First Garden Photos!

D and I just got back from visiting family and look what I found!



I think this is some old Sedum.



I planted daffodils, but it looks like I might be getting some tulips, too! I didn't plant this fella:



Our snowball bush has buds, too!



This is my favorite, though:


Our front walk is lined with croci patches!

winter decor

This time of year has always been a kind of standstill in decorating. The holiday decor is boxed up and put away. Winter seems to drag on cold and wet. I decided to try and embrace these few months of winter weather we have left. I made a winter display in my front room.



The light is just terrible to see the whole effect. Here are some of my favorite doo-dads that cheer up the winter gloom:



Conversation hearts in my blue McCoy bowl. In the background are old love notes my husband gave me framed in a pretty glass frame with pressed flowers. My cat looks at them admiringly.



Paperwhite bulbs blooming with delicate flowers. Such a pretty light fragrance they have!



I forced one in an old glass cream bottle. I love the way the roots look.

In other news, I've had a few good finds at my thrift store lately. Here's one of my faves:



A set of small stiching guides - each 50 cents.

Last Week's Finds

I went to a happy little estate sale last week. A tiny little house in an old neigborhood where 4 girls were raised - sharing one bedroom! The house was full of girly things. Pretty plastic dolls with handmade outfits, cake decorating supplies, old board games, puzzles with pretty castles and gardens, tea sets and luncheon plates... I was in heaven!

First, I snagged a bag of plastic fall veggies and little Indian chiefs to enhance my pumpkin collection. I think they were meant for fall cupcakes long ago. The whole lot was $2.00!



Next up, a nice aqua plastic sewing organizer for $1.00 and a printed vintage tablecloth for $3.00


A tiny bouquet of the tiniest flowers. What can I use these for?



Old plastic flowers. These were all in the same $3.00 bag. What to use them for? I don't know. They were all so sweet, I couldn't pass them up. Mom C and I have talked about decorating bird houses, so maybe I could use them for that.





Then there are these fellows. A whole army that were in the same bag as the flowers.




Finally, my new aviary.


See the bees? My ma gave me a bunch of these when we decorated bird houses last year and I had them buzzing all over mine which I painted light blue and yellow with vitage brown buttons glued to the sides. Buttons and Bees. Such a good combo.


That's not all. Next post will have the first PEAS PORRIGE GIVEAWAY!!! Keep your eyes peeled. It's a good one!