Pink Saturday

It’s Pink Saturday, hosted by Beverly at How Sweet the Sound. Be sure to visit Beverly's blog to see a complete list of all the participants in today's Pink Saturday. (clicking on picture will open a link to her site in a new window)

I have enjoyed following everyone’s entries in previous Pink Saturdays, so I thought I might join in on the fun!

Today I am sharing Pink Needlework!

My favorite are these two pink roses done in needlepoint by my maternal grandmother. On the back, is written her name, 1938 (date they completed) and Cumberland, Maryland (where they were living at the time). Aren’t they GORGEOUS!

She passed along to me her love for needlework (although I haven’t done much the last few years). Here are a couple that I have done…..

Thanks for stopping by and visiting me on my first Pink Saturday! I hope you come back and visit soon!

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Reflecting on Candlesticks

The end of another year. As with so many other holidays, I raised my glass in a silent toast to my paternal grandparents who are no longer with us. I am not sure when I started the traditional gesture, but I have done it long enough that my husband and kids no longer ask what I am doing. My grandparents have both been gone almost 20 years….and I still miss them both.

The following picture is of two candlesticks that were once my grandparents. They were among some of the things my dad gave me that were once theirs. They are two of my most treasured items in my house.

I took a break from my Christmas un-decorating and cleaning to sit down and admire them. I wish I had thought to ask my grandmother about them. They were usually on the dining room sideboard at my grandparents house. Were they a wedding gift? Were they my great-grandparents? They are priceless (to me)because they were my grandparents.

Here is a close-up of the detail on the larger one…

I would LOVE to know more about the candlesticks (when/where they were made, etc)… …

Anyone have any thoughts or ideas?

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Happy New Year!

From our house to yours…..

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Help with “My Blog List”

I am new to blogging but I am learning new things every day! Today I figured something out about “My Blog List” and I thought I would share it with you.

If you customize the layout of your blog you can add all types of gadgets. One of these is “Blog List”

I added this gadget to my blog without much thought shortly after I started my blog. Since then, I have added blogs by selecting “Follow this blog” on various blogs that I like to visit. Recently, I looked at my blog list on my home page and wondered “Where are the blogs I added?”

Yes, I know I can go to “Dashboard” and look at the blogs I am following from there…but I want to see them from my blog! So, off I went to investigate…. I went to my layout page…and aha! there is an edit button! (insert DUH here)

Okay so I am going to edit…. I see some of my blogs I am following but I want to add the others… so I select “Add to the list”

and  I see as an option “Blogs I am following”… that is what I want! (There is also add by URL and import from Google Reader)…..

When I selected”Blogs I am Following”, up popped a list of all the “missing” blogs! All I had to do was select boxes for each blog and select “Save”…. and now all the blogs I am following are on my blog page!

Okay, so many of you may have already known this…but I bet a few of you didn’t! A new year is around the corner…go clean up your blog list! All kinds of configurations are available…….. you can sort them a few ways, and you can select which way they are shown (icon, most recent title, snippet of most recent, date of last update). I went with a simple list since I have so many, but there are many options! [Note: DON’T FORGET TO HIT SAVE!]

Just a little tidbit I thought I would share…… I will probably share things like this from time to time as I discover them…. perhaps they will be of help to some!

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Tablescape Tuesday

All the Christmas decorations have been put away… and the house seems bare. I was going to do the kitchen table this week but one of my sons decided to have friends over to eat pizza and play cards. Looks like we will have to see what is going on in the dining room!

Let’s go into the dining room and find a place to sit down and join me in Tablescape Tuesday hosted by Susan and her blog Between Naps on the Porch.

There’s a place set just for you! Today we are using white linen napkins and Towle King Richard sterling.

Look at the detail! I have had it stored in a box for over 20 years. I finally decided to drag it out and use it. (What am I saving it for?)

