day 4

On the fourth day we visited Antigua. I was really excited to visit this island because of its 365 beaches. The one we went to was beautiful, how could it not be with its turquoise waters and white sandy beaches? It was a great day to relax and enjoy the surroundings!

day 3

On our 3rd day we visited Barbados. We took a taxi to one of their beautiful beaches, and spent the day getting some sun and swimming.

day 2

On the second day of our cruise we visited Dominica. The island is known for being the Nature Isle of the Caribbean due to its seemingly unspoiled natural beauty and for their beautiful waterfalls. We went to Jaco falls, named for a slave that hid there back in the 1700's.

Parts of Pirates of the Caribbean 2 and 3 were filmed on the island.

caribbean vacation

Last week Mike and I took a much needed vacation to the Southern Caribbean. We cruised on a Carnival ship for 7 days seeing paradise.

Our first stop was St.Thomas

Happy Birthday Hubby!

Today is my husband, Mike's birthday! Hope you have a great day sweetie!!

bouquet friday 8

The last installment of Bouquet Friday I bring you my bouquet from my wedding. I love pink, and I used all different shades of pinks through out the wedding. Mine included peonies, roses, calla lilies, and hydrangeas. Stems wrapped in ivory satin ribbon, then wrapped with ivory flowers with crystals.

These were the bridesmaids bouquets. Done in pinks and white, roses, hyacinths, and gerbra daisies. Stems wrapped in sage green ribbon.

hope you enjoyed the bouquet friday's!

ribbon roses

I was playing around with some ribbon the other day, and I thought to make these ribbon roses. REALLY easy to make! They would be cute on all different things!

bouquet friday 7

Bouquet Friday is almost coming to a close. This week I bring you a traditional style bouquet: Hand-held cascade. My best friend Melissa would go "ga-ga" over the color, who is a purple fanatic! It's done up in roses, dasies, lilacs, and other purple fillers.

collecting compacts

When I was younger, my Mom would go to different antique stores and flea markets, and I would tag along with her. Since we would go shopping a lot I started to see over and over again these old compacts. I thought it would make going to the antique stores a little more exciting to start collecting something. So I started buying and collecting compacts. It's amazing how many there are out there. There is even books about collecting compacts.

Here is some from my collection.

One of my favorite is one by Richard Hudnut, where you open it and the mirror pops open. Love it!

It makes you think of where they came from and who they belonged to.

What a story they could tell!

mmmm...

Over the weekend my Mom had a family get together that included a YUMMY dinner; I offered to make a dessert- Strawberry cake! My Mother in law made it for my Sister in law's birthday and it was a hit with everyone, so I thought I would share it with you all:

Frozen or fresh strawberries
Coolwhip
Angelfood cake
Strawberry Jello

you must try it immediately! YUM!

**thanks Mom S for the receipe and thanks Mom for making that great dinner!!**

my photos on flickr

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***my blogger isn't quite working with posting...so give me a couple days to get it fixed. :)

bouquet friday 7

Something blue. This is perfect for a bride that needs her "something blue". Gathered blue hydrangeas, poppies, green peonies, snowballs, and other blue fillers. I wrapped the stems with light green ribon and added a little sparkle with swarovski crystals.