Show and Tell Friday!

Hi everyone!  I have something exciting to share this week for Show and Tell! I mentioned this before but now the magazine is out (or should be soon)!  In the August 2011 issue of Woman's Day magazine you will find a tutorial for my seashell wreath I did on my blog a few years ago! 
I can't tell you how exciting it is to see my name and blog mentioned in such a widely published magazine!
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A Day in Santa Cruz

Last Saturday was the annual "Woodies on the Wharf" in Santa Cruz, California.  I live close by so I've gone to this a couple of times in the past.  Santa Cruz is the perfect spot for this car show!  Santa Cruz and Woodies are the perfect pair...Woodies were big with the surfers in the 50s and 60s and Santa Cruz is a big surfing town!
"My Guy" and I met my dad, my brother & his girlfriend, and

Belle Inspiration!

Have you heard of Belle Inspiration? It's a beautiful bi-monthly online magazine.
They are based in Paris so there are many beautiful inspiring photos from Europe!
The photography is outstanding!!  So much eye-candy!

I need to copy this idea, blue and white M & Ms would be perfect in my home!

Reading Bella Inspiration is like taking a vacation...

...you will be transported away to some

I Love Summer!!!

My hydrangeas are in full bloom right now!



They are my favorite flower! If I had room in my garden I would plant a lot more of these! I  love cutting them for bouquets!   

 Hydrangeas and shells....that's the ultimate beach cottage look to me!




I hope you all had a wonderful weekend! I went to Santa Cruz and I'll have some pics of that later in the week to share with you! Pics of old

Show and Tell Friday!

Welcome to Show and Tell Friday! 
Wow! I took a vacation day today to do some things around my home and I figured I would get this post together some time today and then I got so busy I completely forgot about it! Sorry I'm late getting this up...I usually try to get my Show and Tell posts up by Thursday evening at 6:30 but here it is after 8pm and I just thought about it!!! So sorry to those of

Happy Father's Day

I'm late getting this post up but I had to say Happy Father's Day to my dad on my blog...after all he is  my biggest fan! 
I drove up to visit him yesterday (he lives 2 1/2 hours away from me) and he gave me a stack of old photos and this one of the two of us in our backyard was in there. I think I must have been about 12-14 years old here which means it was taken around 1972-74.  Usually I can

Show and Tell Friday!

I really think the weeks go by faster since I took over Show and Tell Fridays!  It sort of feels like my life is on fast-forward these days!  I remember my mom always saying that time goes faster the older you get and I believe her now! I wish I could slow it down a bit. The positive thing (and there always is a positive) is that the weekends come quickly! I love the weekends!!!
It's getting

I've Lost My Followers

Through the years ~ My Romantic Home
Like so many other bloggers, I've lost all my Followers on my sidebar due to a problem with Blogger! It's a little scary to think that what took me years to build is now gone but I have faith that Blogger will find the problem and all my Followers will be returned to my sidebar! I like looking at your pretty faces over there...peeking at me through my

Show and Tell Friday

 Welcome to Show and Tell Friday!  This week I'm sharing my new orchids!  The white one was a gift from "a certain someone"... he bought it for me one morning while we were strolling through the Los Gatos Farmer's Market.  Then the next weekend I bought the one below.  They are only about $8 each which makes me want to buy a new one every weekend!  If you are joining in on Show and Tell Friday,

Some new dinnerware!

I got some new dishes!  I love them! You have to visit my Product Review Page to see!
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Exciting news! I'm about to hit 3 MILLION visitors to my blog! I think it may happen sometime today! I have a counter on the bottom of my right sidebar in case you want to see if you are my 3 millionth visitor!!!!
******Also...This month is my 6 year anniversary blogging and I plan on doing a great

Show and Tell Friday!

Welcome to Show and Tell Friday!  
First I would like to thank those of you that let me know that Woman's Day was on The Today Show this morning and they showed my seashell wreath!  I had no idea they were doing that so unfortunately I didn't see it.  My name wasn't mentioned but they did say that the instructions are on their website and my name and a link to my blog is there so I'm thrilled!!!

Exciting News!!!

Photo credit: Woman's Day Magazine

I'm so happy I can finally share some exciting news with you!  My seashell wreath tutorial is going to be in the August issue of Woman's Day Magazine!!!  Somehow they found my tutorial on my blog and contacted me about putting it the magazine! 
 They made their own version of it (which is so beautiful) and I got credit and also got my blog mentioned in the