Pinkpomegranate

Madame Doll Theatre

One of my blogging friends asked if I was making a theatre for the Collaborative with Catherine Moore, Huhm?
I am so glad I decided to join, and make such a fun project. I have always loved fashion, dolls and antiques.
It was left pretty much open for us to choose what we were going to do...
I chose an old clock case I had been saving for years for something to stage my theatre....


I am going to line the inside with old sheet music, with the theme moonlight waltz, so romantic....


I decided to crown the top of my theatre with what else....a wonderful tiara of empherma and millinery flowers...

I am having a little trouble decided which beautiful Madame will make her debut....I love them all...

I am making the stage curtains right now, so hard to choose, should I use the green, rose and French striped fabric for the drapes? I think the stripes might be a little to busy...

 I decided to use this wonderful antique tile with morning glories for my stage floor, isn't it great?

Well, I am off to put on the finishing touches, When I have it all together and I better it's supposed to be
done by this weekend...I will take a picture. It feels so good to be creating Pinkie Denise

Show and tell Sunday Vintage Tea

This the very first tea set I got when I was a teenager. I went to a flea market and loved the basket of flowers,
it has four matching tea cups and saucers, I have quite a few mismatched tea cups and saucers I used for
tea parties and teapots...





















But nothing compared to my mom's collection, so I decided to visit and snap a few picts of her china..





















This is my mom's kitchen shelf over her sink, she loves dishes, china and is also a china painter....
















This is a handpainted plate with roses and violets....
















Pretty tea cups and a luster teapot...
















Pretty English teapot...
















Pretty luster biscuit jar and some of her German cup collection...
































Silver tea strainer for making tea...
 















Pretty tea cups...





















Another teapot and flowers..
















My mom has an amazing collection of German luster cups, we buy them for her birthday, Christmas and
when we don't know what to get her, we can't go wrong. We quit counting at 110...
































and the teapots in her butler's pantry...





































































Cute little silver place card holders, perfect for any tea party...


























































These are some of my favorites....





















Having tea and doing teaparties are one of Pinkpomegranates most favorite things to do...We love to take out
all our linens and napkins, pick some roses and fresh flowers, and Ruby Rene' loves to make her favorite scones and tea sandwiches in the kitchen, won't you join us?  Thanks you Annalise for hosting Show and
Tell Sunday, be sure and visit everyone....Happy Sunday Pinkie Denise

Watching over us...

I can remember the image of this picture hanging on our living room wall growing up. It was a gift from my
Avo , my Grandmother Lena had bought for my mom at a small antique store many years ago.
Yesterday, my five year old Ryley Joe was having a little graduation ceremony from kindergarten, and my
niece Chelsea was in a play. My sister picked my son Liam and I up early in the morning to head out. My
children attend a small country school which is about 20 miles from our home. While traveling down the highway a pick up truck pulled out from a stop sign into our path, a semi truck to our left obsurced our view leaving us no time to stop....I have never been in a car accident before. My sister Rene was driving her minivan,
we slammed into the passenger side of the small truck. Rene jumped out and exclaimed the Angels were with
us....I know they were! We were ok just a few minor bumps and bruises, my son Liam was just a little shook
up. Thinking back I felt as if a bubble of protection engulfed us and something stopped us to keep the car from
rolling over. I thank my Heavenly Father for watching over us and I truly believe his angels came to our aid...
A little sore today, I have so much  to be thankful for.....

Show and Tell Vintage Linens

Welcome to Show and Tell Sunday hosted by Cerri of Little Pink Studio.Today our topic is Vintage Linens.
I love anything handmade, linens, napkins, laces, pillowcases, tablecloths and clothing. I have quite a few,
but nothing compared to my Mother, the Linen Lady. We were gone almost all day yesterday and I didn't have the luxury or time to photograph everything like I would of liked. So here is a peek into her linen closet...This is her upstairs bathroom...

This a beautiful red-work pillow sham, it was well used and loved...

This is a table in my mom's butlers pantry covered in a pretty vintage colorful tablecloth..

This is the hallway where my mother stores alot of her linens, but she also uses them to decorate all over her home..

