Sweet Confections

Burning the Midnight Oil on Halloween night

Showing the Sweet Confections Corner

Which is quickly selling

Can you see the snow?

Being Veterans Day

we will have some hot wassail to sip while you shop,

you may enjoy it in a vintage tea cup/saucer

or a taste for on the run.

Either way...come see what's new for the holidays

We're so excited to share this season with you

We're really just having too much fun

and don't know when to quit,

right Joni!

(we're Holiday addicts, is that some kind of disease

and is there a cure?)

Hope not!

Ornaments this week are 10% off

*polk dotted Wassail*

One of our door prizes this week, come put your name in

for our weekly drawings.

Pink Polka dotted cupcake ornament

another door prize

and all our ornaments are 10% off this week!

Skinny legged Elfs

Always Joyous

Fresh caramel corn

COMFORT?

yes!

Nativity Wassail

packaged festive for the season

Are you wearing your sunglasses yet?

Your computer should be showing LIME GREEN

It's HOTTER than HOT this year

Oh JOY!

And fat skinny legged Santas holding presents

just arrived.

Round quilted holly berry placemats, runner/aprons

Remember...we don't have xtra merchandise stored in the back room, what

you see on the floor is what we have in stock.

Not to be dissappointed though

we have new Christmas coming everyday

of many sorts!

Comfort and Joy...

This week's special: 10% off any Christmas Ornament

The vintage ornaments in this antique coffee pot are for sale

The tree and pot are display.

Chic Santa holding branch of vintage mercury glass garland/leaves/buttons with

a big pink vintage ornament dangling.

Antique style silver/gold tree in urn is adorned with

one antique "Merry Christmas"

ornament and a cluster of mercury glass balls and leaves

to decorate yourself.

It will be finished up with a big beautiful shear gold/silver ribbon

It's so hard to price antique ornies...

because they are really priceless, aren't they?

Silver tree in vintage hobnail

with the colors we are grandly using this season

these ornies are new.

Antique Green bottle holds an olde style candy cane

stands next to silver foiled tall Santa.

Here's whats in his pack...a large wonderful antique ornament

with bunches of gold stems with diamonds on their tips,

 vintage paper silver stems tucked in.

Pear tree!

Pear tree in chocolate browns & greens

You know you can always find something PINK for Christmas

at Just a bed of Roses

It's the way we do things!

Framed Santa with velvet and mercury glass ornies.

This week put your name in drawing for:

A box of our new wassail

If it shows up by Thursday we will have samples as you shop

Thursday-Saturday

FOR YOUR COMFORT AND JOY

and because it's turning COLD enough to SNOW this week!

Can't LOSE for GAINING

CAN'T LOSE FOR GAINING

I carefully counted calories
As at the table I sat.
And visioned my figure willowy
With thirty-five pounds less fat.

I ate my hot rolls butterless,
My baked potato dry---
Non-fattening milk was my beverage,
And I passed up the rich cake and pie.

My clothes seemed a little looser,
And my spirits fairly flew---
Soon I'd be wearing a thirty-six
Instead of a forty-two.

But then came the time of testing,
Where fat women rise or fall---
Finding lush leavings on grandchildren's plates
To scrape in the Dis-pos-al.

Wasting was always so sinful,
To children of my generation,
So a bite of this, or a spoonful of that,
I ate just for CON-SER-VATION.

This morning I got on the scales to weigh,
And the numbers went zooming by
To that same old hundred and eighty-
Oh, Rats, pass the strawberry pie!

Poems of Fanny Gudmundsen Brunt
Moods and Memories  copyrite 1959

The winners of our drawings THIS PAST week:

Kelli Syms: a pearl pillow or pearl runner
Michelle Blackhurst: a pearl pillow or pearl runner

This evening next weeks event will be announced

ONE HOUR turn your clock back ...REALLY?

It's NOT ENOUGH!

Sandi Glauser...Support & Fund raising event

                 The beautiful Pearl runner & pillow with Santa will be auctioned off Saturday night
at a Silent auction fund raiser for Sandi Glauser of Syracuse who is in a fight for her life with Leukemia.

