It is show and tell Monday at Make Mine pink. Here is what I have been working on this weekend. This weekend I finished making the weeks batch of hand painted roses, I make about one a week. I also made another batch of the locket necklaces with the anitique buttons. I did a different clasp this time, this one features my handmade rosettes.

Most of the ivory roses are sold already along with a few of the pinks. I will be starting another batch in a few days.

I love how this batch of lockets turned out.

One of the lockets sold before I had all of them done. I will be listing theses tonight. Contact me through my site or e-mail me at info@meadowstreet.com to reserve any items before listing.

A few more pairs of earrings and a bracelet, more coming soon.
I will be listing roses later today through tomorrow.

This tussie mussie pin went fast!! I was only able to get three more dozen of the filigree at the moment, they still need to be plated before I can make them. I should have them plated in a few weeks, contact me to reserve one, I will be able to make them in any color. i am plating most of the filigrees for the tussie mussies in antique gold.

OK, who wouldn’t want to wear a tiara? Make Mine pink is having a tiara contest. In order to enter you must make your tiara and take a picture of you wearing it. I hope to have a tiara cram session this weekend. The winner get the following:

This year Joyce lucas, founder of Make Mine Pink , has been chosen to recieve an award from Country living Magazing 2008 Women Entrepeneur. This weekend, March 15, she will attend the Country Living Womens Entrepeneurs to recieve her award. At the convention Karen from Sweet Necessi Teas, Sharon from Cest Chouette, Dianne from Mamas Pocket Book, and Roxie from Business in the Bag will be pitching their product to the Country Living panel. This is a great honour, way to go girls!!

I started making these along time ago, it’s been a few years since I made up a batch. I just love them. They are handpainted out of 100% silk fabric and then texturized and sewn into a rose.

I just started listing them on my site Meadow Street and should have more listed this weekend.

My Friend Tina at Garden Goose is having a giveaway in honor of leap year and her magazine Small Town Living. Oh how I would love to live in a small town where there’s actually some space around you. We’re packed in like sardines here in California. It was worse when I lived at the beach. Yes I grew up in at the beach in So. Ca. I went from walking distance of all of 5 min to driving distance of 45 min. I miss the beach, but it is very crowded and expensive. It would take me 20 min to get to the grocerey store that was 1 mile away! I also have a front and back yard and a big garage which is rare to have living at the beach. Small town life does sound good though.

I’ve been Tagged!!!!
I’ve been tagged by Stephanie of Shabby in Pink Boutique and Carol of Clutter Bug Studio
Here are the rules.
1. Once you are tagged, link back to the person that tagged you.
2. Post THE RULES on your blog.
3.Post 7 weird or random facts about yourself on your blog.
4. Tag 7 people and link to them.
5. Comment on their blog to let them know they have been tagged.

O.K. 7 weird things about me.
1. I am turning 40 later this year. This may not seem weird to you, but it is weird to me.
2. I love diet coke and hot tamales
3. I have horrible handwriting, but I can freehand paint, draw or cut letters perfectly in any font.
4. I went to high school with Tracey Lords, not her real name by the way.
5. I have an exact color memory.
6. Catsup is my favorite vegetable.
7. My husband thought of this one: I multi task multi tasking, or at least he thinks I do.

O.K. I am tagging:
1. Two Sisters Bath and Body
2. Forget Me Not Dreams
3. Sweet Yesterdays
4. My Hydrangia Home
5. The Cottage Gate
6. Just A Bed of Roses
7. Southern Lady’s Vintage

Yes!! I went!
Yesterday was the Romantic Homes book signing event to launch their new book “Vintage Vavoom”. It was at the Mc Charles house in Tustin California. The house is beautiful and has a tea pot on the roof.

I met the editors and enjoyed the entertainment. There was a raffle for prizes donated by myself and many of my friends at Make Mine Pink.

Lot of other goodies to enjoy too!

It’s been pouring rain here in California all weekend, so I stayed in and created! The only problem is that it has been difficult to photograph the latest treasures. I got a few pictures in right before a big black rain cloud decided to park itself over my house the rest of the day. They are saying rain for tomorrow too. So here are a few of the latest creations.

Romantic treasures for the season

I made lots of Vintage button bracelets in many colors, blue, pinks, black, carmel, creamy white, and some other really vintage combinations.

And a some romantic shabby pins

So many more things I have yet to able to photograph. Hopefully there will be a patch of sunshine for a quick photo shoot.

These are to die for and easy to make. They will cure any chocolate craving.
Pre heat oven to 400
In a bowl mix together:
2 c. flour
2 c. sugar
4 Tbsp baking cocoa

In a sauce pan:
1 c. cold water
1 stick of butter
1/2 c. oil
Mix together and bring to a boil, pour into dry ingredients and mix and then add:

1 tsp baking soda
1/2 c. buttermilk
2 eggs
Pour into jelly roll pan (a 15×11 inch pan with edges)
bake at 400 degrees for 18 minutes.

Frosting:
In a sauce pan combine:
4 Tbsp baking coca
1 stick of butter
1/3 c. buttermilk
Bring to a boil and add a 16 ounce box of powder sugar, add more if needed. Remove from heat and add 1 tsp of vanilla. Pour and spread over warm brownies. When cool, cut into squares and serve.

Latter I’ll post a picture when I can get my camera working again.