I wish you could see what is inside this cupboard. I wanted to take them out and look at them all...

These are mostly crocheted tablecloths and the two on the bottom are Madeira work from the Azores Island which are infamous for their handwork...This is where my grandparents came from and I think  this is where the love for vintage handwork was  woven into our heritage....
(The beautiful hand painted painters palette was a gift from my mother's Godchild in France)

A monogrammed tablecloth and beautiful petticoat...

I love this sweet pillow, my mom has a collection of these along with bedspreads from the twenty's

Another pillow and some dresser scarves...

This is one of my mom's many apron's, she wears them too.....

My mom loves blue birds....

Some of her napkin collection....

Everywhere you look in my mom's home little doilies and lace touch her house....

Did I mention she loves to iron?

More whites and creams...

This is her collection of vintage hand crocheted towels.....

Just a peek into her bathroom.....

I think I will have to do another part two post .....There is just to much too see. Hope you enjoyed this

view into Godmother Mary's linen closet and have a Happy Sunday from Pink Pomegranate

Be sure and check out everyone else's show and tell there  are  so many pretties to see!

So Familiar

This is my Grandfather Luiz Deniz. He came to America when he was seventeen years old. Here he is pictured with his many nieces and nephews....

I remember my Avo well, I lived and grew up with him on the farm until I was nine years old. My grandfather
was a strong man, yet little in stature, quite, gentle and very thoughtful...He loved his family, six brothers and three sisters. He visited with them almost every single day. He was the last of his siblings to leave the
Azores to come to a new life bringing is two younger sisters Rose and Anna.

This is a transfer-ware bowl my Grandfather brought with him along with a handwoven linen towel, my mother guards these family heirlooms and shares our rich family history in wonderful stories for all her
grandchildren....

I remember my Grandmother Lena's stories of how they would go to the fields to gather flax to be beaten
in to thread that would then be woven in to beautiful cloth such and this towel....

This is a paper doll my mom made from the photo above of her Grandmother Maria....She never made it
to America. My mom said her life was hard and she was not well, her dream was to see her children have
a better life in this land...While my mom was creating her she said she had a sense of her drawing near as she dressed her in her beautiful new clothes and saw her smile....

While attending a family gathering a few days ago I had the privilege to spend time with my Grandfather's family....several of his nieces are pictured here from the original photo of him almost 90 years ago...(Annie Deniz and Delmeda Deniz) (from left to right) Judy Bush, cousin, Annie Deniz cousin,Robin, my mom Mary, Joan Thodus,cousin, Anne Amaro Corriea, cousin, Elaine cousin, Kathy Ingraham, cousin, myself and Pamela Edwards cousin. As I gazed into my cousins eyes they were so familiar, I felt my grandfather Luiz very near....

My Mother's Day Gifts

I am doing my Mother's Day post a little late...We had a wonderful day with all of our family, my oldest Zachary is away at college studying to be a Geneticist. It is finals week and he was not able to come home.
It was also his  21th birthday and  he was certainly  my greatest Mother's Day gift....he was born on Mother's Day...

This is my next son Ryley Joseph, we call him "Joe" he is 5 years old and just about ready to finish kindergarten. He told me this morning, " Mom I only have to ride the bus 8 more day's. He has an hour bus ride in the morning and afternoon....He loves when his sister's drive and he doesn't have to take that long ride... He loves to play outside and ride his scooter and bicycle and do stunt tricks

This is my youngest Liam he is 4....He gets to stay at home with mom alot while everyone else is at school.
Liam is my little helper, he loves to help and sticks right by me, he also is good at making messes.....

This is my oldest daughter Heidi, she is 19 and attends Chico State and plans on majoring in Art...
She loves to draw and create and is really into vintage clothes....

This is Savannah at prom a few weeks ago...She is 16 and a Junior, she loves sports and softball, she wants
to attend college and plans on being a teacher...

This is my youngest daughter Mia...she also went to prom, she is 15 and loves to play sports too and plans on going to UC Davis and study Medicine.....

