Summer Wedding, Simply Elegant on a Budget!

July 11, 2009

A casual outdoor summer wedding on a glorious day,

with family and friends is a happy occasion

 to have and behold!

Pure creative joy...on a budget!

~*~

My Son and his Bride just celebrated their 1st. Anniversary,
this is the story of their wedding!

~My Son & his Bride~

~flower girl fairy crowns~

~Program Fans~

~flowers from Pike Place Market~

~gorgeous Costco roses~

~Wedding cake made by Auntie Sally~

~Walking down the isle~

(the Bride was just handed over to the Groom)

~Their daughter Lulu is totally mesmerized~

~The reception in the garden room ~

~I'm loving this, the 'ring bearer' ~

I hope you enjoy our little stroll down memory lane...

and just a little foot note,

they're expecting a bambino

the end of January...

Lulu say's" it's a baby sissster",

Mom & Dad are 'wishing on a star for a boy',

But of course, 

will be happy with whatever God chooses to gives them! :)

I'm going to link this with Kathleen's blog over at

'Faded Charm'

for

White Wednesday! 

and

Cindy's blog 'My Romantic Home'

for

Show & Tell Friday!

Please visit as many of the participants that you can,

they're such a CrEaTiVe group!

I enjoy each and every one of your sweet comments

and would looove it if you'd FOLLOW ME!

Always, Debbie~

Remember These?

We had a wonderful weekend celebrating the 4th.,

it started out at a friends party on the 3rd. I wish

I had pictures to share, they had enough food for

an army and a 'Yankee Doodle Parade' for anyone

that wanted to participate and what fun it was, lots

of adults got into the festivities as well as the kiddos!

We voted and got prizes as well as the parade

participants! Thanks Jeri & Paul for such a

wonderful

party!!!

We went to the beach for the 4th.

Our Aunt Mary & Uncle Tom

have the most wonderful home

where we all congregate each

4th. of July,

at one time, I counted 48 people!

There were kids out in the boat,

babies and Mama's in the house,

and

a couple dozen or so

cozied up to the tables

visiting

and

grazing

snacking

dining

okay, it was more of a

feeding frenzy!!!

~*~

I've been practicing my

cake decorating on the family again!

(remember the cupcakes?)

~*~

When I was a little girl,

my Grandma Stella made me

the most adorable doll cakes,

you know, 

where the cake was the dolls dress.

Well, I've decided to practice

so our Granddaugters will have

the same sweet cakes that I

enjoyed as a little girl!!!

Here's my first attempt.

Betsy Ross!

I'm sorry I didn't get a picture of her cut,

she was a jello cake with

blueberry

and

cherry

jello

for

the

RED

WHITE

&

BLUE!

I have a lot to learn, but I think I have

enough confidence to make

one in August, for one of our little Birthday girls!!!

I'm linking up with Kathleen's blog

Faded Charm

for

White Wednesday!

and

Cindy's blog 'My Romantic Home'

for

Show & Tell Friday

Please visit as many of these participants

that you can they are so CrEaTiVe!

I enjoy each and everyone of your comments

and would looove it if you'd

Follow Me!

Always, Debbie~

Wishing You All a Healthy and Happy 4th. of July!

I looove the 4th. of July,

to sum up what it means to me would be easy.

It's all about family & friends!

summer, picnics, water and fun!!!

This little vintage Betsy Ross, is one of my favorite things,

and the best part about her is that,

she

belonged

to

my

Grandma

Stella!

who's that peeking out up there?

My

true

colors

~*~

"Uncle Sam"

guarding

Elfie's

pad!

~*~

Red*White*Blue*Green

Red*White*Blue

Chippy

Shabby

&

White 

~*~ 

I'm linking this up with

Joan's blog  

'Anything Goes Here'

for

'Vintage 4th. of July Party'

and

Faded Charm

for

White Wednesday

and

Cindy's 'My Romantic Home'

for

Show & Tell Friday

Please go visit all these party

participants

and

join

in

on

the

fun!

I enjoy reading each and every one

of your comments

and

I'd looove it,

if you'd

'follow me'!

Always, Debbie~

JUST A LITTLE PEEK INTO OUR BEDROOM

Our bedroom is teeny tiny, just big enough for

the essentials and that's a stretch!

I've been putting off showing you even the smallest

little glimpse of this room, but I found the most beautiful

Matelasse spread last week and just today I found pillow

shams to go with it, so I've decided to show it off!

Isn't it pretty?

