Staying in Town for Easter...please COME VISIT

Splended SQUARE dried floral full of pink hydrangea & larkspur lemon leaf twigs & more... tied with tea dyed lace, this one may be sold today...however I will get more finished up in a few weeks...65.00

Red metal Cone BURSTING with vivid dried flowers...this is huge and would make a fabulous statement on a wall of its own...$135.00

Big dried ROUND floral wreath with lichen apple & pear TUCKED in among a lovely variety of dried flowers...65.00

A georgous bundle of dried florals tied with kraft paper to just lay next to your favorite grouping on a buffet , end table , ledge or shelf. You cant see the 2 flowers in lime green...they are wonderful! Tied with beautiful spring ribbon...21.00

Karen walked in with this yesterday...Karen is a very spiritual lady, she radiates this in her thoughts and actions and I am always amazed at what she comes up with...this is meant to give to your "real friends" wouldnt you say! I'm sure she can special order this in your favorite colors. Remember the hearts are made from antique quilts from the 1920's-1940's and sewn right onto the paper. 19.95 so affordable, you are buying an heirloom.

Kellie's Designs also made an Easter delivery...Easter baskets (not only for Easter) made in a pale aqua...each rose, daffodil, leaf handmade from felted wool sweaters...oh my...they are a work of art. Assorted sizes ranging from 10.00 to 26.00

One of our favorite girlie girls (who is only 5 years old) picked out the BIGGEST one for HER Easter basket...Kelllie you should have seen the biggest smile on her face with your basket!

Jayna has supplied us this season with the most creative assortment of altered art neclaces, this is the back of the tickled pink....wrap one up for a loved one who is not into candy, or tuck into an Easter basket for a pleasant suprise...Not only can you wear these but they would be fun hanging in your car window. P.S. I will show you our Mothers Day selection in April.

So...if you are staying in town for Easter, have visiting guests, or just want to get a little inspiration we hope you will come visit us through the Spring Break, we would love to see you!

Company coming for Easter...we can help

BE amazing chocolate brown and pink wooden plaque...inspiration for young adults! $38.00

Brilliant Dried floral cone...vintage style only 30.00 One of a kind

Beautiful Tuscan style large tile comes with stand...only 28.00

Potted BIRDNEST charming dried floral in brilliant colors, vintage style...65.00

Lime green basket filled with refreshing white daisies, tied with paper birdnest tag 42.00

Bunnies must be multiplying...there's still a selection and so fun to display with! We have plenty of vintage pitchers, tea cups & saucers to liven up your Easter.

Company coming for Easter? We can help fill up your bare spots around your home to add some charm and warmth...these decorations came in just today...plus more!

GIRLIE MINI PURSE SALE this week ONLY

One thing Easter is all about...getting dressed up in our new springy Easter Outfits...which reminds me maybe I will start wearing my white capri's now.

This week only we will have our most adorable MINI PURSES on SALE at $4.00 each (regularly 6.00) . Come by and load up...there are many colors and styles to chose from,they would make great Birthday presents for any age just add a wad of money, lipstick, jewelry and you have a nice gift. How cute in an EASTER BASKET.

HORTON hears a WHO movie

I give 5 stars to HORTON HEARS A WHO movie out this week-end. It's a must see for your SPRING BREAK activities. Being a Jim Carrey fan I can never miss the FIRST DAY out on his movies, the anticipation just kills me.
Jim is the most adorable HORTON...he is loveable & funny. Mayor's part is very funny, my favorites is when he goes to the dentist and the shot gets his arm...oh so funny. Then his 92 adorable WHO CHILDREN...wait and see where they sleep and what happens when ONE WHO CHILD asks for a drink of water...oh my goodness!
Another hilarious part is when HORTON crosses the swaying bridge...and when the who town has to make noise. Arent we blessed to be able to enjoy creative talents in this world?
We were not able to see it with our grandchildren, HOWEVER they were seeing it in another town at the same time. Lets hope Jim Carrey is working on another Dr. Suess movie.

ALWAYS something OLD & NEW at Just a Bed of Roses

Just arrived...amazingly well kept/ one owner ANTIQUE WASH STAND in solid oak. $395.00 One of the best ones I have sold...beautiful carvings.

As you may already know...there is ALWAYS a nice selection of VINTAGE LINENS added to the shop, reasonably priced to enjoy at YOUR home.

Antique wooden bobbin adorned with vintage tea dyed doily,antique paperie tag & wrinkly ribbons. Different selections through out shop.

Precious statue holding small birdnest, I have adorned with florals along the bottom. $35.00 Notice the beautiful vintage surroco gold mirror with bows...very shabby chic for sure only $25.00 and excellent condition.

Lots of pretty vintage dishes are abundant and come in daily...always affordable!

Just in...thought they would sell the first day, but didnt! 2 soft ivory wicker chairs, sturdy and paint just a little chippy! $55.00 each, will sell $100.00 for the pair. Now's the time to decorate your front porch and welcome spring!