This is my Mother, Mary and my youngest Liam...I just want to say thank you Mom for being such a wonderful teacher and mentor....She raised us well and gave us lots of love and a rich heritage...We were all together for Mother's Day except for my brother Eddie who live in Arkansas, but we heard from him though....Hope everyone had a wonderful day spent with loved ones as we did Pinkie

Lovely, Swaps, Finds

The weather is beautiful, it's really starting to warm up....going out this morning I snapped a few photos of
my garden in front...

Hollyhock, in vibrant shades of pinks, yellows and reds are peaking out and my foxgloves....

Roses, in all shade of pink, vibrant dark to the palest pink wild rose....

And one lone sweet pea volunteered, oh I just love their sweet scent.....

And this lovely package arrived in the mail from Jenny at Pinkaboo. She was my partner for the Kentucky
Derby Hat Swap....I love it Jenny and as you can see she picked all my favorite colors and it goes perfectly
with all my things. You did a wonderful job Jenny and thank you, this was such a fun swap. I love vintage
hats and clothing and it will go well with my collections....

So pretty and soft...

Last weekend I was planning on going to a big flea market in the Bay Area....because of family obligations I wasn't able to get away. I did go to a couple of yard sales here and I couldn't believe what I found!

A large piece of canvas cloth from maybe a flour sack, so beautiful covered with very old buttons...

They are all arrange by color and so lovingly sew on...they are even marked with whom they belonged to and where they came from. I was so excited I think I was hyperventilating....

This reads gold button from her Granmothers wedding dress 9-2-1875 Wow

Also button from someone named Mary's grandmothers charm string, so amazing to me....also a military button dating from 1876. I'll just show you a couple more of my favorites...

I have been so busy lately I haven't had time to sit and enjoy them, but I will...

There are rows of these beauties, the steels are my favorites...They are Victorian, I can only imagine what garments they adorned, what beautiful fabric they became attached to....Prized to be kept and handed down through passage of time...I so glad they were treasured for many to love....

I believe this large button is carved of jet....when I found the canvas of buttons I hesitantly asked the woman the price....I must have three dollars for that she said, I'll take it!

Show and Tell Sunday

This is one of my favorite booths in a Antique Mall I love to visit...The name of the store is Eighth and Main located in Chico, California.....I love all the shabby chic furniture and chippy paint

Isn't this a beautiful wall sconce? I love the baubles...

She has a lot of sea shells in her booth which I adore...I am redoing my bathroom with shells

Oh, these polished shells are just beautiful...

A Sea Castle, maybe where a mermaid princess lives...

Beautiful Jewels displayed in this case....

What a beautiful crown!

I love this dress form and the mercury glass and cloches.....

I love this beautiful bust, sorry she's for display only, seems like the best things aren't for sale...

I think I need this beautiful cabinet for my dolls, don't you? I just love this....

What sweet dolls....I just love theses German Girls...

I think I need a PINK fix....don't you agree...Gorgeous

Pink Hollyhocks.....lovely bowl...

This is the most beautiful handpainted mirror I have seen...

This lamp, isn't the shade to die for? Yum!

This is a Victorian Bridal Dress, can you see the glass beading? I love shopping at antique store, but rarely do I buy my finds in stores, most of my antiques come from thrift and tag and estate sales. Wouldn't it be
something to find something like this at a yard sale? Stranger things have happen...Yesterday I found an
amazing find I will share later....Happy Show and Tell Sunday be sure and check out everyones sharing at
Cerri's Little Pink Studio Pinkie Denise

Soiree, Ahoy!

I have always loved the ocean. My grandparents who were from the Azores Islands in the Atlantic talked and dreamed of their homeland...I have not been able to make a visit to this place of my inheritance, but hope to someday...
We would spend many summer visiting the blue waters...I love shells, love to fish,and just sit in the warm sand and watch the crashing waves...

As I dream of the beautiful ocean, riding the high seas, maybe I was a mermaid
in another life...

This is my creation...My Ocean Dreamer Crown for now as I gaze and dream of
sailing the sea with my  mermaid crown upon my head.....Happy Swashbuckler Soiree....Pinkie