Redecorating...

Grandma Rhea's Recipes

If you visit my grandmother, she will make you a delicious, original, and beautiful treat. This is my piece of Strawberry Pudding over Pecan Shortbread Dessert from my visit with Grandma on Saturday.

My cousin has made my Grandma's recipe book available online. So if you love cream and butter, here you are....

Grandma Rhea's Recipes

I love you Grandma!

Valentine Shelter Lunch

It was shelter to speak with you.  ~Emily Dickinson

Super Hero Wedding Post @ Green Wedding Shoes...

Please visit Green Wedding Shoes blog to see all the fun details. Oh how I wish I could have made the cake toppers for this one! OH how I wish I had been invited!!!

Finds...

I was tempted, but couldn't buy one of these in California. Who can lug home a suitcase full of rocks? But, in person these are so beautiful. Some California artist has used copper wire and a bunch of sea polished rocks and chunks of recycled glass to create these "things" I don't really know what they are called, but you hang them outside and they accentuate the sound of the rain. Many of you are tired of the rain, but I love it. I just pretend that I live in Ireland. :) So, I kind of wanted one of these, but didn't have anywhere to hang it so I took a picture instead.. But lovely.. right?
Also, I have a new face cream.. huge jars cheap at Costco.. does a great job of keeping the exema off my face so far...(ooh how I hate the exema! ..it's a constant battle).
Then, there are the new short sleeve Thomas Pink shirts for summer... They are so beautiful. I would never buy a $200 shirt.. but, I love looking at these. They are sooo pretty!

Garden Season...

My garden is getting started. I love this time of year.

One of my all time favorite trees. .. Bechtel Crab
In bloom.. Korean Lilacs.. I forget which...

The sweet woodruff is finishing off, but still smells heavenly..

My garden is granny chic :) I love petunias, lilacs, tulips, roses, dahlias, peonies... and I LOVE PINK. This bed doesn't look like much but in July you won't see dirt, it will be a froth of pink.

This Bacopa: Snowstorm Giant Snowflake is something new that I'm trying out in a part of my garden that stays pretty dry no matter what I do. The flowers are supposed to keep coming even when the plants are drought stressed. We'll see. :)

The tomatoes are in.. except the cherry variety. I can almost taste them. Yum. Lots to do in the veggie garden still. We follow the square foot gardening plan and it's beautiful and produces plenty for our family over the summer. We also keep fresh herbs in pots, and they often come back on their own... which is why they are in pots. We don't want a yard full of peppermint as much as I love it.

I have several varieties of crab tree. They are my favorite. This is Prairie Fire.

There is still so much to do, but this is my favorite time of year in the garden, once it gets over 80 degrees. I'm out only early in the morning putting the Preen down and then going back in. But, I loved being out in the rain today. It smells like heaven and everything is clean and beautiful.

Button, Button...

I was recently looking for some brass buttons and ran into THIS fun site.

Cute as a Button...

True Colors...

I loved this page from this months MSL Magazine.

I love true colors and if you ignore the muddy, puttys in the lower left..

the rest are rainbow brights. There are several Benjamin Moore paint choices. Benjamin Moore is my favorite paint because you can't beat them for clear, pure color with no browns or grays dulling the mix. If you want a wall the color of daffodils, raspberries or hyacinths.. you can find it.

Benjamin Moore True Blue (lower right) is the color of my bedroom and I love it.

Tea Kettle...

The first Christmas we were married, C gave me a larger size of this whistling tea kettle which sounds like a train. It still looks new and it's still one of my favorite Christmas gifts. Now Chantal has come out with some new fun designs like this 3 cup personal tea kettle. I think it's darling!

Collecting...

I wouldn't say that I'm a big collector because I only have 3-4 of these, but I love 14X36 size movie posters. They are pre 1980 so I guess that makes them a fun vintage find.. It's fun to have them from some of your favorite films.

Pink Chucks...

My sister bought these first in black for her 3 year old. Cute! I loved them and was thrilled to find this pink version on sale for little c.

A Bike Basket is a Lovely Thing...

This is a fun website if you are a big spender in need of a bike. Who wouldn't want a Crownie Townie in Tangerine? They also have lots of fun bike accessories...

Pull Toy...

I love pull toys. They are so granny chic cute. This version by Cookiedough on Etsy is adorable... see her shop here.

Whirly Twirly... Granny Chic...

Whimsiedots is a fun vintage Etsy shop that has quite a few items for those who love Granny Chic... including this lovely lime 1950 Prom Dress! Darling!

Posh Girl Vintage...

See this and other pretty vintage dresses here.

Lap Desk...

I think these are so cute. Especially if you were to find yourself working on a lovely beach somewhere... hmmmm.. :)
See them here.

NM Lovely Iron Bench...

Mom... this is so you... or maybe it's so me.. I can't decide.

A Happy Hat...

I love this hat and the photograph!

Found on Etsy

See it HERE!

The Butterfly Hat...

No one seemed to like this butterfly hat that Princess Beatrice wore to the latest royal wedding... but I loved it!

Here's a better photo.

Granny Chic Dresses..

I love that blue dress in the back with the spots.. I would love to wear that!