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Crochet Easter Eggs

By Lorraine

Crochet Easter Eggs bring back so many memories. As time goes by we are apt to grow more appreciative of the instruction and teaching received from our parents when we were children. I remember the frustration and difficulty as my mom tried to teach me to hold a crochet needle correctly and to keep my stitch tension even. She was patient and she was very skilled.Continue Reading

Cottage Cheese Pie

By Lorraine

I searched through all my cookbooks looking for a Cottage Cheese Pie recipe. It isn’t a well known dessert these days and even my Betty Crocker cookbook from the mid-seventies didn’t have it. Then I remembered a cookbook that belonged to my grandmother.

Paint by Numbers

By Lorraine

Paint-by-number kits… do you remember them? Have you completed one?

This Playful Kittens piece was painted by my mom in 1954 and truly a piece of Americana.

The Nursery

By Lorraine

Sleepovers and playtime, this bedroom has become what the grandkids call

The Nursery.

It is a mix of vintage, garage sale and whimsy.

A room where cousins sleep and little ones head to as soon as they arrive.

Vintage French Provincial Bedroom Set

By Lorraine

My sister, Carol, just went to closing on a house she sold.

I lent a hand helping her pack.

We began in mid-November and through sorting and wrapping, taping and stacking, hauling and heaving, lugging and loading, stooping and stretching, sunshine and raindrops, lost keys and cell phones and frustrating inspections, there was much chatting and memories, stories and updates, giggles and laughter and sisterly love.

This vintage French Provincial bedroom set belong to our parents, purchased in the early 1960’s. It went to Carol when Mommy passed several years ago and I got the new set mommy was then using.

Carol doesn’t want to take this to her next home and though I wasn’t in need of a bedroom set, the sentimental value was too great to pass it up and now resides in our guest room.

The chest on chest belonged to Daddy and how I remember, as a kid, snooping through his top drawer and seeing his neatly folded hankies, perfectly placed wallet, coins, keys, pens, deck of cards and trinkets stored there.

I left the white iron bed that we had purchased and used until we received mommy’s new set. It is a queen-size and better suited for visitors than the full bed that is part of the set. I think it works with the other pieces.

Searching old photo albums for shots with the furniture in the background, I found these:

My 8th grade graduation

Cousin, Karen and I as flower girl and junior bridesmaid for Carol’s wedding

Daddy and his first grandchild, Chrissy (Carol’s oldest) at his organ

and

Carol ready for her senior prom

Carol, John and I looking a wee weary, took a selfie after a long, busy day, with only the steps to sit upon. Still happy together

(John may have been a just a tad grumpy being forced in a silly selfie photo, but he was a good sport)

and still finding fun in being together.

yes, sisters. she is so kind, smart, poised, beautiful and generous and I love her to pieces

❤

Next time, I will show you where I put the bed to this set and then my dining room changes.

ta-ta for now!

forget-me-not

By Lorraine

~ dainty, blue forget-me-nots blooming in the garden this week ~

Mother’s Day Vintage Tablescape and Brunch Menu

By Lorraine

I love this quote. It brings back so many sweet memories for my husband and I as we remember our Mothers this Mother’s Day. Gathering many old rose pottery pieces and boopie glasses from our childhood, I created a vintage tablescape and a menu any mom would enjoy.

Frozen Minty Mousse Pie

By Lorraine

It’s that time of year when green becomes the most popular color and little Leprechauns get excited about St. Patrick’s Day. Frozen Minty Mousse Pie in a chocolate graham cracker crust and layered with ice cream, chocolaty mousse and topped with whipped cream makes dessert magical!

Sweet Lavender Scones in the Parlor

By Lorraine

Easy recipe for glazed Sweet Lavender Scones delicious with coffee or tea. Lavender buds impart a mild floral hint that is unique but not overpowering.

