Pink with a Purpose

 

When Beverly started Pink Saturday, she probably had no idea how big it would grow...just like the Susan G. Komen Foundation...when her sister, Nancy, started the foundation twenty-five years ago, she probably had no idea how it would grow and how many lives it would impact...but just look at what I found at the grocery store this week...

The Energizer Bunny has made pink batteries...

And we have Pink Race for the Cure reading glasses...

 

They have a pretty pink purse holder and pink jewels on the edges. Are these cute or what?

And wait, there's more!!! Pink refrigerator dishes to remind you of the Race every time you pack away the  leftovers.

  And water bottles to carry when you participate in the Race for the Cure or in the Relay for Life.  So many ways to contribute...all our lives have been touched by cancer...vow to do something toward the cure on a regular basis...start with self-examinations...and don't forget mammograms and prayers.

Now, back to Beverly's Pink Saturday party...http://howsweetthesound.typepad.com/

Thanks for stopping by.

Pink Katrina doll for Pink Saturday

Last week I posted a couple of Dia de los Muertos corsages with Katrina dolls...I am dressing them a bit differently this week in anticipation of their special day.  This series of corsages should be ready for the upcoming "Haunted Homecoming"

  This lovely lady has a lace shawl and a pretty pink posey in her hand...While her friend has selected an outfit in basic black...

It's not exactly Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany's, but for a skeleton in her best lace dress, she really shines.

 

And look at her cute little bag, isn't she well appointed?

 

Another of their friends showed up in vintage green paisley...I call this one Vera Bradley...she needs to be pinned on one of the new black and green VB bags just out this fall. 

Haunted Homecoming wouldn't be complete without a giant mum...just look at all that pink and orange

While you are enjoying Pink Saturday with Beverly, http://howsweetthesound.typepad.com/

the lovely ladies and I will be at Wimberley Trade Day...the weather should be great with that first touch of fall in the early morning air.  Enjoy your day and have a pink week.

Pink Halloween Just Around the Corner...

Before we know it, Halloween will be here. That means it’s time to finish up the spooky and creepy wares for this fall’s shows…I’m posting a couple of wrist corsages this week because, of course, they’re pink…

This “Lovely” lady is part of the Dia De Los Muertos series…raggedy distressed and “aged” flowers look like something left behind in an overgrown cemetery.

   And skeletons dressed in lace shawls with flowers in their hair… well, not exactly in their hair, but close.

  So, that’s what I’ve been up to…I think I need a dose of pink pretty posts. And I know just the lady to fix me up, Beverly at How Sweet The Sound  http://howsweetthesound.typepad.com/

Hope you find lots of lovely things this Saturday and I hope your week is Pink

September 11th

Today as we remember the events that shook us so violently nine years ago, I have a fitting little tribute. My mother calls them September Lilies.  They bloom for just a few days the first two weeks of September.

They're only about 6 or 8 inches tall...

Each stalk has the typical lily cluster of 6 or 8 flowers. I've never tried to cut them and bring them into the house, so I have no idea of their cut flower traits. I just like to look at them in the yard...and for some reason, they remind me of today. Maybe because they're "September Lilies" and after September 11, 2001, all our Septembers for the rest of our lives will remind us of that day. God Bless our Nation.

Pink and White in one plant...

A couple of weeks ago I bought the most amazing bougainvillea plant as a gift for my Secret Sister in my Beta Sigma Phi chapter. It is two colors in the same plant. It's mostly white with splashes of bright pink!

Isn't it beautiful? Here is a close up...

Boy, I really wanted to keep it ...Maybe next month I'll go back to Gruene market Days and pick up one for myself...

I still wonder how they made it. Guess it's just a Pink Miracle...and for more pink miracles stop into Beverly's How Sweet The Sound http://howsweetthesound.typepad.com/my_weblog/

I'll be at Wimberley for First Saturday Market Day...we've had some showers and the heat shouldn't be too bad. I'll be shopping for bargains and treasures in shades of pink...enjoy your Labor Day holiday.

LaVerne