The bowl is a cream soup bowl in a pattern by Spode called Jewel. My first husband’s maternal grandmother gave me her entire set of Spode Jewel in the early 1980s after she saw my eyes light up when I saw the bowls in the set. (Don’t worry, she had more than one set of china)

The salad plate is Asiatic Pheasant- Blue by Johnson Brothers. I picked up a few of those for a few dollars a piece at Marshalls (blue/white dishes and a good price, how could I NOT get them?)

It is a really pretty pattern! I wouldn’t mind a few more pieces!

And the dinner plate is Spode Jewel

Here is a better picture of the detail

and finally, the stemware…. a basic clear glass…and a glass with blue and white flowers! These were one of the items my sweet husband gave me for Christmas! He knew I liked dishes and blue/white….and I had mentioned looking for cobalt blue glasses…. so he was thrilled when he found these!

(Come on, say it….”awwww”)

and peeking from behind the glasses is the Spode Jewel tureen with lid…… It is a real Jewel (to me!)

Thanks for stopping by and visiting my Tablescape Tuesday and don't forget to visit Susan's blog Between Naps on the Porch to see more wonderful table settings!

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Twitter anyone?

After seeing a post about Twitter on She Lives, I decided to check out . I set up a Twitter for my blog …….

Twitter only allows less than 15 characters in the name, so I shortened A Southern Daydreamer to SouthDaydreamer. If you would like to follow me on Twitter click HERE.

What is Twitter? From Wikipedia:

Twitter is a free social networking and micro-blogging service that allows its users to send and read other users' updates (otherwise known as tweets), which are text-based posts of up to 140 characters in length.

Updates are displayed on the user's profile page and delivered to other users who have signed up to receive them. Senders can restrict delivery to those in their circle of friends (delivery to everyone being the default). Users can receive updates via the Twitter website, SMS, RSS, or email, or through an application such as Tweetie, TwitterFon, Twitterrific, Feedalizr, and Facebook.

I haven’t had a chance to play around with it much yet. It looks like a neat way to get to know bloggers other than their posts….by answering the simple question “What are you doing?”

Do you twitter? Have you found any useful “tools” to go with twitter? Comment below and let me know what you think!

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12/28- A Southern Daydreamer Week in Review

Another week of blogging… and again, mostly Christmas posts…. but here they are….

This weeks posts: (clicking on post title will open link in a new window)

• Holiday Evaluation- How did it go?
• Need help taking Christmas decorations down?
• Decorated for Christmas: a few random photos
• Merry Christmas
• Vintage "A Visit from St Nicholas"
• Tablescape Tuesday
• Is there a Santa Claus? (part 2)
• Decorated for Christmas: Stairway and Hallway
• 12/21 A Southern Daydreamer Week in Review

Comment Questions Answered: (no questions this week!)

I enjoyed reading all the comments left by everyone. It is very humbling to get compliments from the bloggers whom I have admired for a long time and who are the inspiration behind me finally starting my very own blog!

A Southern Daydreamer Visitors: Thank you to all  the visitors who left wonderful comments this week: ann, Bo, Cami,ceekay, cielo, Deb, Diane, Ellen b, envoy-ette, Geri, Gollum, Kathleen, Kim, Knitting Nice, Kristen, Kymber, Laurie, Liz, Lynne, Manuela, Ma’ dame French, Mary Ruth, Melissa, mishebe, Miss Janice, niartist, Once in a Blue Moon, Pat, Rhoda, Schotzy, Sheila, Sheila, sjbraun, Stephanie, Susan S, Teri, Theresa, Zoey

I appreciate all of the wonderful things you had to say! I hope you all will stop by again soon!

A Southern Daydreamer new followers: {Note: The followers listed are ones who are listed on the “Followers” on blog page. This does not include RSS subscribers, whom I would thank individually if I knew who they were!}

A big "Thank you" to my new followers: (clicking on site name will open link in a new window)

• Boosalis Bloggle (Teri)
• British Colonial Love Affair (Ma’ dame French)
• Etiquette with Miss Janice (Miss Janice)
• Four Paws and Co (Diane)
• Susan's Colorful Life (Susan S)
• It Could be Worse (envoy-ette)
• Wings of Eagles ( Schotzy)
• (No blog) (Jan)