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Weekend for Flowers – Friday Favorites

Posted on May 22, 2009 by crystal

Memorial Day Weekend – a time for remembering loved ones and countrymen, a time for family gatherings and picnics, and because it’s considered the opening weekend of summer – a time for planting flowers and gardens.

Here in New England, we do not begin serious gardening before Memorial Day as there’s still a possibility of frost up until then. In the next few days, we’ll spend some time working on our flower beds. 🙂

In honor of the season, I’m including a sweet vintage seed packet and a quotation with a floral theme!

I’d rather have roses on my table than diamonds on my neck. ~Emma Goldman

Wishing you rest, relaxation, and fun this weekend!

See you Monday with the new questions . . .

Friday Favorites – Getaway

Posted on May 15, 2009 by crystal

After a very busy week, I’m longing for a vacation. I don’t have anything planned, but this certainly looks like the perfect place for a little rest and relaxation!

To see more breath-taking photos by this photographer, click here.

Hope your weekend seems like a mini vacation! 🙂

See you Monday with the new questions!

Friday Favorites – For All the Moms

Posted on May 8, 2009 by crystal

In honor of Mother’s Day, this week’s Friday Favorites is dedicated to all Moms everywhere!

I love this painting and it seems perfect for the occasion. I’m also including some funny and some meaningful quotes about motherhood. Hope you enjoy them. 🙂

Young Mother in the Garden
Artist: Mary Cassatt

Mothers
A sweater is a garment worn by a child when the mother feels chilly. ~Barbara Johnson

I want to have children, but my friends scare me. One of my friends told me she was in labor for 36 hours. I don’t even want to do anything that feels good for 36 hours. ~Rita Rudner

Never lend your car to anyone to whom you have given birth. ~Erma Bombeck

Cleaning your house while your kids are still growing is like shoveling the walk before it stops snowing. ~Phyllis Diller

Those who say they “Sleep like a baby” haven’t got one. ~A new mother

A mother is a person who seeing there are only four pieces of pie for five people, promptly announces she never did care for pie. ~Tenneva Jordan

We worry about what a child will be tomorrow, yet we forgot that he is someone today. ~Stacia Tauscher

The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother. ~Author Unknown

See you Monday with the new questions! 🙂

Friday Favorites – Merry Month of May

Posted on May 1, 2009 by crystal

It’s the merry month of May!

For this week’s “Friday Favorites”, we have a vintage illustration and a modern quotation!

Both are appropriate for the first day of May; don’t you think?

Spring is nature’s way of saying, “Let’s party!”
~Robin Williams

Enjoy the blooming trees in your area this weekend! See you Monday with the new questions. 🙂

Friday Favorites – Bookmarks

Posted on April 24, 2009 by crystal

This week’s “Friday Favorites” features my favorite way to mark my place in a book – and that’s with a little piece of art. 🙂

No scraps of paper or turned down pages for me!

Sometimes I use a miniature print of a favorite painting from our art museum’s gift shop. Other times I might use a handmade gift tag that I’ve received on a present.

But some of my most treasured bookmarks were made by origami artist, Kayo.

Wouldn’t it be fun to see one of these lovely ladies as you curl up with that book you’re currently reading? You’ll find them available in many colors in Kayo’s etsy shop.

Take a little time for yourself this weekend, OK? 🙂

See you Monday for the new weekly giveaway with new questions and a very special prize!