Vintage Lives On - A Grow With Me Pillowcase Dress

The Look ~ The Design ~ It's Just Divine!

(Sounds Like Divine Design on HGTV lol!)

The beauty of vintage linens just comes alive when transformed or recycled into beautiful heirloom dresses and pantaloons for little girls. I can't think of a better way to celebrate the hand work of women years and years ago into something so sweet, to again cherish it's beauty in a new form and a promise of new life.  It simply amazes me everytime no matter how many hundrends of these I've made, just how cute and precious each one becomes. I'm just ticklely gigglely all over again. This old vintage pillowcase matched with an old vintage chenilled bedspread is now all of that and more. This darling set is on it's way to a little girl who hasn't even had her first breath of life yet, and will be her first gift from mommy and daddy to welcome her to this world. This will be an heirloom for sure with the hope of a little girl of hers also wearing it again some day! I just get goosey bumps thinking of it!

Size 6M

I so love the bluebird ones!

This embroidery is just perfect, every single stitch! It's just too Sweeeeeeet!

We're Creating Little Works of Heart with Your Little One's and Mommies in Mind, by Creating and Making Vintage Beautiful and Useful Again!

MMP Friday Shopping Event June 18th "Shades of red, white and blue"

Please join us for shopping with a twist on

 Friday June 18th 2010

as we present "Shades of red, white and blue".

When I think of the colors red, white and blue, I'm reminded of Fourth of July parties, picnics and fireworks. Our annual Independence Day celebrations are always filled with family, friends, laughter and fun. My favorite summer foods are cooked on the barbecue, almost as delicious as the company I'm in. On that day, I feel like the whole world is celebrating with me.

Everywhere I look, I find so many beautiful combinations of red, white and blue. Whenever I come across them, they make me smile with fond memories of those celebrations and family times. There's the vintage apron hung on a hook and waiting to be used when company comes for dinner. Its cheery red roses are still bright against what used to be a vivid blue, but has faded with

time. When I open the linen closet, blue and white checked linens – once my mother’s finest picnic linens, still bearing traces of childhood Fourth of July picnics – always catch my eye. In the kitchen, white vintage china decorated with tiny red and blue rosebuds sits elegantly on a shelf I've painted white.

Even when I don't intentionally plan to decorate in those colors, red, white and blue find their way in, catching me by surprise. I've hung a white canvas with big red roses on a wall that's been freshly painted in a pale robins egg blue. It just seemed right to put it there. My red and blue glass sun catcher, floating in a window framed with white lace curtains, sparkles in the sunlight. On the table, my treasured velvet strawberries inside a vintage blue bowl. The tiny cracks in the glaze, giving away it’s age.

What is it about the shades of red, white and blue that tells us they belong together? Maybe it's the history behind them. Or maybe it's our own memories of the happy times. All I know is, when I'm surrounded by shades of red, white and blue, everyday is a celebration of life, freedom, and love.





Joyce Lucas, Founder
Make Mine Pink


Photo Contribution 1: The Quilt Shoppe | 2: Cameo Kids Boutique  | Photo Contribution 3: Esprit de Joie

Eye Candy Creations - A Beach Bunny Babe!

Hi Ya'll! Got somebody I want you to meet! Her name is Jennifer and the designer and creator of Eye Candy Creations at Etsy. She also has a blog called Sweet Eye Candy Creations. On a visit today I found she has designed this kitschy whimsical t-shirt and matching beach bag for all the beach babes out there. Well I have been a beach baby all my life growing up on a lake in Michigan and now living here in Florida. Water and I are one. I love the beaches and when ever life starts grabbing me by the throat...the beach is my haven of peace and tranquility. I'm a whole new person after a trip to the beach, even if it's just a few hours. It's amazing what being by the water can do for me. Well anyway her creations were just too irresistable for me. I went as soon as I saw them and put in my order! Aren't these just the cutest?! I love the bunnies, the retro gal, and of course the whole beach scene!

I can't wait till mine arrives and "Beach Bunny Babe" here I come!
The PEACE!....The QUIET!....The SUN!....The SAND....
The SMELL of OCEAN AIR!....The LOUNGE CHAIR!....A COLD DRINK!
 SPLASH!!!

This is what I bought! Don't ya just love the bunnies too!

You can get your beach girl with brunette or blonde hair. And the bags come in the blue and green stripe or you can also find it in pink and green stripe. I love pink and green but I was really pulled to the blue and green so thats what I got!

The Brunette

The Blonde

The Pink and Green Bag, the Blue and Green Bag, the T-Shirt!

Go get yours today! It's Unique and One Of A Kind!