Happy Birthday To My Sweet Son

Hello dear friends! I hope you all are having a good week so far! I wanted to share my son's birthday with you. He is 14 years old today! I wonder where the time has gone. The years have flown by and he has grown so much, he now towers over me at almost 5'10"!!! I am 5'4", and he really loves to tease me about how much taller he is than me!



We had a wonderful and very happy day celebrating his birthday. As you can see Pearl was having as much fun as Justin was! He is such a sweet boy and a blessing to us. We thank the Lord for him, and we love him so very much!!! He is a delightful, caring, giving, unselfish, loving, fun and happy young man.



He enjoyed some of his favorite foods, and we gave him his favorite things... Legos, books and art supplies. I made a chocolate cake for him with cream cheese icing, and he decorated it with chocolate chips. He said it was good!!!

I love you Justin! You are a gift from God and such a blessing to everyone that knows you. I am so thankful to have you for my son. You are always so kind to me and so loving. You are my miracle boy, and I thank the Lord for you! I will always be your loving momma!!!! May God bless you abundantly sweetie!!!

Thank you so much for visiting me today. I hope you all have a beautiful week! In my next post I will share my antique finds from the weekend.

Vignette In The Library

Hello sweet friends! I hope you all had a wonderful Independence Day. I spent the weekend dusting the books and bookcases. My, they needed it! We rearranged, too. Today I am sharing a vignette and a new curtain I made for the back door. Dear Madai made the lovely PARIS banner.



Sweet little dear... the bigger one is a planter. I need to put some ivy in it. Dear Clarice gave me the pretty pink rose tray.



I love the pretty colors in this old creamer.




I made this birdie using vintage lace for the wings and collar, an old button, and wool for the strawberry. She is happily perched atop a candlestick!



I found this lovely white linen in my stash for the curtain, and



embellished it with vintage lace, an old hankie and a silk rose.



I also made this journal. I took a recycled composition notebook from Target, and glued scrapbook paper and other pretty papers from sweet Madai for the cover.

Thank you so much for visiting my Rose Cottage today! I hope you all enjoy the rest of your week!

Happy Independence Day

I am so very thankful for the freedom we have in this beautiful country! Thankful for all of those that have fought and died to secure our freedom.



.... Our father's God, to Thee,
Author of liberty,
To Thee we sing;
Long may our land be bright
With Freedom's holy light;
Protect us by Thy might,
Great God, our King.

America~ Samuel Francis Smith

God Bless America!