Kay Ellen

Fresh from the Garden

I cut fresh roses from my garden and decorated pretty pink teacups in honor of Mother's Day.

I hope you have a beautiful day filled with sweet smelling fragrances of love and admiration from your family that loves you! 

Happy Mother's Day!

and also Beverly's sweet blogging friends 

Happy Pink Saturday! 

:Kay Ellen

Gathering Blooms

My roses are blooming...

Time to gather a bouquet for the first day of May.

I love this old rake in my garden...

I arranged the blooms together in a festoon style bouquet... 

I attached the flowers to my old rusty rake with twine and lacey ribbon...

Fresh blooms for our front door...

Happy May Day!

::Kay Ellen

 

Joining Oppsey Daisy Wowzers Wednesday HERE

Joining in Outdoor Wednesday blog party HERE

Springtime Inspiration

Do you need a little Spring inspiration?  

Come take a peek...  

Introducing five sweet babies; Mrs.Teagarden, Magggie, Mrs. Quigley, Mae and Minnie.  Adorable Spring arrivals!   

Thank you to my sweet friend Connie for the stroll in the garden and spending time with some pretty cute chicks :)

A delightful morning of Spring inspiration.

:Kay Ellen 

Blog Gatherings...

Saved From The Trash

Have you ever found a treasure by the side of the road? Or noticed something nice left out by the trash...wondering why are they throwing that out?

I wanted to share what my husband and I found recently in a huge trash bin...the metal cabinet you see on the back fence of our garden.

We were out hunting for metal I needed to re-purpose for a project and instead stumbled upon this beauty. When we found this rusty treasure we asked the business owner if we could pay him for it and he said please take it, it's yours!

It took some help getting it to the house but gosh FREE is a pretty good price :) 

Our weather has been very windy the past few days but finally this afternoon it calmed down enough so I could start puttering around outside, gathering tools and pottery, and putting them away in this wonderful cabinet.

I even arranged a bouquet of blooms and hung them on the outer cabinet door. 

I am hoping to find a comfy wicker chaise lounge to read in at some point....but for now I decided to use a lounge chair I had on the side of the house. 

My husbands birthday is this weekend...So I am running around trying to get ready for company and a big party... he is turning 50!

If I need a break you know where I will be...in my "Time Out Corner" taking a nap in this lounge chair! ha-ha 

Happy Birthday to my wonderful husband...Love you!

 

Joining in Blog Gatherings:

Honey at Potpourri Friday

Beverly at Pink Saturday

 

Stephanie Lynn Showcase Sundays

How does your garden grow?

How is your garden growing?

My garden is a little sparse during the winter but I do have a little color in the flower beds.

Some of my lavendar is shooting up and blooming so I cut a few sprigs and placed them around the yard.

A pretty mix of geranium's are showing their true colors.

I placed my over-sized birds nest on the front bench hoping for Spring to come sooner then later.

My silly little gnome kicking back with out a care in the world. 

 

:Kay Ellen

Christmas at Home

Fresh greenery, ice skates and velvet red ribbons adorn our entryway... I finally finished decorating our front porch! A welcoming site as friends walk up to our home.

Now it is really starting to look like Christmas.

Our kitty Napoleon approves, he was taking a nap on the welcome mat when I got home from work today...to cute :) 

:Kay Ellen

Autumn Details

Finally a cooler day today...I puttered in the garden and cut some foilage and rose-hips to start my inspiration for decorating.

My son cut large dried branches I couldn't reach...Thanks Kyle!

Use what you have, no sense in spending money on folaige.

Look around your yard, you will be surprised what you can find to trim and use.  

I found the vintage owl art at a flea market...decided it would look great on my front door. Hoot-Hoot!

A little torn and tattered but I still love it. I dry brushed the chippy wood frame with cream and white paint so the outside edges would stand out against the black door.

Pillows and pumpkins on my old entry bench

Wall floural above the bench is filled with dried lavendar, rose-hips and sunflowers.

I added old shutters to a planter for height and to help hold up more dried branches.

Happy to have my Halloween and Autumn feeling decor up on the front porch ready to welcome family and friends!

I will add my holiday table setting to share on Wednesday night.

See you soon!

:Kay Ellen

Not Very Scary

Have you started decorating for Halloween?

I pulled out some of my seasonal goodies last night. 

I know the first thing my son will say when he see's my little vigentte is.... Ahhh not very scary Mom. 

All I can say is this is my kind of Halloween decorating... chippy, rusty, colorful, textures and maybe a little curiosty and surprise.

Hope you are all having a great week.

:Kay Ellen

Garden Art

Look what I spyed while treasure hunting~~~ a cool rusty beach bike!

I was on a mission to restock my little shop with a dresser and night stands but I found this beach bike instead. Does that ever happen to you? You just never know what you will find at a flea market and I could not pass it up for 18.00 dollars!

I shared with my Facebook friends that on this particular morning I found the bike it was the 2nd anniversary of my father-in-laws passing. I felt is was a touching and poetic moment... also remembering he had owned three bicycle shops in the 60's and 70's. 

The bike is pretty beat up and maybe it could be restored but I have always wanted an old vintage bike in the garden...   

  

I purchased a bag of sphagnum moss from Home Depot to put in the base for the wire basket...this is the kind of moss you can wet and spread thin to create a liner for the soil and plants. I transplanted a hanging pot of petunias and planted it in the bike basket with a few other colorful blooms.

My husband loves what I did with the bike...and I really like the special meaning it holds for our family. 

:Kay Ellen

Landscape

I was recently hired to take photos of completed landscape projects around the city of Riverside, California.

A mixture of residential and commercial projects designed and installed by Soholt & Company Landscape.

I thought you all might enjoy seeing a few of the photos that were chosen for the their website, printed postcards and possible billboard advertising.  

You never know when a creative outlet can turn into a business...right?

This month I am juggling a few creative projects.

Flowers for a wedding, a kitchen remodel in progress for a client, getting ready to move into a larger space at Forget Me Not Antiques...and another company has approached me to shoot product for their website.

Oh my~~~Exciting but WOW this month is really flying by!

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We are having a garage sale this morning so I have got to go and get ready to set up early:)

Happy Pink Saturday to Beverly's group of ladies popping by! 

See you soon,

:Kay Ellen