Sandi one GENEROUS woman with her time & money, neighbor to my sister Janine Crosby and one of her best friends needs our help, love and support. The community will gather in
Syracuse at the Glenn Eagle Golf course Saturday evening  November 6th  6:-8:30.

Sandi is always the first at your door when you need help, has a  fun sense of humor,believes in a nice family sunday dinner with family and friends, a solid rock to her family. Honored her parents, loves and celebrates holidays. Her and my sister worked several years with the Special needs Stake and it was one of the joys of their lives. Sandi has a lovely home and loves making home a beautiful special place to live. Her Grandchildren are her precious joys,( children/husband too) but you know how we are about the grandchildren!

She loves the Lord with all her heart and that's why I chose the pillow Believe...

Let's Believe many miracles will come through this sudden trial as we shake our heads and think "why?"
Let's put trust in the Lord and have faith, find purpose and meaning.
Pray for her and her family that they can and will endure.

And Please go do something nice for someone in need... in her honor.

If you know Sandi and have had a nice experience with her please comment here.

Just a bed of Roses is happy to be a support in this special event...hoping you can too.

Traditions of the Season Dreamy Pearly white with sparkles

Time for mommies and daddies to find what little girls & boys 

dream what Santa will be coming down the chimney with.

And to dress up our homes for our holiday Traditions

Inside and out

At Just a Bed of Roses

 It's also dreamy pearly white with sparkles

Traditional Pearls...sales event this week!

!

           Wear your pearls this week and always
pearl event is this:
Pearl runners & toppers  $35.00    reg. 45.00
Pearl runners & pillows  $25.00    reg. 35.00
Pearl pillows $38.00    reg. 50.00
Pearl frames 25% off
Pearl jewelry 25% off reg. low prices
add your name to drawing for a pearl runner and pillow just for coming in this week!

Dress up your home and yourself for the holidays!

Wear your sunglasses...we are merry* & bright*

Big black metal BIRDCAGE

Our big black metal BIRDCAGE in the window is for sale now...first come first serve.
it is 80.00 and well worth it.
I know many of you have asked for it...not sure where that list is.

Wear your Pearls this week and always!

A THANK YOU NOTE a day

Met an interesting .com from studio 5 this morning.
http://www.thxthxthx.com/

Wanted to share, think you'll like it.
I will keep it on the bloglist for easy access.

Writing thank you notes...always in style!

Wearing your pearls today?

Not me...should have.
Sorted in garage and made delivery to the General store in Layton...even marked things way down...you may want to visit them, the shop seems very peaceful and full of vintage.
North corner of Gentile/Main.

WEAR YOUR PEARLS WEEK...

Many thousand years ago long before written history human beings probably discovered the first pearl while searching the seashore for food.
Through out history the pearl with it's warm inner glow and shimmering iridescence has been one of the most highly prized gems.
Ancient Egyptians prized pearls so much that they were buried with them.
Cleopatra reportedly dissolved a single pearl in a glass of wine and drank it, simply to win a wager with Mark Anthony that she could consume the wealth of an entire nation in just one meal!
Pearls were considered the ultimate symbol of wealth and social standing.
During the dark ages white fair maidens of nobility cherished pearl neclaces, gallant knights wore them into battle. They believed the magic of these lustrious gems would protect them from harm.

In 1916 famed french jeweler J Cartier bought his landmark store on the New Yorks 5th Avenue. by trading 2 pearl neclaces for the valuable property.
Although our pearls are not of these natures we do have some beautiful pearl decor that will enhance your Holiday Traditions:

                                 First event of November:
Our beautiful  cream and light pink PEARL runners, pillows, frames, table toppers  along with any pearl jewelry in the shop will
be a big savings to you at 25% off.

                       This sale: ALL OF THIS WEEK

TRADITIONAL PEARLS

                                               and a glimpse

The only pearls NOT for selling are the BIG ONES hanging
from the ceiling...stop by for a peek, you may need to keep your sunglasses handy as we are merry and bright, you'll leave happy!
                                      Hours: 10:30-6:00
                        Mon-Saturday thru the holidays

                   WEAR YOUR PEARLS THIS WEEK

HALLOWEEN TEMPTATIONS and THRILLS

Halloween, so full of all kinds of temptations

 from characters

having BIG Warts & BIG Noses

Halloween can be trick or treating till the MIDNIGHT hours.

