It's My Birthday !!

Yes siree Bob, all day long today!

I always feel extra special on my birthday. Thank God for gifting me with another year, and I wish for many more to celebrate with my loved ones!

Yesterday, we went to The Cheesecake Factory. I love the food in that restaurant, and the great variety of cheesecakes to choose from!. I had to bring my little slice of heaven home with me, as I was so full, I couldn't eat it there... sorry no pictures.

Our tradition for every member of the family is, that, after eating at the restaurant of their choice, we go back to the house for ice cream cake.

That's right, this is how old I am today. What a beautiful number!. I made my own special crown to celebrate!

Some of us were really in a party mood!!

I wanted a picture with all of us, but Mr. Jason... was sound asleep!

But then, he woke up... and the party got started!!

Oh, everybody seems to be having such a great time!

I received wonderful gifts from family and friends. Actually, $$ from the family ( I want a white Brocade Home mirror, unfortunately they are not taking any orders at this time...sniff, sniff).

On the bright side, I received a beautiful tag from Scrappy Jessi, thank you, I love it!!

And from Sarah, a beautiful paper cupcake. So yummy lookin' !!

And to celebrate even more, if you leave me a happy birthday wish on this post, you'll be entered to win a birthday paper crown similar to mine, handmade by me, in the winner's choice of colors!. I'll announce the winner when I return from vacation on August 31st!!

P.S. You can click on the photos to enlarge them to view the crown's details!

Go ahead, make my day even more special!!!

Hugs to all,

Rosa

Show Me Your Form!

Tiffany at ShabbyScraps is hosting this fabulous dress form party!. When I read her post about how her husband feels about her forms, I had to participate and give her support!!. {Some} men just "don't get" certain items women need to have in our lives.

I don't own a full size form, yet...but it's calling my name from somewhere. I do have a small collection of mini ones, and here they are. I haven't given them names but I love them all.

This one is about 24'' tall. I love the blue flowery dress with the ruffled ribbon collar and hem:

The next one is 21", she used to have a brown and white painted dress, obviously I had to give her a makeover. I painted her blue and decoupaged roses, and painted the pink polka dots, much better!. This is one of my favorite ones!

I had to have this one when I saw it in the PBTeen catalog a while back. They had a full size version, which I was tempted to buy, but didn't. I wish I had though, I love the roses on it... oh, well!

Whenever I can, I buy unfinished ones. I'm hoping to make beautiful paper dresses for them...when I find the time. This one I kept it as is, only added the pink netted skirt, and a beautiful necklace (bracelet) by Sarah.

This one, many of you may remember her from Target:

This pink beauty was bought at Bombay Kids (out of business):

And last but not least, the next two are 12" tall, both were purchased at TJ Maxx, a few moons ago. The black and white one is sporting a bracelet from GAP Kids.

I have a couple of others that didn't make it to the photo shoot!

The funny thing is, yesterday afternoon as I was setting up my makeshift background for the photos outside, I was having a bit of a hard time propping up my background. My husband was in the pool`and I was telling him that I was shooting my mini dress forms to post on the blog in support of a fellow blogger. He's like," oh brother, is there like a $50 thousand prize for showing these around?". I replied, "No...why don't you get out of the pool, and help me by holding the background up for me?". To my surprise, he did!!. After a few minutes of him stading there, he said: " Are you done yet?, it feels cold out here!". I thanked him for helping me and off he went!!

Well, I hope you all enjoy my collection. Thank you so much for stopping by!

And, Thank You, Tiffany for hosting such a beautiful party!!

Take care and have fun,

Rosa

And The Award Goes to... Part One

I feel more than honored to have been nominated for two awards lately. It really touches my heart when someone feels my blog means something to them ,or that what I have to say or show contributes to the blogging community.


Personally, I love blogs that make you feel welcome, their authors make you feel that you are part of their world. They also do their part to "make the world a cuter place".


I was nominated twice for this award by two very lovely and talented bloggers: Fitty and Betty.
My heartfelt gratitude to you both!

And without further ado, I nominate the following ladies to receive this award:

1. Jerusalem
2. Jillian
3. Lisa
4. Maria Elena
5. SadieLou
6. Sandy
7. Sarah
8. Shannon

I hope you ladies accept this award and pass it on to those you feel deserve it. And now for the rules:

1. Put the logo on your blog
2. Add a link to the person who awarded you
3. Nominate at least 7 other blogs
4. Add links to those blogs on yours
5. Leave a message for your nominees on their blogs

Next time I'll post about the Arte y Pico Award, given to me by Sandy.

