Of roses and lizards...

One of the few good things about Winter in So. California
is that the lizards disappear from my backyard
and I finally can venture out and enjoy my morning coffee
without the risk of a heart attack.

I don't have a bid yard,
actually, no yard is big enough for me and lizards.
If they are out, I'm in...simple and clear.

That's why these winter mornings...
warm and oh so missed sunny moments are so enjoyable.
Those moments when the roses let me think
that Spring will soon be here....


those moments when the roses whisper in my ears:
Enjoy us, because the lizards are also coming back soon!
Yikes!!

Enjoy your weekend!



"When you suffer an attack of nerves you're being attacked by the nervous system. What chance has a man got against a system?"

~Russell Hoban~

Daydreaming...

The fact that my dreams have been filled with...

Photo: Country Living

and...

Photo: Country Living

and even a little bit of this....

Photo: Country Living

might explain my new roses colors...

"The color of springtime is in the flowers,
the color of winter is in the imagination."

~Terri Guillemets~

Friday...

We survived
(barely)
the first three days of school...
how many more felt?????

The downstairs bathroom is finished
(water leak inside the wall)
new wall,
new floor,
new paint,
dust everywhere....

My Husband an I played tennis...

I didn't know it was possible
for all my muscles to hurt at the same time.

I'm looking forward to the rest of today.
TV,
Coffee
and fabrics...lots of colors...

I see more rosettes in my future!!

After all....

"Weekends don't count
unless you spend them doing something completely pointless"
~Bill Watterson~

So go ahead...
enjoy your weekend and don't forget
to do something completely pointless!!!

Coming up roses...

Waking up at 6:00 am
(first day of school around here)
to gray skies and even a little morning rain
is not my idea of a Happy Morning.

I needed color and bling in my life today,
so I decided to create my own Spring...

I've been wanting to make some big flower pins
and today was the day!

I like them so much
that I even kept one for me!

I will wear it tomorrow
to the fabric store...
I need more colors!!!

Linking up to:
Cheap Chic Home's

"Fabric Fun Thursday"

Taking it easy...

This is an extra long weekend...

Kids don't have school on Friday...

or Monday....

or Tuesday...

and for some reason
my brain thinks that the extra long weekend should start today.
I'll not fight it.

I need to save every ounce of energy today because this weekend I need to go Prom Dress shopping with my beautiful 16 year old...
not an easy task...
but I'll survive no matter what!

Tax Day

You need a little reward if you already did your taxes...

But you also deserve a little something if you're still working on it...

You are probably feeling a little blue if you had to write a check...:(
so you definitely need a little treat....

And if you were lucky enough to have received a check...
don't spend it all in one place!

"Why does a slight tax increase cost you two hundred dollars
and a substantial tax cut save you thirty cents?"
~Peg Bracken~

Today.

We seem to be going through a period of nostalgia,
and everyone seems to think yesterday was better than today.

I don't think it was,
and I would advise you not to wait ten years before admitting today was great.

If you're hung up on nostalgia,
pretend today is yesterday and just go out and have one hell of a time.

~Art Buchwald~
1925-2007
American Humorist

Pulitzer Prize Winner

Wishing you a creative week!

Wake up and...

make the roses!

We received lots of mail yesterday asking for the tutorial of our paper roses so Ladies, grab your latte and follow us to the work table...

We start with a pile of stained coffee filters...we drink instant coffee so we hand stain each filter but you can use the used coffee filters out of your coffee machine...(let them dry and get rid of the coffee first!)

Depending on how full you want your rose to be, you can work with one or two filters at the time.
Fold it in half:

From one end, start wrapping the paper, not too tight...

all the way to the end...

The side from where you are holding your rose, will look like this:

We wrap an easy to twist wire around the end....

and while we watch some T.V...

we play with each petal, shaping them like the real ones ...

Once we have made a few roses, we form our bouquet.
This is a picture of the back...

You can cover the stems with some vintage binding, but we love the contrast between the vintage look of the roses and the silver wire...

Now, if you don't have time to make your own bouquet, you can purchase one HERE.
For $12.00 (including shipping) you get a bouquet of 6 large roses and 2 buds.

Our roses are very easy to use in a bouquet or individually...
You'll get enough roses to decorate your chandelier, like we did in our previous post, make a beautiful indoors wreath or finish up a Fall vignette...


Hope you enjoyed our simple tut and will give it a try!
Hugs,
Marcela & Clara

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AND SHARE YOUR VINTAGE FINDS WITH US!!

Coffee addiction!

"Cute frame"...

"Cute frame" all dressed up for Fall....

"Oh so loved chandelier"....

Can't take enough of my "Oh so loved chandelier"....

We love our coffee-paper roses!!
They go wonderful with our distressed whites...
they are super easy to make,
and because they are ridiculously inexpensive,
we can throw them away when Fall is over...
no need to save them in the garage until next year!!

"Stop and smell the coffee-paper roses"