be amazed!!

French Farmhouse for Pink Friday

Take a trip to France this Friday, February 20th at the boutiques at Make Mine Pink (http://www.makeminepink.com/).
Close your eyes and imagine the sun-warmed tumbled stone tiles beneath your feet, take in the scent of lavender, listen to the sounds of the chickens in the yard.
Where are you?
At a lovely French Farmhouse.
What makes up the French Farmhouse?
A home decorated with cherished family heirlooms handed down through the generations asking to be touched and used. The nicks, scuffs and dents are the patina that only comes with time and offers a sense of history. The wear and tear is meant to be celebrated. French Farmhouse style lies in its eclectic nature of mix and match, use what you have, finding a new use for an old item. French Farmhouse juxtaposes a velvet sofa with a tattered linen chair and a Louis XIV armoire. All well loved and still meant to be used not to be put in a museum. The colors and patterns are a mixture of bright blue, red and yellow of Provence used next to the two-tone toiles of Jouy-en-Josas and silks of Paris. Rugs have a used and tattered patina of the past centuries layered with the newer brighter rugs of the past decade. To complete the French Farmhouse one must tell their own story by adding brocante- items that a bit to nice to throw away; not quite junk not quite art. Add flower frogs under bell jars, a row of children's wooden boats on the mantle, an old tiara on a cake stand or vintage perfume bottles on the dressing table. If you love books, line every shelf with them and add stacks to all the tables. Wire bird cages, cast-off egg baskets, rustic ladders and garden trellis all find safe haven in a French Farmhouse. Bring the garden in to the house by adding florals here, there and everywhere. Fresh flowers are a must in nearly every room. Using what you love becomes the only rule to decorating in the French Farmhouse.Enjoy your time in the French Countryside.

Shades of Roses

The shade of a single rose so eloquently captures all the feelings of a special moment, reflects all the memories of everything that has happened before this time, and expresses the hopes of many moments yet to come.
The first single rose a young woman receives might be given while she is still a girl. Perhaps it is a delicate shade of peach, from someone who knows every ounce of effort that has gone into a special performance, or accomplishment. It's an appreciation of everything the girl is right now, and all she hopes to be. Later, a single rose in a deep shade of orange says, "I am so proud," and expresses admiration of everything she has become. She has graduated from girlhood and she is ready to take on the world.
Now that she is a woman, her grace and beauty catch someone else's eye. A pink rose, held in a hand made bold by sweet love, tells her of unspoken feelings. After a time, the same hand brings a newly bloomed red rose to announce, "I love you." A single white rose might follow, proclaiming a love that is stronger than death.
The shades of a rose, like a moment in her life, can contain a myriad of meanings. A single yellow rose might speak of contentment and happiness. Placed on a bedside table, it could celebrate the unbridled joy of a new birth or anniversary of another year together. It could also make the promise of a new beginning, or to make up for things that have gone wrong.
Soon it becomes the woman's turn to give a single rose. She carefully selects one in a delicate shade of peach. It's been chosen for another girl, not yet a woman, who is full of promise and life, and given with the hope that she too will experience life in all its beautiful shades.

Join us at http://www.makeminepink/ for SHADES OF ROSES for Pink Friday .

My Nephew Matt in the musical "Footloose"

Matt plays the part of the Grouchy Principal!

Here he is after the first show. Now that's my smiley guy again!

Matt in action reprimanding those rowdy students!

Taking a bow. Great job Matt and everyone in the cast of Footloose. We went all three times! It will take me weeks to stop singing those songs! What fun!