Hooray For Spring

Kellies Designs created PRETTY PINK little chicks sitting on an apple blossom sprig celebrating spring...only 2 left 12.95

Pretty Old fashioned Sugar eggs with GIRL or BOY bunnies inside...12 more coming Tues. 12.95

Kellie's designs handmade felted wool spring flowers Easter Baskets...JUST re-stocked $16-25.00 Pretty Shabby Aqua baskets are expected in on Monday...dont miss!

NEW on market... giant candy sticks make a nice EASTER FAVOR, more coming Tuesday. Also in orange/yellows and pretty shabby pink /green $3.00 each

EASTER EGG SUCKERS...in spring colors, who wouldnt love one in their Easter basket. $3.75

Get a bubblegum flavored pink candy stick with each purchase until Easter!

SPRING BREAK this week? Come in and see how the shop is changing its colors. Easter really HAS snuck up on us...(I had 2" of snow at my home Saturday).Kellies designs has created the most unique handmade baskets & chicks for spring and Easter giving...any age would adore one.

I am also working on spring florals...how do you like this one with the VERY ANTIQUE cloth measuring tape wrapped around it? The vase is green crackly even if the picture doesnt show that!

HAS ANYONE SEEN MY HORMONES!

Front of altered art neclace titled: Hormones 24.95

HAS ANYONE SEEN MY HORMONES! Back of neclace

I love it when Jayna walks in the door during the week, she is a genius of creativity and makes everyone laugh at how she puts together clever pictures and sayings...we dont know how she does it...I guess that is part of the fun and mystery of her work.

I couldnt wait to get home to share this one with you...and I have listed some of her new ones on the website up for sale...hurry...dont miss out!

HIPPITY HOPPITY...EASTERS on its WAY!

SWEET...CHOCOLATE EASTER BUNNY & EGG FLORAL BASKETS make-over!

BEFORE PICTURES of the Chocolate easter egg baskets

I have been POTTING CARROTS...display them by your EASTER BUNNIES...$15.00

HANDMADE EASTER colored chocolate caramel DIPPED PRETZELS...5 in package $4.00

One thing I love to do is floral arrangements...however once in awhile I see in my catalogs florals that are already done and sometimes I just add a few touches. Well, these arrived and as you can see I was thorougly dissapointed in them...so they have received a make-over. Now they are filled with a chocolate bunny, a felt ric rac bow, paperie tags will adorn them and tiny white springy flowers make them "just adorable" for your spring decorating. They wont be over $20.00 ( a great buy as they should have been that price without all the adornments!) so come get first pic soon!

DID you SPRING FORWARD Today?

chocolate egg wreaths are on sale...reg. 32.00 Sale: 25.00 Only 6 left!

4 mini chocolate easter eggs...3.95 (not real) but yumm yumm!

5" Chocolate Easter bunnies are still multiplying...$3.25 each & 4 styles, Not really chocolate (resin), they make you want to bite their heads off and eat them though!

Bunny, Chicks & eggs CUPCAKES...not the kind you eat! Only a few left of them so sorry. $5.00

Fluffy Feather wreath with sparkly easter eggs in yellow and Pink feathers only 2 $30.00 each.

Did you "spring forward" this Sunday morning?

Here's just a "peep" at Easter in the shop...also arriving this week is Easter Candies, antique paperie tags, tile sayings, vintage spring "attic" florals, antique collectables in glass & rusty, an antique childs wooden school desk, 2 antique wooden shelves nice for displaying antique tea cups and saucers which I have gotten in at least 4 sets of them and fun chocolate/pink sprinkle bags to wrap your easter purchases in.

You MUST MUST MUST see the new felted wool handmade Chocolate bunnies, & spring floral baskets that Kellie just brought in...they will fly out the door...so unique! chocolate bunnies are $15.95 and the baskets left are $21.95

With EACH purchase you will receive a pink bubble gum flavored candystick before Easter.

Today & this week I will be adding more to the website for purchasing...let me know if I can be of any assistance in answering any questions you may have. Enjoy your Easter decorating...and hurry...it will be over before you know it!

P.S....I am NOT waiting PATIENTLY for my daughter to get her handpainted bunnies finished and get a photo and prints into the shop to share with you. Her art teacher says this is her best yet...oh my...they are adorable & beautiful I know you will agree...I may just start loving bunnies now... as rabbits have never been my thing. So you bunny collectors you are going to want a print to enjoy at your home! Hurry Shellie...WE are waiting!

Take a peek at what is coming into the shop Monday morning...3 chippy paint italian statues, crock, grapes tea pot set, shakers, rosey dishes, tea dyed 6" lace, early 1900' s purple glass, lots of rusty buckets (not shown), black gold metal vintage garbage can.Many of these will be fancied up with vintage lace, ribbons and antique paperie tags for charm.

