Comfort Cottage

Pink Saturday Miracle Makeover

Today is a very special Pink Saturday.   Our hostess, Beverly, at How Sweet the Sound has invited us all to participate in the Design Gives Back Miracle Makeover.  Kelee Katillac of Design Gives Back and the Miracle Makeover team (pictured below) have done room makeovers for three very special kids this year.  Please view the wonderful video of the reveal.  Leaving a comment will earn $1 for Friends for Kids With Cancer and next year's Miracle Makeover.  Then, you can click on the Pink Saturday icon in my right sidebar to see all of today's Pink Saturday participants.  If you leave a comment at any of the following links, it will earn $1 for each of the links you visit.

 

               Pink Saturday @ at How Sweet the Sound/ Beverly 

                       Spiritual Sunday  @ Spiritual Sunday /Charlotte & Ginger

                                  Country Wings in Phoenix @ Country Wings in Phoenix/Sherry   

                   Metamorphosis Monday  comments on Monday Only   

 Please join us in making a child's dreams come true. 

 

As I thought of Kelee, the sponsors, and all of the blogs participating today, I was reminded that whatever we do for someone else, no matter how small the act, we do for the Lord Jesus.  Let us all be His hands and heart today.  You will be blessed in knowing that you are making a big difference in the lives of children with cancer and their families.  I created this piece of digital art in honor of the occasion.

 

 

 

 Thank you for taking the time to make a difference.

 

**Also linked to Texture Tuesdays at Kim Klassen Cafe.  Today, I used free Photoshop textures from Kim's collection:  Granny's Cupboard, Water-stained Frame, and Scratched Magic.  Thank you Kim!

 

Hugs,

 

Pink Saturday Giveaway-We have a winner!

It's that time again, and this week is special.  Someone will be receiving a package of pink goodies this week for my Pink Saturday giveaway.

 

 

The winner is:  Marie at SallyLee By the Sea.  Congratulations, Marie!

 

 

 

I want to thank all of you who signed up to subscribe to Comfort Cottage.  I treasure every one of you!

 

I have been away on a camping trip in the mountains this week, so I didn't have too much time to look for pink.  I do have some photos of my sister Lorrie's lovely flower garden to share with you.

 

Her peonies were amazing.

 

 

I just adore petunias!

 

The roses are red, but that's close to pink, isn't it?

 

 

Now I have to run and get caught up on my laundry!  I'll have photos from the camping trip later this week.  If you would like to visit all of the Pink Saturday participants, please click on the Pink Saturday icon in my right sidebar.  While you are there, please thank Beverly at How Sweet the Sound for hosting Pink Saturday.  Have a wonderful weekend!

 

Until next time,

 

 

 

 

A Pink Saturday Giveaway

 

Happy Pink Saturday!  I hope you are all well and enjoying the beautiful spring weather.  I want to thank Beverly at How Sweet the Sound for graciously hosting our pink party every week.  If you would like to visit all of the wonderful Pink Saturday participants, just click on the Pink Saturday icon in my right sidebar.

This week, I made my first visit to The Enchanted Oven.  Lisa is incredibly creative, and has made some very yummy-looking works of art.  Please pay her a visit, and I'm sure you'll love it as much as I did!

And now, as I promised you last week, photos of my Pink Saturday giveaway:

 

I've assembled a few things that I thought might be fun to use in one of your creative projects:

1.)  A bouquet of lovely, crinkly pink rosebuds.  You can separate them and use them individually.

2.)  A large, vintage feed sack.

3.)  A vintage hand-embroidered doily with a crocheted edge.  This might be lovely on a pillow.

4.) A 1 1/2 yard length of antique pleated trim.

5.)  A pink and white striped apron, designed and hand made by me.  The overskirt is trimmed in a vintage pink floral trim.

 

 

 

I've also be busy working on a new painting.  I was able to order some artist grade watercolors for my birthday last week  Playing with color is so much fun!  I've been reading a book called Confident Color, by Nita Leland to learn more about how to use color successfully.  She has you do all kinds of excercises with your paints in order to get to know how they will perform.  She then has you record the results in a sketch book journal for future reference.

 

I practiced mixing colors before I started my painting.  I was amazed at the difference between artist grade paints and student grade paints.  The artist grade is saturated with pigment, and the color fairly explodes on the page!

 

 

I worked out a drawing on my computer.

 

 

I transfer the drawing to watercolor paper with graphite paper.

 

 

I used one of my photos from Longwood Gardens as my inspiration photo.

 

 

Can you tell that I love vibrant color?

 

Thank you so much for sharing Pink Saturday with me.  I'm thrilled when you come to visit!

 

God bless you!

Until next time,

 

One Hundredth Post for Pink Saturday!

Happy Pink Saturday!  Today marks my one hundredth post at Comfort Cottage.  In addition,  I hit the big 5-0 this week.  My sweet hubby treated me to dinner and a wonderful box of chocolates (Chocolate covers a mulitude of ills!).  I'm trying to remember not to complain about turning 50...many have never had the privilege.

Now, I must say that it has been a bit of a rough week.  Last Saturday, I took you on a virtual tour of Longwood Gardens.  On the following Tuesday it became apparent that I would be paying a high price for those photographs.  Chester County happens to be notorious for Lyme Disease, and by Tuesday of this week, I found out why.  I had no idea how sick you could become if infected.  Needless to say, antibioitics will be my life for the next month!

SO, WHERE'S THE PINK?

I saved these photos of the quilt hanging in the reception area at Longwood.  The quilt was much larger, but this is the pink part.

 

 

I love the birds!

 

 

Here is a final flower from my ill-fated Longwood tour :)

 

 

Many thanks to Beverly at How Sweet the Sound for hosting Pink Saturday.  If you would like to visit all of the participants, click on the Pink Saturday icon in my right sidebar.

I have not been able to do much blog-hopping, due to being sick, but I promise to introduce a new blog next week.  Also, a special announcement:

 

 DUE TO SHIPPING COSTS, GIVEAWAY WILL ONLY BE OPEN TO CONTINENTAL US RESIDENTS!   Thank you for understanding.

 

God bless you until next time,