*~*~* GIVEAWAY TIME *~*~*

YEP GIRLS, THAT TIME HAS COME AROUND AGAIN !
GIVEAWAY TIME !!!
WAAAHOOOOOOO !
I love love love giveaways soooo much!
I look at giveaways as a THANKYOU to all the sweeties who pop my blog to say hi and who care about me and my family.
YES THAT MEANS YOU !
So this is me saying THANKS AND I LOVE YA!

To enter all you have to do is leave a comment on this post and you are in the draw to win this lil handpainted sign by me.

Painted on a super vintage piece of timber that was once part of a wardrobe and ready to hang with vintage chain attached.

If you dont have a blog you can still enter, just leave me an email addy to contact you if you are the winner. THANKS :)

My trusty assistant Sam will draw the winning name out on Thursday Evening 24th July.

GOOD LUCK GIRLS !

I hope you all have a gorgeous weekend ahead.

Love and Pink Kisses,
Shann xx

**** Before i go i want to send a special hug to my sweet friend
Lori @ Pink Faded Roses. Lori is going in for back surgery tomorrow (18th) and i want her to know i am thinking of her and sending my love and hugs. You can do it chickie! You are amazing! LOVE YOU ****

MY LITTLE MAN IS 5 TODAY !!!

Yep, today my gorgeous boy turns 5. I cant believe it...boy time flies doesnt it!
I can still remember when he was a baby...seems like yesterday.

We are so very blessed to have this beautiful little dude in our lives...he is so funny and cute, cheeky, smart and witty (oh you have nooooo idea)loving and affectionate...i could go on and on but you get my drift..I think it's how most mums feel about their kids.
In his 5 years my Sam has been through a fair bit ...2 operations on his foot and almost losing his Dad to cancer .....i think he is such a strong little man, he came through it all like a trooper.Im so proud of him.

This morning Sam woke up to our Family Room full of streamers and balloons...

Blowing out the candles on his Spongebob Cake i made him.

At his Birthday Party on saturday with his friends at Lollypops Playland


So today its all about Sam...we are off to the river for a family picnic and to play in the park in the sunshine (and eat Spongebob cake).

Happy Birthday Sam..... Mummy and Daddy love you to the moon and back.

xxx
Shann

2 PART POST: Friday Flea Market AND Brendas Photo Challenge !!

Gosh im a busy lil bee today.
Its Friday Flea Market as well as Brendas latest Photo Challenge.
So without any further ado....
PART ONE !

FRIDAY FLEA MARKET.

Some little cuties for you this week. Remember to leave me a comment or email me @ paintminepink@gmail.com if you are interested in any of the items.

Item#1
A sweet tray for your sweets (sorry my lil cuppies are not included but you can find them on my website later today).
$10.00 plus $5.00 postage Au wide and $10.00 shipping to O.S


Item#2 GORGEOUS cream table runner with hand embroidery. Im thinning out the linen cupboard and havent used this sweetie in over a year! Measures 110cm x 35cm not including tassles.
$20.00 plus $4.00 postage AU wide and $ 10.00 shipping to O.S


Item#3 Vintage clutch purse/hand bag. Has a few blemishes with age but hey dont we all...?? LOL.
$5.00 plus $5.00 postage AU wide and $10.00 shipping O.S


Don't forget to pop by and visit all the lovely girls who participate in FFM each week (link on sidebar) and particularly the lovely Miss Polly who hosts this each week for us :)


ok now...onto PART 2
Brenda's Photo Challenge.
This challenge is being hosted by Karen (thanks Karen) and the title is
'Patriotism' What i love about my country

Theres so much i love about my country i wouldnt know where to start ...so i thought id go with a verse from an Australian classic....

I love a sunburnt country,
A land of sweeping plains,
Of ragged mountain ranges,
Of drought and flooding rains,
I love her far horizons,
I love her jewel sea,
Her beauty and her terror
The wide brown land for me.






I know we are only meant to have 3 photos but i couldnt help myself *wink* I took the last 2 pics on the South Coast of NSW and the first 3 on the Central West of NSW.
I hope you enjoyed my country and i look forward to popping by everyones blog to see their Patriotism pics!

Lotsa Love and Pink Kisses,
Shann xx

OOOPS I DID IT AGAIN...

