Pink Saturday: Shopping Day

Today I'm going to do something new and join in Pink Saturday hosted by that sweet Beverly at How Sweet the Sound. Pink is one of my favorite colors, but as some of you already know, I have a love affair with color! :-)



Yesterday was "shopping day" because I have two friends with birthdays this month! One of my favorite shops in Florida is Geo. L. Gaines Jeweler, a wonderful shop located in Downtown Lakeland, and I hopped on over there to do my shopping...




See this bag?



If you peep inside, you'll see what I call some very "shiny" objects. For inside this bag is a package in all of its pink be-ribboned glory...



And a package from Gaines is always a celebration in and of itself...



They took care to wrap each of these differently as the gifts are for two special sisters...



Which is nice because even though the sisters have similar tastes...




They have two very different personalities...



Don't you love the pink ribbons and the roses on the packages? To me, they're as much a part of the gift as the gift itself. A package from Gaines always makes this receiver smile, and I hope these two ladies will be smiling when they open them. [Missy, if you're reading this, it's time to stop, or you'll ruin the surprise!] They are such cuties, and I love them so, so, SO much!



Years ago, two of my other friends started me on a collection of tiny Herend vases, and I love to use the vases when setting my table. I have several of them in a pattern called Chinese Bouquet. The pattern comes in a variety of colors like raspberry, green, and blue. It just so happens that my collection is green, and I selected green for one of the sisters. The other sister has started a collection in raspberry, so she's getting that.

Here are two different styles of vases from my own collection. The first one is the one they are each getting in their respective color choices. Notice there's a design on the front...



And a different design on the back...



And even though, these flowers are more red than pink (sorry, I know it's a stretch, but if you add a little white to red, then you're good to go!)...



They give you an idea of how cute these vases can be when filled...



Here's another vase style. This is its back...

Its front...

And this is it filled with [faux-pink] flowers ;-) ...

Come to think of it, maybe that last style was the one I bought for them. All of those shiny objects in Gaines made it confusing. I was blinded by the bling! ;-) I didn't want to unwrap the package with the raspberry vase, but I found a raspberry vase in yet a third style online. So here's your pink...



And here's a little larger vase in the raspberry...



With Easter just around the corner, there's a lot of pink cuteness hopping our way...


And I can't wait to use my vases on an Easter table with little pink flowers and bunnies with pink ears, eyes, noses, and toes-es! :-)

That's my pink for today. I was going to post some other pink (in a whimsical bath) that requires sunglasses to view, but because this post turned out a little longer than I thought, I'll post that next Saturday instead. So please stay tuned...

Thanks for visiting. I look forward to visiting each of you! :-)

In the pink,

Mrs. Magpie (Sheila)