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Playing in the potting shed

I have been busy lately playing in my potting shed so I thought I would give you
a few more peeks at what I am doing.

Do you remember this old white shelf that I purchased a few weeks ago? It ended up out here and I
think it is just right for my goodies.

I did add a bit of fake greenery before I got the bright idea {DUH!} to add real plants. :)

My flowers are still doing just wonderful despite the awful heat we had this summer.

I love this chippy green chair. I purchased FOUR of these chairs at an estate sale
years ago for 50 cents each! Everything was cheap at that sale and I was carrying
my baby granddaughter who was living with us at the time so that was about 11 or 12
 years ago. This is the ONLY green one I have left. I have two more that I let set outside
and they lost all of their paint and I sold one in my booth {dumb thing to do I know!}
I am hanging onto this one!

I love real bird nests and this one is a beauty.

Still trying to figure out if this is too much shelving , but it is what it is right now
so it is staying for awhile anyways.

Did you notice what I had hubby do?? This shed does not have interior walls except
on the back wall. It is something we have always intended to do , but just have not
gotten around to it. I was tired of waiting so a week or two ago I grabbed some paint
that we had sitting around and painted the top two thirds of the walls white.
I painted OSB board, I painted old beams...I painted, painted, painted!

Then I had hubby put the fence around the bottom part of the walls! I love how it
turned out, but once again the whole shed is not done, so you are seeing this one
wall! ha! We replaced a few sections of fence this year that were rotting and I
wanted it all to match so we took the above fence down also even though we had
just put it up a year or two ago. I do LOVE to recycle!!

More fake greenery in this cast iron wall vase.

I realized I should have added some gardening gloves and clippers or scissors , but I had already
spent too long taking photos so I opted not to redo it. I don't know how photographers do it!!
It must take them DAYS to do some photo shoots.

I have lots of goodies so I have pottery and all kinds of treasures sitting around in here.

Still lovin' my burlap potting bench skirt. See the slats in the top of my bench?
When hubby made the bench he added a pull out plastic tub underneath the slats so
that after I pot my plants, I can just grab a whisk broom and brush all the soil
 down the holes and right into the tub. Then take it out and dump it and wa-la all
nice and clean! :)

My favorite chair again with my pretty pink impatiens.

Loving my little *GROW* knife that I made last year.

A little nest that I spray painted white. That ends the tour for now. I know it isn't the most perfect
shed in the world , but it is mine and I love it. I decided whatever I did to fix it up this year I was
NOT going to spend any money doing it and I am happy how it turned out. Now on to the other
walls...oh goodness. Woman's work is never done...:)

I finally caught the bug!



...the decorating bug that is. I wanted to keep it simple this year so I set out today to return a few items and
found some lovely greenery at the big box store. {somehow that just doesn't scream CHRISTMAS purchasing it at Wally World, but it was affordable so I grabbed a couple large packages}

I had tossed this idea around in my head for a few days and I love how it turned out. I took a frame without glass and hung it on top of my arched window that always seems to hang in the same spot. Someday I am going to change that you just wait and see. :)

I purchased these pinecones at an antique mall seveal years ago and I use them every year in my decor. I love the old tattered ivory ribbon. Over the years some of the ribbon has gave way and I had to re-tie the pinecones with the same tattered ribbon , but I still love them.

Simple , but it works for me.

I also added a little greenery and white ribbon to my paper napkin basket. *GASP* I know I should always use cloth napkins , but paper ones work for me as well.

I just love my paper angel wings and they look so pretty on my shutters.

Here is the greenery that I picked up today. I know this is way off the subject, but have I ever told you that I L.O.V.E. my kitchen sink?? It is extra deep with a little curved part on the left side that makes it even bigger. Add to that our faucet that has a long neck and it is perfect.  It has a few nicks out of it {porcelain} from use over the years and I have toyed with the idea of replacing it, but I am afraid we won't find another deep sink like this one. Besides that also leads to new countertop, cabinets, etc. etc. and that just isn't in the budget right now. Although I do know a *carpenter*...hmm...a certain man that I live with!! LOL

Last, but not least I wanted to show you my free postcards that came a few days ago. What do you think?? I like how they turned out , but wonder if I should have went with one of my other collages. Oh well...they are done now and best of all they were FREE!!! Can't beat that.


