Unique Boutique was a Success!!!!!

Our Unique Boutique was a huge success!!!!
We were very surprised at the response from our new customers.  They can't wait until our next sale!  We are going to need to restock for the next sale because we sold A Lot!!!!

These are some items that were at the first sale and how we were able to display them.....

We couldn't believe how successful the children's boutique was!  That was one of the most popular areas for the two days.  We have a lot of shopping to do for the next event!

The clothing and accessories were also a huge success.  It really helped to have our new dressing room set up.....

Liz and Irmgard held the fort down while my mom and I took a break from the register....

All of the girls agreed that this was a great experience for our first sale and we can't wait until the next one!  We had record sales and we can't wait to spend our money on new and beautiful things for the next sale.......In October!
We also would like to welcome two new friends, Cindy & Sabrina, to our "Unique Boutique" who are going to be adding our garden area this October and we are also planning a dessert court.....So hope to see you there!

"Unique Boutique" Sale this Friday & Saturday!!!!!

We are having our very first "Unique Boutique" Sale this weekend.  

You may ask what is a "Unique Boutique"?  Well, It is a sale of gently used items that are too nice to sell at a garage sale. We completely transformed a friends 4-car garage into our boutique.   We have furniture, a women's clothing boutique (complete with a dressing room), a children's boutique that includes children's furniture, clothing and toys, bedding, accessories and hand-made crafted items and jewelry that are being sold at great prices. 

The "Unique Boutique" started when a group of friends decided to get together to join their talents and their desire to have fun with their mutual hobby of treasure hunting and turn it into a semi-annual sales event.   We are hoping to add a garden section and a dessert court on our future sales!

So come and join us this Friday & Saturday from 8:00 am to 4pm and see what treasures you can find. Please tell all of your friends!!!!

Unique Boutique location:   31218 Gardenside Ln.,Menifee, CA 

Hope to see you there!

Vacation Week with Liz, Hiram and the Grand Kids....

My Sentiments Exactly........

We started off our vacation at the Disneyland Hotel on Sunday, where Liz and Hiram had a little congratulations party for Micaiah.  He is going into Junior High School!  Liz rented the cabana for the afternoon and we couldn't of asked for a prettier day!

Micaiah was very surprised to see all of us there!  And he loved the gifts and balloons and cake!

Micaiah starts opening his gifts......

Then is was time for the pool for the babies and moms.....

Cae Cae our little "Diva" was basking in the sun.....

And Papa was snoozing in the cabana.....Nice!

The next day we went to DISNEYLAND!!!!! And of course Miss Cae Cae was totally decked out in her Minnie Mouse outfit!  Isn't she cute!!!!

By the end of the day Papa and I were wiped out and sitting in one of the cafe's with Cae Cae and Papa entertained Miss Cae Cae while he wore her ears.

The next day it was on to California Adventure.  Mom was in her pink Minnie Mouse Tee Shirt and Cae Cae now had her pink ears on....

Micaiah had a neon mohawk for the night.

Tooooo CUTE!!!!!!

Then Thursday we went to Hollywood to see the Advengers in 3D and then to see the stars at the Chinese Theatre.

This pic is for the Ducks....

At the wax museum I ran into Alfred Hitchcock.....

Cae Cae was in a line up with her Papa and of course she insisted that "she was the boss"!

I even did a little bit of skate boarding to see if I still had it......

Liz couldn't keep her hands off of "The Rock"......

Oh, and Cae Cae decided to do a tribute to Kamron......

Zaden was having a blast at the party......

Bree and Liz having a moment together......
We really enjoyed our time as a family and can't wait to do it again soon!!!!

Inspiration From Friends.....

I have a many friends that are very inspiring in their own way but there is only one 
friend that inspires me in my garden! 
 My friend Cindy.  She has one of the most enchanting back yards that you have ever seen. 
 I have to share her yard with you!
Off her side patio leads to the most remarkable back yard.....

Just as you come in to the backyard on the right side is the fence.  Keith, Cindy's husband made great use of broken cement and built a retaining wall.  But to add to the atmosphere is the beautiful broken glass mosaic that Cindy and friends glued to the old wooden fence! (This was created by mistake when Cindy shattered a mirror by mistake and decided to just go with it)

I told you my friends are creative!!!  It looks just beautiful!!!!
And this is under a huge fruitless Mulberry tree that shades the whole area just
 like an big umbrella!  Too Cute!!!!

But that is not all!!!!!

Then you come into the backyard and  there is a beautiful three tiered pond that Keith and Cindy built years ago...
This pond has huge Koi swimming around and huge Lily pads and plants all around it.  We have had wonderful candle lit dinners and great parties right under this beautiful tree and when the party is going on Keith turns on the volcano that he built into the pond!!!!

And looking back at the house Keith constructed an iron canopy that will soon have fabric shades attached for the summer heat.  Isn't it beautiful!!!!

Want to keep those potato vines in control?

Just plant them in a beautiful urn like Cindy did!!!
I can't give Cindy all of the credit, she does get her green thumb from her mother Krista who has an equally fabulous backyard garden.

Even the front yard is enchanting with a small water pond planted in the front flowerbed and ferns that are soooo happy under another fruitless Mulberry tree.

These ferns are happy!!!!

Summer Heat Is Here....But There Are Benefits!!!

Ok, remember this....I planted my herbs & lettuce in my old towel rack a few weeks ago,
So I thought I would give you an update on my container gardening.....

And now things are starting to sprout all over with this heat that we've had.
It won't be long a we will be eating our salads and enjoying our cooking with our home-grown crop!!!

Check out the baby greens!!!!  Yeah!!!! I never planted lettuce before and I'm so excited!!!

Jalepeno's are sprouting for our salsa's.........

Cherry tomatoes are sprouting in the hanging baskets, too!!!

A little humor that Uncle Ducky left here in his yard and I thought it went well
in our garden as well.  I love it!!!

The front yard flower pots are in full bloom.  I think they like this hot weather more than I do.

My window box is very happy!!!

This is another plant that I never had a desire to grow....succulents.  But I have really
been enjoying the beautiful blooms.  I think they are becoming a new favorite.

This is one of two baskets that Liz gave to me last summer and I couldn't figure
out what to do with.  So I decided to plant succulents in them and they are very
happy there.  

Check out the beautiful flowers!!!!