A Celebration For Mom's

These are the flowers that were on the men's table at the

 Mother's Day celebration my daughter hosted. (Votives

from Pier 1). 

These are some of my favorite images from a  Mother's Day 

celebration my daughter had for women that are mothers and

women that are motherless.

The flowers on the women's table.

Table set for the women at the celebration.

Sweet photo of the blouse and necklace worn by my grand-daughter.

Beautiful earrings worn by my daughter. 

(from Nordstrom's rack).

Awesome earrings worn by a gorgeous mother.

Gifts from the event. Notice the crown sugar cookie?

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and The Feathered Nest

Oh, The PLACES I've Been

All Things French

This chandelier printed on burlap and framed, I found at

Hobby Lobby.

Raoul Dufy image on silk scarf. See the Eiffel Tower

on the right.

This was taken at T.J. Maxx. It was a poster board for sale.

This is Dufy.

Here I am in my office all alone composing a post in

my dreams of France and everything French.

Borrowed image. Source unknown. If it is you, please, leave

me a comment and I will credit you and give 

a link back to your post.

My favorite photographic print that I have hanging

in my home.

Chambord  Castle.

I'm joining this party at Castles Crowns and Cottages:

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More From The Shabby Chic Boutique

 Most photos of this post are from Rachel Ashwell's Shabby Chic Couture

  boutique in Santa Monica, California. These photos are from the

  visit I made in January of this year and  they didn't get in my original post.

The vintage bottles are from Rachel's shea butter line.

Those are little blue coin purses and make-up bags.

Go here to see more photos that I took in January from

Rachel's boutique.

What would a shabby chic post of mine be without a  pretty chandelier.

I like the shade on this little lamp.

Doesn't this look comfy?

Everything looks so sweet in her shop even this ordinary table.

Funky chandelier? What do you think?

I've been thinking about having a giveaway with products from Rachel's boutique.

Santa Monica, California location.

I'm linking with The Tablescaper for Oh, The Places I've Been

A personal note here about being a Shabby Chic fan. I am not 

reimbursed for posting anything Shabby Chic. I have been  into

Shabby Chic way before I had a blog in my brain. 

 I started decorating my master bedroom, master bath

 and one guest bedroom in shabby chic in 2001. I was taping

Rachel Ashwell's TV shows (they were 1/2 hour shows) and

a friend of mine told me Rachel had a boutique in Fashion Island

in Newport Beach, California (now closed) and then later in

Malibu, California(also closed) (I knew about the

 Santa Monica boutique-still open). I watched my taped shows

of Rachel's over and over and eventually sent the tape to

comfort a friend. I didn't make a copy.Wouldn't it be 

great if Rachel made a DVD of those episodes?

All this was before Rachel's line was in Target, altho

 for a time it was in Mervyn's. Anybody remember that?

In 2004 I switched into overdrive and really got passionate

about shabby chic decor. I found my end tables at the now 

defunct Subtle Tone boutique (Newport Beach, Ca)-shown

below-and my friend Pernilla and my daughter helped me

with it and we all took a field trip and had lunch at Jennifer

Lopez' restaurant Madre's in Pasadena, California. 

Designed and decorated by Rachel. It was beautiful. 

 It was opened from 2002 to July 2008. 

My last  project was to shabby chic my laundry 

room and I did that last summer (shown below).

My Shabby Chic laundry room

My bedside table ala Rachel Ashwell

 Happy Mother's Day

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My Roses In The Spring Rain

These are photos from the first rain of spring and some of the first blooms.

This is probably our last rain for awhile.

I found this here.

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Shabby Chic Treasure

In the mail this month came this beautiful shabby chic

dreamcatcher made by Laurie at Heaven's Walk. I

put it in a shabby chic guest bedroom.

Shabby chic pillow from the line at Target.

My roses.

Just a note here to say that I like to order when I can from

blogger's shops or etsy shops. I am currently ordering

my mother's day gifts from Beachcomber's etsy shop.

I was visiting at Tina's and got inspired about

orchids. I added these to my master bath.

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Spring Looks

Taryn Rose Sandals.

I like these looks for spring. 

 This is from Joan Vaas. I especially like

 the cardigan/shrug.

 This is from Johnny Was. It is silk.

This looks great for going into summer. By Tolani.

This is also in silk.

These are by Ippolita. I like this line of jewelry.

I don't get reimbursed for the products

I post. Everything I post is what I really like

or own.

Here is the photo of my hair that my hairdresser (Janine)  took after she

did a magnificent job on my color. Awhile back I told you I would

post my new hair and this is it. 

Do you see how she mixed the blonde in with my grey. 

My hair, now, looks younger than me.

My Disneyland Spring Break

Disneyland is literally a few minutes from my home.

I visited this past week. I took these photos  in the morning

and it was overcast as you will see. I got there early enough

to see the Main Street vehicles. They only run in the morning

 and early afternoon. This photo was taken on Main Street.

How could I resist taking a few photos of the beautiful chandeliers that are in the

shops along Main Street?

This chandelier is pink and white and I thought very girly, girly shabby chic.

It is in the candy store. Disneyland has made some changes on Main Street since 

I was last there. One of them is the location of the candy store.

This beautiful Dooney and Bourke Handbag is in a gift shop on

Main Street. Do you see the little Mickeys on it?

You can buy this at Disneystore.com.

This is a photo of the Matterhorn ride taken from the Corner Cafe that 

now has the bakery in it. You can see here how overcast it was.

Is it my imagination or do these little flowers look like little Mickey heads?

These pots are hanging all down Main Street.

When I have visited Disneyland I have rarely seen the Main Street vehicles and 

I couldn't resist this photo.

This flower bed looks heart-shaped to me and very shabby chic with it's 

pink and white flowers.

These are the feet of my companions (my grandchildren) as we stood in line 

for a bite to eat.

This is part of the Disneyland charm. This photo is dedicated to all

my family and friends that I have accompanied to Disneyland .

Mickey Mouse topiary that stands in front of the pool area of

the Disneyland Hotel. 

Cute hooded bathing suit cover-up for the pool. 

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