Friday, January 31, 2025

Friday Favorites, January Edition #5

And just like that, January comes to an end.

Favorites today are short and sweet.


1. My Mom posted a picture of my grandparents to Facebook on what would have been my Grandma Molly's birthday this month. One of her friends colorized the image for her. I have seen the black-and-white version of this since I was a little girl and never stopped to think about what it would look like in color. I love that technology gives us an opportunity to see old things in new ways.



2. On the topic of colorful things, I wore a green sweater to work yesterday and decided to wear my Tahitian pearl mermaid tail ring with it. I love that the green shade of the pearl closely matched the sweater.



3. I have been looking for a frame with domed glass for a while now (I plan to display a piece of ribbon embroidery, and flat glass would squish the design). I struck out locally, and every option that I found online was ridiculously expensive. 

Yesterday, while killing time on my lunch hour, I stopped into a local antique store and found these prints, which, in a serendipitous turn of events, were under domed glass. The set cost less than even one frame I found online, and the prints are not valuable, so I intend to take them out and use the frames. I love it when the universe hears my plea and sends me a gift.



3. I found this cute diffuser on Amazon. My previous diffuser needed to be replaced; this option is functional and beautiful.


4. While I was poking around antique stores, I also found this milk glass plate. I fell in love with the cupid motif and knew it would be cute under one of the candles I made for Shanti and the Man-Cub's rehearsal dinner. 



I also love the fact that it is an authentic piece of milk glass; you can tell because it passes the Ring of Fire test, which is when you hold it up to the light, and it glows around the edges like it's burning from within.



And that's it for both this week's edition as well as for the month of January! 

I'm killing this post-a-week goal! See you in February!


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