An Autumn Dining Room in Mosaics

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Hello my friends...I hope that you're having a fabulous day!

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As many of you know...I have been on a bit of a blogging break so that I could get my autumn decorating done. I've had sooo much fun and everything is looking so pretty at my place! It's definitely looking different...with all the warm, rich autumnal colors replacing all the white and "spring green" that I used in my home's spring/summer decor. I hope to start getting a few photos this week to share with you!

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In the meantime...I thought I would share a post from last year...a couple mosaics that I created of my autumn dining room! I had fun playing with a few photo effects from PhotoBucket again...hehe! I hope that you enjoy!!!
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October 4, 2009
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An Autumn Dining Room in Mosaic

It's Mosaic Monday!

Hello Friends...so happy to see you today!

I'm joining in with Mary over at Little Red House for Mosaic Monday. Please go pay Mary a visit...she always has the most beautiful mosaics...and while you're there you can check out all of the other Mosaic Monday participants! Thank you, Mary for hosting this marvelous Monday meme!!!

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An Autumn Dining Room in Mosaic

I have had so much fun doing my autumn decorating the last few weeks! I've also had alot of fun playing with photo effects and making mosaics!!! I wanted to share a few of them with you today for Mosaic Monday. My inspiration? My newly decorated "Autumn" dining room!

Below you will see a photo of my little red French Country dining room. I used this photo to make the mosaic above. I used Photobucket's photo effects to achieve this look. First I took the photo and used the photo effect called "sketch". Then I took the sketched photo and used the photo effect called "tint"...achieving the different autumn colored photos. I then took the autumn tinted photos and made the mosaic...and Voila!...my dining room in the beautiful shades of Autumn!!!
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Colored Sketch of my Autumn Dining Room

* I used various photos of my newly decorated dining room to make the second mosaic pictured above. Again, I used Photobucket's photo effects. I took each photo and used the effect called "colored sketch". I just love how this came out! The "colored sketch" effect really accentuates the color and patterns...can you see Autumn?

Below is the "real photo" mosaic of my dining room. These are the photos that I used to make the "colored sketch" mosaic...just to give you an idea!
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* Well my friends...hope you enjoyed my little red French Country dining room in mosaic today! I sure had fun making them!!!

Thank you so much for coming by for a visit...please leave me a comment and let me know that you were here...I'd love to visit with you!!!
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Have a marvelous Monday, my friends!

Something New in the Tea Rose Bedroom...Part I

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Hello my friends...I hope you're having a fabulous Monday!

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Many of you who follow my blog have seen my step-daughter's bedroom/guest room, the "Tea Rose" bedroom. I must admit that rarely does anything change in this room...simply because I just adore it the way it is! However, I would love to share with you a little something new!
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The Tea Rose Bedroom...

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I took this photo of the Tea Rose bedroom some time back. I use it often because I love how the rays of the early morning sun so sweetly shine in upon the bed and linens! I often think...what a gift it is to be awakened with a "kiss" by the sun just as it rises in the early hours of the day!!!
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If I may...I'd love to show you around the Tea Rose bedroom.

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This is a fairly small room but certainly adequate for my step-daughter when she is with us...and hopefully for our guests as well! Besides the bed, there is a writing desk...so one can catch up on a little correspondence if desired. There is also a rocking chair and small footstool...just perfect for relaxing or reading.
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A "Sun Kissed" Morning...

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I purchased this bedding from JC Penneys a few years back. I have been sooo very pleased with my selection! I love the linen fabric of the comforter and ohhhh...those beautiful tea roses!!! I also just adore the soft creamy white, buttery yellows, soft pinks, and sagey green colors! The mix of fabric patterns...the small and large florals and the stripes lend to the cottagey feel! This bedding was called "Tea Rose"...thus the name for this bedroom.
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A Little Something New...

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Do you see it? Do you see the new addition to the Tea Rose bedroom?
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A Cottage Tea Rose Quilt!
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It's folded ever so sweetly at the end of the bed!
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When I seen this beautiful quilt online at JC Penneys it was love at first sight!