I always thought my 'thing' for chairs wasnt THAT bad....surely 40 or so chairs is not too many...??? Is it ???
Well anyway i never dreamed it would get so bad that it would extend to something LARGER in the chair department....Im talking LOUNGES/SOFAS/COUCHES...whatever you like to call them. Im calling them UH OH's from now on.

UH OH because when you see a gorgeous ole lounge on Ebay for $25.00 and your hubby says JUST BUY IT... you do....knowing full well you have NOWHERE to put it...But hey, when has that ever mattered before??

MAYBE i shouldnt have bought it.....but how could i not??? Me and vintage, pretty, lovely, gorgeous old lounges...well we BELONG TOGETHER.
See for yourself.




See what i mean? I HAD TO HAVE IT...didnt i. It belongs in my front room.
Well i blame Shane anyway, he said BUY IT.
So now we have 5 lounges...including one currently sitting in the middle of my kitchen..LOL.
What did you say?? Sell one? SURELY YOU ARE PULLING MY LEG!
I will work it out...i always do.

So then i took the flowers that were twisted around the back on the other lounge and put them on my standard lamp.

Pretty huh? My super talented MUM made that lamp shade for me, aint it gorgeous! I loooove it.
Speaking of lamps...look at this gorgeous fabric i got to re-cover the big shade for my other standard lamp in the Family Room.

Isnt it beautiful! I cant wait to get it done.

Ok so im off now....to re-arrange lounges (again) and maybe get started on that lamp and some customer orders too.
Should keep me off the streets for a while ! LOL.

See you Friday for some Friday Flea Market pretties!

Love and Pink Kisses,
Shann xx

Let them eat cake !!

Well, cupcakes anyway.
Oh and actually you cant eat them.
Ooops sorry !

But you know when you are sitting up late at night and that creating bug just hits you BIG TIME...you NEED to make something, your mind is racing....you surround yourself with 'stuff' to begin something FANTASTIC. Well thats me most of the time...not too sure about the fantastic part but...ANYHOO after 3 days in the bush i was just DYING to 'fiddle' with my craft supplies. I sat at my desk staring at everything (as we do) and waiting...waiting for the penny to drop....what to make......i havent felt like painting lately (and when i dont feel like it i just dont try because i know i will end up with a pile of garbage...so i let it go till im ready)....So all of a sudden i felt the urge..TO MAKE FAUX CUPPIES. I havent made any for a few months so im thinking geez do i have everything????
Oh YEP, everything and more actually.
So thats what i did for a few hours.
Even Shane walked in the room and looked at me weird and said "Umm youre making cupcakes???" Yes i know, at 10 o'clock at night its weird...but just go with the flow ok honey.

And heres my sweet treats now.....click on the image to see them up close wont you :)
Unfortunately the photos arent bringing up the 'sparkle and faux sugar' on the roses...but take my word for it, they look super pretty!



I did some new pale pink leaves too, instead of just green, i think i will make coloured leaves my new thing...who says leaves have to be green anyway?
Some will be headed to my Website and some to Ebay.

I also have another project to finish.
This gorgeous old dressing table that ive painted white since i took this pic. Just have to put the pink glass knobs on tomorrow and off she goes for sale.


Well i have sooooo much blog hopping to do later on tonight that i guess it will be a late one for me again.
Im off now to make Sam and i a hot milo and to play dinosaurs apparantly *grin*

Se you all at your blogs soon!

Love and Pink Kisses,
Shann xx

Country Roads...Take Me Home....

Hiya lovelies! I missed all my bloggin' gals so much, but it was soooo nice to go away for a few days and get grubby in the bush! LOL.
We had such a good time....not relaxing as such...after all we had Sam with us, and being almost 5,he is quite fond of these questions " What can we do now?" , "Who is going to play with me now?", " Can we go for a bushwalk now?" yadda yadda yadda and so on.
So we played, we ran around, we fished, we bushwalked and we chased kangaroos. They were everywhere!
Sam was determined to pat one...umm sorry honey they are wild, not like at the zoo.

Ok so i'll stop chatting and bore you with some pics now *grin*

Heres the cosy cabin our friends own that we stayed in. Its not a palace but we loved it.


View from our cabin.


We spotted this mamma kanga with her joey in her pouch and hopped out of the car to take a photo.
Boy was she checking us out !