In magical places or our own neighborhoods & schools.

For Joni and I ...it was changing out the shops Halloween till

the Midnight Moon and now HALLOWEEN has Vanished!

and taking much needed advil

(just being honest here.)

A season of PLAYING and getting SOAKED with those you love.

Getting squirted and holding on to little loved ones hands on

Grandma's favorite ride in the whole world.

Popeye at Universal Florida

( it was grandma can we go again...3 times, that's cause I

am a good grandma, love being soaked)

The traditional Candied apples, this year our granny smiths

came chocolate coated with marshmellow EARS.

October can be an irresistable sugar OVERLOAD

just check your scale. (okay dont!)

As we were taking down Halloween  Oct. 30th a batch of fresh fudge arrived along

with cherrie chocolate cupcakes.

Sugar Highs NECESSARY when working 14 hour days

All good...ALL GOOD!

Joni's fault

FOR SURE

the 14 hour days and days.

HER addiction

Display and neatness

TRUE.

Halloween we can be anyone we want to be and it's OKAY

we even meet some of our favorite characters...

that's the magic of it all.

Fortunes of good and evil can be given...magic and mystery, do you believe?

Pumpkins can dangle from trees

and it seems HAPPY and kind of NORMAL.

In Florida it's not bats and black cats your afraid of...

Kennedi our little 2 year old cheerleader coming trick or treating

Halloween, a time FOR MAKING MEMORIES

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What did you do when you were growing up for Halloween?

My dad was our elemenary principal and I remember parading

around the school hallways and in the evening grabbing a

pillowcase and off we went till 10:00 p.m

okay may it was 9.

( ADULT SUPERVISION..oh noooo way!)

My husband would take our 4 children out and laughed at how they ran with their little legs

as fast as they would take them, avoiding rolling in ditches.

COUNTRY LIVING, you know.

I was home giving out the treats and ALWAYS working on Christmas projects

in between trick or treaters

Being a shop owner then or doing an upcoming boutique

because in MY world that's JUST how it

has ALWAYS been.

Husband and children LEARNED and think it's normal

Halloween IS Christmas too.

Let's say Goodbye to Fantastic 2010 Halloween, file away our

 pictures of MAGICAL moments to ponder in our quiet moments in the future.

Within an hour this morning of awakening

HALLOWEEN THEME for 2011

for Just a bed of roses

WAS INSPIRED

and we look forward to its

CURTAIN UNVEILING

next year.

THIS EVENING

the Nov. 1st WEEK EVENT will be blogged

HAPPY HALLOWEEN

and thank's for YOUR SUPPORT of making this the

BEST HALLOWEEN season in our 3 years!

Caramel corn

We have one cup Halloween designed bags of caramel corn, perfect for a trick or treat gift.
reg. 1.95   sale: 1.50   Friday/Sat.

We may also have fresh made cinnamon rolls brought in this morning.

Still some fantastic Halloween decor and gifts...40% off 2 days left and then it's gone!

see you soon!

It's TIME to COME IN from the COLD

"Winter is an ETCHING, spring a WATERCOLOR, summer an OIL PAINTING

and autumn a MOSIAC of them all."

Stanley Horowitz

Victoria Bliss Nov/Dec 2010

Even the birds have abandoned their nests

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The BURNING BUSH...has about burned out

Utah's corn fields & mountains minutes after a 5 minute hail storm.

Today I wore capri pants & a fur coat

Mixed weather confusing?

It's as if the ground ivy creeping onto the porch is escaping the nipping cold.

It's now 4 -5 days until Halloween celebrations

grab you something pumpkin flavored, enjoy being warm.

Enjoy Robin Brown of Magnolia Pearl and others workspaces

new issue has arrived

BE INSPIRED  by Victoria Bliss

Nov/Dec. arrival

Autumn is a second spring when every leaf's a flower.

Come in from the cold