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The Party Continues

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If you judge a person by the company they keep, this is a group I am definitely happy to call my friends. Today, the virtual party continues, as I celebrate the past 5 years of Pretty Pink Tulips and the amazing people it has brought into my life. Artists, writers, designers, travel aficionados and shop owners make up today’s guests.

Sandy Grodsky, of the travel blog You May Be Wandering, shared the top photo. Pink tulips in a champagne  bucket…a match made in heaven! Sandy I initally met “online”, but living fairly close to one another, we got to know each other over coffee, then lunch and many meetings thereafter, while we planned our family’s trip to Italy last summer. This was a case of the planning definitely being as much fun as the trip itself. I have happily watched her travel advisory business take off like a rocket and can not recommend her highly enough. If you are thinking, dreaming, planning a special trip, you must contact her. Seriously. Scouts honor.

Next up, is the multi-faceted, multi-talented Tina of The Enchanted Home. We’ve all had a front row seat while she built her enchanted home (a dream home by anyone’s standards), generously shared her sources for fabrics, paint colors, accessories and then parlayed that into a home accessories shop online. She went even further by inviting us inside and sharing her recipes and tips for elegant entertaining. Her love of blue and white is well documented, so I was truly touched when she put together this collage of blue and white porcelain and pink tulips. A visual feast in true Tina fashion!

The next guest is one that started in real life and then segued to the blog. My friend, Susie Orman Schnall and I used to chat on the sidelines of pre-school soccer about her idea for a book (which turned into her first novel, On Grace) and my idea for starting a blog. Susie was an early supporter and continual encourager. I am thrilled to share that not only did Susie write that book, but she’s just published her second, The Balance Project, a novel, and I can.not.put.it.down! 

So, very appropriately, Susie shared the tulips she had on her desk, where she writes and you can see a copy of The Balance Project in the left corner. The book is a little bit like The Devil Wears Prada meets Lean In. It’s current, it’s relevant, it’s clever. The perfect book to pack for your summer get away….if you can wait that long!
Also at the party today, is my friend and pint-sized powerhouse of an artist, Kerri Rosenthal! I have so enjoyed watching Kerri’s art evolve and become ever more collectable. Her style is energetic and happy, able to evoke an emotion and create a “moment” in an interior. The art can stand alone, but when you see it’s impact on a design space, you really understand what makes her art so special. One of the first subject matters that Kerri painted were tulips. Today, they are strictly limited edition, so that is what she is sharing with us today. The 2015 Limited Edition Tulips! 
Looking back through my posts, one of the people I have written about most often is Sam Allen. I met Sam early on in his interior design career, when he had just graduated from high school! While most teenagers are stressing out over class assignments and college essays, Sam was flipping through paint decks, sorting through fabric swatches, mapping out furniture placements and doing it so well that he landed in The New York Times. 
Sam lives and breathes design and it’s just part of who he is. House Beautiful named him to it’s Next Wave Designers….and this wave hasn’t even crested yet. The future is bright and high-gloss and it IS Sam Allen! 
Love this photo that Sam shared. Those orange-red tulips are the perfect accent to this room he designed, reflecting his clean aesthetic with an eye for details.

The party is really just getting started, so please join me again on Friday, when I share some more of my favorite friends through this adventure known as blogging.

What are you celebrating this week? 

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  1. Thank you so much for your sweet words, Elizabeth!! And to be mentioned among such other amazing talents…wow!

    I am so blessed to have met you through our blogs and now to call you a very dear friend. Your beautiful and inspiring blog has been a regular highlight of my mornings for most of those five years…thank you for sharing your style and grace with us!! Cheers to another five years!!! xoxo

  2. Elizabeth, happy to be part of your five year celebration…quite a feat in the blogging world:) You are an official veteran, and such a stylish one at that!
    Hope you will continue to do what you do for a very long time…it is always like a breath of fresh spring air when I visit you:)

  3. Congratulations, Elizabeth!

    Your blog has provided so much inspiration over the years. Cheers and hopes for many more years of blissful blogging.

  4. Elizabeth, I feel like I'm at a cocktail party with your fabulous friends. A couple I know pretty well (Tina and Sandy), a couple who you've introduced me to before (Susie and Kerri) and I'm so happy to see again, and one I've not met yet, but am so happy to be introduced to (Sam). You are the company you keep and we are all in such great company with you, my friend. Thanks for all the introductions you make through your blog – let's party on!

    XOXO

    PS: SO excited to read The Balance project!

  6. So many wonderful friends, Elizabeth and completely agree with you that it's an unbelievable way to connect with the most amazing and talented people. I count you among those! Happy 5th year anniversary. That's quite a feat!

  7. Elizabeth isn't it so amazing the incredible friends and talented souls we meet through blogging! I appreciate your friendship so very much!

    xoxo
    Karena
    The Arts by Karena
    Designer Matthew Patrick Smyth

  8. Elizabeth what an amazing round-up of friends today. Sandy and Tina are so sweet, although we have yet to meet in person they are some of my favorite blog friends because they are so kind, helpful, genuine and so much more.

    Thank you for the introduction to two new summer reads, I am sure that they will be excellent.

    Here is to another 5 years of blogging. Have a wonderful week celebrating your accomplishment.

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