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!

Pink Saturday Fun Etsy Purchase

Happy Pink Saturday! I wanted to share some ornaments I bought on Etsy from  Shonna. The first one with brown hair is me, then 2 Marie Antoinette's for my Tree and the blond was for my friend Sandy from Sandy's Creations.  It is so much fun to find different items on Etsy. 

Please Visit my friend Beverly, our Pink Saturday Hostess from "How Sweet the Sound" and all the Pink Saturday posts for some Pink fabulousness! xoox

Pink Saturday - Some Awesome Christmas Gifties

Happy Pink Saturday! I am so sorry for being away so long I have missed Pink Saturday so very much. I am so very sorry also for still posting Christmas but I had to post a few of the awesomest, most fabulousness gifties that My crafty girlfriends made or gifted me with. I dropped off the planet for a while and it felt good to just do it. Finally getting back to getting life moving again. So after you look at my gifts please hop on over to Beverly from How Sweet the Sound for some fabulous Pink Saturday posts. xoox

Ann Denise from "Whim and Fancy Designs" made these 2 crepe paper Hansel and Gretel candy boxes.

A cute Pink tree lady:

A beautiful Pink box filled with treasures:

Some of her perfectly Pink crepe paper:

She made these pretty paper clay ornies:

A pretty doll




One of my most favorite Blogging friends Laura from "Fun With This and That" blew me away with these 2 beautiful paintings that she made. I was so touched. Such beautiful talent and such a beautiful heart.

Some Pink Goodies from Laura:

Dana from "The Stone Rabbit" was in my Circle Journal Book Swap group and my book was Marie Antoinette and she sent me this fabulous Fleur de Li's Silver charm. I love it and adore her for thinking of me.

The Following are from one of my bestest friends Cheryl from "Recycled Relics and Antique Chic". No matter what the occasion or "just because" Cheryl always picks out the best treasures. Such a great eye for detail. I saved the box she sent my gifts in but forgot to take a picture (sorry), but it was so adorable it was sealed perfectly with RED packing tape and signs on both sides saying Naughty or Nice! Hahaha too adorable. Cheryl and Her husband have their own Antique business in Red Bank NJ. Look at her site for some fabulousness. 

Wreath ornament to add a photo in

a lighted chapel that she glittered to match the cute doll below!

I love this beautiful doll planter

a vintage Christmas postcard and a cone filled with Salt Water Taffy

This is the card I sent to My Circle Journal Girls. I ordered from Papernosh
(Nutcracker Marie Antoinette)

I had to add my little glittered deer I made

I also made this cute sign