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Monday, April 2, 2012

Which would you choose?

Hi there.....hope you had a great weekend! Thanks for all of your advice about migraines. I look forward to reading over a lot of it today, seems to be a lot of good advice in there! I can always count on my readers to come through and truly appreciate it. Can you believe we are already in April? 2012 is already flying by or is it just life in general as we get older? Think it must be the latter! Anyway today's post is fun.....just imagine this, you are throwing a luncheon for a bunch of your friends. The reason? Why spring of course! Just a lovely "spring-y" get together to celebrate the newness of this majestic season. Its up to you as to what your theme and feel will be, casual and laid back, formal and fancy, a beachy vibe perhaps or a more colorful setting tickling your fancy? There's something for everyone. Intimate for six or big and lavish....... If you were throwing a party for your nearest and dearest which setting most appeals to you? Have you or are you planning a party any time soon? Have fun and cannot wait to hear which you choose!

CHOICE 1 Sunflowers for sixteen

The Casual Gourmet

CHOICE 2 Colorful and whimsical

Pizzazzerie

CHOICE 3 Serene and elegant on the porch

Hire Society

CHOICE 4 Vibrant blue and white

Carolyn Roehm

CHOICE 5 Under a tree canopy

Little bits of lovely

CHOICE 6 A more formal affair

Tara Geurand

CHOICE 7 A garden party wonder

Southern Accents

CHOICE 8 Country cottage charm

Cottage coastal

CHOICE 9 For the garden lover in all of us

Alchemy Fine Events

CHOICE 10 Soft and sweet

HGTV

CHOICE 11 Rustic feminine elegance

A little cuppa tea

CHOICE 12 Oceanside

Carolyn Roehm

CHOICE 13 Feminine and sweet

Desiree Spinner Events

CHOICE 14 Elegance on the terrace

Veranda

CHOICE 15 Grand and formal

Southern Living

CHOICE 16 Old fashioned elegance

Little Sooti

Well....don't know about you but I would be delighted to be a guest at any one of these soirees and this has me in the mood to plan a little spring fling! Hard to pick a favorite but those outdoor settings always draw me right in. However give me any table with beautiful flowers and I am sold. I am hard pressed to pick just one, have it narrowed down to my top three. How about you.....your turn! Which is your top pick if you were to set a table for a spring luncheon? Wishing you a wonderful spring day..........

Thank you Mon of Splendid Willow and Barbara from The Treasured Home for featuring The Enchanted Home Shop on their blogs today!! So appreciate it. Please stop by and have a look if you have a minute.....

Sunday, April 1, 2012

Asking all my readers and friends for a favor ! I do need your help !

My dearest readers and friends, I would love to ask you for a favor ! I do need your help!!

The Belgian online magazine Knack Weekend is holding a contest in order to award the most popular Belgian blogs!

I would love to ask everyone of you who loves my blog BELGIAN PEARLS and who might think that my blog deserves a blog

award as one of the best Belgian blogs, please visit the page of the Knack Weekend magazine HERE

and please answer only a few questions in order to nominate my blog for the Knack Weekend blog award !

It will only takes a few seconds of your time.

http://weekend.knack.be

Deadline is April 15 !

On April 23 the nominated blogs will be announced !

I know the announcement is written only in Dutch and in French but I will translate for you the questions that have to be answered.

Here we go!

Jouw voornaam = Your first name

Jouw naam = Your last name

Jouw e-mailadres = Your email address

Blog URL = blog URL of Belgian Pearls = http://belgianpearls.blogspot.com/

Twitteraccount : is an option (no need to fill in)

Waarover gaat deze blog = What about is this blog => You only have to mark the field Deco/Design

Vertel ons waarom je deze blog leuk vindt = Do tell us why you love this blog => You try to explain why you love Belgian Pearls in a few words (only 250 characters)

If you are done, you only have to click on VERSTUREN = SEND

Dutch written version : HERE

Pour mes lecteurs et amis francophones, vous pouvez vous addresser à la page écrite en français : ICI

French written version

So please, can I ask you to go to the Knack Weekend page : HERE (Dutch written page) or HERE (French written page).

I would be very gratefull to you all!!

Don’t forget : deadline April 15.

Thank you so much!!!!

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Beste lezers en vrienden, ik zou u heel graag om een dienst willen vragen! Ik heb jullie hulp nodig!!

Het Belgische online tijdschrift Knack Weekend organiseert een wedstrijd om de beste Belgische blogs te nomineren en een award toe te kennen.

Mag ik u vragen, indien u mijn blog graag leest en u vindt dat BELGIAN PEARLS een nominatie en ook een award toekomt, naar de online pagina te surfen en enkele gegevens te willen invullen. Ik zou u allen zeer dankbaar zijn!

Link : HIER

Dank aan allen!!!!

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Chers lecteurs et amis, je voudrais vous demander un service ! J'ai besoin de votre aide!!

Le magazine belge Knack/le Vif Weekend en ligne organise un concours pour nominer les meilleurs blogs belges et de les accorder un award.

Puis-je vous demander, si vous aimez bien lire mon blog et si vous trouvez que BELGIAN PEARLS mérite une nomination et un award, veuillez

s’addresser à la page en ligne pour remplir les choses demandées.

Je serais très reconnaissante à vous tous !

Link : ICI

Merci à tous!!!!

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I do hope a lot of you will support me !!!

Thank you!

Greet

Asking all my readers and friends for a favor ! I do need your help !

My dearest readers and friends, I would love to ask you for a favor ! I do need your help!! The Belgian online magazine Knack Weekend is holding a contest in order to award the most popular Belgian blogs! I would love to ask everyone of you who loves my blog BELGIAN PEARLS and who might think that my blog deserves a blog award as one of the best Belgian blogs, please visit the page of the

Home curtain designs ideas.

Happy Sunday and highlights from an early morning walk.

Hi there. Well, my day yesterday did not turn out exactly as I would have hoped, ended up getting a migraine which became full blown by around 4 or 5 and off to bed I went after taking my medication which totally zonked me out. I slept until this morning....missing the party, my husband and oldest son went however. I woke up definitely feeling better, THANKFULLY, I would say about 90% which I will happily take and decided on an early morning walk with my faithful companion, Teddy in tow to lead the way. It was an overcast morning but that didn't stop me from taking some pictures of things just starting to bloom and enjoying being headache free and out and about to enjoy all the pretty nature ushering in a new season, confused as it might be! So here are a few highlights......

The "master" meditating!

Deciding if he up for a walk or not......

Cherry blossoms a little confused, just started blooming (no worries electrical boxes soon to be covered)

Part of the old house....love these old planters and pedestals

Gorgeous daffodils still going strong.....

The old pond which we will restore at some point

Even love the old benches.....just as they are

And the old fountain

Teddy on the prowl....

We have many stashes of wood for next winter, used almost none this winter with the mild temps!

A hook mark from a deer......

Such a handsome little devil!

I have a thing for moss covered anything.......

Stubborn Teddy telling me hes ready to go inside and lounge...his morning nap is long overdue!

A final few minutes of meditation.....

And a few thank you's to my blogging friends for current posts about my products and my online store! Thank you all so very much, means a lot....stop by and visit them if you have a minute! (click on header to visit)