Pink Saturday Valentine Card Swap

Happy Pink Saturday!! Below is a fun Valentine swap I did with some of my Circle Journal friends. We had done a fabulous Circle Journal and Nancy thought since we were done we should do a Valentine Swap. So much fun to receive cuteness through the mail!! Love it. Please visit our Pink Saturday Hostess Beverly from How Sweet the Sound and visit all the other wonderful Pink Saturday Posts. xoox

This is my card I stamped a pink baggie and put the card inside.

Kathy's beautiful "Charity" Valentine Tea Card

Berverly's pretty sketched card with a charm necklace

Nancy's Marie Antoinette Valentine...soo cute

Jeanne's sweet Love Notes Card

Shelia's vintage Valentine sweetness

LaVerne's Fabulous tri-fold Paris Valentine

Dana's cute as a button like her Valentine

Royce - Chocolate Madison Avenue

Royce....like Rolls Royce of Chocolate opened at 509 Madison Avenue near 53rd Street, opened before Christmas but I did not get to go in until last week. Royce is from Japan and joined the Madison Avenue Chocolatiers in 2012 the first store in the USA. Royce is a very small hall shaped "boutique" that sells only half of the different varieties that it makes. My very favorite is potato chips in fromage blanc (white chocolate). A little pricey at $17. but very worth a treat. Valentine's day is approaching would be wonderful to give an extra sweet item with that piece of jewelery for her or for him, would be divine to give yourself with a sweet! 

Pink Saturday - Friendship Heart Swap

Happy Pink Saturday Valentine Fun Day!! My friend Tammy hosted a wonderful Friendship Heart Ornament  Swap. There were 9 of us and we each had to make a heart ornament with a friendship quote. I am so surprised there was not the same quote used and such different adorable ornaments made. I love them all! Please visit our Pink Saturday Hostess Beverly from How Sweet the Sound for some Pink Saturday Valentine fun. Grace xoox

My heart is in this felted bag with a heart glass ornament and a cute luv bunny that I downloaded for free from Jennifer Hayslip.

 Grace: "A Friend is one of the best things you can be and one of the greatest things you can have"

Tammy: "Friends meet you in a tender place where it's safe to risk your heart"

Vivian: "Make new Friends but keep the old, one is silver the other is gold"

Carla: "Friends are the stiches that hold our hearts together"

Sandy: "Right next door or miles apart friends are allways close at heart"

Ruth:  "Friends live in your heart"

Natalea:  "A Friend is someone who sees through you and still enjoys the view"

Jeanne: ""A Friend is someone who knows the song to your heart and can sing it right back to you"

Lee:  "Each Friend represents a world in us"

My tree with all its treasures! I am so in "LOVE" with all the ornaments! They are so unique and so special.

I gave the girls Pink Mustaches to take pictures and post. Here is mine. When everyone takes pictures I will ask if I can do a fun mustache craze post! lol

Maialino in NYC - Brunch with a Friend

I love my friends I can spend months without seeing each other but when we do we have a fabulous time. My really wonderful friend Beverly is one of those people. We did not get a chance before the Holidays to get together so right after we met for Brunch at Maialino (little Piggy) at 2 Lexington Avenue inside the Gramercy Park Hotel. Maialino is a Roman Trattoria with a chic New York City Market feel. Executive Chef Nick Anderer is fabulous with his use of Local fresh ingredients. We started with a Honey butter Glazed Pork Biscuit that had the perfect bite of all the ingredients. Next we shared a Porchetta, which is a Roast Pork with Friend Egg Sandwich and Ricotta Pancakes with a side of Market Fruit Jam and Fresh Ricotta with a Side of Patate al Forno - Roasted Potatoes with Rosemary. Everything was so fresh and so tasty. Sometimes when you go for Brunch everything winds up tasting the same and all flavors blend together but this was different and tasty. I definitely have to try dinner to see what Chef Nick does for that. It is still Restaurant week and they have an amazing menu for that if you are in the area definitely go in. Lucky Guests of the Gramercy Hotel get to stay at a wonderful Hotel that has a wonderful restaurant inside. 

Next we stopped at ABC Carpet and Home for some shopping. Their displays are Fabulous.

Next we went to Lillian August where we found this amazing vintage book with different Store Ads! What a treasure! A treasure? Yes for a mere $900 you could own this book.

Beverly also gifted me with some sweet, adorable gifts! She made these amazing Sweet/Salty Caramels and I actually have 1 saved for Valentine's Day! lol Yes they are so amazing.

 She made this adorable heart out of vintage tin and decorated for me. Simple and Elegant.

I love the blond/red haired nudie dollie and Beverly was so sweet that when she found it she thought of me. She also made the adorable Pink girl from a kit she purchased from Pam Huntington. 

Beverly always touches my heart with all she does. I so enjoy her company and she is so amazingly talented.  

 So call a friend you haven't seen in a while and plan a date!