I am a Victorian Soul, who lives in a small townhouse that was built in the mid 1970's, not a huge Mega Mansion!! I just recently lost my Hubby Joe, who was a Retired Letter Carrier. I worked night shift as an RN on a Hospital based Rehabilitation( Physical Medicine) Unit for 37 years before I had Knee Replacement Surgery and officially Retired in 2019 after 41 years working in Direct Patient Care ... I am so glad that we retired at 62 years of age and got to spend that time together before he passed....I still do love Retirement!!!!

I DABBLE IN A BIT OF THIS AND THAT!!!!

" IT IS NEVER TOO LATE TO BE WHAT YOU MIGHT HAVE BEEN"
George Eliot
George Eliot was actually a pen name for a woman named Mary Anne Evans......

BLOGGING FOR FUN AND FRIENDSHIP!!!!!!

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

DINNER FOR 2 & HEARTS AT WORK!

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!!

Even though I do decorate like a crazy woman, we really don't make a big deal out of celebrating Valentine's Day. Usually we are working so a nice meal at home is what we like.

I did a simple little tablescape........

You can see that I used one of my yard sale finds, a vintage tablecloth with red roses......

See my Dining Room Valentine Tree in the background......

A simple setting for two.....

Red chargers from the Christmas Tree Shop along with white dinner plates with a gold rim. These were also bought at the Christmas Tree Shop at 90% Clearance for 10 cents a piece!!!!
Yep! you read that right..... 10 cents a piece!!

The red heart plates are from Target on Clearance , of course!


The flowers , mercury glass votives and little cherub are items I pulled from the Living Room Valentine Decorations.....

A candy box that I embellished......

Vintage napkins.....








One of our favorite Italian Eateries is locally owned and called Leggio's. We usually call in an order and Joe picks it up on his way home from work.

You definitely get your money's worth.

This is Joe's favorite ........
Veal Parmigiana with a side of spaghetti and a salad......


Do you see the size of that piece of veal???? And yes, Joe ate the whole thing.......

An order of garlic bites is included.....

And this is half of my Chicken Parmigiana with a side of spaghetti......


Here is the other half with 2 garlic bites left over and I did not eat my salad. Another meal for me....

All this for a mere $31.00!!!

You can't beat it!!
The owner is right from Italy so the food is superb!

And now I want to show you how I decorated the Rehab Department in which I work for Valentine's Day.

Ever since I did the decorations for Christmas, I have been elected to do the decorations for other Holidays....

When you step off the elevator , you see the wreaths that I made....


Grapevine wreaths with a white rose garland wired in and red velvet roses and hearts from the Dollar Tree added to it....


I made the bows using 2 different ribbons....


I left up 2 of the little trees that we had in our Nurse's Station...
You know me with trees!!

Here is the little tree that I decorated for Valentine's Day using roses and red heart lights......

I left some of the snow men out because it is still winter....


And this tree is inside the Nurse's station and is still decorated for Winter with some silver balls and snowflakes and a snow man at the base. I just added a bow made out of Valentine Ribbon on the top.....

And I hung some cupids from another Dollar store ( pack of 6 for a buck) around!!


I will leave these decorations up for about another week at work since Feb. is Heart Month and then I will decorate for St. Patrick's Day......

Our patients and staff like the decorations and it makes things a bit more festive.......

I hope you all had a wonderful Valentine's Day!!

I am linking up to these parties:

Home Decor and Organizing Link Party

Wow Us Wednesday

Rednesday

Tablescape Thursday

Delightfully Inspiring Thursday

Open House Party Thursday
Homemaking Link Up Party

Home Sweet Home Friday

Show and Tell Friday

Potpourri Friday

Vintage Inspiration Friday

Thrifty Things Friday
Tickled Pink Friday

Seasonal Sunday
Sunday's Best
Woman Thing, the Link Party
Masterpiece Monday

Mod Vintage Mix Monday

Amaze Me Monday

Metamorphosis Monday
The Valentine's Day Party
Valentine Par-Tay with Laurie

Please take some time to visit these terrific hosts and all those joining in on the fun!

Thanks so much for stopping by today and every day that you take the time to visit with me!

Hugs,
Debbie

Monday, February 6, 2012

DRESS FORMS and MINI TEA CUPS and TEA POTS!

