Happy Monday, I hope you had a good weekend! We enjoyed a little boating time and I worked on some gardening chores. Mother Nature gave us a thorough soaking late yesterday and last night and more rain is in the forecast this week. I’m happy to have a reprieve from lugging around the hose to keep everything…
I *heart* flowers. . . I *heart* jars. . . And I *heart* flowers in jars. I found a wire heart-shaped basket at a consignment store, providing inspiration for a heartfelt arrangement for Valentine’s Day. Easy to assemble, insert jars into basket ;) The grocery stores are blooming with flowers in anticipation of Valentine’s Day! $4 bouquets…
I’m dans le jardin, aka Potting Shed, with Kim Parker Provence Garden dinnerware. Provence Garden by Kim Parker for Mikasa, brings the vivid beauty of the garden to the table with a bright palette of florals. Ball jar are filled with flowers from the garden and a few blooms from the grocery store. My jar love rivals my…
I’m in the Potting Shed with peonies which have been blooming for a couple a weeks now. I cut the last few blooms right before a heavy rain this week to prevent the flowers from shattering. I found a pretty blue and white Johnson Brothers Prince Royal transferware platter on sale while shopping with a friend a…
You may have noticed that playing with flowers and dishes are two of my favorite things. ;) I took the time to stop and smell the peonies and shared some pretty in pink blooms around the Potting Shed this week. Blue and pink are a favorite color combination especially when it comes to pink flowers…
Happy Monday! Did you have a good weekend? My weekend was productive and with some glorious bird-chirping weather and Carolina blue skies to help me whistle while I worked. I’ve been itching to play in my Potting Shed and do some container gardening now that our threat of frost is over. I promised myself that would…
For those of you buried under the snow from the blizzard that hit the East Coast over the weekend, I’m sending you some flower therapy to chase away the winter blues! Freshly picked from the 2015 archives, here’s a round-up of flowers and promise of spring and summer blooms to come! Click on the links…
Flowers Feed the Soul so I cut some blooms for some Ball Jar Bouquets. And chalked up a little bloom for the soul on my Potting Shed door. Our Endless Summer hydrangeas are blooming! I cut some of the moppy blue flowers to enjoy for some Ball Jar Bouquets. . . And added some butterfly bush stems…
I’m taking time to stop and smell the peonies. . . Enjoying their lush blooms. . . And heady fragrance for the brief time they’re here. I cut some peonies to enjoy as Ball jar bouquets for my Potting Shed. I found this stamped spoon marker on Etsy. . . “Love what you grow and what you…
I’m joining The Novel Bakers for Picnic Week! The Novel Bakers been busy packing picnic baskets and cooking up recipes for a couple of months now in anticipation of picnic week, from a host of books full of inspiration, delicious menus and theme picnics! I had some inspiration for a Vintage Garden Picnic from A Perfect…