Sparkles

My quick visit to SuzAnna's Antiques last Tuesday, was to meet with and wish "boa viagem" to sweet blog friend Vanessa of Vanilla Lavender who headed home to Brazil on Boxing Day. She and little daughter Luna will have a long anticipated visit with her family. I know it will be a great time for all. For me, it brings back memories of visits across the pond in the '60's, lugging suitcases loaded with kid's clothes and necessities for extended stays with grandparents, no easy feat, and even more complicated now with security issues and so many more people travelling.

Have a great time Vanessa ~ we'll be missing you ~ but she'll still post on her blog while in Sao Paulo ~ hooray!

While at SuzAnna's we had to look around, of course! Everything was sparkling on that cold but sunny day. Linda, shop employee/decorator extraordinaire had turned on Christmas music, and then sweet Jenny (Susie's delightful daughter) of The Red Bulletin Board arrived to liven things up even more. Susie and Anna were at home decorating their houses ~ missed you.

A dress form lamp decked out in sparkly neck wear - necklaces and dainty beaded scarf.

Beaded evening bag, great for the theatre, and sparkling napkin rings.

Pretty idea for Summer or the beach house - sparkly starfish in the palest ocean blue.

Great idea for a cut glass dish - turn it into a hanging candle holder by adding sparking beaded chains.

Love these miniature bottles with velvet wraps and sparking rhinestone embellished corks. Many uses including storage for craft items ~ which reminds me, I need to organize mine!

And................before leaving SuzAnna's, Jenny gave me this lovely gold sparkly candle for Christmas which is just perfect in my hurricane. Thanks so much Jenny, as you can see I've already been burning it.