Dress Forms......

I think we all pretty much love them, don't we? So much so that Carol over at
The Polka Dot Closet decided to have a Dress Form Party!!

What a grand idea!!

I have a few.......

This is Minerva.......

She is a wicker dress form that I bought several years ago in a Consignment Shop.

I had recently purchased a lace dress at a Costume Shop on clearance for a mere $5.00 and I knew the wicker dress form would be perfect for the dress....

After Christmas, I tea dyed this beautiful lace dress because it was stark white. I wanted to give it a more aged look. I think that I will again try tea dying it to change the color to a more beige....

I made the hat and OOOPS!!
You can see the styrofoam ball I use as a head.....

The darling little tea cup pin was given to me by Martha of Martha's Favorites when I won one of her giveaways.....

The black bow was actually a hair barrett.....

I bought the parasol on Ebay....

I used peach accessories because Minerva usually lives in my peach Living Room except at Christmas time....

And at night, there is an uplight underneath her......


My second dress form is a seamstress one that I bought at a yard sale for a mere $1.00!

I have this one in my bedroom with my wedding gown displayed on it....


I did not want my wedding gown to look like a wedding gown so I sort of disguised it a bit by adding a hat, a shawl and a pink scarf....



The pink scarf was a yard sale find....

The pretty flower pin was gifted to me by my friend, Rose Marie, who passed away before Christmas.

I also displayed some other pins on this dress form....



And gloves and a fan of course....

The ruffle at the bottom of the gown....

I think it beats having my wedding dress stuck in a bag up in the attic, don't you?

I have a few other smaller dress forms in my bedroom also.....

This is a paper mache dress form that I bought in a Thrift shop and decoupaged wrapping paper over ....

And then added a vintage bracelet as a necklace....

And I also have a dress form jewelry stand in my Bedroom.....

I have displayed one of Joe's Grandmother 's vintage beaded collars on it....

And I do have another dress form jewelry stand in the Guest room.....



Well, that is all of my dress forms.....

Please be sure to visit and maybe join in on The Dress Form Party over at The Polka Dot Closet!!

Soon to some mini tea cups and teapots.....

In my last post, I showed you my Den Valentine's Day tree.....

Among the toile hearts are also some transferware mini tea cup and tea pot ornaments.....



Don't you just love the cupid on this one???



And I also want to share this flea market find that i paid $1.00 for with you.....

I just love mini Tea Sets....

Isn't this one so cute with the red cardinals in it???

I thought it would be a perfect match for my Winter Bird House tree in my kitchen....

And we celebrated my Birthday on Sunday with a pizza and wings party....

That is Danielle and Jim....

Joe and Joey......


Can you tell that my Joey loves to get his picture taken???
Can't really say that for Joe now, can I??? LOL!

Having all of my family with me is ALWAYS the best Birthday gift anyone could give me!

Thanks so much to everyone who wished me well. I am feeling okay but still not myself and I still get that pain and bloating after eating. As I mentioned before, I see a Gastroenterologist on the 16th so I am just waiting.....

I do need to apologize to those I Follow if you do not see your blog on my Blog Roll. I am having trouble updating it and then I thought starting over would help . But I could not list any names on my Blog Roll after i deleted it. I was able to list some this morning but then Blogger stopped letting me do that. I am still trying to list the remaining names...... Does anyone know anything about this???

I am linking up to these great parties:

Cozy Home Party Tuesday

Home Decor and Organizing Link Party

Knick of Time Tuesday

Tea Time Tuesday

Tea Cup Tuesday

Tabletop Tuesday

Wow Us Wednesday

Rednesday

Delightfully Inspiring Thursday

Vintage Thingie Thursday

Open House Party Thursday
Homemaking Link Up Party

Home Sweet Home Friday

Show and Tell Friday

Potpourri Friday

Vintage Inspiration Friday

Pink Saturday

Seasonal Sunday
Sunday's Best

Woman Thing, the Link Party
Masterpiece Monday

Mod Vintage Mix Monday

Amaze Me Monday

Metamorphosis Monday

Please take some time to visit these terrific hosts and all those joining in on the fun!

Thanks so much for stopping by today and every day that you take the time to visit with me!

Hugs,
Debbie
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