Pink Tea

A nice surprise when I made a pot of tea.

It was pink!

I just picked out a new tea bag- 

Harney & Sons Organic Passion Plum .
It made a lovely pot of tea!

 I never leave the tag hanging out of the
pot after the tea has brewed, but I wanted
to show you before tossing the bag.

 The pictures don't show the true color pink!

 It's so pink even Larry noticed it when he 

poured himself a cup! "Hey, this tea is pink."

 That's how pink it was!

 Goes perfectly with the Pink Willow tea set.

 A little Valentine decor in the family room.

 It's been chilly here in Florida, 

so a tea break was welcomed. 

Even Lucy found a nice warm place nearby
on the red down throw.

 The wooden stars and hearts on jute string 

were used with evergreen garland in the 

family room at Christmas. I get another use 

for them in February and again in July.

Of course we'll need a treat for our tea.

Oatmeal~Pecan Jam Bars

More pink...

(click for the recipe)

Cheers!

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North Carolina Bedroom

Today I'm sharing the pictures of the master 

bedroom in our place in North Carolina.

 Last week I showed the 'bear' themed

guest bedroom and bathroom.

 The master bedroom was put together with

things we had; some older pieces of furniture

 that were used in previous homes,

 and great sale and found items.

Very budget decorating.

 A Longaberger basket filled with colorful
yarn and knitting supplies.

 I'm still working on that chunky colorful scarf. 

That's the extent of my knitting skills.

All the bedding: matelasse' cover and shams, 

log cabin quilt and shams, pillows

  and lamps were found at the 

JCP outlet on sale for 80% off. 

The original watercolors were from Larry's 

parents. We had them reframed with new

 matts. They look better here than anywhere 

we've had them in the over the years.

 Now, the log headboard was a real find!

 It was a twin bed that was discarded in 

my Florida neighborhood on bulk trash day. 

You should have seen me trying to load 

these heavy pieces by myself into our van. 

They are perfect here. Larry joined the 

two pieces; the headboard and footboard 

(luckily they were both the same size) 

to make a king size rustic log headboard,

for FREE! The rest of the bedroom 

furniture were family pass-downs.

Drapery panels were $10/pair. 

The set of 4 oil paintings were also 

 found on sale

at the JCP Outlet store.

The colors work great in this room

The ceiling fan has a rustic mountain motif.

It has two lights and the top one 

can be used as a soft night light.

The wild oil painting above the mirror was

 from a church yard sale here. 

I got it for $4.   

Larry built the rustic wood frame from a

 discarded pallet, as he has done HERE. 

My other thrifted painting is HERE.

A Jack Schmitt watercolor is another one

we've had for years.

 It's great that our art works so

 beautifully with the decor we have here. 

Rustic frame I found on sale at Target and

an old lamp.

A collection of thrifty throws. 

I find these handmade afghans at 

the many thrift stores here. 

I wash and dry them, so they are 

fluffy soft to snuggle with.   

Some are stored in a Longaberger basket.

This branch ladder was found at a local crafts 

show. I've added a few lap blankets, 

a cowboy hat and rope I found in the garage.

The top of the dresser had an old oil lamp 

that I've added electric to, a dough bowl 

filled with sweetgum balls that I gathered 

on a road trip stop by a Florida forrest. 

That's a poster sized picture of me

 a few years ago....OK many years ago.

~~~~~~~~~

TEMPUS FUGIT

That was carved into the stone walls above 

the entrance of my junior high school in 

Florida, Robert E. Lee. 

I never knew what it meant, but I do now!

Cheers!

time flies!

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Cupcake Liners

Pretty Little Liners.

I love collecting pretty cupcake liners. 

Whenever I'm at Michael's and don't find 

what I'm looking for I always use my 

40% off coupon to pick up a 

small pack of fun cupcake liners. 

They are too pretty for a dark cupboard,

so I save cupboard space and store them

in these large vintage jars.

 I keep the jars on the top shelf of the 

hallway bookcase that is on the other side

 of the kitchen wall. You can read about how

we built that in THIS post.

 On the center top shelf.

 I think they would look cute on a shelf
used as bookends for cookbooks.

 I  also have a few other vintage kitchen
 items on the shelf to the left.

That's my Mother's hand grinder from Germany.

 Finding storage space in unexpected places
 is always a good thing.

Finding a cupcake in one of the liners...
even better!
 Good Ol' Cupcakes.
(click for the recipe)

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The Bear Bathroom

Here's the guest bathroom that connects with

 the bear bedroom I posted about earlier

 (HERE). It also had a rustic bear theme. 

It's at our Smoky Mountain getaway

 in North Carolina. 

Here's how it started.

"Bear" bones guest bath before. 

I found these cute bear and evergreen tree 

shower curtain hooks and I also found a

natural color waffle weave shower curtain.

before

After accessorizing. I used the colors, red, 

oatmeal, and a little black.

 Bear and tree metal counter accessories: 

tissue cover, mug & holder, and toothbrush
 caddy. It's the image I used for the lighted 

bear headboard we have in the bedroom.

Lotion dispenser & holder, soap dish & holder.

Got to use more of my collected watercolors.

I did have a thing for snow and barn scenes.

I found these cute bear themed hand towels

 and reused this saved gift basket 

made with rustic twigs. 

A deep whirlpool bathtub is perfect for a 

nightly whirlpool bubble bath. 

A basket of extra large bath towels is handy.

Opposite the sink. Watercolors in the room

 are by artist Frank Staral. We bought these

 at the annual Fall Art Show in Barrington, IL

I found all of the bear accessories at Target.

Cheers!

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