Sweet Strawberries.....

Back in 2010 we decided to plant strawberries. I bought some puny roots and got a few starts from my neighbor. I was so excited to have a strawberry patch. But alas, the deer ate and trampled my strawberries, the weeds took over and the husband tilled up my patch. No more strawberries for us. But this was our bumper crop from that summer. It was a joyous day when the reds picked this small bowl full. So much so, we decided to have a party.
Jordan was the party hostess. She made invitations, made decorations, wore a cute dress and vintage apron, cut wild flowers from the field next to our house.....it was a strawberry porch party in the making. And it was one of the most adorable moments in my life. You can read my original post about this day right here.
The flowers were tucked into a favorite vintage tea pot. We prepared Cranberry Lime Coolers, the most refreshing drink ever. You can find the recipe in this post.
We used a silver tray, a silver cream and sugar set, vintage linens and mason jars to serve our fresh strawberries and Cranberry Lime Coolers.
And she had the sweetest, freckled face I've ever seen. With little bouncy red curls. And a hand picked flower in her hair.
She made sure every little detail was just perfect. Sweetness in a little red apron.
And we enjoyed our strawberry porch party. Just sittin' there like it was the only place we had to be. The best place to be.
We dipped strawberries in sweet sugar and drank our drinks from mason jars. Nothing fancy but it was a real treat.
And such a little lady on that day with a vintage strawberry embroidered napkin in her lap. I hope I never for the sweet memories from this day.
And the love of strawberries continues today. This month Nichole and I introduced Strawberry Patch & Sentiments at Papertrey Ink. You might notice that some other sets Nichole and I designed contain strawberries too. Vintage Picnic has a little strawberry image. And Friendship Jar Summer Fillers has some fun strawberry images along with a sweet sentiment.

And this sweet vintage tea pot was my inspiration for Strawberry Patch. If you look at the largest image in the set, you'll see the similarities.

This tea pot was given to me by my sweet friend Carol in 2007. I keep the note she wrote to me tucked in the tea pot. There's nothing better than a fun vintage find...unless it's given to you by a sweet friend. And look what else I found tucked inside.....the sweet little invitations that Jordan made for our strawberry porch party. I love her little handwriting....and that we were to wear red. So many fun memories. It just makes me want to stamp up strawberry cards and send them to everyone I know!
And I do have a little something special to celebrate my new stamp set. There's a fun new kit called Strawberry Love in my shop. I'll be showing a few ideas on the blog this month made with items from the kit.

There's also one more special item going up in my shop today. There's only one and it will be a real treasure for the taker. :) I'm keeping my original one but I found a little something while out junkin'....