Tarnished Silver

Eddie Ross of http://www.eddieross.com/eddie_ross/2009/01/before-after-the-power-of-polish-1.html#comments posted about finding treasures of tarnished silver and making them shine again with a little elbow grease. Here are a few of my silverware pieces...the pitcher was a 4$ find, the tray I bought because I was inspired by Cindy's beautiful tray at http://romantichome.blogspot.com/ And the cute little dish was an ebay 5$ find...

I shine mine with Wrights silver polish, I haven't found anything better than that!

Dreaming of Spring

More snow last night so Spring is aways off but I purchased a little springtime yesterday at a consignment shop. This dried flower arrangment was 15$ and is in a pretty vintage frame with convex glass.

I'm enjoying my little bit of indoor Spring!

Pink Saturday

This is my first pink Saturday and of course I have trouble downloading my pretty picture to post! I signed up to participate so I thought of this pretty dish I just bought for 3.99 at Marshalls. It's a beauty and just perfect for Valentine's Day. Some homemade heart shaped cookies with royal icing in pink would make a lovely gift. Wrap in cellophane paper with a pretty bow and you have a special homemade gift at a nominal cost!

It's hard to see but the plate has love written on it. I love the edging and this picture does not do it justice.

Happy Pink Saturday!

Old picture frame repurposed

This was a picture frame I found in bulk pickup this fall. I saw this idea on another blog and immediately went to my stash. This frame has pretty metal embellishments on it, painted it up, attached the lace with fabric glue (works great) finished the back off with some grosgrain ribbon and for 3$ have a pretty addition to my "romantic bath"!

Who's watching who?

Amaryllis Cheer

Check your local supermarket for great buys on plants and flowers. I purchased this amaryllis yesterday for 1.99 at my local market. The milk glass pedestal was an antique store find for 12$

This is my Christmas Amaryllis, I took this picture a few mins ago, it has been in bloom since Christmas.

The beauty of this plant has certainly helped with the winter blues!

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