MMP Friday Shopping Event May 21st "A Spring Garden"

Please join us for shopping with a twist on Friday May 21st 2010 as we present "A Spring Garden"

Every year I look forward to the first flowers of spring. A garden filled with spring flowers always makes my heart beat a little faster with delight. Those first flowers inspire me to fill every corner of my home and yard with signs of rebirth and new life.



To the garden growing outside my window, I add a vintage planter filled with cheerful spring daisies. Their smiling faces welcome friends, old and new. I hang a ceramic plaque engraved with a friendly message among the tulips and the daffodils. On a busy day, it reminds me to rest a while and enjoy the spring flowers. From early in the morning until sundown, spring birds fill my yard and heart with their songs. They flit from tree to tree, looking for the perfect spot to build their nests. I could spend hours watching them carefully perch on the dainty teacup bird feeders I've set out for them.

When the weather is warm enough, I love to host a tea party outdoors for my granddaughters. On cooler days, I sip my tea indoors by a window overlooking the garden. I love to breathe spring into my home by adding floral touches throughout. I cover my table with a cloth sprinkled with dainty spring flowers and leaves. A floral Victorian cake stand makes a perfect centerpiece for the grand occasion – the arrival of spring. I set the table with vintage teacups and saucers encircled with tiny rosebuds for drop in guests.

In my sitting room, a beautiful handmade pillow rests on the sofa, which I have slip-covered in spring colors. Another pillow covered in bright pink blossoms sits proudly on my bed, now made afresh with spring linens. On the hall console I fill a crystal bowl with spring-scented potpourri and enjoy the fragrance of the season as it fills the house. At my desk, I write notes to friends I haven’t heard from in a while on notepaper filled with butterflies and spring spring flowers.

A spring garden is nature's announcement that the world is coming back to life. With its arrival, I feel more vibrant and alive, making me want to bring spring into every corner of my life.


The boutiques at Make Mine Pink can help you create a spring garden in your life.


Joyce Lucas, Founder
Make Mine Pink


Photo Contribution 1: Mary's Cottage Treasures | Photo Contribution 2: Cameo Kids Boutique | Photo Contribution 3: C'est Chouette

Vintage Hanky Surprise Contest - We Have A Winner!

The Correct Answer Was ..... Hanky Neck Scarf!

And the Winner is ... Carol at "Business In The Bag"
Carol is also a "Make Mine Pink Girl!"

Carol has won one of our vintage hanky scarf creations, and any one her heart desires! Let me know which one you choose Carol and I'll get it sent right out to you!  Thank you for participating!  I hope you will enjoy your gift!  I need your address too!

A special thanks to all who played in our "Vintage Hanky Surprise" contest.  Thank you all for your support and the fun!  It would have turned out perfect if I hadn't ended up in the darn hospital for three days, but it was only a delay on announcing our winner and posting the pictures. 

I have lots of pictures so this post will be picture long!
Our Vintage Hanky Neck Scarves are 63"L and a mix of several vintage hankies each.

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This one the "Pinks" is full hankies sewn into a neck scarf.

The following photos are the girls modeling the scarves and all the ways they can be worn.

After Ms. Carol selects her hanky neck scarf the rest will be listed for sale at Cameo Kids Boutique

Hope you all enjoy our new creations. It was fun creating them!

A special thanks to my sweet beautiful adopted neighbor girls for modeling these for you.  Aren't they just the cutest kids!!??  Thanks Thea, and Leila....your so good to me! Hugs and Kisses!

TaTa for Now!

Debi

Vintage Pillowcase Dresses

Since 2001 Cameo Kids has offered beautiful one of a kind pillowcase dresses for little girls.   This is the Heart and Soul of Cameo Kids Boutique. These darling old pillowcases that are recycled into sweet little girls summer frocks, were the inspiration that a dream was built on.  Cameo Kids now offers over 67 vintage pillowcases with over 100 more to list on our website for pillowcase dresses.  We offer these cases for customers to be able to pick the pillowcase they want and we custom make the dress for them.  Our creations are more than just a dress.  They are treasures from our past lovingly created by the hands of some womem long ago, full of history, beautifully hand embroidered and hand crocheted. We bring them to life again in another form to be enjoyed once more as clothing for your children.  These dresses are finely crafted with heirloom quality for today's and tomorrow's little girls.  Perfect for passing on from one genertion to the next.  They are given a new life for new stories to share for years to come.  Below are some samples of some of the vintage pillowcases you'll find at Cameo Kids Boutique for custom orders.  You can find these and more here.  We are always adding more so please check back if you don't find what you may be looking for. 

Below are just a few of our past custom order creations. You'll see also some of the different styles of pillowcase dresses we offer like our Peasant Style, Original Style Ribbon Pillowcase Dress, Halter Style,  and our Sundress Style. Not shown is our Onesie Pillowcase Dress, and our T-Shirt Pillowcase Dress.  We also have other variations we have used for dresses with the use of vintage pillowcases.

 

We also create pillowcase dresses using fine fabrics of today.  Below are some of these past creations.

 

We are known largely for our vintage pillowcase dresses, but we offer so much more.  We have many new items to list, so check back often as our ideas flourish and our products are completed. You won't want to miss what we have in store for you!

"A Few of our Favorite Things"

Whenever I come across one of my favorite things, I feel a sudden flutter. Do you know the the feeling? It's a little thrill that tells me this is something special. Maybe it's a memory that the item brings to mind or perhaps it's just the way it catches the sunlight. Maybe you’re not really sure what it is about this particular item, you just recognize the pleasure it gives you when you see it.

Whimsical treasures always stir that feeling in me. Faux pastries iced with lace and trimmed with vintage laces, pink polkadots on cupcakes and tiaras on clocks, things I only imagined in places I never expected. Vintage china pieces hand painted with roses, just like the ones my grandmother used to set, create that same inexplicable feeling of delight. Table linens in particular, remind me of the special teas I shared with her so many years ago.
 
Almost anything with a pretty scent is on my list of favorite things. Beautifully wrapped scented soaps, displayed in a ceramic bathtub, covered in roses. Sometimes I'll tuck and extra fragrant bar into a drawer to add a bit of fragrance to my clothing.

In the bedroom, armfuls of flower-covered pillows are piled on the bed - the more the better. Dainty hankies draped over the shade of a favorite bedroom lamp, create just the right lighting for a summer night. A crystal vase placed on a table in the center of the room sparkles in the sunlight and makes me smile when it catches my eye.

Favorite things come in all shapes and sizes, colors and scents. Whatever stirs that little flutter in you, you're sure to discover it at




Make Mine Pink.
Joyce Lucas, Founder
Make Mine Pink

Please join us for shopping with a twist on Friday April 16th 2010 as we present "A Few of our Favorite Things"

Photo Contribution 1: The Pink Rose Cottage| Photo Contribution 2: GaiL Friend Designs| Photo Contribution 3: Angel Heart Designs