Make Mine Pink "Cherished Memories" A Shopping Event!

Please join us for shopping with a twist on Friday May 14th 2010 as we present "Cherished Memories"

I love to surround myself with treasures from the past. They often remind me of my favorite people and some of my favorite moments in time. I hope to pass these memories down to my own children and grandchildren one day.

Like so many others, I've kept a family album of old photographs, yellowed with age. Some of the faces I remember from long ago. There are weddings and births, laughing voices and forever romances recorded in these images. They are moments that live on because I remember.

One of my favorite things is Dad's old pocket watch. The hands of time are still moving, although a little slower than before. I remember him pulling the watch from his pocket so many times. Then there is Grandma's unfinished needlepoint. It’s wrapped in tissue and sitting at the bottom of an old wooden chest. Her fingers now lie still, but I remember the long chats we had while I watched as she stitched her beautiful designs. Having these treasures nearby makes me feel as if they are still near.

Even the heirlooms and antiques I find at the flea market have special meaning for me. The old French perfume bottles that line my bedroom shelf were perhaps a gift to an elegant lady from a doting admirer or loving husband. A collection of antique silver spoons that I use on special occasions, were perhaps a gift to a young bride. A cozy quilt stitched from well-loved clothing inspires me to imagine the garments the squares of fabric came from, and the people who once wore them.

When my daughters and children come to dinner, I set the table with my mother's favorite tablecloth and china, and aways have something to tell them my favorite childhood anecdotes and stories that were once told to me. It seems fitting to share my cherished memories while creating new ones of our own. Memories that will mingle together, both old and new, and continue to be passed down for generations to come







Joyce Lucas, Founder
Make Mine Pink


Photo Contribution 1: Forget Me Not Dreams | Photo Contribution 2: Grandma G's | Photo Contribution 3: The Antique Boutique 

Keeping It Green!

 Cameo Kids Boutique and MMP Cordially Invite You to Come Shop The Make Mine Pink Shopping Event On Friday, April 9th, 2010 "Keeping It Green"

Please visit the participating shops at MakeMinePink.com's

 MMP Friday Shopping Event

There are so many beautiful and creative ways to keep the earth clean. For me, reducing, reusing and recycling is much more than being environmentally friendly. It's creatively repurposing old, forgotten, and vintage items to create some of my favorite things.

I love to surround myself with rescued items that have been restored to look brand new. On my dining room table is a vintage cloth that had been buried in a box for too many years. Now it's crisp and fresh, and beautifully draped over my table. Old silver pieces, etched with time and polished to look like new, are displayed in my re-purposed china cabinet. Among them sit antique china pieces that I rescued from a flea market or auction. Their delicate rose patterns display proudly, instead of a layer of dust. The china cabinet itself was a great flea market find, worn and scratched, but repainted to match the rest of my decor.

 
All of these once-forgotten, now repurposed items have such stories to tell. An old needlepoint turned into a luxurious cushion that I keep on my bed whispers to me of the woman who stitched it so long ago. On the back of a pretty vintage postcard that I found in a thrift store is written a few words about a long-ago romance, now it's framed and hanging on my wall. I can't see the words, but knowing that they're there makes the postcard all the more beautiful to me.
 
There is nothing so small that it can't be recycled into a wonderful treasure. Even the tiniest scrap of lace can be reused to add a just-so touch and create something brand new out of repurposed items. I save scraps of colorful fabric, buttons of all shapes and sizes, bits of embellished paper, single earrings and abandoned jewels. You never know when these fragments will be just the right addition to a new creation.
 
Thinking green is a beautiful way to keep the earth clean. I love to find new ways to reuse, repurpose and recycle, and brighten up my little corner of the earth.


Joyce Lucas, Founder
Make Mine Pink


Please join us for shopping with a twist!........See You There!

Photo Contribution 1: Cameo Kids Boutique - Vintage Table Runner Little Girls Halter Top| Photo Contribution 2: Rose Blossom Cottage - Victorian Roses Broken China Pin Pendant| Photo Contribution 3: Noelle Garrett Designs - Vintage Wall Paper Journel