It's such a pretty day today besides doing photo shoots inside I decided to take some photos of my David Austin roses. Love these and for the life of me I cannot remember what variety they are.But I fell in love with the color and amazing scent. I need to keep an eye on these.It seems the Japanese beetles are fond of these too! Big announcement.......I am going to be co-hosting The Scoop weekly party! I was asked by Anita from Cedar hill ranch and I just about jumped out of my seat! So excited to be a part of this weekly party. Thank you so much Anita so thrilled to be part of this awesome party! Hope you are ready.The party goes live very soon! ... View Post

Have you ever wondered how to fold a napkin into a rose?Well I am going to show you how easy it is napkin folding 101 making a rose. I just discovered this recently while on vacation.We were seated at a table and on the place setting was this pretty folded rose napkin. I am sharing this over at Live Creatively Inspired today.Hope you will hop on over and read all about how easy and simple it is to make a pretty rose napkin. To visit Live creatively inspired just click HERE ... View Post

I told you I have been lucky finding some unique treasures while out thrift shopping.And this Venus de Milo statue is one of my new found finds. I usually am not attracted to pieces like this.But it was in poor shape.It has several chips and cracks I guess that is why I fell for it. Imperfections are perfection to me. I was not happy with the color though so I decided to paint over it with some white paint I had already on hand.I was not trying to hide any imperfections but it was dull and dirty looking.It needed a bit of freshening up! As I said I normally do not like statues like this.But thought it would add a bit of charm to my summer mantle. Of course I had to add some fresh roses from my garden.Are you sick of seeing roses? I personally never get tired of ... View Post

Whenever I am out thrift shopping I always make sure to check out the linens especially the bedding. I have been surprised on many occasions to find vintage linens or just pretty fabrics. Very recently I found a beautiful bedding set that I thought would look perfect in my daughters room. The set was in new condition and came as a comforter with a bed skirt and two pillow shams for 7.00. On one side the fabric has large pink roses and stripes.But I fell in love with the inner side with the petite pink roses and soft teal color. I actually like the pillow shams shown the opposite way too with the ties showing. It has a prairie look to it.Soft and feminine perfect for my daughters room. I knew when she was this she would love it and I was right! As you can ... View Post

Well I bet when you heard the word cappuccino you thought I would be sharing a delicious Italian caffeinated drink. I thought about that too when I saw this on Kathleen's blog Faded Charm. Kathleen has such an eye for everything vintage I just adore her style! She recently had a giveaway to win a set of dishes from pfaltzgraff in the color cappuccino. I saw here beautifully photographed tablescape and was hoping I would win. While I was on vacation ( I just recently returned I promise I will share soon) I checked my email and received one from Kathleen telling me that I had won! I thought I would put my own tablescape together to show how pretty these dishes are. Whether you are setting a table for a fancy dinner ,a  luncheon or everyday these dishes look ... View Post

I bet this dairy farm sign looks familiar.I painted this for the vintage market a few months back.It did not sell so I brought it home.It was meant to come back home with me because I now have the perfect spot for it. This is a hard shot to do because this sign is up high. I added this to my laundry room above my washer and dryer. I have a front load set that is also on pedestals. That is one of the reasons I don't have cabinets above the washer and dryer.I would never be able to reach anything above. Adding a shelf was not an option either.If you have a front loader washer you know how much this shakes around.Adding a shelf and pretty things that could fall and break is also not an option. But I needed something to fill in the void on this wall. And still after I ... View Post