Happy Pink Saturday! As always, our hostess is Beverly – please stop by and see a list of everyone participating.

This is a piece of my Great-Grandmother’s Haviland China. It is the only piece I have at present because the rest of the set is in storage at my friend’s house in Detroit. Yes, Detroit. When I moved away from Michigan to go to Graduate School, I couldn’t take the china with me. My sweet friend Jan has been holding onto it for years. I’ve only flown in and out of Michigan, but never have been able to transport all those dishes home. The set is in a big wooden box.

Next year, I will be back there for my…(unspecified year)… high school reunion. I plan on driving there and packing up my china, along with a few other things that Jan has been keeping for me. When I was younger, I appreciated that the Haviland was my Great-Grandmother’s and was being passed down to me, but I really didn’t care a whole lot for the pattern. Now, older and wiser, I really love it.

Have a great weekend!

Happy Pink Saturday, everyone. Beverly hosts this weekly event – please stop by and visit everyone participating.

In fact, a post by Beverly inspired me to start a new collection. She posted a photo of one of her hatpin holders and I loved it. I’d seen them before, but suddenly I saw them differently – does that ever happen to you?

I found this one on ebay and it arrived yesterday. Isn’t it lovely?

I’m sure I need a new collection like a hole in the head…but I can’t help it! It’s only about 5 inches tall, it won’t take up too much space!

Have a wonderful weekend! Happy Halloween and Happy Birthday today to my nephew, David (he’s 16) and my wonderful brother-in-law, Ron (who is…we’ll just say 6 years younger than my husband!)

Happy Pink Saturday, everyone! Please stop by Beverly’s blog to see a list of everyone participating.

A while back I asked Connie of Living Beautifully where she had found the slipcovers she had on her office chairs. She graciously gave me the website – Cherry Blossom Cottage – and I bookmarked it, hoping to order one someday. I eventually tried to order one particular slipcover but it was gone by the time I got around to it. Time passed and when I went to visit the site, it was no longer there. I assumed it was no longer in business.

Not long after this, I won a giveaway at my friend Donna’s blog, An Enchanted Cottage. Donna had several fabric pumpkins of her own and as the giveaway winner, I got to choose some fabric pumpkins from Ronda’s (the designer) website – Tempting Textiles. Then Donna said Tempting Textiles used to be Cherry Blossom Cottage. Ah! Are you still with me? I ordered my pumpkins and also ordered a slipcover for my office chair. And it is pink!

Isn’t it a pretty pink slipcover? Ronda does lovely work and I couldn’t be happier. It goes nicely in my sewing area. And it makes me smile.

Have a great weekend!