Monday, July 12, 2010

Savannah Style...

Good morning people!  Lookie here what I won!  Manuela at The Pleasures of Homemaking had a wonderful giveaway awhile back and SEE WHO WON - ME!  The prize was this beautiful coffee table book from Paula Deen.  It is a gorgeous book by a true Southern Belle - Paula talks perfectly normal to me  y'all. I don't know why people go on about the way she talks .....

Anyway, I would love to share a few photos from it with y'all from this book if ya don't mind...


It has beautiful outside dining layouts............wouldn't you just love to attend THIS picnic???

......or spend the night in this quaint little bedroom...........

...............or take your mint julep and peach cobbler on this lovely porch.......

...........or howdy at your neighbors from this veranda...........

........how 'bout adding a little whimsey to your beachside cottage..............
..........me, myself, and I?  I really like this rustic, more primitive style.......

.......and I LOVE this front porch all decorated for fall!  Isn't it gorgeous????........

........and who could forget Christmas in Savannah?  Why, it's mahvelous! 

Manuela, thank you so much for having such a nice giveaway - and for drawing my name!  I love this book. I keep picking it up to gaze at the beautiful photos of Paula's home and hometown.  It's great for inspiration - beauty to the senses - and of course, "southern" in style, which we all know is what I'm all about.

Y'all come on back now, ya hear?

20 comments:

Manuela@A Cultivated Nest said...

Hi Vickie!

I'm so glad that you enjoy the book! I thought the photos were really good and Paula is as much fun to read as she is to hear talk!

Have a great week!

Manuela

P.S. I get every comment emailed to me so I read everyone of them!

Junebug said...

Isn't that a fun book. It reads like you are sitting there having a one on one conversation with her. I've been lucky to have been entertained by her twice live. What a hoot she is!

Vee said...

Congrats! That book looks terrific. I like the rustic look better than the whimsy one myself. And, yes! That picnic looks so pretty. Enjoy your book...hope you've got a nice cool beverage by your side.

Sharon said...

Congrats on your winning the book.
I love to listen to PD talk.
Hubby got to use his tractor on Sat. and he thought that was so cool, and he said that it sure did safe his back. He is helping #1 son put a new deck on the front of his home. They could move all those boards and lift them up with the forks on the front.
have a great day

myletterstoemily said...

how wonderful for you! you gotta love
paula's 'more is more' attitude about
life, butter, and mayonnaise. :)

i have learned a lot from her.

thank you for your sweet comments
about the mission field. someday . . .

love,
lea

Barb said...

You are one luck lady to win such a great book! Gotta love Paula - all that butter and yummy stuff! The pictures are so beautiful - and I love the more primitive look too, I'm just a country girl, always will be :0)

Thanks for stopping by to say hello on my blog, always good to see your cute face!

Hugs,
Barb

Julie Harward said...

You lucky lady!!! I love that book, the photo's in it are so beautiful...a good book to sit on the porch and dream with! :D

Dolores said...

Congratulations of your great win! I love all the wonderful pictures, but I especially like the front porch with the hanging ferns...

Hope you're having a great week!
Hugs,

LindaSue said...

wonderful win! yes ma'am - I'd be right at home in most of those scenes - of course the money to make it happen and the work to set it up - I'll pass! Thanks for sharing your purdy book with us!

Janettessage.blogspot.com said...

How much fun! Enjoy!

Sunny said...

Yes ma'am! I love the primative and the fall porch. Fall is MY time of year, when the business of summer is done and things slow just a bit ... just love that porch, hmmmm good ideas there! Lovely book! Glad you won it Vickie!

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Tanna said...

Now, that's a PRIZE!!!! I know you will enjoy that book for sure. =)

Anonymous said...

Ooooo,oooo,ooooo....lucky you! I think I need that book. I already know you are picking out your ideas for the farm house. I have to get down there soon! Fun!

Margo said...

What a beautiful book, I might just have to borrow it.
Margo

Deb said...

what a great prize...your so sweet to share it with us...

Packrat said...

Oooo how fun! Thanks for posting a few pictures.

Just caught up with your last few posts. Gorgeous pictures.

Anonymous said...

I love old log homes. I have thought several times of making at least one wall in my bedroom into a log cabin look, even a bathroom. So relaxing.

Lucky you on the win!

Laura said...

Congratulations on winning such a great giveaway.
I think I need that book!

Laura
White Spray Paint

Vicki@MorePowerfulBeyondMeasure said...

The very first time I saw Paula Deen on TV I screamed for my husband, "She sounds just like us!!. I yelled. Sure enough she's from just down the road from us, and about 30 miles from my hometown! She's wonderful!
You, my dear, are a beautiful artist! Such talent!!
Best, Vicki