'LUSH' Picks.....!

Cool colors + cool styles = great summer pieces from Old Navy........a 'LUSH'pick!
(Old Navy faux leather flip flops!)

Great camera + great eye for beautifully capturing it's subject = beautiful inspirational art via vintage and art.................a 'LUSH' pick!Grapefruit + tangerine = Grapefruit by Jo Malone. Awakening senses with fragrance..........a 'LUSH' pick!
Monogrammed Madras plaid 'koozie' + favorite summer refreshing drink = keepin' it cool and fashionable! Doin' it the classic (prepster) way via Madras n Pearls......................a 'LUSH' pick!
Wonderfully worn wood floors + beautifully designed stenciling = gorgeous floors for a summer cottage (or any cottage for that matter)! Pretty no carpet floors via Miss Walker ....................a 'LUSH' pick!
Hot summer nights + beautiful vintage slips = lovely nightgown via vintage and art.................a 'LUSH' pick! (I have several in a variety of beautiful colors.)
Navy eyelet + gorgeous summer styled dress = Shayna via Lilly Pulitzer! Me and my navy in the summer time, gotta have, must have summer navy eyelet dress.................a 'LUSH' pick!
Even when it's hot, summer is soooo cool! xo

Just Thinkin'.............!

"Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time." author Thomas Merton.

Just thinkin'...............our blogs are a form of personal art and expression! No doubt that it is in blogland that we find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time!

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Keep dreaming, creating, and expressing the beauty in you! xo

The Adventure is in the Find

Here are a few of the treasures I have attained in my adventures of resale, garage sale and "just luck" hunts. I have many more, however, I wanted to share these. I don't know much in regards to the history of each, other than what I have written. If you have any insight or knowlege of my collection, please share.










I found this little girl in a junk shop. Her eyes stole my heart. I couldn't leave her behind. She came home with me.


















The bride is by Besse Pease Gutman. I'm sure most of you have seen her work over the years. I was 11 years old (I'm fifty--do the math), riding my bike through the neighborhood, when I spotted a garage sale. I have loved garage sales and resale shops as long as I can remember. Immediately I spotted this bridal picture and this satin comforter. I asked the price, and hurried home to get my earned money from babysitting out of my piggy bank. I paid $20 dollars for the both. The comforter is so pLUSH and the picture is beautiful.














My sister and I frequented a little Sicilian eatery named "George's". His decor included walls covered in art, framed pictures, and framed personal pictures of himself and celebrities. One day I asked him if I could buy this painting of roses. After a few more visits, he gave it to me.













As for this little prince on the horse, my aunt gave him to me. She and her husband collected art. And, she was very fashionable, too. She's given me items that would make a vintage lover go weak in the knees. Thank you Aunt Theresa.