Plus...we may have 1-2 antique oak buffets with mirrors from the 30'- 40's arrive, will need to squeeze them in some how...?

Lots of the old wicker and metal funeral baskets have JUST arrived with their white chippy paint. I adore them, and its hard for me to sell them as they are something I love to collect. But you know...thats part of being "grown up" and playing shop...so I will put my big girl panties on and deal with it...please come in a select one thats right for your decorating.If you buy more than one we can do some dealing on the prices! Arent the gold metal plant stands charming? It's March...time to start thinking DIRT...not dirty now...just dirt!

P.S....some really GREAT news...we may have a BRAND NEW EMPLOYEE coming in this week...stop in to meet Lisa.

The NEW Mexican grill smells so good in our neighborhood ...you must bring your friends down and try the chicken burrito...mmmm such unique good flavor!

JEWEL of the SEAS...Royal Caribbean Cruise

Shows you how wide the rooms are! Should have you shown the porthole behind the curtains.

Beautiful PINK ROSES were delivered from our darling daughter & son in law...thank you and we LOVE YOU TWO so much!

Mexican basketball hoop in Chitzaneetza !

Husband ,I & daughter Shellie after lovely formal dress up dinner, & now off to dance!

Towel monkey: Our towels were always made into some kind of animal each day!

Unusual... 6 Toe cat at Ernest Hemmingways home, its one of 47 cats on the property!

Key West

What has:
18,450 fresh eggs. 4,750 lbs of rice. 12,500 lbs fresh vegetables. 11,580 lbs fresh fruit. 556 lbs. coffee. 785 gals ice cream. 31,345 lbs Poultry. 3,650 lbs sugar. 3,500 gals. milk. 185 lbs fresh herbs. 7,500 lbs potatoes. 7,500 bottle liquor. 8,500 cans beer. 5,000 cans soda?
Along with 2,500 guests...800 employees

And you thought that YOUR GROCERY BILL was high!

We had our first experience cruising the Western Caribbean: Key West, Belize, Cozamel, Play del Carmen recently...what was amazing was the ship being so big, beautiful,only 4 years old, run so efficiently, so much to do on and off the ship and IT WAS SO WARM!
Dinners were amazing, buffets non stop and can you beleive I lost 2 lbs (LOTS of walking, dancing and I got the achy flu last 3 days), has anyone ever lost weight going on a cruise vacation? Right now I think there are tons of flu germs on the airplanes, everyone coughing!

Our daughter/husband and the Xocai dark chocolate company that he is the medical advisor for were great fun to hang out with. They sent us a fruit bowl and PINK ROSES, did I tell you how much I love them, they are so good to us. We were entertained by dancing, Kareoke (with the awesome mxi group) and fun times on each island. AHHH the BEACH is nice too! I also lost a bingo blackout by 1 #... could of won 300.00 Oh, and the girls night out SPA treatment mmm!

I'm not use to seeing such poverty as these islands are unlike America and all the blessings and security it provides. I never felt safe on the islands. Saw corrupt policemen filling up on hard alcoholic drinks. Mexico vehicles are simply a piece of metal junk barely rolling down the streets, you have to laugh to keep from crying. And they want to sell you a piece of Toilet paper when that time comes! Oh how I love America!

A few thing I learned is that there are some things a person of my age SHOULD NOT do...like TUBING through a DARK BAT CAVE with whirlpools,rocks and the other is a ZIPLINE THROUGH A JUNGLE...oh my heck I thought my life was going to end right there. I (my 200 lb body)was hanging 3 stories high and stuck 6' from the platform (destination)...I shook and struggled for my life to walk my hands to the end and shook for hours after! I DID NOT FINISH the zipline, NO WAY! Not only that but to GET DOWN there is JUST a rope going straight down...if I had my way I would STILL be there...I was just too frightened to slide straight down that rope. Glad its over and I can laugh about it NOW! On the hour trip to this destination our so called VAN/BUS collapsed with all kinds of smokey problems and a flat tire...lesson learned... stay away from guys named "nacho"!(actually he was a cute guy).

In Key West we walked to Ernest Hemmingways home as they have 47 cats on the property...and being the cat lover that I am it was a must see...cats were laying all over the place, what is so neat about these cats is that many of them have 6 toes, very special to see.

When the achy flu hit me I used my positive attitude thoughts (from Jack canfields book Key to living the law of attraction) and instead of it ruining my trip I had nice thoughts of "wow could there be a better place to be sick, visualized myself relaxing at the georgous resort beach, enjoyed the big blue ocean & sky ,I had the boat almost to myself, told the cutest coke boy he was my boyfriend for the day, as Carl went on a day trip to the famous Chitzaneetza ruins (spelled wrong I know)... how wonderful is that!

Always nice to come home even though it was snowing (ugh) again...the girls kept the shop running well, I thank them.
Now...the next cruise...hmmm... maybe next year...it surely will be to Hawaii or Alaska, no more Mexico for me!