Spring in the linen closet??

Oh how I am longgggging for Spring!! YES...SPRING...full blown spring!! I know many of you
are as well so here's to hoping it arrives soon!!

Today I gathered up some of my supplies and my oodles of vintage flowers and made a
couple vintage flower garlands. The lighting still isn't all that great so I only have this
one photo for you. Hopefully more soon. I love how it turned out. 

I have held onto this fabric above for a few years and I am GOING to get something made
out of it this year. I WILL...I WILL...remind me of that later will ya?? :)

Stashes of my gorgeous lace that I had to share with you when I saw how pretty it looked stacked up
all together. This is a drop in the bucket of what I have and I love it all. 

More laces and doilies...in LOVE...Happy Spring my dear friends even though it has
not arrived here yet...hopefully soon.  If we keep thinking that,  it just may arrive and surprise us all!!

What I've been up to...

I just realized today that I haven't posted for about nine days so thought I would hop in
here and tell you what I have been up to.

I picked up some acorns on a walk one day... 

...and it turned into a mini photo shoot. Hubby
and I have been walking every other day or rather trying to get it in every other day and I
am loving it...him, not so much! ha! I am amazed at the different kinds of acorns that
we have been finding. Here I thought they were all alike. Not so...maybe I can get
some more pictures taken one of these days. :)

 I  bought this tutorial for these beautiful angel wings from Dawn...

 over at The Feathered Nest and I can't wait to get some made.

{photo above taken by Dawn}

I mailed a package to Indiana because a little sweetie of ours turned FIVE this past week...

My oldest son's daughter.
Her mommy posted the following on facebook and it just brought tears to my eyes.
If all little ones could have a mommy like this , how great our world would be!

"Today my precious girl turns 5...5!!!!! "A whole hand mommy!!" Hard to believe,,
but I am so proud of the smart and beautiful and spunky and energetic and
individualistic girl she has become! She challenges my thinking daily.  I'm so
excited for the next 5 years and beyond! "

I had a photo shoot with my youngest son's family...

I took over 400 photos. They sure took a while to wade through, but we got some goodies. :)

I even had to work with a *little* attitude, but it was still a fun day...

I loved taking photos of my sweeties...

I hopped in the car one day and drove up and down our dirt roads and found some
amazing color...

I ate this delicious donut that my bff brought me...

{but not all at once!}

It was like none I have ever had. From a bakery called Rise and Roll

SO YUMMY...and huge!! 

I about shouted with glee when my bff brought along these beautiful hydrangeas for me...

I thought this shed was a beauty while out cruising the countryside...

I snapped this photo of Annika before she could move again...

I have been a busy beaver, but it has been a fun couple weeks... 

Hope you all are doing well and that your lives are filled with
unexpected blessings daily!

Hydrangea love

My hydrangeas are so pretty this year that I just had to share them with you.

 Beautiful images of Gods creation for us to enjoy.

My bush hasn't been this loaded for years. Happy camper here!

Hope you enjoy the photos.

All in the eye of the beholder

It has been said that beauty is in the eye of the

beholder {I originally had named this post

vintage putty knives ,but decided on a new title}

With that in mind...

I found some vintage putty knives at a resale store and

just couldn't pass them up. They were a great price

and they just *spoke* to me.

The gray color of this one is my favorite.

Now if I could only find something to putty. Hmm...

Blessings~

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Random Goodness ~

Just a few random shots for you today...

I purchased this transfer ware bowl for 25 cents

at a garage sale a few years ago~

Isn't it perfect for fall ~

I picked a few more hydrangeas from my bush

a couple days ago and put them in this

hanging basket~

A display under my cloche~

Notice the bug on the screen...

I didn't see him until I was editing pictures~

My sweet adorable little Minnie Mouse~

Her mommy brought her this headband from

Disney World in Florida~ I didn't notice until after the pix were taken that

we have it on backwards. Oh well...still a a cutie pie~ Have a wonderful day~

Blessings~

Hydrangeas ~

Thursday I went outside to snap some photos of my beautiful

fall hydrangeas

If someone had been driving by

they would have wondered

what in the world is that woman doing

contorting her body like that. {lol}

I was bent all different directions to get different shots ,

standing up,

squatting down,

leaning over...

but isn't that half the fun of photography...I think so ~

strawberries and cream~ {I made up the name because of the color}

lime sherbet~

{another made up name}

Hydrangeas are my favorite fall flower and

I adore them ~ This is a peegee hydrangea bush. The flowers start out a

creamy/light green color and then turn from light green to pink.

When I cut them and bring them in the house

I just stick them in a vase and they dry exactly how they are. I don't put any water in the vase. But I will say from my experience over the years, you have to

pick them at just the right time when the petals almost have a

leathery feel to them or they will wilt when you bring them in.

In the house they will eventually turn a light tan as they dry.

Enjoy my lucious fall hydrangeas

Blessings~

Love Is In The Air ~

I have been working on decorations this week for a bridal shower at our church next Sunday and that put me in the reminiscing mood. I wanted to share a few pictures of some of the decorating and favors that I have done in the past.

This cake was *NOT* done by me, but I just had to include it because I think it is so gorgeous!! This was the cake for my niece's wedding in 2006~

The next few pictures are of cards that I made for my neice a few weeks after the wedding. I had such fun making these cards and she loved them.

She was a gorgeous bride!

I made 150 favors of simple white boxes filled with white jordan almonds

for her wedding. We schlepped them all the way from our home in Michigan

to the wedding site in Pennsylvania.

Simple, yet elegant favors~

The 150 favors spread all over my table in the midst of tying on

ribbons and roses ~

Bird cage/candleholders that we used for my daughters wedding in 2003

and I have used them several times since for bridal decor.

These particular photos were for my daughter-in-laws bridal shower~

I put a votive candleholder in each one and then smooshed lavender tulle around it.

(I really did have the tulle smooshed down around the candle

very well so it would not catch on fire)

I put the bows on the side at the bottom of the cage instead of on top

since the candles would be lit.

Several cages on my table in the midst of being decorated ~

I enjoy decorating so much and I also love making favors etc.

It's the little *DETAILS* in life that I am drawn to.

I am in the midst of using these same cages for a bridal shower

next Sunday and when I get them all decorated

I will share them with you.

I really like how they are turning out.

The colors this time are light pink and light pistachio green...

*SO PRETTY*

Have a blessed Sunday ~