Pinkpomegranate

Celebrating, Cookies.....

My mom Mary loves to iron....

She said it's relaxing.....

Isn't this voile  printed dress from the 20's just beautiful...it wasn't so when she found it. She brought it home and laundered and pressed it into sheer perfection

Here are some more of her perfect creations....German cookies. She made these in special molds
which she said is also relaxing and fun to make...

Pretty Valentines heart...

Beautiful Rose and too pretty to eat don't you think?

I think this itty bitty gloved hand is my favorite...

More of her creations on silk...

These she is making for pillow tops...I think this too is my favorite

My mother is truly an artist...If you ask her she will say she's a china painter. I don't think there is any media that she hasn't tried and mastered...This last week she helped me make our shop sign after the
sign guy flaked on us...What do you think?

Hum mm....Pink?

Pomegranate...

Hopefully it's going up tomorrow...Just a few touches left ...Thanks Mom for all your help and encouragement. Couldn't of made it with out you...and will be celebrating our opening this week!

Beautiful Sunny Day...

It has been raining and we do need it...there was talk that the farmers would not be able to plant their crops because of a severe drought.  Well, the farmers are going to get the water they need and more storms are on the way. I am so grateful for the little bit of sun that is shinning today, a much needed relief to all the gray wet days. Well, we have been busy getting ready to open our shop and begin on a new adventure. There are always the unpredicted set backs but looks like we will make our March opening...I am beginning to get excited and can't wait...
I
I am ready for a Spring Song! Yeah
(Beautiful Basket by the talent Donna O'Brien)

Hope you have a wonderful week Pinkie

Happy Valentines!

Hope your Day  is filled with much Happiness and Love......Pinkie

A Curve in the Road...

While driving along on this road of life you sometimes hit an unexpected bump...or come up on a unseen curve ahead. Well, that is what happened. This Monday morning my husband left for work as usual. He leaves  early and has about a half an hour drive. I was getting ready to take my youngest off to pre-school and his boss pulled up in his work truck...I had this sinking feeling that what he had to tell me could not be good. He told me Brad had become sick on the way to work and when he got there he was not good, he told him to get into the truck and brought back to town to the hospital. My husband is never sick...I rushed out there as fast as I could and was told that he was having chest pain and had been given nitroglycerin.
I can't tell you what fear came over me, my father-in law died right after I met my husband at 46 and my own father at 41, both of heart attacks. My husband spent the night for testing and heart monitoring. Many friends and family were praying...visited and even sent food....I can't tell you what a blessing they all were at this time. My husband is now home and doing ok, we are so happy to have Our Daddy back, he is such a blessing to us. We love him very much! Sometimes we take so much for granted, I thank God everyday for my wonderful family. Pinkie

A Song for Annie

I love to look at magazines, when my kids are all safe in bed at night I will sit
in my favorite chair and dream and decorate....I will clip out pages and keep
them in file folders of my favorites....for someday. When my older children now,
19 and 20 were little I had a little shop. We had antiques and collectibles, I made my dolls and other crafts, offered painting classes, it was a lot of fun. I
enjoyed the people and finding things for my shop, and watched the excitement as they went to new homes. As I had more children I just had to give it up and my mom took it over and had a antique store, Forget-me-nots
was the name. Someday, again I dream of having a shop ....In one of my
magazines I found the perfect inspiration. The shop keeper has a gift shop-antique store in one side and a restaurant in the other. What a perfect combination! I love this.....instead of tearing the pages out of this magazine,
I keep it right by my bedside table dreaming for almost 9 years. The name of the magazine is one of my favorites Romantic Homes.....

Last summer, our cousin Corey of Tongue and Cheek came home to visit for
her annual trek.....She thought it would be fun to introduce us to some of her
talented artist friends she had met through her blog.....Blog? What was that?
We were soon to find out....

We prepared for a wedding  themed party at my Mom's home (aka the Fairy
Godmother) She really is Corey's Godmother....All we knew is four ladies were
coming. An very talented lady flying all the way from Texas wow, a doll maker,
and artist and her neighbor friend.....Our sweet cousin Alma decided to join us...

As the guest began to arrive, we began to share secrets about ourselves and
somehow it was like we had been friends forever even though we'd never met

Corey set the table so beautifully in anticipation of our guest........
As we began to visit I heard Annie from Texas tell her story about having a
shop and restaurant  named Mabel Annie's, What? Could she be my Mabel, the
one from the magazine? My heart began to race, I became week in the knees and my throat began to tighten as I collapse in tears...Oh my Gosh ! I screeched several times and my mother began to think what is wrong knowing my reserved personality she could not figure what had brought me to tears...
You are Mabel Annie? I said the one from Romantic Homes? Yes, I had a shop
in Missouri, I couldn't believe it , I as in awe for words.....What I had mostly
admired about Annie and her story was her courage and fortitude as she had
started over and made a success  of her life with her five children as she relocated and started a new life....amazing and she was standing here with us
in our home, all because of Corey and her amazing match making skills, my mom calls her a "connector of people" it is an amazing gift....There is a lot more to the story , it is unbelievable, and still unfolding, the seeds sown that
day are still growing......

The article and Annie's shop in Romantic Homes April of 1999

Yes, its still by my night table and dreams do come true....
This a special gift from our friend Annie an found object bracelet she called it,
much like our found friendship,  made by Annie who is an incredible artist, she
is going to be at  ArtFest  in April  teaching classes, I am honored to know such an incredible loving person.....                                                                                  

A photo of Annie's restaurant, I love the mixed matched china and lampshade,

there is a painting on the back wall, by her husband Dan...

Corsages Annie made for us as Party favors.......I will treasure  it forever as a sweet reminder of that special day, if you'd like to see our party visit at Annies, love you Pinkie!

Update: I finally have taken a step to one of my dreams coming true...I will be opening our new Antique store this next week. My sister and I Rene' are selling vintage and antique collectibles and furniture. We will also sell our handcrafted items. I just wanted to repost this and say thank you Annie for all your inspiration and spark... Of course the name of our shop: Pink Pomegranate, Vintage Treasures collected along the way of living and enjoying life. Pinkie Denise and Ruby Rene'