Sam trying to reason with one of the kangaroos...he was standing there saying "It's ok i wont hurt you, just come here and let me talk to you and pat you." By the way all the kangaroos are his pets and they are all named Debbie (dont ask, i have no idea either).
*if you enlarge the pic you can see the kangaroo better, she's on the right just under the trees*


Sam and i down at the dam...can you tell it was kinda chilly ???? LOL.


The men did a spot of fishing....Umm we had steak for dinner that night.


Even Stinky joined in! (for those that dont know, Stinky is Sams birth toy and best friend)



Shane demonstrating how to 'make fire' by rubbing 2 sticks together....
Umm excuse me Shane but isnt that a lighter in your pocket ????


We toasted marshmallows....hmm i think the fire was just about kaputt at this stage.


And Sam ate them.....



But...all good things must come to an end.
And it was time to leave.


We are going back in a few weeks! We are even talking of selling our house soon and moving a little further up into the mountains on some acres where we can have some cattle and sheep and whatever we please.

The country side is a callin my name folks!

Okies thats it from me..hope you enjoyed our piccies!
I'll be back in a day or 2 with some new pretties and hmm i think i sense a GIVEAWAY coming on...you'll have to check back and see wont you *wink*


LOVE N PINK KISSES
Shann xx

p.s Sam has a new song...Bon Jovi's been given the flick..now its "Mickey" by Toni Basil !!! remember that one?? "Oh Mickey you're so fine, you're so fine you blow my mind, Hey Mickey"...LOL.

Painting, Tweaking, Singing...and Goin' Bush Baby..YEAH !

Well this week in my little pink neck of the woods theres been lots of painting and a lil bit more tweaking too . Oh and i musnt forget lots of singing of Bon Jovi songs.....I'll get to that later.

FINALLY i put some of my creating aside and did something for me. I finished my sideboard HIP HIP HOORAY, Happy Dancing all over the place!
Do you remember it ?? Here it is when i first got it, in the midst of rearranging the front room.





Now take a look!



See the handles on the 2 front draws?? You can have the glass pointing down or up, as the have a drop to them (i dont mean sideways like on the doors).... Well we had a HUGE debate over what way to put them (i said the other way with the glass facing down as you pull the draw open) BUT His Majesty Mr Paint Mine Pink got his knickers in such a tangle that i just let him go (he was, afterall holding the cordless drill)....LOL, but i am going to unscrew them when hes not around and switch them over.....ssshhh dont tell him !


I also hung these gorgeous curtains in between our front room (The Pretty Room as Sam says) and the kitchen so i can close them at night and keep the warm air in the main part of the house. My lovely mum bought these curtains for me THANKS MUMMSY!

Now you are wondering about the BonJovi thing arent you? Thinking it must have something to do with my Sam? Well you'd be right! He is such a music man, he loooves music. At the moment he is right into BonJovi. So he has been setting up his guitar and microphone and doing concerts for us.



Song of the moment ??
"Shot through the heart, and you're to blame, you give love a bad name"

Cracks me right up!Thats all he knows of it, so we get that same line over and over.

Now tomorrow we are off out west for a few days! A friend has a cabin at Wyangla Dam and we are getting all rugged up in our woolies to take a little break. The country and i are like Fish n Chips...we just go together, so im super excited to be going bush (so to speak).
I'll be sure and take lotsa piccies to bore you with when i get back on Friday.
Oh, speaking of Friday.....i may not be back in time to post my Friday Flea Market items so i do apologise. I will try but!

Have a great rest of the week my lovelies!

Lotsa hugs n pink kisses,
Shann xx

p.s Shane has his 4 monthly appointment with his Oncologist this afternoon...always so nerve wracking for us...he will be fine but!

BRENDAS PHOTO CHALLENGE.....ORANGE !!! YIKES !!!

I am just one of a bunch of awesome ladies participating in this challenge.

AND THE THEME IS ORANGE !!!
You can pop by Brendas blog HERE and see a list of participants on her sidebar....OR pop by Joni's Blog HERE, Joni is our Hostess this week !


Ok this is sooo outside my PINK SQUARE its not even funny... but i do loooove a challenge.
SO HERE I GO with ORANGE stuff !

Firstly it doesnt matter what colour flowers are, they are always beautiful...
Orange Daisies and Pansies (My trusty assistant Sam found these at the local Nursery yesterday...and was heard to shriek across the nursery, "MUMMY I FOUND YUKKKY ORANGE FLOWERS FOR YOU"...LOL.
Out of the mouths of babes hey!


