Vintage Button Bracelets

A couple of button bracelets I 

made yesterday.  Each one contains

9 vintage buttons of glass, plastic

and rhinestones with glass beads.

17.00 each includes shipping.

Click HERE for our 

vintage pin give-away.

Bonfire and yummy salad

Saturday night we had a nice bonfire.

We ate a grilled chicken salad with 

pears, walnuts, sungold tomatoes

 and gorgonzola cheese, topped 

with  a balsamic vinaigrette

by the fire and moonlight.

The weather was perfect.

Even Petey Pumpkin thought so!

 We are still having our giveaway.

Click HERE for details.

Fall is coming...........

A bit of Autumn here and now.

A lovely garden spider that keeps the flying insects in check.

We are having a giveaway!  

Please click HERE for details on how 

to win a vintage pin.

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And forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet 

and the winds long to play

 with your hair.

--- Kahlil Gibran

Petey Pumpkin !

This is our Petey Pumpkin, who came
 to us last October. He is the best cat 
and I love him very much!

Remember our jewelry 
give-away.

Click HERE for more details.

Make them bloom

People deal too much with

 the negative, with what is wrong...Why not try and

see positive things, to just

 touch those things and make

 them bloom?

--- Thich Nhat Hanh

My friend Marie and I went to a

couple of nurseries this past week

and of course,  found all sorts of

wonderful plants!    The above is

a Sunscape Daisy and looks just

like a sunset.

Another friend and I saw the movie

Something Borrowed.   There is a book

out, in fact two, so we are looking

forward to the second one,

Something Blue.

It was cute, although something

was a bit off that I wish they

would have explained a bit more,

but I love these romantic

comedies anyway!

I forgot to mention that Mike

and I saw Soul Surfer and Rio

this past month too.  Both were

great movies and I wasn't

disappointed in Soul Surfer. 

 I was so looking forward to it

 and it was wonderful!

 See my past post about

Bethany  HERE

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Remember to enter my first

giveaway by becoming a follower

of my blog.  Details HERE

HAVE A BLOOMING WEEK!

Jasmine's 5th Birthday / Giveaway

Well I got my computer back

although there are still programs

to re-load, etc.   I thought I would

do a quick post and show you

a photo of my dear sweet

niece, Jasmine, celebrating

 her 5th birthday.

Behind her is Mike on the right
 and my Dad on the left .

We all met in Old Town Sacramento,

 rode the train, ate at Joe's Crab

Shack and then walked around

Old Town.   This was taken

at Joe's.  They dressed her

as a birthday fairy and the

bottle she is holding was

 fairy dust she was

to sprinkle on everyone.

You can tell how thrilled

she was!  She was so cute though,

she walked around sprinkling it

on the ground in a big circle,

 with a dead-pan face.

Everyone loved it!

Here she is opening one of her

 gifts (natural modeling clay)

 with a big smile!

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Reminder about my giveaway.

Go HERE for more info.

Hope everyone is doing well.

I'll be back in a couple of days

with more stuff.   :o)

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HAVE A WEEK FULL

OF JOY!

Annoucements-One Day Without Shoes and Giveaway

Tomorrow, April 5th, is the

 One Day Without Shoes Event

started by Tom's Shoes

"TOMS Shoes founder Blake Mycoskie says that not having shoes puts kids at a heightened risk of injury, disease and infection. Among the soil-transmitted risks that most can't afford to prevent and treat are:

• Hookworm: Causes anemia, stunted physical and mental development and, on occasion, congestive heart failure. Affects up to one-fifth of the world's population.
• Podoconiosis or "mossy foot disease": Causes swelling of the feet and legs due to prolonged exposure to certain types of irritant soil.
• Chiggers: Bites on the feet and ankles from these mites can cause severe itching and hives.
• Tetanus: Potentially fatal infectious disease caused by bacteria entering the body through cuts or other open wounds. Causes painful muscle spasms and locked jaw.

In addition, many schools in rural developing nations require students to have shoes to attend schools, so not having shoes is a roadblock to opportunity."

For more info on how you
 can help please go to:
One Day Without Shoes

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Remember to become a follower
 of my blog and be entered in
 my First Giveaway.
Click First Giveaway
for more info.

MY FIRST GIVEAWAY WITH PHOTOS!

Well, I finally picked a sweet

 vintage pink flower pin from

 my collection to give to one lucky

 winner!  As I mentioned before,

 to enter just become a follower

 of my blog.  If you are already

 a follower, please leave a comment

 that you would like to be included

in the giveaway.  Pretty easy, right?

When I get to 20 followers I

will add another item at that

 time.  Then when I get to 30

followers I will draw one lucky

 winner who will receive both

items.  If you would be so kind

as to get the word out and post

 on your blog with a link back to

 my blog and let me know, you

 will have 2 more chances of

 winning.  So let's see how fast

 we can get a winner!  :o)

If you would like to see

and purchase more vintage

jewelry just check out my

Etsy store!  

  Rachel & Pia's Cottage Etsy Store

Hope everyone is having

 a sunny day even though

 it may be raining or snowing!