Happy Birthday to our #1 woman, our Honey! Have a great day!
I wish we could celebrate with you today, but we will make up for it over the weekend.
Cheers!
Love ya, Honey!
Honey, y’all!
Thursday, January 29, 2015
Wednesday, January 28, 2015
It’s Carnival Time {Nightfall}
I love how the facade looks at nightfall. Enjoy!
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Nightfall at Carnival, y’all!
Tuesday, January 27, 2015
It’s Carnival Time {Breakfast Room}
It’s even Carnival time in the breakfast room, y’all. I love the crown appliquéd table cloth J & I purchased a couple years ago at Perino’s Garden Center.
An arrangement of fresh roses and statice fill a glittery crown vessel on the center of the table.
Two hand painted wooden king cakes sit on each Jaboe sconce.
The breakfast room also gets lots of love during the Mardi Gras season.
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Carnival in the Breakfast room, y’all!
Monday, January 26, 2015
It’s Carnival Time {Den}
I did not do much decorating for Mardi Gras in the den, but I did use many of my Lorraine Gendron collectibles on the sofa table. Yes! It is a parade.
I adore this collection, and it makes me so happy each year to take them out of the bin to display them.
Each collectible is hand painted and sold at specialty shoppes throughout New Orleans. Judy at the Rink carries an assortment of Lorraine’s collectibles.
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Carnival in the Den, y’all!
Sunday, January 25, 2015
It’s Carnival Time {Dining Room}
Now it’s on to the dining room donned in its Mardi Gras finery.
The doughbowl filled with preserved boxwood orbs is accented with beads, balls, and a jester.
On the buffet, the large Alison Evans oyster coffee table bowl is filled with purple, green, and gold beads.
The French baker’s shelves are also fun to decorate seasonally with bits of pizzazz. The Alison Evans clam shell is filled with jester figures and beads.
My fave jester cocktail Culver glasses sit atop the oyster shell cake plate.
Fleur de lis ornaments fill an Abigail’s compote, and feathers fill a wine vessel.
The dining room is often a hub for Mardi Gras visitors as the table is used as a large buffet table.
Dining room, y’all!
Friday, January 23, 2015
Hand Painted Tile Trivet Give Away {WINNER}
And the winner of the hand painted tile trivet of her choice from LEROY GRAY is …
Anna Kate Brown!
Congrats, Anna! I will put you in touch with Leilan so that she can get your choice and mail you the tile of your choice.
Thanks to Leilan of LEROY GRAY for her gift to my blog. I hope my readers will help support this local business.
Thanks to all of you for your kind words and prayers for my friend Adeline and her family. Please keep the prayers coming. xoxo
Anna Kate, y’all!!!!
Thursday, January 22, 2015
R.I.P. Sweet Adeline
I try and keep sad moments off my blog, but I would always regret not mentioning this great friend. After all, this blog is about my life, so it is fitting that I ask for prayers for a special family who lost such a joyful wife, daughter, sister, mother, aunt, and so much more yesterday morning. To me, Adeline was a true friend.
After a year of battling pancreatic cancer, my beach buddy, Adeline, departed for the most beautiful beach in the sky.
This picture captures our lives together recently.
Though we did not see each other much from October-April, we made up for lost time in Grand Isle from May-September. Adeline always wore the most beautiful beach hats. She donned the most stylish swim suits, sandals, and beach bags. She made our beach days even more exciting. From jet skiing to 5:00 “happy hours”, Adeline was all about Grand Isle, our home away from home. I bet you can pick out Adeline in these photos…. She is the one in the magnificent, colorful hats.
I will also never forget our dance/karaoke parties on the camp deck. That girl never met a “mic” that she did not like. By the way, her husband’s name is Mike, so that is quite appropriate because I know she loved him immensely. This photo is from her daughter Alyce.
As I type this post, I am quite teary-eyed thinking of all the great memories that were made on that beach, but sweet Adeline, or Ada, as we called her, would want us to continue to enjoy our times on the beach. I cannot wait to toast her this summer with all our beach buds.
Her daughter Alyce said it best, “We are laughing until we cry telling stories about how the funnest times we have ever had was with my mom, Adeline! Early this morning, my faith filled, strong, and beautiful mother went home to the good Lord- exactly one year after we discovered the cancer on her pancreas. The memories and quality of life that she had this past year is something that I will thank God for everyday. Every glass of wine I drink, every beach trip, every time anyone pops open a bottle of champagne, and every Frank Sinatra song I hear I will think of Sweet Ada. Can't wait to hear your sweet voice again one day. I know God has prepared a special place for such an incredible person in heaven. You have touched everyone that you met. I hope to be half as amazing as you are!”
Adeline will be sorely missed, but I know there is a sweet angel watching over all of us. Please join me in praying for Ada and her family. xoxoxo
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RIP Adeline, y’all!