Guess what?

I found it at my local thrift shop last week for

less

than

$20.00...

I know,

I couldn't believe it either!!!

Just today I found the pillow shams, peaking out in the back,

I'm sooo excited 

AND

can you believe,

 they were a thrift store find!?!

~*~

~oops, the little lamp shade is tilted~

My Dad made the little night stand for me years ago

and a friend painted the adorable key hole on it

with a sweet little cottage inside it!

I know, isn't it funny I ended up with a dresser

that almost matches my nightstand?

The mirror is pretty shabby,

I just adore it,

and when my MacGiver painted it for me,

he left me a little note (still there), saying

he called a store in Seattle that

could replace the beveled mirror for us...

Not

on

your

life,

I looove it just the

way it is,

but I also looove

the fact that he took the time to

find out where to have a new

one made...

How cool was that?!!!

~*~

I'm linking up with 'Faded Charm'

for

'White Wednesday'

and

Cindy's blog 'My Romantic Home'

for

Show & Tell Friday

  Please go visit all the participants you can,

they're such a CrEaTiVe group!

I enjoy each and everyone of your comments

and would looove it

if you'd

FOLLOW ME!!!

Always, Debbie~

The 2nd. Annual Blog Party of 'Where Bloggers Create'

~*~

This

 is

 where

my

 creative

space

pictures

should

be...

BUT

My filled to the brim work space, isn't quite finished

and

isn't even close ready for guests yet.

I'm really sorry about this 

and 

really hate it when I can't do something I've said I'd do,

but lately I've been real busy and it seems I dropped the ball

as far as my creative space goes.

and so,

...even though I was sooo excited about participating

in the second annual 'Where Bloggers Create',

I just wasn't able to work on my space.

If I was to show you a few pictures of it,

Y'all would either be rolling on the floor laughing or

you might feel totally and emotionally drained by the

sheer thought of me having to TRY and get it organized

for the party... It's better that I not even try to get it done

at this point and just go and enjoy everyone's

beautiful spaces!

Phewwww! I'm already feeling a little bit better now that

I've made up my mind to wait until next year and that is a

GOOD THING!!!

I've been looking at as many of your blogs as possible,

they're beautiful and SO INSPIRING!!!

I'll get busy on my space and I know it will be a lot more

inspiring to me, as well as way more interesting to all of YOU

 when I get it organized the way I want it!

I'm linking up to Karen's blog 'My Desert Cottage'

so Y'all can go over and see all the incredible spaces

these CrEaTiVe gals have that are participating in 

this awesome party!

Always, Debbie~

Through My Garden Gate

My white clematis is beautiful this year,

it has sooo many blooms and many more

to come,  always beckoning me out, to wander 

through the garden gate to take in all there is to

see amongst the ever changing garden.

don't look too closely, or the weeds will pop out!

~truly beautiful~

~I looove the crisp clean WHITE~

Don't YOU just feel like doing a little dance

to

help 

celebrate

the

garden?!

You just never know what you might find,

around

this

garden

gate

Could it be...

is

that

the

dish

running

away

with

the

spoon?

I'm linking up with Cindy's blog 'My Romantic Home'

for

Show & Tell Friday

I invite Y'all to visit as many of

the participants that you can,

they're a CrEaTiVe group that

love sharing their ideas

for you to use in your home & garden!

I enjoy reading each and every one of your comments

and I'd looove it, if you'd FOLLOW ME!

Always, Debbie~

My French Lamp "Le Progres"

This is my favorite lamp, I bought it at one of my fave

antique stores in this area years ago, she was known for her glassware,

but had several lamps at any given time. A year or so before,

I'd bought another  gorgeous lamp from her, and one day while visiting

her shop, she told me she had a lamp from the same estate

where my other lamp had come from, and if I was interested

in it, she'd sell it to me! Well needless to say, the second I layed eyes

on it, I knew it had to be MINE!!!

I looove it!

It didn't have the fabulous green shades, they were a garage sale find

from an antique dealer that occasionally had garage sales, it

truly was my lucky day to find two beautiful green shades that

FIT my beautiful French lamp!

~I believe it may be zinc~

I'm linking this with Cindy's blog My Romantic Home

for

Show & Tell Friday!

and
at A Few of My Favorite Things
for
Favorite Things Friday

Please visit as many of the participants as you can

they're such a CrEaTiVe group of gals!

I enjoy each of your comments and would looove it if

you'd FOLLOW ME!

Always, Debbie~