Till then, stay happy and healthy.

Hugs,

Rosa

A Makeover Story

Inspiration comes from anywhere and everywhere!. I've seen so many beautiful inspiration boards, in blogs and in magazines. I wanted one of my own, so the other day, I went over to my trusty Target store and bought one. The only problem...it was black!. I do love black, but I don't want black in my happy-go-lucky craftroom!. So I decided a little paint here and there never hurt anything or anyone!, or has it?


The black beast:







I sanded it well, painted two coats of primer on:






A couple of coats of pink acrylic paint:


The pink beauty:






But that wasn't enough for my board, I had to pretty it up some more. I found a wooden applique, and a few wooden knobs:










Selected a few colors that would complement the pink ,and here they are:










A few dabs of glue here and there:






I added a few items to it so you can see the final result!


The gilded lily:






I'll be adding other items to it, I'm inspired by so many things and so many people!


INSPIRE ME!


"Look for a lovely thing and you will find it."-Sarah Teasdale





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Since tomorrow is Independence Day, I just want to wish you all a

Happy 4th of July!

Take care and have fun!

Hugs,

Rosa

Coming Up For Air

I've been busy... very busy!. It's so nice to be able to take a little break and share some things with you.

Shannon's swap was really fun to participate in, my partner was Linda. And how generous she is!. Look at all the pretty and fun things she sent me, even the kids got some goodies from her. Thank you so much, Linda.

And for the kids:

My kids loved everything, Linda. Those koalas are just too cute!

And these are the parasol items I sent her:


This parasol is double-sided, so all she has to do is turn it over for a different look!

And a wall hanging, isn't this just darling! ( I know, self praise stinks!! lol)






Like I mentioned on a previous post, I think these are the prettiest items I've created so far. i hope Linda enjoys them for a very long time!
I also sent her gift wrap from the Simply Shabby Chic line, and a pearl beaded "L". I didn't take pictures of those.


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June 19th was the last day of school. You could hear the excited screaming all the way to the moon!

Ah, those school days!

I wish all kids and parents a very happy and safe Summer vacation!

I made two last banners for Jeremy's teacher:

They look a lot nicer in real life!. These were my way of thanking his teacher for a wonderful 2nd grade experience! (If you'd like to see the other banners, they're in my Flickr).

This is it for now, time to get busy again. It's all for a good cause!

Big hugs to all!

Rosa

Happiness Is...

1. Having a professional gardener to take good care of your garden:

The other day, as I was getting ready to water the plants, Jason said: " I want to do it, mommy", so I said, " go ahead, you can do it". He was so happy, and he really did a great job!

2. Finding the metal dress form I've been looking all over the place for!

Actually, I had seen another one at TJ Maxx about a couple of weeks ago. My friend, Gloria, told me to buy it, but I said I wasn't. Needless to say, I went back a few days later, and surprise!, it was gone. I went on a hunting mission to no avail, no dress form!. Then yesterday, I went to Marshall's and as soon as I spotted it, I made a mad rush toward it! God forbid somebody else was eyeing too!. They had it hanging from a hook, the form wouldn't separate from it without a fight, but alas, it was free at last!

My plan is to hang tags and small collages on it.

3. Receiving my beautiful screen from the Birds and Bonnets Vintage Workshop swap

These panels are truly beautiful works of art. I don't know how Karla and Beth pulled it off but they did a fabulous job at setting these up and and sending them off. Thank you ladies!

From left to right the panels are by:

Sandra Feazel { www.Warehouseartchix.com }
Heather Simpson Bluhm {boobyfish.blogspot.com}

Debra Schoch {hophopjingleboo.blogspot.com}

Jennifer A. Lee

The other side:

From left to right:

Jennifer A. Lee, Debra Schoch, H. Simpson Bluhm and Sandra Feazel.

I love my panels, thank you all so much!!

"We love the things we love for what they are." -Robert Frost

I wish you all a fabulous weekend!

Hugs,

Rosa

Happy Birthday Vincent

Happy Birthday to our daddy!

Today is my husband's birthday. I hope he celebrates many more happy and healthy ones. I had purchased a birthday banner kit from Candice a couple of months ago. This past weekend I decided to put it together, just in time for hubby's big day. It is so cute, I love how it looks. From now on, I'll hang up this banner in honor of all family members' birthdays.

Have a great one sweetheart!

I hope you all are having a terrific day!

Hugs,

Rosa