Happy New Year!

Wishing you all a very Happy and Healthy New Year!

Tent Sale Tuesday!

These just placed under the TENT! Making room for new Spring products!

A Year in Review 2008

Cindy at My Romantic Home is hosting a Year in Review party. Let's celebrate the end of 2008 with photos from this year's highlights. I really enjoyed going through all of my posts from the year and have put together a few mosaics of some of my favorites. Don't forget to visit Cindy's blog for more party goers posting their Year in Review!

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Winter/Spring '08 - A bday cake I made for my daughter, Spring flowers, some new products, pretty storage, and May flower jar tutorial.Summer/Fall '08 - Beach pics, product photos, fall cooking and Make Mine Pink Retreat memories.
Christmas '08 - can't believe it's all over! All of that prep and work but it was fun.

Thanks for visiting - and don't forget to stop back at Cindy's for more!

Wishing you and your families a very Happy and Healthy 2009!

One More Christmas Post

I just wanted to share a few more Christmas "things" with you. One of my decorated trees. This one is in my living room/work studio. I decorate this one with lots of flowers, this year I used cream glittered hydrangeas. I also display all of my pretty ornaments in pastels, cream, white and gold and silver. I tried to get some closeups of my favorite sparkly Swarovski snowflake ornaments. They just weren't coming out very well. Each year, my husband gives me the newest ornament for the year. It's an annual trip he makes to the mall with my daughter to purchase them.

A cute little Christmas sign - a favorite gift from my mom.

Here is a great gift idea. I needed so many little gifts this year, for teachers, mail carriers, student teachers, dance teachers, secretaries, etc. These chocolate dipped peppermint sticks are so easy to make and pretty too! I dipped close to 300 of these this year and packaged them in pretty little tins wrapped in cello and ribbon. Chocolate and peppermint - a yummy combination! By the way, I ordered the candy sticks from Blair Candy in Pennsylvania. They have tons of great stuff!

After Christmas Sale!

Hope everyone is enjoying their holidays!

I would have done this sooner, but I was crazy enough to be out shopping all day! There were things to be returned at the mall and of course my daughter wanted to do this today. I think the mall was more crowded than before Christmas. The last place we hit was Fortunoff's Christmas store. It was a mad house and there was hardly anything left. We couldn't believe it. So I wanted to be a part of the markdown craze. Everything left under Christmas has been marked 30% off my already pretty reasonable prices, so check it out HERE.

Merry Christmas!

I would like to wish all of you a very Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays and

Healthy New Year!

I appreciate all of my readers and the time they take to read and comment on my blog. See you in 2009!

Tent Sale Tuesday

Pretty purple berry rings just placed under the TENT!

Weekend in NYC

Last weekend, my husband and I spent some time in NYC. We went to his company Christmas party, spent the night at a nearby hotel and did some shopping the next day. We had to see "the tree" of course. So I put together some photo collages of pics I took while we were there.

This was a really cool tree in the hotel lobby.
The tree at Rockefeller. I was trying to find a link to the story behind this year's tree. Basically, it was a couple's (who are no longer alive) very first Christmas tree together. And the wife used to say that one day this tree would be in Rockefeller Center. I wish she were here to see it made it there!

Look at those crowds! And the pretty angels and huge snowflakes on the building.

A necessary visit to Anthropologie at Rockefeller Plaza. Love that store and their really cool displays. I could spend hours in there! But we didn't, we had too many other stops to make. We also spent some time in Bryant Park. There was a great Holiday Fair going on with some really cool and artistic vendors. I didn't get any pics, but they were all set up around the ice skating rink and another beautiful tree. We also walked past the windows on 5th Ave, really cool but another very crowded spot! Our weekend was a lot of fun but it went too fast. Before we knew it, it was time to pick up the kids. We make run back in after Christmas with the kids. We'll see if we have the energy!

Tent Sale Tuesday!

I have a couple more of these cute little stands left! Makes a great tablescape/buffet lift. Check out the Tent!

Pink Friday - Gift Wrap and Holiday Decorating Ideas

Christmas comes but once a year. Anticipation is part of the season. But to see the most gloriously wrapped gifts under the tree makes the anticipation nearly unbearable.
Wrapping the gift is where you get to have some real fun. Even plain paper can be so pretty when decorated with vintage ribbon bows and millinery flowers. A broken costume pin can add some sparkle. If you have pretty holiday fabrics, you can have your own unique source for wrapping gifts. A Vintage table runner can be a great wrap for a bottle of wine or sparkling apple cider. A hand-crafted gift tag personalized for the recipient shows your thoughtfulness. Add a personal touch here or there, it is an opportunity to express both yourself and how much the recipient means to you.
Join the Boutiques at Make Mine Pink this Friday, December 12, as we present some of our favorite gift wrapping ideas and hints because we believe opening a beautifully wrapped gift brings as much pleasure as the gift itself.

Happy Holidays!
The Girls at Make Mine Pink

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Floral Cone Favors

I just wanted to share a pic of these floral cones I just finished. A customer just ordered them to give as party favors for a celebration of her baby's blessing. I wish I had taken a pic of them all together. They looked so pretty and festive all wrapped up. I used textured wallpaper to form the cone, filled them with berry roses and glittered cream hydrangeas. I added a piece of berry plaid ribbon to the bottom and embellished the cone with an old button and gold thread from grandma's collection. I love to include pieces from her collection in things that I create, especially for something like this, a beautiful little babie's celebration!

Tent Sale Tuesday!

It's time to move another item under the TENT. I really want to clean up inventory to make room for some new lines in the new year. So keep checking back for some great deals! This week it's a beautiful twiggy wreath that I've made. I only have one left.

Pink Friday - Last Minute Gifts

Do you need last minutes gifts? How can we help you?
The boutique owners at Make Mine Pink understand, because, you see, we are not only boutique owners, we are wives, mothers, daughters, and friends too. We know what it means to find the perfect gift for that special person. We too shop at last minute, at odd hours, or in our jammies—so ask! We are willing to help you find the perfect gift, wrap it, and send it on the way. It is our pleasure.

Happy Holidays!

The Girls at Make Mine Pink

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My special offer for today only: Free Gift Wrap on all orders placed today! I just love making packages pretty. Visit my website HERE.

Tent Sale Tuesday is Back!

It's been a while, but starting today I will add a new item to the Tent Sale category of my website every Tuesday. It means great sales for you and cleaning out inventory for me to make room for some new treasures to sell. Today I am putting these great floral arrangers under the tent. I thought I sold out of these over the summer, so I was happy to have found just a few more. They look like little toothbrush holders, but the little holes are for flower stems and make small bouquets look just perfect!