Camellias - Show and Tell Friday

Welcome to Show and Tell Friday!  Lots of things are beginning to bloom right now in Northern California including the camellias! 







Floating camellia blossoms in a bowl of water is the traditional way to display them.  I used this beautiful cherub pedestal dish I've had for many years.






I love the soft pink color against the aqua birdcage!  








I love this time of year when

For the Love of Roses - Show and Tell Friday!

Who doesn't love roses?  I do now but when I was young and moved into my first home I ripped out all the rose bushes because I hated roses! I replaced them with junipers!  Ugh...JUNIPERS!  It's really amazing how much our tastes can change over the years!






Now I love roses... especially pink roses!  I'm really not into red roses at all!  Pink, peach, white, yellow, lavender... really

Valentine's Day Cupcakes - Show and Tell Friday

Welcome to Show and Tell Friday!






I decided to make some Valentine's Day cupcakes to take to work!






Because it was a weeknight, I just used a box cake mix. My favorite box cake mix brand is Duncan Hines. I don't like ready-made frosting though so I mix up my own butter cream frosting. It's so much better!  I've shared this recipe before but I'll repost it so you don't have to hunt

Four years of February - Show and Tell Friday!

Feb 2012



Welcome to Show and Tell Friday!  



My life is busy! I bet yours is too! I know I said at the start of this year I was going to blog more than once a week and at the time I said that I really believed it but my life seems to get in the way of that these days and I feel like that I have half the free time that I used to have. I've been blogging since 2005! Maybe that's the reason.