Off to a Wedding shower!

Off to a wedding shower

for my daughter,

What a lovely day it will be...

I am so excited!

Have a wonderful weekend,

Petie

Happy Birthday!

Happy, Happy, Birthday Anna...
Have a cupcake

or two...

or one big one...

How about some pretty cotton candy

to celebrate with?

or a grand celebration

with balloons and champagne...

or even better,

a birthday party with gifts...

Have a wonderful day...

Hugs,

Petie

The Elusive Coffee Table Book

My daughter was

looking for a coffee table book

for her guests to sign at her

upcoming wedding...

She was looking for

something along the lines of

ranching, agriculture, Arizona scenery, etc...

Finding this book seems next to

impossible...

A few years back

I went to an auction with my parents,

and one of the items that were up for auction

was this really cool ranching coffee table book...

Of course,

I had to have that book and wouldn't you know it,

other people there wanted that book just as much as I did...

I set my price for bidding

and was determined not to go over my set bidding price...

Well, with all the excitement that this book

brought in bidding...

I got caught up in the bidding war...

Lucky for me I lost the war...

Can you imagine

me coming home and telling my husband

that I just paid $350.00 for a coffee table book...

I think my limit on the book was around $40.00...

Yes, I kept bidding right up to around $325.00...

So, I think it's fair to say

that I am not good with limits...

and of course,

I will never forget that book...

In my quest for finding her a book,

I came across the book above...

I love this book...

I love the couch on page 127...

Everything on pages 48 and 49...

on pages 58 and 59,

are recipes for beeswax polish and furniture polish...

and my most favorite page is page 70...

I love that room...

you can go here

http://www.baileyshomeandgarden.com/our-book/new-book.php

to see images from the book...

We are still looking for a book, I keep comparing all the books to

the one that got away...

I hate when that happens...

Still Searching,

Petie

Book Giveaway

The blog

My House of Giggles

is having a giveaway...

please, visit her blog

for a chance to win a copy of

Atlanta Bartlett's "at home with white"...

and don't forget

to check out her sidebar of pictures,

I love the chalkboard wall

she has in her kitchen...

Good Luck,

Petie

Country Lighting

I am such a

sucker

for

simplicity...

I love the ambiance

of the

glowing candles

in the

mason jars...

and the way they

cleverly

placed the name tags

on the outside of

the jars
that they will be

using for their

drinking glasses...

Cheers,

Petie

Country Roses

I

picked these

roses

from my

Mom and Dad's

rose bushes...

They are so beautiful...

I can't quit looking at them...

I

arranged them

in a

vase and stuck them

in

my favorite

green

container...

At the bottom

of the

container

are some

Martha Stewart

tissue paper puffs

that

my daughter and I

are

making to use

in her

upcoming

Wedding...
I

can hardly

wait...

for the

Wedding,

that is...

It's been a blast planning

it with her...

She is so on top of everything...

right down to the last detail...

I am so lucky to have her,

for a

daughter...

She will make a

beautiful

Bride....

Getting ansy,

Petie