Salutations! The sun has been shining a little more around here and we have been getting reacquainted with our garden! I am afraid our fair weather friend has been somewhat neglected! The red camellia has bloomed and I am anxiously awaiting for more plants to show off their Spring color.
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The Daffodils are starting to bloom in our garden. We don’t have many yet — your actually looking at all the flowers that have bloomed so far. Yep, I picked them all. I have no self-control … I can’t help myself. It looks like there are many more on the way though.
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Bringing the outdoors in… I brought in these chippy clay pots from the back garden after I finished painting and distressing the dining table. I think they are going to be so fun to have in the dining room, with these violas, maybe paper whites at Christmastime, or cut flowers when the garden starts to bloom. These violas will love it inside until it warms up some outdoors. Until then, the dining room is smelling delicious. Violas can thrive in […]
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The holiday madness has begun! The shopping, baking, decorating, and of course the crafting are all in full swing. Did I mention the shopping? I have certainly been doing my part in stimulating our economy! As much as I love to shop for gifts I happen to love making things even more. The kids and I have been holiday crafty crazy since they were just tiny little guys. We made candy covered Christmas trees and glittered coated stars, paper chains […]
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Happy Fall!! So this is one of my new favorite decorating tips. While you’re at the market, fill your basket with some of your families favorite produce, add some flowers or herbs or whatever you have from the garden, and call it a centerpiece. I love how simple and pretty it looks. My kiddo’s fall fruits of choice are pomegranate, pears, and apples, but the possibilities are endless! A few posts back I did a similar centerpiece with clementines, I […]
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A little white paint can do wonders for old shabby furniture and garden benches. This is probably a bit too white for my taste, but after a couple of seasons outdoors this bench will begin to weather and turn just how I like it… chippy and distressed. At least I hope so, that’s the plan anyway. I picked this bench up at a yard sale a couple years back and decided to try it on our patio. Our other outdoor […]
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Sunday Fun-day! I guess I’m on a DIY kick! Once I start I just can’t seem to stop, it’s addictive. This is the piece of chicken wire I found on the side of the road a few weeks ago turned lantern. It was really quite easy to make once my hubby hooked me up with some heavy duty wire cutters. I cut the fencing to the length I wanted the lantern to be, you can see in the first picture […]
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Anything sounds cute when you put the word cottage in front of it – roadkill or cottage roadkill. Hee hee! I’ll take one cottage roadkill please. So I’m doing a little house hunting with my mom when she yells out “Stop! Back up!” So I do and behold, we have stumbled upon the most charming little pieces of vintage chicken wire. Why is it that even the chicken wire was cuter back then? One unexpected bonus to living in an […]
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