Take a peek at my blog url...I have a *favicon* now. My oldest son made it for me when we were over at his place for Thanksgiving. He amazes me. I know he went to school for computer tech and graphic design, but when I watch him click here and there and bamm it is done in a flash...oh my!! If only! We tried a *WT* , but it was just too small so went just for a *W* instead. I think it is much cuter than that big ORANGE *B*. :)


Also, I don't think I told you that my son-in-law {who is only 27 years old} just returned from a trip to Japan the day before Thanksgiving. He is an engineer for GM and was over there for 11 days on business. He brought me back a beautiful paper fan. Hopefully one day soon I can post some pictures from that beautiful country.


I just sat here and ate a bowl of black and white drizzled chocolate popcorn...then did my aerobics for half an hour. I think I defeated the purpose , but I will keep plugging along. :)
Happy White Wednesday!! Join Kathleen over at Faded Charm again this week for more beautiful posts.

Garden statuary

Angels watching over me...:)

I have had this garden plaque for several years. When I purchased it , it was a cream color with a greenish color over it that looked almost mossy, but the color of green was kinda strange... didn't really fit in my home. So...not too long ago I gave it the whitewash treatment and I like it so much better now.  Aren't they the sweetest angel faces?

An hanging cement angel that I found at an antique store several years ago. Maybe it was from a nativity at one time? She hangs on one of my fences and keeps watch over my beautiful white garden phlox.

I L.O.V.E. this statue. I found this beauty at the Summer Herb Faire at two different places in their gardens and had to get a few photos of her. I would love to have her in MY garden. :)

Just a gorgeous lady

This beauty is actually a huge fountain at my cousins bed and breakfast. I want to see it with water in it, but so far it eludes me. Maybe next year.

Happy White Wednesday to each and every one of you. I am kinda in a blue mood today, but this will pass.
God is good, life is good and I am very thankful today for all His blessings!

Heavenly Scent Herb Farm Faire part 2

I am sharing some more pictures with you of the day my daughter and I spent at the Herb Farm in Michigan.
Most of these were taken inside the huge barn that is a store. Rooms and rooms filled with amazing goodness. This corner was my favorite.

Love all the angel items

Beautiful angel book boxes

She would look amazing in my home, but alas I left her there. :)P>

This was one of the booths outside in the tent . Love the items this booth had for sale.

A cute little white dress

I did get a shot or two of Queenbes booth. She is very talented and had lots of goodies that she made for sale.

Cookies that were available for purchase with lunch. I was a good girl and didn't buy any, but it was hard. :)


I have had a whirlwind of a weekend with my sister visiting from Pennsylvania. She only is able to make it home a couple times a year so we have to make the moments count. She got in Thursday evening and we hit the ground running and never stopped. We visited antique stores, the Blissful Living store, Goodwill along with many others. She wanted to make a chalkboard to use for her daughter's baby shower and was thrilled to find a huge old frame at a store called The Packrat. Of course she spray painted it white and it turned out beautiful!  The white paint made the details on the frame just pop!
She is headed back right now to PA and I am left with more fond family memories. Thanking God today for a family that loves each other and has a wonderful time when we are together.


I will link this to White Wednesday this week since I am wayyyyy behind on my blog posts and taking photos.

Striving this year to be...

...a little more kind,

a little more friendlier, and

a little more loving.

...a little more understanding of others,

a little less judgemental,

and a lot more creative!

Speaking of friendly... Was I ever surprised to open my mailbox last Thursday and find a package for me from my bloggy friend Irene . She made this angel from a beautiful white flower and sent her all the way from Canada to little ole' me here in the frozen tundra of Michigan. Isn't she beautiful?? Thank you so much Irene!! Praying that each and every one of you will have a wonderful new year and that when trials do come {and truthfully we know that they will} that you will always look to the One who sticks closer than a brother.

{ I know I told you there wouldn't be any more tree pictures,

but it was the perfect place for my angel}

Blessings~