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As you can see, the colors of the quilt coordinate beautifully with the Tea Rose bed linens! There again, I love mixing different fabric patterns and this quilt has mastered this quality perfectly with all the different fabrics used! Ohhh...and each fabric strip of the quilt is joined with a tiny little ruffle! I love...love...LOVE IT! Cottagey perfection to a "T"!!!
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Ohhh...just look at all of those little ruffles and beautiful pink roses!!!

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I flipped one side of the quilt over so that you could see the back. It is made with the prettiest fabric! I love all the soft pink roses on the creamy white background! Either side of the quilt would be beautiful with the Tea Rose bed linens!!! I can switch it out when I want a different look...love that!
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And here it is...folded at the end of the bed and ready to pull up and snuggle under for a little nap! Hehe! I'm telling ya...the fabric patterns and colors of the quilt couldn't have been more perfect for the Tea Rose bedroom!!! Don't you just love when that happens?

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And...you won't believe what I paid for this beautiful quilt...it was on clearance for just $29!!!

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Ohhh yeah...I was doing my "happy dance"! Hehe!
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I found this old rocking chair at a yard sale for just $5. The pretty beige and olive green toile fabric was on sale. If I remember correctly, I only have a little over $10 into redoing this pretty rocking chair! The velvet throw was on sale at Hobby Lobby...$17! I love a good bargain!!!
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I also refinished the writing desk. I believe it was maple...but the wood finish had seen its better days. I used a creamy white latex paint and a few french/cottagey floral swags were added to the drawer fronts...along with glass knobs.
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I found the desk chair at the antique flea market...it's a perfect fit for the little desk! I love the old cottagey carvings in the wood at the top of the chair back and the old faded olive green toile fabric on the seat! This chair is just "chippy and distressed" perfection!!! Isn't it funny how the smallest things can just bring joy into your heart! Hehe!
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My "artsy" photo!

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This pretty candelabra with all of its different shaped crystals hangs above the desk!
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Well my friends, I'm sooo happy that you came by and took a peek at the "little something new/quilt" in my Tea Rose bedroom. It was probably much ado about nothing...but like I said earlier...it's funny how such little things can just warm one's heart! Thank you for letting me share it with you today!
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A Tea Rose Bedroom...

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Ahhhh...it really IS in all of the little details!!!

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I also have a new little vignette in the Tea Rose bedroom that I'm hoping to share with you for Marty's Table Top Tuesday...so please do come back!
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I'm joining in with these fabulous parties today...
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Metamorphosis Monday...hosted by Susan over at Between Naps on the Porch.
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Mosaic Monday...hosted by Mary over at Little Red House.
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Show Off Your Cottage...hosted by Cielo over at The House in the Roses.

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Thank you sweet ladies for hosting these fabulous parties! Please do go by and see what lovely things they have planned for us today...and while you are there...you can check out all of the other party participants!
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Thank you so much for coming by today! Please leave a comment and let me know you were here...I'd love to visit with you!!!
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Have a fabulous day!

"Spring is..."

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Hello my friends...I hope that you're having a marvelous Monday!

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Today I thought I would share a Spring vignette from last year. It has lots of pretty springtime blues and greens. Hope you enjoy!
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A Springtime Vignette

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A vignette I created on my dining room table to "Welcome Spring".
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As you can see, most of Spring's pretty pastels are present here...soft pinks, buttery yellows, beautiful blues, and gorgeous greens! Spring is when life's alive in everything!!!

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The floral placemat is one of six that I made a few years back...perfect for a Springtime table...don't you think? In the background is a leafy ivy...for that needed green! We can't have Spring without those greens! I also added a couple of silver candleholders with white pillar candles...and two mercury glass candleholders. Two sweet white birds have graced us with their presence...front and center. On the right hand side of the vignette, I added a pretty Spring plate with a little bunny and his watering can (a Debbie Mumm design). On the left hand side sits a glass egg with a little bunny inside!

