It's almost time...

Good morning, today is set up Day for The Vintage Marketplace at the Oaks. Make sure to follow us on FB. We will update the Vintage Marketplace's BLOG with photos of the booths in the next couple of days. I hope you can join us!

Ciao for now

Rita

SO Pretty!

"Think of  all the beauty still left around you and be happy."
Anne Frank


Ciao for now
Rita

Dream small Dreams

I am starting to feel overwhelmed with how much has happened already and how much will be happening in the next couple of months. It's a good thing and I am not going to complain but I feel I need to clone another little me. 

I am a wife, a mother, the housekeeper and the cook, a friend......the chicken keeper.......and I love every minute of it but sometimes we do get overwhelmed and that is when I just drop what I am doing and take a walk in the yard. 

Slowly I have been loading the trailer for the next event and the other evening I was getting ready to put this pink chair in the trailer and stopped for a second....I looked at the sun and it was just perfect...perfect time for a photo. I get so excited! Ran in the house, got the camera and Voila'! This photo gave me peace....

More decisions where made yesterday....since Raffaele is graduating this year from high school, him and I will be taking a little trip back to Sicily to visit La Nonna. We are both excited and nervous, just the two of us!
So after purchasing the tickets I had to take another walk, ;)
This time I took the camera with me to take few pictures of the Geranium in the yard. I love Geranium and I was told that they are called The Rose of the Poor. Here are few of my favorite Geranium and one of my favorite rose in absolute Rosa Ballerina. 

I ended my Sunday with creating another Hardware Necklace. I made all the jump rings and hammer them flat.
 I loved this process.

Quote:

Dream small Dreams. If you make them too big, you get overwhelmed and don't do anything. If you make small goals and accomplish them, it gives you the confidence to go on to higher goals. (John H. Johnson)


Ciao for now

Rita

SAVE THE DATE! THE VINTAGE MARKETPLACE AT THE OAKS IS ALMOST HERE.....

Pretty Things for The Vintage Marketplace at the Oaks

The Vintage Marketplace is so inspiring to me. Christie and I chose a different theme for each show. We know what it should look like but only very close to the event is when we have the real visual. The May/June event is French Flea....I have never been in France and never seen a real French Flea so this is how I see a French Flea.
Pink, gold, cream, crystals, roses......

 Back to work!

Wishing you a wonderful Weekend

Ciao for now

Rita

Private Class today!

Today was my private soldering class and sign making class with Maggie and Rosemary.

I had such a great time with them. 

Thank you Ladies for coming....very creative and inspiring day!

you can follow Maggie on her blog 

Little Miss Maggie

 Ciao for now 

Rita

MOTHERS

A Mother is someone who shelter and guide us, who Love us. No matter if you gave birth to a child, adopted a child, adopted a pet..... YOU ARE A MOTHER. So, to all the Mamma's out there I hope you had a wonderful weekend like We did.

We all had a wonderful day...Dean and I spent part of the morning working on projects. Dean is into welding at the moment and while he was creating I spent some time  painting furniture. 
I believe the temperature got to 100 degrees and that is when we both decided it was time to go in the pool.
We brought the camera with us and this is what we both enjoyed shooting.

We ended the evening at the movies and dinner with the boys.

Ciao for now

Rita

SAVE THE DATE!

WE CAN'T WAIT FOR THE NEXT VINTAGE MARKETPLACE!

CIAO FOR NOW

RITA

Peaceful Sunday

After all the excitement of Saturday photography's class I spent Sunday walking around and taking photos remembering what Cynthia Shaffer taught us, and it was fun!
I love my pics...

Loving my Zope in the back ground. Zope is my shadow, he goes wherever I go.

Milo

Pam brought these bouquet of flowers Saturday and I can't resist taking photos of it. I added more pink gerbera  daisy to the bouquet.

I hope you are having a wonderful week. I am getting ready for the next Vintage Marketplace at the Oaks....and I have so much to share....real soon.

Ciao for now 

Rita

Beginning Photography 100 and Photography 200

I am not going to forget this last Saturday! It was such a wonderful experience....photographer extraordinaire Cynthia Shaffer came all the way to Rainbow to teach us indoor and outdoor photography. We were 10 students and what a beautiful group of Ladies and Gentlemen. Since Dean and I were also cooking, our son Raffaele took the first part of the class. Raffaele will be taking photography this fall in collage, so it was the perfect time.

(in the picture below we have students Linda, Linda with Cynthia Shaffer)

(David Asmussen)

(Liz and Dukie)

(Raffaele)

I took the second part of the class....outdoor

(David and Sylvia Asmussen)

(Liz)

( My Deano)

Sweet Pam Balla and you may know her White Ironstone Cottage

Yeap * didu that is me...

Sharing Cynthia's photography....AMAZING artist!

My friend Amber.....that you might know as
Black Rooster Cottage



All the students did so well, lunch was delish too. We had tri tip, bruschetta, caponata, strawberry truffle and strawberries field with mascarpone and pistacchios.

We are planning another class here in Rainbow....

Ciao for now

Rita