Our Internet was out again so there was a delay in getting this up this morning! Before I start this post…want to say that Party Resources and I are so happy to announce a winner for the Peter Callahan Bite by Bite giveaway!! Congratulations to…..
Kathysue from Good Life of Design
Please contact me with your shipping info so we can get your signed books on their way to you and a lucky friend! Thank you Kate at Party Resources and Peter Callahan!!
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I am excited to be here today along with a ridiculously talented group of blogger friends as part of a new series entitled By Invitation Only. This is the brainchild of fabulous Marsha from the splendid blog, Splenderosa. Please visit her to be directed to other blogs and see what they came up with! We will present our interpretation of a certain quote or theme once a month collectively, and today’s quote, a beautiful quote by William Henry Channing is our topic and inspiration for today’s post. When I read and thought about this quote, what it means to me is simplicity, seeing the beauty in the simplest of things, the small things we are so busy to overlook. Nature, our families, a bountiful harvest from the earth, our changing seasons, are all things that to me are my symphony. So below is what inspires me when I read this lovely quote.
That was a magical post!! I love this concept. It’s really beautiful to see the inner positive energy of you through these photos! xo Sharon P.S. Is there any way to get an invitation? I’d love to join this!
Tina! I so needed this today. We are knee deep here in Birmingham (kids home from school b/c of power outages, etc). So this little oasis was the perfect medicine!! M.
Congratulations to Kathysue – a wonderfully deserving winner!! Love the inspirational photos – unfortunately couldn’t participate this time round – will get around to the rest of the group to see all the wonderful posts!! Hopefully will be in on the fun next time!!
Gorgeous post…the images you have chosen are stunning…the lavender fields look so beautiful…wonderful interpretation! Catherine xx http://www.catherinerobinsoncashmere.com/
Congrats Kathy Sue!! The images are great, I love the Tuscan, I just adore Italy!! The fall leaves path is stunning, I also adore FALL!! Lots of hugs. FABBY
What a beautiful quote and gorgeous post! Having a little one has definitely made me appreciate the simple things in life. Watching this little person smile at the trees when we go for a walk and discover things for the first time in his short little life is amazing. Thanks for all of the beautiful images!
Tina, I love the quote by William Henry Channing. So lovely. The images here speak a thousand words. Thank you for sharing, and have a nice day. Teresa xoxo
Oh I’m so happy i joined your blog, it is beautiful. You write from the heart, expressing all that you love, through your writing and those amazing pictures; fields of green and lavender, walks on the beach at sunset, a woman who is really inspired by nature. Thank you for sharing all these beautiful thoughts with us. Your home is amazing, May all the love, you have and share, be built within each brick to share that love with all those who enter it.
I loved this. Your captions below each picture were so beautifully expressed and it was nice to “get away” even for 2 minutes by seeing all of these incredible pictures. You blog is fantastic and now I will go check out some of the others. Have a lovely evening.
I LOVE all of the images that you have shown and they really sum up Channing’s words and show us that beauty is all around us and has nothing to do with the trappings of materialistic things. I am one of the ‘By Invitation Only’ gang and it is a privilege to be part of it with you. XXXX
Wonderful post great way to reflect and say goodbye to Summer in a kind and gentle way. Images really take you there and deliver so much to our memory banks.
Congrats to Kathysue! Tina, you have certainly captured the essence of the beauty in living a real and unfussy life through these gorgeous pictures. Such simple delights, yet they make my heart sing! I can always count on you to bring beauty and balance to my day! Thanks for letting me breath in all the “elegance, refinement and wealth” of life here! xo Yvonne
Tina- That is just a beautiful portrayal of a quote I have always admired. It is hard sometimes to live simply when there is so much of the “worldly” pulling at us. I have taken a few steps back in the way I used to live and am re-discovering all the precious beauty that is just at my own doorstep. Love this concept and will go visit the other bloggers, too!
I smiled coming in here because my friend had a place called By Invitation Only and sold -guess-? Invitiations for weddings, parties, baptisms, beautiful papers and pens and all that went with it.
Have a wonderful week-glad you are back online~ xo Diana
Yoohoo to my sweet friend Kathysue. I am going out at the end of the month to visit with her and another Blog friend, and I can hardly wait!!! I am so happy for her. Loved all your fabulous pics, just stunning!