Next up is my gorgeous and crazy baby Georgie, trying so hard to squeeze into my ribbon container for a little nap!


He's mamas boy and no-one elses and has a wicked temper if you cross him. Typical red head you think ...???


Now what would any day be without CANDY...i mean seriously...it can turn a grey ole day into a sunny and ORANGE one !

Sorry girls i ate the props..*wink*

Now that wasnt actually too hard. Im sooo looking forward to the next challenge now!

Be sure to pop by and visit the rest of the girls with their ORANGE themed items!
Thanks for visiting me and if this is your first time to my blog THANKS SO MUCH FOR COMING and i really hope you stop by again..I love to meet new gals!

Have a gorgeous weekend everyone!

Love and Pink Kisses,
Shann

Ooops perhaps i should send Orange kisses today :)

xx

Exactly How Many Is TOO MANY ???

I was reading Janets blog the other day and she mentioned that more than 2 of anything is considered a collection....so it got me to thinking...YIKES thats always scary...
I have WAY TOO MANY COLLECTIONS then and i didnt even realise it.

So i thought id share with you my biggest collection...well its not THAT big...is it ???

My cushions !


Ummm i think i counted 38 (including a few there without inserts...and im sure theres some more hiding in the linen cupboard too) and i have 2 more on their way to me via Aus Post....ummm...Does anyone see a problem here???
Now, one might ask what does one do with all these cushions?? Well umm, i look at them...*tee hee* and i admire them...and SOMETIMES i let people sit on them (but i have to straighten them all up before i go to bed, or i cant sleep..i lay there thinking Are my cushions all straight?????) Shane thinks this is serious OCD behaviour and gets a good laugh out of it! Sometimes he will dare me to go to bed without tidying them up.....i really try to...then i end up running back and straightening them all and screaming at him to Just Leave Me Alone, You Dont Understand!!! All the while he is absolutely wetting himself laughing at me. LOL.

At least they dont have names...yet....

So what do you collect??? Im sure theres someone out there with way more cushions than me..??? Please please show yourself and come join me at Cushion-Aholics-Anonymous.

Im begging you. Dont make me be the only crazy one.

Ok now im off to put them all back in their places and admire them some more....

ahhh sweet sweet cosy cushion heaven.



HAVE A GORGEOUS WEEKEND EVERYONE !!!
I think i may go shopping and buy just one more cushion....one more cant hurt...

Love and Pink Kisses,
Shann xxx

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU AND TO YOU

Sshhh guess what?? Today is my lovely MUMS birthday...and guess what else?? It's my Stepdads birthday too ! YES TRULY, on the same day !!! Insert TWIGHLIGHT ZONE music now...do do do do...LOL.

Now i have been threatened with severe punishment if i divuldge their ages...so i better not..i value my life way too much, LOL.

Instead i will walk a fine line by sharing some lovely snap shots with you...hee hee. SORRY MUM but you know i had to do it !!!

Ahhh Mum and John (i call him Willow) on their Wedding Day...way way way back in 1988,,LOL.

Thats my stepbro Scott on the end, Willows best mate Bob who sadly passed away a few years ago, Willow and Mum, some girl with a serious face and perm to match (LOL) and the Celebrant.. hmm my stepsis musta been hiding behind her...oh yes i can see her hair ! Sorry Jode !

Ahh Willow, always with a big cheesy grin on his face! Love Ya, you always crack me up!


Mum being the ultimate Aussie Chick with a Koala and a perm...she's gonna kill me for this one ! (Mum it was Shanes idea).


Me and My Mummsy...oooh back in about 1991-ish... Dontcha just love our hair. Good Grief. No-one could ever say we dont look like mother and daughter thats for sure.


Now this is better. Mum and Willow with Shane and I on our Wedding day in 2002.
(Woh damn my husbands cute)LOL.


See mum and Willow, that wasnt so bad was it.???

ANYHOO i want to say a BIG BIG HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my Mum and Willow for today. I love you both to the moon and right back again!
Have a lovely night and leave me a chocolate please!


LOTSA LOVE
SHANN xxxooo

** Please pop by my Mums blog @ Colls Garden and wish them both a HAPPY BIRTHDAY !