Winter pink...

It sounds like everyone is having fun getting started on their swap goodies for the Valentine's supplies swap. You all should have received your partners. I'm having a blast putting away the holiday decor and spreading happy, bright winter cheer all around my home. Here are a few bits of my world today...Some goodies displayed together from the 12 Days Swap. Donna made the Joy sign and bootie is from Tia. The ATC cards are from Marilyn.
This frame was also from the 12 Days Swap from Holly. I put a recent family picture in it.
I started gathering things together for my boxes for the swap I'm hosting. I had no idea how much pink/red/heart things I had!! There have been a few questions regarding box size. If you want to do a smaller box that is twice as tall and do two layers of cups, that is fine. Or bigger cups and put twice as much in the cups. You don't have to have exactly 20 cups. That is just a suggestion for approximately the amount of items that should be included. How you do that is up to you. Be creative!


Of course I had an estate sale run. I found this neat vintage postcard album that I'm going to use for the 365 Days project. So cool!
Also found this gorgeous apron with the most amazing colors. It reminds me of a May Basket. Just an FYI I will be mosting a May Basket swap again this year! I'm even thinking of maybe doing an Easter Basket swap as well. So for those that didn't get in the Valentine's Swap there's many more to come!Found this Wendy Addison wire basket on clearance at Home Goods. The perfect spot to display the amazing vintage millinery bouquet I got from Ulla.

My pink parasol came out of hiding.

I have this wonderfully whimsical cookbook on display in my kitchen with all my pink goodies. The photography in this book is incredibly inspiring, the recipes look delicious and the writing about the authors memories of childhood are delightful. Here's a wonderful interview with the author, Tessa Kiros.
Ali encourages each of us to pick a word for the coming year. She compiled all the words from her blog readers here. Pretty spectacular! My word for 2008 year is AUTHENTIC. In verything I do or create I take a moment to make sure I'm doing it with an *authentic* heart. It's been fun so far and I've already been challenged:) You'll be hearing lots more about this and what it means to me soon. If you had to pick a word, what would it be? I'd love to hear!