~Pretty Flowers~

Happy Monday my dear friends. What a beautiful weekend we had here in my neck of the woods, so I thought I would share with you some the lovely flowers in bloom around our home.
It was my birthday on March 7th and my parents came over for a birthday visit and brought these ever so lovely freshly cut tulips. We have a tulip farm in Modesto, and the flowers are just amazing.

When I look inside the bloomed tulip it always reminds of a kaleidoscope.

Gary knows I love orchids, he bought this lavender orchid for me for our Anniversary on February 21st. We celebrated 34 years.

And of course my white orchid, this baby just keeps blooming every year. I think she is "beautiful"

This is my little gal, she only has one bloom so far, but many more to come.

Outside the garden is showing signs of springs.


Until next time, I hope your days are full of sunshine and flowers!
Big hugs my friends ~Elizabeth~

~Three Tables~

In January my Uncle passed away (my Mom's brother John) One of his passions was woodworking. He made these three tables many years ago, they are made of pine with table tops that lift off. Plenty of storage for yarn and magazines. They also hide all the remote controls (I love that). I just couldn't leave them and so we brought them home and gave them a good cleaning and some fresh wood stain.
They remind me of simpler times when the furniture was crafted by the man of the house.
Gary and I use Minwax wood stain. They have many colors to choose from now, we chose a blue and a red stain. I didn't want to change them to much because Uncle John had made them. So Gary and I thought just changing the table top color would refresh them and bring new life to these very old tables.
And Wa-La here they are. I adore this shade of blue. It went on very nicely after we sanded all the varnish off.




The red table top had a lamp post and the lampshade that was on it was in very bad shape, so we purchased a new shade and I added a bit of whimsy. These little tables are a perfect size to nestle into a small corner.

Enjoy your week and keep warm, we had a lot of rain and hail off and on today. I couldn't wait to get home from work and curl up on the couch by the fire and crochet.
Big hugs to you all~Elizabeth

~I have a Button~

Oh, look at what Jaclynn made for me! I am so excited, my very own button! If you would like to add my button to your blog just look on the right side bar of my blog and copy and paste, easy as that.

Thank you so much Jaclynn (I love it) and you are a dear for making it for me (X & O)

I have know Jaclynn since she was a little girl and I am so proud of her for growing into the lovely, caring and thoughtful young women she is today.

Until next time may the sunshine on your shoulders and in your heart~Elizabeth

~Pillows from (The French Elements)~

New pillows from Barb at The French Elements . Barb embroiderers the prettiest pillows! they are so soft and family friendly.
I fell in love with the cream and white french floral. I couldn't decide what flower to choose so I purchased one of each!.
They are so similar but different and they seem to complement each other very well.
This pillow is in Italian and says "Bless our Home".
I have been wanting a monogram pillow for sometime now, I love Barb's work so I decided to ask her to design one for me. She said she would and here it is.
I adore it and it's just so soft and it added the touch to our bed I was looking for. Now of course as you all know me so well by now, I will probably move it around the house as I do all my pillows. I love how pillows add the touch of whimsy around the home. What one little pillow can do for a old comfortable chair or couch.

Thank you Barb for making the monogram pillow for me.



Until next time, Forget the days troubles and remember the days blessings! Elizabeth


P.S. My scanner has not been working well, so just as soon as it's fixed I will post the pattern for the white heart crochet afghan and the white and red plaid. Thank you for inquiring about the patterns.

~Sister's House-Part Two~

Margo and David have the "Best" Master Bathroom ever!. It's has a spa tub, T.V, fireplace, shower, double sinks and a potty with a room of it's own. Also lots of storage. With a bathroom like this who needs to go out to a SPA.

I love the ceramic fishes all lined up in a row. The colors are so tropical. Did you see Margo's touch of Orange. (She love's her Orange).
The Master Bedroom to me is very Bohemian. Margo used vinyl stencils on the wardrobe mirror's "Together a great place to be", so very true.
Silk drapes in brown and cream.
The wall medallion Margo made by using a stencil and spackle.
This is a beautiful lamp statue that sits on top of the dresser.

And for love of retro, a lava lamp!.
Margo's Office is a quite place for her, she is working on her Master's degree and spends many, many hours in here. So of course you have to have the things you love surrounding you.
In the Office there is a vintage dresser that Margo painted white and then painted the flowers of course orange with the accents in green. I love this dresser. The flowers remind me of 1970. There I go again aging myself "smiling". Now for the little girl in all of us, there are just some things we cling to from our childhood and my sister loves her troll dolls!
And Gumby!!!! I loved Gumby too.
Margo also collects poodle figurines. Here are just a few.

Now for the Laundry room, another collection of Margo's is her 1950's goldfish. They are all lined up behind the washer and dryer, I hope they don't swim away.. I think they are just the cutest!


Do you remember the 1964 movie "The Incredible Mr. Limpet" with Don Knotts, I know I'm showing my age. But doesn't this little green fish with the top hat remind you of him?. I love this little guy he is just soooo cute!
Until we meet again, keep well and "Remember the days blessings and forget the days troubles"
Hugs and Smile~Elizabeth