Tina, what a lovely group of images that speaks to the passage so wonderfully. For some reason when looking at this post, taking Sunday drives with my grandmother in the spring to look at the dogwoods blooming came to mind. That was a special time. Angela
This is so much fun seeing how everyone is interpreting this lovely quote! Your images are, once again, stunning. The FALL one took my breath away! And the snow covered scene too. The beach scene reminded me of our daughters honeymoon. They ahd a dinner on the beach for 2, compliments of the resort they were staying in. Magical! I see beauty through your eyes in these photos! XO, Pinky
I am so late, so behind, and I was asked to be part of this team, but had to bow out because there is NO way I could keep up with this and school….I woke up at 3:30 just to get to my blogging and I am off to the classroom now!
Tina it was so lovely strolling along with you this morning.Simple, dreaming and heart warming comes to my mind. You started my day off with ease, thank you, xo Kathysue
I am almost late to my own party!!! How exciting to be the luck recipient of this wonderful book, I can hardly wait to get it. It is really going to come in handy with the Holidays coming up. Thank you so much Tina and Kate!!! I feel like a very lucky girl!!! xo Kathysue
Hi Tina, this is a wonderful concept, and what a wonderful quote! I promptly saved it, because it really encompasses the values that we should all strive to live with. It also puts me in mind of a French saying, buy like you’re rich and wear like you’re poor. In other words, pick classic elegance over trendiness and make it last. Learn to appreciate the simpler things in life that are free. We once met an older couple who was incredibly wealthy and yet you would never have known by their demeanour, they were so modest and unassuming, and they put their family above everything else. They stayed true to themselves. This I admire most. Thank you for this lovely and inspiring post!
Tina, this is simply splendid, as are YOU! Cruising off the wild Alaskan coast left me without internet almost the entire time, so I’m tardy to the party. Your post has made me smile & think how beautifully you interpreted the theme. Thank you for participating and making our 1st venture completely 100% successful. Sending love, my friend….
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Congratulations to Kathysue!!! She’ll be over the moon! 🙂
I love your quote and the pretty images, besides you added my favorite salad!
Wishing you a very blessed day, my dear friend!
xo
Luciane at HomeBunch.com
That was a magical post!! I love this concept. It’s really beautiful to see the inner positive energy of you through these photos!
xo
Sharon
P.S. Is there any way to get an invitation? I’d love to join this!
Tina!
I so needed this today. We are knee deep here in Birmingham (kids home from school b/c of power outages, etc). So this little oasis was the perfect medicine!! M.
Thanks for posting such beautiful pictures. What a great way to start the day. My coffee and reading your blog.
Congratulations to Kathysue – a wonderfully deserving winner!! Love the inspirational photos – unfortunately couldn’t participate this time round – will get around to the rest of the group to see all the wonderful posts!! Hopefully will be in on the fun next time!!
Wow love this post, makes me remember things I love and am in awe of but forget about in daily life. SO happy KathySue won!!
I loved this post. I certainly do need to learn to step back and appreciate the scenery.
Gorgeous post…the images you have chosen are stunning…the lavender fields look so beautiful…wonderful interpretation!
Catherine
xx
http://www.catherinerobinsoncashmere.com/
Ah….sigh. So calming. Thank you.
Congratulations to KathySue! I love all your images so dreamy I felt transported.
Such a fabulous concept and love the quote!!!
Tina that is the most wonderful quote. Congrats to Kathysue, she is so special and always supportive!
xoxo
Karena
Art by Karena
What a wonderful quote, and I love you interpretation/ illustrations. Really wonderful!
Lovely images of all seasons1
♥ Franka
Congrats Kathy Sue!! The images are great, I love the Tuscan, I just adore Italy!! The fall leaves path is stunning, I also adore FALL!! Lots of hugs. FABBY
What a beautiful quote and gorgeous post! Having a little one has definitely made me appreciate the simple things in life. Watching this little person smile at the trees when we go for a walk and discover things for the first time in his short little life is amazing. Thanks for all of the beautiful images!
love the photo of the lavendar!
xoxo navy & orange
Beautifully interpreted…xv
I agree with the magical comment…what beautiful photos! And what a great concept – you talented ladies sure come up with great stuff!
Tina, I love the quote by William Henry Channing. So lovely.
The images here speak a thousand words.
Thank you for sharing, and have a nice day.
