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Enjoying the Peony Season

June 1, 2018/in Elegant Living, Uncategorized /by mrs.sshockley

It is finally here!!! Peony Season!!! I couldn’t wait to get a bouquet this year. I have shared my bouquets on the blog in the past, see here and here.

I have it calendared each year to call the florist and see if the peonies have arrived. And they have….

I stopped by bright and early to see if I could get a few stems for my office.

And I did! I just gazed at them the whole time I was walking to my office.

They gave such a wonderful scent and added such beauty! Ahhh, I just adore them!

They had to come home with me to enjoy over the Memorial Day weekend! Well this is my first bouquet for the year. I hope that I am able to get more and soon!

Enjoy beauty wherever you can.

(photos via Mrs. Shockley)

The Royal Wedding

May 21, 2018/3 Comments/in Elegant Living, Uncategorized /by mrs.sshockley

I must admit I was not going to watch the wedding. I don’t know why but I wasn’t. But then I saw all of the beautiful photos on Instagram. It was absolutely breathtaking.

I LOVED it! It was done so well. It really was. I just wanted to share some of my favorite photos.

This photo is what captured me. How elegant? The arch blanketed with roses and greenery. It was just like a fairy tale. Her dress was exquisite! Very tasteful, chic, beautiful….. you name it was!

This was a florist’s dream! Just classic!

The tiara was gorgeous! I think I saw on Town and Country that this was a brooch from Queen Mary. I am not sure but I thought that is what I heard. So sophisticated.

Oh my goodness! I would love to have a photo like this with my husband. Truly inspired!

I could not get enough of the archways around the church.

And I believe this was the cake. So simple, so chic and so graceful. I love it!

I wish more beautiful events like this were on t.v. But I guess we take beauty whenever we can. One thing I did notice about the guests is that there were no Kardashians! I didn’t see any of them arriving with any of the other guests. I was so happy! I am sorry if you are a fan but I am not! I was pleased. Thank goodness!!

Well I hope that you all enjoyed the royal wedding. I know I did and I hope that they have a long and prosperous marriage!

(photos via Instagram)

The Sassafras Tea Room

May 18, 2018/in Elegant Living, Uncategorized /by mrs.sshockley

I hope all of you had a wonderful Mother’s Day weekend! I know I did. It started off with a pedicure and manicure. I do love how french tip manicures can make your toes look so good!

The next thing was a bouquet of flowers from my step son and a nice dinner with my family. On Mother’s Day I took my mother to this wonderful little tea room.

It is called the Sassafras Tea Room! It was quite lovely. We sat at a vintage table that also had antique chairs. My mother was not quite use to it but she was a good sport.

I didn’t take a lot of pictures. I didn’t want to be rude and ruin everyone else’s lunch and I wanted to enjoy the moment with my mother.

I did love the vintage glasses.

The food was wonderful and my mother and I did have a good time. I am hoping to return to have lunch with a really good friend. I will be sending her a message soon. I hope you enjoyed this post and have a great weekend!

(photos via Mrs. Shockley)

My Peacock Wallpaper

April 30, 2018/3 Comments/in Elegant Living, Uncategorized /by mrs.sshockley

I have been wanting wallpaper for a very LONG time. My husband will not let me have any. I have been on the hunt for some chinoiserie inspired wallpaper for a while and found this beautiful pattern at Target.

It is called Opalhouse Peacock Peel and Stick Wallpaper. I tried to convince my husband that it would be fine applying it to the wall but he would just not hear of it. So I have been trying to come up with ways to enjoy this print without adding it to the wall.

Isn’t it lovely?

I just love the colors.

So I decided to add it to one of my gold frames as a photo.

And it turned out great!

It’s now hanging in my office at work. I have gotten lots of compliments on it already. Even my husband liked it. I don’t know ladies I might be able to convince him to let me have one wall. Fingers crossed!

If you want to take a look at more wallpaper options see here. I hope you enjoyed this post and may have found your dream wallpaper too!

(photos via Mrs. Shockley)

Vintage Linen Napkin Shopping

April 27, 2018/in Elegant Living, Uncategorized /by mrs.sshockley

On Wednesday I shared my vintage lamp find. Today I wanted to share my linen napkin find. I have a great fondness for vintage linen napkins. While looking for my lamp last week I also wanted to look for some new vintage napkins.

Digging through the pile. There were so many to choose from!

But then I saw these….. I do declare!

Pretty, pretty details and I adore the color.

Now there were only two but this was an excellent price!

Then I found this lovely tablecloth.

And for $6.50, how could I refuse?

I took one of the napkins to work and I USE it! It is so lovely with my vintage cups. It’s the little wonderful details in life that can make it beautiful. I do hope that you enjoyed this post today. Have a great weekend!

(photos via Mrs. Shockley)

Vintage Lamp Shopping

April 25, 2018/in Elegant Living, Uncategorized /by mrs.sshockley

I recently had an office move. While moving between floors I managed to break my vintage white lamp! I tried everything to fix it but I just knew that it would not be the same.

I placed it in our trash can and our wonderful cleaning lady Ms. Brenda saw it. She came right to me and said, “I knew this was yours, no one else in the office would have something like this”. She asked me if she could have it to try to fix it. I told her sure as always. I always like to give her things out of my office if I buy something else.

I told her that I would be taking a trip to one of my favorite flea markets (entry) to find a new one. So on Friday night I took a walk through the Beech Grove Emporium and found this beauty below.

It was only $9! I had to get rid of that ugly lamp shade. It was 3 sizes to small and I did not like the color. So I went to Target and while looking for shades I kept thinking, “oh I hope I find a blue one” and I did!

I had to take this off in order to attach the shade to the lamp. No worries I kept it.

At this point I was holding my breath and crossing my fingers hoping that it would fit.

My pretty baby blue lamp shade

I love all the details that it has and the gold bottom.

Here it is the finished product! I do love it and I think that I will enjoy this lamp for years to come! To my office it goes!

(photos via Mrs. Shockley)

My Daughter’s Paint Party

March 7, 2018/4 Comments/in Elegant Living, Uncategorized /by mrs.sshockley

Time sure is flying by. My daughter was 9 when I started this blog and this weekend she turned 13! Incredible right? Well, I no longer have control of the themes of her parties.

Last year we had a party at a trampoline place called Sky Zone and the year before that we had a gymnastics party for her. I did love the flower arranging party that I had for her a few years ago. This year she said that she just wanted a paint party at home with friends.

It sounded good to me! I jumped on my favorite craft website called Oriental Trading. I purchased everything I needed from there and it turned out great!