Hail & Blooms !

What a title ...eh ??????
We had a hail storm last evening and did it ever sneak up on us fast , no time to move planters , ect... so  everything got hailed on ! Came down fast & thick if there is such a thing ! My garden was covered in the white stuff , looked like it was snow , I know some that were out driving had to pull over as it was like a white out .... but , when I got up this morning what a sweet surprise for me , a big yellow bloom opened on a zucchini plant , like God was letting me know my plants will be okay !!  Sweet !!

Off to go work on some projects in my studio , I am hoping I get something accomplished , because it has not been happening much lately !
Have a fabulous day !!

What's Been Goin On !!!

The past month has been crazy busy !!! Just when you think you may have a heads up on things , stuff happens and bam.... your behind !  My parents basement flooded this spring as we had record snowfall in over 100 years and what a mess , all there carpet had to be taken out , sheetrock cut out up to 30 inches all the way around in every room , ugh !  So it is a big tore up mess and I got to deal with all the stuff , when your 91 and 99 believe me there is STUFF !!!  My mom is an artist , she has not done anything for quite a few years , so I decided to bring her stash of paint brushes to my home, still in the jars that she kept them in !!
Two of my boys have moved to Colorado , so they each had homes here to sell so I got the lucky task of doing that !!! We are in a major boom , so selling a house takes one or two weeks at the max !! It's all the other things that take time , clean up , paper work  and the list goes on ! But now they are all in the hands of the new owners , so glad !!

I have been working on an Etsy order for 60 of these paper flowers that have ties on them , they are for a bridal shower and will tie on the napkins ! They are time consuming !! Layers of various papers and have glimmer mist for a touch of sparkle !

Because we had a late spring , everyone is behind on yard work and getting the garden in , including me ! My garden does not have much of anything pretty to take a photo of  yet ! This is a planter on my deck !

yard work...gardening..plants !

I have been so busy the last week , doing much needed yard work and gardening ! Now that our weather has cooperated and spring is finally here ! We had a lot of rain and it put a lot of yard work behind ! So it is full force yard work now & because I am the only chief cook and bottle washer here it is only me who gets the yard work done too ! But I do enjoy it , planting and watching everything grow , it is a wonderful thing ! I have all along the front of my house the "white" rocks from when I moved into this home over 15 years ago ! Now it is all crummy and the weeds pop through and is looking bad , so I decided I have to quit putting it off and remove all of the rocks !! This may be an on-going summer project ! It is a lot of work getting all of those little rocks up ! I have been using plastic tubs to put all of them in ! I am planting some different ferns as it faces north and they do well there , my most favorite fern is this one ... the tube fern !When they get bigger , they are impressive! I also planted an adorable Juncus "Twister" in a pot , I love all of the twisted and varied greens in this one plant !

I also made a three tiered planter that I had seen on Positively Splendid , you can click here for her tutorial ! Her planter was painted in wonderful bright colors ! I did mine in hammered finish tones and then stenciled my house numbers on also ! This will also be in the area where I am removing all of the "rocks" so it looks a little tacky right now !

I also planted some more perennial plants , one is for kitties , and yes I have caught my kitty tasting it ! I can not remember the name of the plant though !

I also have a lot of thinning out to do , I have some Lily of the Valley ( I love these plants ) but they are growing out of there space and need to get back into control ! They are in the top photo of this post !! I have also been working on my garden , about 90 % done and hope it all grows !

I know that the stakes are not really very "cute" but do the job well .They are from a local company Stringliner , I have known them most of my life , you may have seen some of there products in your local stores !
Last photo is of an adorable squirrel ! Our neighbor had caught it and brought it over so we could all see it , my daughter & her family were here so the grand kids got to "touch" it ! The squirrel and family had been creating some problems on there patio roof , so they were repairing it and caught the squirrel , but let it go back in the same spot ! Super adorable , at least I think so !

Have a fabulous weekend ... I have got to get back to creating soon !

A Coastal Giveaway & a sneak peek !

Wanted to post about Coastal Charm's giveaway she is having !! She has a fabulous blog that you should follow , lots of inspiration !!! Not to mention a chance to win this personalized friendship vase ! I love it !

The top photo is a sneak peek into my latest project ! For my yard !! Garden Sticks !! Made from glassware from yard sales and thrift shops !!! Adding bling to your yard at thrift store prices..cant get much better than that !!When I get them in my flower garden I will post more, we are just in the first stages of spring here .... but Iam sooooooo ready for spring and nice weather !!!

Have a fabulous weekend !

Waiting for Spring

I saw this "Pot Maker" in one of Better Homes and Gardens publications , so I found one online and yesterday my daughter & I started creating our own little pots to start our seedlings in !!

You use old newspapers and roll them up basically !! So I think it is a great way to recycle also !!

We will start our little planting shortly , living in a colder climate , our growing season is shorter so it is nice to get a head start on some plants. I know many of you have already started on your gardens ..... how fun !! I still have a giant pile of snow that is going to have to melt ! So happy that it has started to melt already!!

We bought all organic seeds for our garden . My daughter is going to be the seed savor , a job all in it's own !!