~LOVE~ & Linky Follower Party #2

Happy Valentine's Day

As I thought about Valentine's Day, I knew I wanted to use the color pink in my decorating this year.  My sister, Lisa, gave me the sweetest cream and sugar and four cups and saucers as part of my Christmas gift this year.  She found them at one of our favorite haunts.  ;0)  They are beautiful, and have lots of pink, so I knew they would be perfect.



I also knew I wanted roses in my silver coffee pot.  These sweet little buds have begun to dry, and I am ready to hang them upside down to complete the process.  They will be beautiful for a long time. 



I won a fabulous giveaway from Christine @ Stonehouse Living a few weeks ago.  This silver dish was one of the many things she sent me.  I love it!  Click on her blog name above to see all the other wonderful things she sent to me!  












I even decorated my sugar bowl.  To be completely honest, I believe it was my father, that I first saw do this.  It was many years ago.  He added a teaspoon, or so, of colored sugar to the sugar bowl.  Mix it all up, and your sugar bowl is decorated for the occasion.  



The Valentine's banner took about 10 minutes to make.  I used my trusty glue gun, and glued the paper doilies and buttons onto a piece of ribbon!

Watch for this recipe soon!

Jess @ A Cozy Cottage in the City made the most beautiful cupcakes in January, and I vowed I would try and replicate them for Valentines.  I also think they would be perfect for Mother's Day, Easter, Birthdays, Showers...well, you get the picture.  I love cupcakes!  All you 'vintage lovers' will love Jess's blog.

Greater love has no one than this,

 that he lay down his life for his friends. 

John 15:13 NIV 




Photography courtesy of
 Nicole Payzant Photography.

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Linky Followers Party #2

Many of you have probably already heard that

GOOGLE FRIEND CONNECT WILL GO AWAY

on Feb 29 for any one that is not with blogspot

but rumor has it that it is being completely phased out for everyone soon

BUT

there is good news

RULES:

1. you MUST have the LINKY FOLLOWERS tool on your site to participate.

If you see that your link has been deleted you need to add the LINKY FOLLOWER tool to your site and then come back over and re-enter your link
{You can have both the LINKY FOLLOWERS & GFC on your site but you must have the LINKY FOLLOWERS toolto participate in this party hop.}

2. You MUST follow the person who has the party on their site as a thank you.

3. Just add your blog button to the LINKY PARTY below.

4.Then grab the BLOG HOP code

You will find the code right under the Linky Party where it says CLICK HERE TO ENTER–

just under that it says: WHAT IS A BLOG HOP? GET THE CODE HERE

Click on GET THE CODE HERE and enter it into a post on your site.

You can grab the party button code in the FOOTER at Its So Very Cheri

You can grab info from my post if it helps you with your post.

5. Then you follow other bloggers–(as many as you want)
–leave each one of the blogs that you follow a comment letting them know you are following them and ask them to follow you back.

If you want to add the BLOG HOP to your own site you will get lots of new followers–(see rule #2)