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A cloche on a pedestal with a little nest and eggs and two bluebirds is the starring attraction in this springtime vignette!
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A close-up of the little bird family! I tied a pretty blue and white gingham bow around the top of the cloche. I thought this ribbon was so pretty...it has tiny little yellow flowers on it!
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I love Debbie Mumm designed dishware. This pretty dessert plate has the sweetest bunny with a watering can...ready to water all those springtime flowers! I love the border of this plate with its green and pink stripes and black and white checkerboard pattern!
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I found two of these beautiful eggs at Hobby Lobby last year. They have the cutest vintage pictures on them...this one has a little girl holding her bunny! The egg has a sparkly, diamond dust coating...so pretty!
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The glass egg container that sits on the left hand side of the vignette. I just adore this little white bunny that is sitting on a pretty blue flower! Look...the bunny is holding a little ladybug! Too cute! Hehe!
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My "artsy" photo.
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A Springtime Vignette Mosaic

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I am joining in with these two fun filled parties today...
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Blue Monday...hosted by Sally over at Smiling Sally.
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Mosaic Monday...hosted by Mary over at Little Red House.
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Thank you, Sally and Mary...for hosting these fabulous Monday parties for us! Please go by and visit these dear ladies and check out all of the other party participants! I know that you'll be glad that you did!!!

Well my friends...thank you so much for coming by today! I hope you enjoyed my Springtime vignette! Please leave me a comment and let me know that you were here....I'd love to visit with you!!!

Spring Green...A Spring Time Vignette!

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Hello my friends...I'm so happy that you stopped in for a visit today!
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Hmm...just when I think we are in for warmer weather here in Colorful Colorado...BANG! More cold weather and more snow strikes! Sheeshh! I know that so many of you are already experiencing Spring like weather. Ohhh, how I long for Spring! I'm ready for things to green up...I'm ready for some of that "Spring Green"!!!
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I thought that maybe if I start to "green up" inside the house...our weather might follow suit! Hey...let a girl have her dreams! Hehe! Anyway, I have started a little Spring decor at my place. I always seem to start the new decor in my dining room...maybe because it's in the center of our living area...I'm really not sure...but I always start there.
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I'm participating in Metamorphosis Monday today...here is a "before" shot of my dining room buffet!
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My dining room buffet in January and February. I called it "Silver Elegance"! I really did enjoy decorating with all my silver this year!
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A silver soup tureen takes front and center position on the buffet. I also used several old silver candleholders, and alot of mercury glass; mercury glass candleholder goblets, tall finials, and several mercury glass ornaments. As you can see...they are all nestled ever so sweetly in pine boughs and pine cones!
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The "Silver Elegance" of January and February gave way to....the "Spring Green" of March!
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"Spring Green"...A Spring Time Vignette!

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I really do have fun decorating my dining room buffet! This buffet is six feet long...nice sized...there's lots of room for pretties!!!
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How about that for a metamorphosis? Hehe!
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White & "Spring Green"

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When I began to think about changing the decor for Spring...my first consideration was to lighten this space up! Not a real easy feat considering the dining room walls are red! I decided to bring in as much white as I possibly could. Then I wanted a second color to use as an "accent" color...I chose "Spring Green"! You know, that pretty yellow-green...it just feels like Spring to me!
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"Spring Green"...A Spring Time Vignette
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I used a new olive green table runner for the foundation. I found this pretty runner at Walmart on their clearance shelf for just $4. Using the olive green runner ties in with the color on the doors of the buffet.
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Creamy White Florals in a White Ironstone Pitcher...
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Well my friends, wished that I could tell you that this big bouquet of white flowers was real...but it's not! Nevertheless, it's still very pretty and practical! I love my faux flowers! Hehe! I used long stems of white lilacs mixed with white hydrangeas that have just a touch of that "Spring Green" color. I used a large white ironstone pitcher for the arrangement. It's a good sized pitcher standing about 12" tall. I love the frenchy detailing on it!
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Candles...Candles...and More Candles!

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I do love my candles! You even might say that I'm a candle fanatic! Hehe! But hey...if we ever had a storm and lost our electricity...we would be good to go! I decided to leave the four silver candleholders with the white candles for this vignette. However, I added a few "Spring Green" candles into the mix...using a few of my cut glass candleholders!
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Bunnies...Bunnies...Lots of Bunnies!