Teresa
xoxo
Oh I’m so happy i joined your blog, it is beautiful. You write from the heart, expressing all that you love, through your writing and those amazing pictures; fields of green and lavender, walks on the beach at sunset, a woman who is really inspired by nature. Thank you for sharing all these beautiful thoughts with us. Your home is amazing, May all the love, you have and share, be built within each brick to share that love with all those who enter it.
I loved this. Your captions below each picture were so beautifully expressed and it was nice to “get away” even for 2 minutes by seeing all of these incredible pictures. You blog is fantastic and now I will go check out some of the others. Have a lovely evening.
I LOVE all of the images that you have shown and they really sum up Channing’s words and show us that beauty is all around us and has nothing to do with the trappings of materialistic things.
I am one of the ‘By Invitation Only’ gang and it is a privilege to be part of it with you. XXXX
Congrats to Kathryn…yay!
Wonderful post great way to reflect and say goodbye to Summer in a kind and gentle way. Images really take you there and deliver so much to our memory banks.
Bette
Nicely done. I’m still lost in the lavender.
What a stellar idea, I love the way you all are doing this. Every photo is gorgeous, the quote is killer, perfection.
🙂
Congrats to Kathysue!
Tina, you have certainly captured the essence of the beauty in living a real and unfussy life through these gorgeous pictures. Such simple delights, yet they make my heart sing! I can always count on you to bring beauty and balance to my day!
Thanks for letting me breath in all the “elegance, refinement and wealth” of life here!
xo Yvonne
Tina- That is just a beautiful portrayal of a quote I have always admired. It is hard sometimes to live simply when there is so much of the “worldly” pulling at us. I have taken a few steps back in the way I used to live and am re-discovering all the precious beauty that is just at my own doorstep. Love this concept and will go visit the other bloggers, too!
I smiled coming in here because my friend had a place called By Invitation Only and sold -guess-? Invitiations for weddings, parties, baptisms, beautiful papers and pens and all that went with it.
Have a wonderful week-glad you are back online~ xo Diana
Yoohoo to my sweet friend Kathysue. I am going out at the end of the month to visit with her and another Blog friend, and I can hardly wait!!! I am so happy for her. Loved all your fabulous pics, just stunning!
Tina, what a lovely group of images that speaks to the passage so wonderfully. For some reason when looking at this post, taking Sunday drives with my grandmother in the spring to look at the dogwoods blooming came to mind. That was a special time.
Angela
You captured it all! Can’t you just smell the blooming lilacs? Mmmm….
This is so much fun seeing how everyone is interpreting this lovely quote! Your images are, once again, stunning. The FALL one took my breath away! And the snow covered scene too. The beach scene reminded me of our daughters honeymoon. They ahd a dinner on the beach for 2, compliments of the resort they were staying in. Magical! I see beauty through your eyes in these photos! XO, Pinky
OH! Forgot to say CONGRATS to Kathy Sue!!!!!!
GOOD MORNING TINA!!!
I am so late, so behind, and I was asked to be part of this team, but had to bow out because there is NO way I could keep up with this and school….I woke up at 3:30 just to get to my blogging and I am off to the classroom now!
LOVELY POST MY FRIEND! Anita
I soooo want to be sitting in that quaint little courtyard!! xo
Tina it was so lovely strolling along with you this morning.Simple, dreaming and heart warming comes to my mind. You started my day off with ease, thank you, xo Kathysue
I am almost late to my own party!!! How exciting to be the luck recipient of this wonderful book, I can hardly wait to get it. It is really going to come in handy with the Holidays coming up. Thank you so much Tina and Kate!!! I feel like a very lucky girl!!! xo Kathysue
Hi Tina, this is a wonderful concept, and what a wonderful quote! I promptly saved it, because it really encompasses the values that we should all strive to live with. It also puts me in mind of a French saying, buy like you’re rich and wear like you’re poor. In other words, pick classic elegance over trendiness and make it last. Learn to appreciate the simpler things in life that are free. We once met an older couple who was incredibly wealthy and yet you would never have known by their demeanour, they were so modest and unassuming, and they put their family above everything else. They stayed true to themselves. This I admire most. Thank you for this lovely and inspiring post!
Beautiful post and lovely quote….this was very sweet and I can be inspired by the same things.
Tina, this is simply splendid, as are YOU! Cruising off the wild Alaskan coast left me without internet almost the entire time, so I’m tardy to the party. Your post has made me smile & think how beautifully you interpreted the theme. Thank you for participating and making our 1st venture completely 100% successful. Sending love, my friend….