Today looked like this..but I'm dreaming of this..Lucsious Orange flowers

Go away cold blustery day! I want Spring back so I can go in my garden and work on my flowers. Until then I will have to settle for these pretty orange roses I got at the grocery store today. I found them looking sad and droopy in the floral dept, well past their prime. They were on sale for $3.99, I went up and asked for a better discount, hey it never hurts to ask:) ended up paying $1.99..that's much better. I am hanging them upside down to dry. The color orange always brightens my day.

Goodwill Garden Urn to Uttermost Topiary

I bought these two Garden Urns a while back at GW, they sat for a time until I could figure out something amazing to do with them. I painted them with a paint from Sherwin Williams called Creamy, then aged them with Anne Sloane clear & dark wax. Hot glued a styrafoam cone onto base, glued two kinds of Moss to give it some visual interest. I had these two Fleur Di Li finials saved from 2 lamps I bought at GW(goodwill) in case you didn't know I liked to shop there..ALOT!  I painted them same color as Urns, hot glued a bamboo skewer, then stuck it ever so nicely on the top. I see these type of Topiarys on Uttermost. Pretty happy with how they turned out. What do you think? Hopefully I have inspired you to go shopping at your local GW. Have a wonderful Day:) p.s. click on the Uttermost website, they have a Topiary on sale for $547, anyone else but me think that is so crazy

http://www.wayfair.com/Uttermost-Preserved-Boxwood-Triple-Topiary-Planter-60093-UM11191.html

Old Rusty Chandeliers..I heart them!

I really love a beautiful old rusty Chandeliers! Some people might like shiny new ones, Not me! I bought this pretty little thing at a boutique I used to work at years ago. It is really rusty in spots, the paint is flaking off into my tub, my husband doesn't understand the appeal of it. That's okay. It's not for everyone but for me it makes me smile, it makes me wonder, where have you been all these years, if only you could talk, oh the stories you would tell...

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Scenes of Spring

Whatever is True
  Whatever is Noble
 Whatever is Right

Whatever is Pure
   Whatever is Lovely
   Whatever is Admirable
   Whatever is Excellent
or Praiseworthy 
     Think of these things...

These are spring pictures from last year. These are eggs from a Red Robin, the blue color is amazing!

    

The blue eggs hatched and these pretty little birds were born, the mother was so attentive, they grew so fast and flew the coop.

A gorgeous Peony! They bloomed so beautiful last year, I hope they will again this year.

Salvia and a gazing ball made from a bowling ball!

We planted these Hydrangeas last year, hope they come back. It will be interesting to see what color they come back  as.

Our neighbors have a Horse Ranch and they had lots of babies born last year.

Roses from my garden

Spring..Easter..All Things New

Happy Easter! Time to lighten things up with fresh food and touches of green all around.I sprinkled fresh chives on my deviled eggs, more green lol. also made a pretty tomatoe tart with fresh basil on top, again the theme is Green:) Although the brownie has no green at all, it is still keeping an Easter theme. I found this brownie recipe on My Sweet Savanna's blog. Cadbury Egg brownies. Yum..they really did taste like a cadbury easter egg. They are pretty decadent so you can't eat to many at a time. I tried:) Hope your day was filled with lots of food, family, friends and love.

Cadbury Egg Brownies here

Tomatoe Tart Recipe

Deviled Egg Recipe

Love your Laundry room

A laundry room is usually the place where piles of clothes wait patiently to be washed and dried and loved,  We can't wait to get it done and get out of there! Why not make it a place that makes you happy and want to wash everyone's clothes all the time. Seriously! Ok, maybe not that.. but I believe that you can make any place pretty and it doesn't have to cost you a ton of money. I know my laundry room is pretty big but believe me I haven't always had such a place. Because it is so big, I wanted to find a way to make it feel cozy and not so much like a laundromat. Most of the items in here I have either had already and repurposed them somehow or I found some treasure at GW. I got the these frames from a garage sale and painted them all black, then I found a botanical calender at GW, I cut out the flowers that I liked and used double sided tape to put them on the glass. I love how they fill up the wall space above washer and dryer. It really makes a statement but only cost me about $5.

See this wire basket! You would not believe that it used to be an old fryer basket!!! Bought at GW for $1. A few coats of red spray paint and I love how it turned out. Great for holding all our lovely magazines.

A sweet Valentine Vignette

 

I don't usually do much decorating for Valentines Day.This year because my son was coming home from Russia with his fiance Anna, and my oldest son and his girl Alexis are so in love..I felt compelled to make a little vignette. It was sweet and very thought provoking. It is true that our hearts have reasons of which there is no understanding. It just loves..that's all. Oh, and lets not forgot my husband of almost 25 yrs..I really love him too!