Tuesday, February 22, 2011

A day of little pleasures

My Monday was a day filled with simple pleasures.

A basket of love on the table and sunshine streaming through the window.



My "new" thrifted sweater soaking in its sweet-smelling rinse water.



My sparkly new vanity top in our little bathroom.


Visiting my clothesline to hang out my freshly washed sweater in the warm sunshine.


I love everything about my new sweater; the cuddly softness, the cotton candy color, the rose buttons I replaced the old yellowed ones with. And especially the label. Old labels look like a work of art and love to me.  Not the stamped in or rough, prickly ones we must endure now, but the soft, carefully embroidered ones of yesteryear.  What pleasure I get for a mere $1.79. 
  

And now, on this glorius new day, I'm going to slip on my new pink friend and take a happy trip to the grocery store. 



23 comments:

  1. You spread SUCH joy, Happy Valentine!! <3
    RHOnda

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  2. Pink happiness to you and to us! Thanks for sharing.

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  3. Everything should be better when wearing a beauty like that.I love the rose buttons.

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  4. Your sweater is lovely! Thank you for this happy post.
    Love,
    Shirley

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  5. oh, sherry!

    i am swooning over all of your "little pleasures!" your sweater is a dream!

    i had the same thought about placing daffodils in the honey bear bottles! i think that would be very sweet.

    xo
    elyse

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  6. I agree with you about labels from yesteryear! I'm always on the lookout for a fabulous piece of vintage clothing. Your newest sweater is just perfect...love the little buttons you added.:o)
    Fondly,
    Ann
    @
    The Tattered Tassel

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  7. What an uplifting post and a beautiful, happy sweater. Great find. Thanks for visiting my blog and leaving such a sweet comment. I'm following you now! Rebecca

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  8. They just don't make anything that can compare with a vintage sweater! The attention to detail is so much better, and the tags are always interesting, like you said. You can tell that they're well made, because they're still around after all these years!
    Happy REDnesday!
    Carol

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  9. What a lovely sweater and those buttons are so cute.

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  10. A sun-dried sweater, fresh with the scent of the sun! Heavenly!

    PAINT MY DAY RED!

    A seeker of scarlet, they say,
    Is likely to savor the day
    If painted in red
    Or ruby—instead
    Of shades of monotonous grey!


    © 2011 by Magical Mystical Teacher

    Tug Boats Tinged with Red

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  11. We can find love in a lot of different ways and places. Sometimes we need to look a little harder. You found lots to love today.

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  12. That is a perfect pink find:)

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  13. Very sweet and pretty. You will surely be wrapped in happiness when you wear it.

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  14. Found this site by accident (MSP link) and love it. Do you design "vintage" logos for businesses? How would it work?

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  15. Me, again. sellejenny@AOL.com I don't even really know what a blog is or how to contact you, but I need a logo for our new, small antiques and collectibles business, and I think it might be fate that I found this site because it (clip art, etc.) is so much like I envisioned for us. Let me know how to e-mail you, OK?

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  16. Your sweater is such a pretty color, lovin' the great buttons too-enjoy:@)

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  17. Love the rose butons!

    Happy Pink Saturday!
    Xoxo
    Charo

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  18. Sooo very delicate and beautiful...
    A p;leasure for sure.. Can I barrow it???
    A delight to stop by for a visit Sweetie~~~ Thanks for sharing YOU with us...
    Blessings from our Awesome LORD above~~Prayers and Hugs Dena

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  19. I love it! And you are so right about the new tags! Enjoy!

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  20. Happy Pink Saturday Sherry Sweetie...
    What a glorious share. I love this pink sweater, and your choice of buttons, Oh my are they ever delightful, and I think they make your new sweater just pop. LOVE it.
    I love yesteryear.

    Your plant is a breath of fresh air as well. So bright and cheery.

    Have a beautiful weekend sweetie. Many hugs and much love, Sherry

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  21. Oh my did you ever find a treasure. Of course I love the color and the new buttons. I think they were made for each other.
    Lovely post this week. Happy Pink Saturday, Char

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  22. Wonderful little pleasures and pretties. I remember John Robert Powers. I didn't know it was also a clothing company...I remember it was a modeling school in the area I grew up in.
    Love your new vanity top too :-)
    Blessings,
    Marcia

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  23. What a pretty pink sweater!! Thanks for sharing at Feathered Nest Friday! :)

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I'm so happy you're leaving me a comment! ~ Sherry