Friday, November 20, 2009

I’m Dreaming of a Pink Christmas…

Maybe it’s only November at your house, but in New Braunfels we’re already shopping for Christmas at our annual Weihnachtsmarkt which is a German style Christmas gift market…and what a Pretty in Pink event it is…

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This booth specializes in cute expressions on primarily pink shirts…”What happens at Nana’s  stays at Nana’s” is a big favorite. As is, “He hunts, I shop.”

Of course, little girl’s clothes in pink are everywhere…

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This little cupcake shirt has a fluffy pink tulle skirt…my goddaughter’s new baby needs one of these for Christmas.  Or one of these…

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Lots of these booths feature items actually made be the vendors. This shop is owned by stay at home moms who make the most amazing clothes for children…Other shops display imported items brought directly from Europe. And one of my favorite vendors, a German import shop brought this…

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It’s an antique puppet stage…look at that pink tree in the back…and these old hat pins…

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Look at the beautiful display vase…I may have to go back and buy that beauty! Hope your area has lots of lovely pink shopping for you this season…if not, come to New Braunfels to join us. In the meantime, stop by Beverly’s  How Sweet the Sound to get the Pink Saturday list this week.  I’ll make my rounds later since I’m working at Weihnachtsmarkt all weekend…but don’t let that stop you…and thanks for stopping by.

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6 comments:

Nancy said...

Looks like it's a big success this year - great job! What an abundance of PINK. Cute, cute cute! :) N

November 21, 2009 at 12:24 AM
Tami @ Creative girl Vintage said...

How fun! Happy pinks! xo Tami

November 21, 2009 at 1:36 PM
Mary Bergfeld said...

I love the pinks you found to share with us today. Have a great Pink Saturday and enjoy the week ahead.

November 21, 2009 at 1:45 PM
Nancy said...

You do have great shops. I love the hatpins. Happy Pink Saturday!

November 21, 2009 at 8:43 PM
Elena said...

There's certainly lots of pink there! Thank you for sharing.

Happy pink saturday - have a lovley week.

ciao for now,
Elena :)
ps: my ps post is on this blog - http://epdesigns.com.au/blog

November 21, 2009 at 11:27 PM
Char said...

Oh when we were living in Bitburg Germany we used to love the holidays. Everything was so gorgeous and yummy too. I miss it all so much, thankyou for taking me back to some great times, Happy Pink Saturday, Char

November 22, 2009 at 9:07 AM

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