Imitation Is The Best Form Of Flattery

First let me apologize about these first two photos...the quality is not the best and they are very small but you get the idea. Hopefully you can click on them to enlarge the photo.

Did Better Homes and Gardens copy me? OK JUST KIDDING BHG... but WOW. I was so surprised yesterday when I picked up the June issue of BHG to find an article about letters and decorating with Vintage fonts. Guess what it was titled? JUST YOUR TYPE!!

I recently blogged about decorating with vintage letters about two or three weeks ago and It was titled.... JUST MY TYPE!! Crazy weird!

BHG, can I have a job? ;)

More letters...These are from the amazing and beautiful HouseOfAtmosphere blog.

Check out their blog, you wont be sorry!

Simple yet so beautiful...

I just purchased this lovely shabby "N" this morning from VintageEmbellishment.etsy.com.
I Plan to use it in my studio to spell out PatinaSoul... They have a few more if you head over quickly.

I also have a few vintage letters that are still available for purchase...just keep scrolling down to find them. I blogged about them on May 8th. They are amazing and I'm having so much fun decorating with them. I will also be posting some more adorable letters soon so stay tuned! ;)
Have a great weekend!!

Beauty all around us

Pink roses floating in an old white bowl in my kitchen... it makes me smile!?

I woke up this morning grateful for life!! After attending a Relay For Life fund raising event with my family and seeing so many lives that have been touched by cancer, I'm seeing beauty in the simplest things around me once again. I am so grateful for my life and my loved ones.

Take time to enjoy the beauty in your life. You can find it even in the darkest time, if you just slow down long enough to look...

...the patina of my old white metal porch swing next to fresh hydrangea blooms...

...the soul of this old broken bird bath turned into a plant stand...

...rusty, chipped and worn...like all of us...but still loved and fulfilling a purpose...in this case holding my herb garden...

...the worn paint of my kitchen hutch, touched by the length of its life and scarred by life's mishaps...

...but still useful and with a purpose... just like us. We might have a few blemishes (OK maybe more than a few for some of us) but we are made more beautiful with each day that passes and brought into our life's purpose as we learn the lessons that only time can teach us...

...the beauty of a rose given to me by my husband...even though it's on its last leg, it speaks of his love for me...

...the chips, dents and scratches of my kitchen table...from all those special occasions, B-days, Thanksgiving, Christmas, every night family dinners...and all the times my kids jammed their forks into the table top. Good thing I like everything distressed! :) ...

...the patina of dirty little hand prints and scratches from toys on my boys
white play house door... enough said. :)

Have a great day and look for beauty all around you! It's there if you just take the time to look!