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Does anything say Spring like a sweet little bunny? I am using six little bunnies in this Spring Time vignette. Here are two of them!
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My Happy Little Bunny on a Pedestal Plate...

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I just adore this little bunny on the glass pedestal plate! He is sitting down with his little feet up in the air...how cute is that? Hehe! Do you see all that pretty "Spring Green" colored moss that the bunny is sitting on? I have to tell you that this pretty green colored moss came all the way from the mountains of California! My dearest friend, Gloria from Happy To Be...set me this moss! She grew it herself! Well...she had a little help from good ol' Mother Earth! But, isn't it pretty?

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Thank you, Gloria!!!
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Here is the second little bunny! I found him at the thrift shop for just $1.50!
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See the beautiful "Spring Green" cloth napkins? My dear, sweet Grandma made those for me when I was just newly married! I also have a matching tablecloth! She embroidered each napkin with a pretty lavender flower! My Grandma was always embroidering, in fact..she was working on embroidered tea towels when she went to be with Jesus at the age of 93! This beautiful set of napkins and tablecloth is one of my most prized possessions!!!
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A close-up of the second bunny, my "Spring Green" embroidered napkins, and one of the pretty cut glass candleholders that I recently found at a thrift shop for just $1/pair!
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More Little Bunnies...
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The taller bunny was another thrift store find. The smaller bunny beside him and the bunny under the cloche were on sale at Hobby Lobby for $1.50/ea.

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And...I am finally getting to use my pretty bunny casserole dish that I found at my favorite Antique Flea Market for just $8. I just squealed and did my little "happy dance" when I seen this pretty covered dish! It's a nice sized covered casserole...measuring about 14" long!
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I love my bunny under the cloche! I used more of that pretty "Spring Green" colored moss that Gloria sent to me!
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A Bunny Mosaic

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"Spring Green" on the Dining Room Table...

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A "Spring Green" Table...

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I'm sure that I'll be adding to the dining room table centerpiece as time goes by...but for the meantime...
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A "Spring Green" Place Setting...

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This pretty set of olive green transferware is called Kensington Staffordshire Balmoral 1801 ironstone. I found an entire set of 32 pieces on ebay for just $10 plus shipping! This is one of my favorite sets of dishes...I just love transferware and I think that the olive green color is fairly rare!
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A white ironstone tea/coffee pot by JG Meakins sits atop a pretty white cake pedestal plate. I found this pretty plate at TJ Maxx for just $5.99! Would you care for a cup of tea?

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Ohhh...and look...a couple of sweet Spring birds have come for a little visit! Hehe!

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I just love this pretty pedestal cake plate with its reticulated edge! I added a pretty "Spring Green" ribbon to the white ribbon that was already there. Oooh...so pretty!
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This isn't a very good view of the white, ceramic lattace work tray but it really is a beautiful piece! I found it at the thrift shop for just $4.99! It measures about 12"x19"...a nice sized tray! I had a few "Spring Green" colored bamboo placemats that I rolled up and tied with a white organza ribbon. I just thought I would add them to the tray for just another "splash" of that pretty color!
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And Voila...there you have it...a Spring time vignette done in white and "Spring Green"! I hope that you enjoyed!!!
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I am joining in with these fabulous parties...
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Mosaic Monday hosted by Mary over at Little Red House.
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Metamorphosis Monday hosted by Susan over at Between Naps on the Porch.
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Table Top Tuesday hosted by Marty over at A Stroll Thru Life.
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Tuesday Tea for Two hosted by Wanda over at Plumed Pen.
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Thank you so much...dear ladies, for hosting these fabulous parties for us!!! Please do go by and visit these sweet ladies and their delightful blogs! I just know that they will have something special for us today! You will find a list of all the other party participants at these respective blogs!

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Well my friends...thank you so much for coming by today! Please leave me a comment and let me know that you were here...I'd love to visit with you!!!