Blog Giveaway Winner

We used a random number generator to select our first monthly blog drawing winner. We are happy to announce the winner to be: Captured Love.  (Rebecca, please contact me with your address so that I may mail your gift right out!) Thank you so much to all who entered. Wasn't that fun?

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Monthly Monday Blog Giveaway

We are joining Cindy from My Romantic Home for a monthly blog giveaway! Every month (for the next year) on the second Monday we will be selecting a very special AVW themed gift to present to one of our readers. Just leave a comment on this blog post on May 11, 2009 and we will select a winner from all comments for the day, using a random number generator! Please stop by My Romantic Home to see who else is joining us! It's a fun way to get to know each other and win some special prizes too!

As our special gift this month, we created this vintage lace bookmark. At the very top is a pendant made using vintage lace under glass. We added Swarovski crystals and pearls for sparkle and shine along with a tiny glass bead in a sweet heart shape. The grosgrain ribbon in our favorite creamy shade measures 14 inches long making it perfect for keeping your place in any book or magazine! We hope you love this piece as much as we do. So please leave a comment and then rush on over to visit Cindy at My Romantic Home to join in the fun!

Painted White

There are not many blogs or websites out there in that are as devoted to white as we are, so when I come across one that truly delights me, I immediately think of (you) my blogging friends, and how you would react to knowing that such magical places exist. I am happy to share with you one of the places that really touches my soul. 

I have visited her site and beautiful blog, admiring her many talents. She truly has the eye of an artist! Her mediums vary from art, to photography, to web and digital design. I am beginning to doubt if there is anything she is "not good" at. She is Alice Wingerden of Painted White.

How many people do you know, that can translate vintage style so effortlessly through paper and tiny wooden spools?  

And then package them up with the utmost care in order to capture the essence of "time-worn" style.

She is a not only a master in design, but is so very skillful in selecting the most wonderful treasures for her web shop. I was so lucky to get this beauty from her before it was gone! Lovely things never last long especially at Painted White!

I am such a fan of Alice's photography. I remember a photo she had available quite a while ago that had watch faces and shimmering crystals. It was vintage beauty personified, but alas, I dragged my feet and it was gone. I still think about that photo. :0(

The talent however, does not end with Alice in the Wingerden household, as her husband (St.) Joshua designs the most incredible jewelry pieces crafted with vintage elements. Look at this fabulous ring from watch parts! What an amazingly creative atmosphere there must be in that home! 

This will not be the last time that you will hear of Alice at Painted White. I am secretly hoping she will agree to an interview so that we can learn more about the creative spirit that lives as Alice W. I encourage you to visit her at Painted White  and her inspiring blog "Thoughts from Alice W". You are sure to be enchanted as you experience her casual elegance and artful eye. 

Photos courtesty of Alice W.

Why I Love Blogging!

Blogging is like arriving at a friends home with a basket full of well wishes, ready with thoughts to share, gifts to give or even to lend a helping hand.

It is offering the best you have to give

 and serving it with the finest presentation.

It is sharing with friends, all those things that make us who we are. Our appreciation for the little things,

like the intricate weave of a figural damask,

  the graceful lines of a well-loved chair

or the undeniable charm of a well appointed monogram.

Blogging has become a reason and a place to share our thoughts, our loves, ourselves with kindred spirits. It invites us in, and we are better for the inspiration and enrichment it provides.  I continue to be inspired by the many friends I have come to know in blogland and hope that, if even  in some small way,  I have offered that comfortable haven to a vintage white readers.

Please be sure to join my friends, who are celebrating blogging at cupidscharm.

Sincerely, Trisha