Scripture in Pictures Sunday

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Scripture in Pictures Sunday

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 xxoo Nan

Vintage, Yellow Roseville!

I love vintage pottery, especially the brands produced in Ohio. Roseville, Weller and Hull are some of my favorites. This pair of Vintage, Yellow vases were a gift from my parents and I've had them for at least twenty years. 

 The vases were known as Cornucopias. I've always wondered just exactly how they arranged flowers in them because of the angle of the throat. I really should experiment and see for myself.

This pattern is known as Bittersweet. Maybe I'll see if I can find some branches of real Bittersweet and arrange them in the vases and incorporate them into my Fall decorating! Doing a little research, I discovered the Bittersweet pattern was also manufactured in a pretty Minty Green and Rose, which was actually a combination of blue and pink. 

 Here is a shot of the bottom of the vase with the Roseville mark and serial number. I'm guessing the black marks identified the craftsman who actually painted the vases. 

 I also wanted to share these really cool arrangements I spotted yesterday in a gift shop.

I think these would be so easy to make! They are just bundles of sticks wrapped in ribbon and adorned with little pinecones, leaves and flowers. They were probably about 2-1/2' to 3' tall  and had a hefty price of $65!
Thanks for stopping by today, I'll be linking this to:
Vintage Thingie Thursday at Colorado Lady
and 
Alphabe Thursday at Jenny Matlocks for the letter Y

Scripture in Pictures Sunday

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Pinterest ... the new Xanadu!

X is for Xanadu

Xanadu, Noun :  a place of great beauty, luxury, and contentment.
Well, that about sums up my feelings about Pinterest!
Have YOU discovered Pinterest?  It is an amazing place to discover the desires of your heart and awaken your senses and dream about all the things you want to make, places you want to go and homes you want to build and decorate! But it is also a place where, if you are not careful, you will be sucked in and have your brain replaced with mush and when you emerge, will walk around like a zombie constantly repeating "must have PINS, must have PINS". 

 I have spent so much free time on Pinterest lately that I have completely neglected my blog and the blogs of my friends.  So here's the 411 on Pinterest, basically it is a virtual bulletin board where you can save (PIN) all the amazing things you find on the internet. You decide the categories for your pin boards and name them whatever you want. For example, I have a pin board titled "Food for thought" where I save yummy recipes I find while surfing.

 I have another pin board titled "Deck the Halls" where I save all the really cute ideas I find for Christmas. 

 When I first started Pinning, I thought to myself "ok, this is cool but I am NOT going to get sucked into this. I'll just set up a couple of boards to save things I REALLY want to do". HA! Famous last words!  I now have 46 separate PIN Boards and 2,942 Pins (things I've saved) and I have 67 followers on Pinterest.  I have Pin boards for pictures of cute little animals, pictures of farms and country roads and fall decorating. 

 My Nephew is getting married next year so I've set up a Pin board just for them to collect all things wedding. His adorable fiance' has started Pinning as a result. 

So now that I've piqued your interest, here's a link to MY PIN BOARDS! 
I've actually contemplated starting a new feature on my blog titled 
My Favorite PINS of  the Week so I can at least tie the two together. Anyone else up for a meme of this type?  
So yes, Pinterest is a place of great beauty, luxury, and contentment and a lot of fun ... a virtual Xanadu! Just make sure if you go, you book a round trip ticket! 
I'm linking this to Jenny Matlock and Alphabe Thursday for the letter X!

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PINK Angel's Trumpets!

Happy PINK Saturday everyone!
A few weeks ago I was inspecting a client's yard, a very boring landscape with not much to look at until I spied this spectacular beauty glowing from it's little forgotten corner of the yard.

This amazing plant is Brugmansia, commonly known as Angel's trumpets and closely related to Datura, both plants are in the family Solanaceae.

Brugmansia is a small to mid-size tree with large, strongly scented  trumpet-shaped flowers. These flowers hang downward on the Brugmansia but grow erect on the Datura.

Angel's Trumpets is native to Central and South America and are listed as a perennial. They are very easy to grow but will not tolerate cold weather. However; Brugmansia is quite content growing in a large pot so those of you in colder climates could bring it indoors for the winter!

I love the delicate look of the PINK flowers but don't let that sweet persona fool you! All parts of this plant are extremely poisonous and could be fatal if ingested by humans or animals.

The flower color of Angel's Trumpets ranges from white to pale pink, yellow, peach, pale orange and bright pink.
If you would like to see more pictures of Brugmansia or read more about this amazing plant I suggest you check out the website BGI Brugmansia Growers International.
Please stop by How Sweet the Sound and say HI to Beverly, our host each week for PINK Saturday!