Bathroom Diva

Wow, been a long time since I last posted!!!  Been a strange winter, its never ending!!  Just found these pics I took a couple months ago........I think it was Sheila from Note Songs who was doing a feature of ladies taking self portraits in the bathroom........here are mine.....such a pale face, will we ever see the sun???

I felt so very goofy taking these pics.....how funny!!



Also wanted to share something I love........its called Amazing Grace body products from Philosophy........no, they are not paying me for this, though it would be nice!!!

It is a very fresh and pleasing scent, however way too faint and doesn't last long........however, I discovered the 'body butter' and the 'body oil mist'.  When you layer these products, they do the trick and last all day, makes me feel good to smell so nice!!!

The body wash is so nice too........and I saved some coins by purchasing on Amazon.....with free shipping!!!  Happy Spring!!!

Fever

Yep, that's what I have......Cabin Fever!!!  I am restless, tired of cooking, don't like being cooped up anymore......winter has stopped being fun!!!  Nothing looks right, time for some changes..........so I decided to freshen up the living room.  This vintage linen sheet has been used before during the hot summer months to cover the red sofa, but thought it would refresh things for the winter.  So I got it on and then put the blue pillows with it......

Next I changed up the tea table with a new linen towel and some stuff.....

I am really feeling the need for something green in my life!!!  So, bought an ivy plant....

Okay, so I lived with this for a few days, and it was just too cold for me for this time of year and too stark,,don't really like all the white.  So, added some red pillows........

Does not please me at all..........must be the fever I'm in!!!  Went back to the before the white.....

Had to change the tea table also.........

Love these linen towels from Ballard Designs, and they are on sale now!!!

Now about the linen sheet.........My parents are from Italy, and my mom was trained in sewing and hand work.  Her mother had a linen loom which was set up in the main living area and she wove linen for a living.  People would bring her the linen thread and she would weave the cloth.  It was a narrow loom, so for this top sheet, 3 pieces were sewn together by hand for a large piece of cloth.  My mother would do the hemming and the drawn work.  This sheet was part of her dowry with the matching pillow covers which I have not shown here.  Not pillow cases, but rectangular covers to go over the pillows.

This design runs across the top edge and part way down the sides.

This design is where the edge hem is......

Hope you can see this.......the hand sewn seams joining the 3 pieces of linen.

I so treasure these pieces from my Nonna and my mom.....what wonderful workmanship and a lost art.  Handwork like this is so valued in other countries and honored in families.  My cousins there all produce handwork for sale in boutiques and are very popular.

I love the corner piece, like a spider web...........all the hours it took!!! 

Thanks for stopping by to visit..........stay safe out there and keep warm!!!

Cookies

What a silly goose I am!!!  Just found the pics I took at Christmas of the cookie tray!!!  These cookies are all gone now and were the results of 9 days of baking.......

This was just one platter of goodies.  Gone are the rugalach roll cookies, they are the first to disappear!!  Also not shown are the walnut biscotti which I put in a separate container for everyone to have at breakfast.

The ones with orange and yellow glitter sugar are Italian ricotta cookies.

Boxes and trays were packed for family and friends and delivered the week of Christmas.  This is the one thing I really enjoy doing and giving.

On another note.....this is the beautiful poinsettia plant given to me by my nephew John and niece Claire on my birthday in December.    It is the size of Kansas and only fits in my foyer!!  I might add, it is still alive and giving me great pleasure!!!

Oops, I see my broom by the front door......I use it to sweep the snow off the porch.......just keeping it real folks!!!

Thanks for stopping by...........

Happy New Year!!!

Best wishes to all for a wonderful year filled with blessings of all kinds!!!

I see most people are posting their best or top 10 posts from the past year........I don't think I even had that many!!!  And didn't want to do a review, so on to the new stuff......

My sweet cherry hutch was calling for something calm and restful for the New Year.....since we are in the midst of a huge snow storm......some peace was called for!!  Out came my favorite brown pieces, which you have all seen before, so nothing new here..........however, these things please me.......and I really like looking at them!!

I also used some of my mom's pretty crochet work..........

Still keeping a bowl full of ornies out........not ready to put everything away yet......

My daughter gave me this egg long ago, it is Mexican onyx, and I love the colors........that paper cup is actually a muffin paper cup, cute, huh??

 I made this nest by felting yarn in a nest shape......

This tiny nest I made with yarn also and cut the little leaves from old dictionary pages........glued it on a wooden spool with paper and winter decor......the pics do not do it justice, can't seem to get any good ones!!!

Little cupid making his appearance!!

Little vintage velvet chick............

It is 5 degrees here, wind chill is minus 15..........and still snowing!!!  We've had more than 20 inches since last night, and higher in the drifts!!!   Ya gotta love winter here in New York!!!  Where ever you are, I hope you are safe and warm and above all.........be happy!!!

Thanks for visiting........