Show and Tell Friday - 1 year anniversary!

I can't believe it's already been a year since I took over Show and Tell Fridays...time flies! It's been a great year and it's been fun seeing the list of participants growing steadily! Last week we had a record of 213 bloggers joining in! Whoohoo! Thank you all so much! If you have a blog, this is a great way to get more visitors to your site! 
It has been so hot here in California this week! 

Important Women's Health Issue:

I just had to share this!!!













Important Women's Health Issue:

* Do you have feelings of inadequacy?
* Do you suffer from shyness?
* Do you sometimes wish you were more assertive?
* Do you suffer exhaustion from the day to day grind?

If you answered yes to any of these questions, ask your doctor or
pharmacist about Margaritas.

Margaritas are the safe, natural way to feel better and

Ornate Details: Love them or hate them?

Just by looking around my home, anyone could easily figure out that I'm really drawn to ornate details!








I think they are one of those things you either love or hate. I think most of you probably love them as much as I do though!

My friends made me feel like a princess!

My friends gave me this beautiful tiara for my birthday! I knew when I saw the gift bag was from Vintage and Vogue that there would be something beautiful in there!  
Click here to see more pics of my party!
Fifty feels fabulous!!!

Show and Tell Friday and I'm 50!!!

It's Show and Tell Friday and it's my birthday (on Friday)! The big 50!
 This week has been crazy so I'm sharing something I've shown on my blog before...one of my favorite antique tablecloths that my mom has passed down to me.  
Although I usually use my vintage tablecloths, this one is so beautiful I'm afraid to use it! Maybe some day when I'm serving just vanilla cake and vanilla ice cream, I

Happy First Day of Autumn!

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Happy Wednesday!

Stop by my Product Review Page to meet my newest sponsor!  You'll love this!
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It's Cold Season!

Anyone else out there have a cold right now? It's really going around here in Silicon Valley, and I caught it!  I guess it will be tea with honey and lemon for me! I would love to hear what you you do when you have a cold and want to feel better!
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What a Wonderful World!

I started making this movie (from photos) on my mac months ago and tonight I finally sat down and finished it! I used one of my favorite songs by one of my favorite singers for the background music on this! What a Wonderful World sung by the late, Eva Cassidy! I love this song, it really makes you appreciate the little things in life!

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Exciting news!!!  Sandy from My Shabby

Show and Tell Friday!

Did you get into the knitting craze a few years back?  I've actually been knitting for a long time but I'm not consistent with it.  When I was in my early 20s my goal was to knit an Irish Knit sweater and I did!  It even had small pockets on the front!  I still have it in fact!  Once I finished my goal sweater I didn't knit for awhile and then in my 30s I went through another knitting spurt and

Can you help?

My friend Karen(left) is doing the 3-day Susan G. Komen Walk for the Cure October 1-3, 2010. This photo above was taken with her best friend, Nance(right) last year when they did the walk together.  Three weeks after this Nance was was diagnosed with invasive breast cancer and had a mastectomy on December 16th of last year and has been going through chemotherapy for the past six months. Luckily

Enoteca La Storia

Last week a date took me to a place I had never been before, Enoteca La Storia in Los Gatos, California.  I I was really impressed with this place and even more so when I heard that Joe, one of the owners, constructed most of this place himself! He built all these wine shelves!
The floor looks like old salvaged wood but it isn't, he distressed it himself...We sat at the bar and had wine and

Capitola Art and Wine Festival

I had such a great weekend, it was a girl's weekend away!  We stayed at a friend's beach house in Aptos, California which is only about 30 minutes away from us. We got there Saturday afternoon and stopped at Trader Joes for lots of snack food which we ate for dinner along with some very good margaritas!  Later that evening we all went out dancing! We had a blast! Sunday afternoon we went to the

Crystal Chandeliers!

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We will never forget!

I will never forget that day!  It was a horrible day in our country's history but I it was so amazing that in the aftermath how so many Americans came together.  United we are strong!

Show and Tell Friday!

It's time once again for Show and Tell Friday!  Where has this week gone??? 
This week it looks like I'm sharing my dog Beau but I also want to bring your attention to something I have in the background of this photo.  It's a mirror. I put it in my garden but have since removed it and I'm so glad I did. Kim, one of my readers told me her fence caught on fire and it was caused by a mirror in her

We have winners!

Sorry I'm so late in announcing the winners of my two giveaways!  The winner of my shell wreath is Chelsea, (who doesn't have a blog but left her email address)!
The winner of my handmade soap giveaway is Tammy at Yesterday's Cottage
Thank you all for entering!  I hope to be having some more giveaways soon!

Pinks and Aquas

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Pretty pinks and aquas, originally uploaded by Romantic Home.One of my favorite color combinations, pinks and aquas! I made this mosaic using some of my favorite photos on Flickr! (for photo credit, click on the mosaic)

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Show and Tell Friday!

Welcome once again to Show and Tell Friday!  Last week we had a record number of participants - 207!!!  That is just amazing to me!  Thank you all so much for joining in and making this such a big success!
This week I'm sharing some new jewelry I recently bought.  Last Sunday I stopped in my favorite little local store, Vintage and Vogue. I had just stopped in to say hi and wasn't planning on