You just might want to plan a tea and invite a few friends over for a relaxed afternoon. These glazed Sweet Lavender Scones are delicious with coffee or tea. Lavender buds impart a mild floral hint that is unique but not overpowering. They look lovely and taste amazing.Continue Reading

Sweet and Sour Sauce

By Lorraine

There is something crazy good about the tantalizing combination of sweet and sour. It totally enhances meat, poultry and pork as well as vegetables. A little goes a long way as not to be overwhelming. Sweet and Sour Sauce is a super easy, very tasty, pungent sauce using just 4 ingredients.Continue Reading

Whirlwind

By Lorraine

As we get older, it seems we get busier and busier. Our days have been filled with weddings, showers, graduations, parties, birthdays and get-togethers. Nary a week goes by that we don’t have an opportunity to gather and celebrate life and milestones.

Our oldest grandson, Jared, graduated Thursday night from Middle School and is heading to high school in SeptemberContinue Reading

Crochet Easter Decorations

By Lorraine

Sweet vintage pattern for crochet Easter eggs. Crochet in pretty pastel colors and fill a basket or bowl for a lovely and decorative holiday centerpiece. Pattern works up quickly and uses little yarn.

Sharing the sweet vintage pattern for crochet Easter eggs. Crochet in pretty pastel colors and fill a basket or bowl for a lovely and decorative holiday centerpiece. Pattern works up quickly and uses just a little yarn.
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Crochet Chocolate Diorama Easter Egg

By Lorraine

Peek inside this sweet crocheted chocolate diorama Easter egg decorated with faux frosting and embroidered scrolls. Cute pattern for holiday décor tablescapes or filling Easter baskets.

Crochet Chocolate Diorama Easter Egg, is a crochet project my mom and I came up with during one of her visits when I was living in Ohio. We were several states away from one another and I was expecting my first child. By the time we were finished we had crocheted a basket full of sweet Easter decorations that I bring out and displayed each spring.

A St. Patrick’s Day Birthday

By Lorraine

St Patrick’s Day has always been special in our family since it was also my moms birthday. The photo above is a St. Patrick’s Day Birthday given in honor of Mommy way back in the 1960’s. Held at my aunts house with friends, my dad (in white shirt) and me (in green dress).

Sweet Nostalgia

By Lorraine

My Christmas trees have some new ornaments this year.

Or, rather old, vintage ornaments that once hung from the branches of the trees we knew as children.

A Bushel and a Peck

By Lorraine

I may be being extra sentimental lately but this warmed my heart when I saw it on pinterest.

My mom often would sing this to me when I was little 🙂

here was her version:

~*~

I didn’t know that it came from

the Musical “Guys And Dolls”
(Frank Loesser)
Perry Como & Betty Hutton – 1950 Margaret Whiting & Jimmy Wakely – 1950 Doris Day – 1950 The Andrews Sisters – 1953 Johnny Desmond – 1953 Vivian Blaine – 1953

I love you a bushel and peck
A bushel and peck and a hug around the neck
A hug around the neck and a barrel and a heap
A barrel and a heap and I’m talking in my sleep
About you, about you
Cause I love you a bushel and a peck
you bet your pretty neck,
I do Doodle, oodle, oodle, doodle, oodle, oodle, doodle, oodle, oodle oo
I love you a bushel and peck
A bushel and peck
though you make my heart a wreck
Make my heart a wreck
and you make my life a mess
Make my life a mess,
yes A mess of happiness
About you, about you
Cause I love you
a bushel and a peck
You bet your pretty neck, I do
Doodle, oodle, oodle, doodle, oodle, oodle, doodle, oodle, oodle oo
I love you a bushel and peck
A bushel and peck
and it beats me all to heck
Beats me all to heck
and I’ll never tend the farm
Never tend the farm
when I wanna keep my arm About you,
about you
Cause I love you a bushel and a peck
You bet your pretty neck, I do
Doodle, oodle, oodle, doodle, oodle, oodle, doodle, oodle, oodle oo

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