2010 Jeweled Trees & Eddie Ross Wreath

Projects! I've been busy, busy making more Framed Jeweled Trees & here is part of my collection for 2010. I didn't get as many made as I had planned but I think I will keep making more for next year because I love this craft & can't stop making them :-)




They are great fun to create & each one turns out so unique & so different....so sparkly & pretty!







This was another fun & easy project. I've been gathering vintage ornaments for a couple of years & have finally made my Eddie Ross Wreath ~ Just about the easiest project & the cost was so cheap because I found the ornaments at estate & garage sales ~ most were in a "whole box for 3 dollars" which was a great find at an estate sale.


I am loving the days leading up to the holidays & plan to have a very relaxed & happy Christmas ~ Wishing everyone a very HAPPY HOLIDAY! xoxo Kathy

The Glow of Fall ~

Isabelle in her Fall Finery......

I love the GLOW of FALL!!


Fall candle glow & amber lights.......

Last fall's picture & sad to say I lost both of these beautiful guys :-( Rooster had a heat stroke in August & turkey just up & disappeared.....


BRIGHT yellow Maximillion Daisy.....

And the MAX over the pond.....

Basket of Horseapples found on fall evening walks & the PUMPKIN on the PORCH.........


My Garden Gate dressed for Autumn.......

Freshly picked fall bouquet of the Fairy Rose in it's new Fall Bloom & a lovely dish of Pumpkin Potpourri :-)

I'm enjoying my Autumn more than ever ~ open windows with breezes blowing, crisp cool country air, & cozy candlelit evenings in the cottage ~ Wishing everyone a happy, lovely fall!~~

Summer Blooms On.....

I am SO not ready for Summer to go! It's been a good one ~ my flowers linger on & for that I am glad. I have an over abundance of 4 O'Clocks this year but it's one that I love so much & their perfume is heavenly.....

The mini pond bloomed with water lilies......

Pretty pot of Mom's Impatiens on the front porch.......

Esperanza "Yellow Bells".....

The Blue Mist was covered with Butterflies all summer long....


A single Jimson Weed flower......so delicate & pretty

This was my first year of success with this gorgeous lavender Obedient Plant from a starter plant out of mom & dad's garden ~ mixed in with pretty Red Turk's Cap....

Obedient......I love their spikey tops


More 4 O'Clocks on the picket fence.....

A big surprise flower this year is this lovely white Jimson Weed ~ pretty much a baby plant last summer, it has turned into an enormous bush, covered with large creamy white flowers ~~ I lost count at 100 buds & blooms.....the picture above shows the buds about to open, picture below was the same evening just after dark, & the bottom picture was the following morning ~

Jimson Weed after dark.....

Jimson Weed the following morning......Lovely!

Now I plan to get ready for fall ~ bring on the Pumpkins, Golden Leaves, & Candle Glow! xoxo

Handmade Shoes~Summer 1974

A SUMMER MEMORY!~

When - June 1974

Where - Holiday Park Campground - Destin Beach, Florida

What - Embroidered Shoes - Made by Me

In 1974 on a summer camping trip to Destin, Florida with my family, my sister Linda & I sat on a picnic table & spent our summer days at Holiday Park Campground embroidering shoes. We made the tops out of muslin & embroidered colorful flowers on them. Then we took the tops off of our old Dr. Scholl's sandals & replaced them with our newly embroidered tops!

Needless to say, from looking at them I wore mine to pieces. Chips in the wood & very dirty!

I washed the tops & was amazed that they cleaned up very well ~ and they are now attached to a brand new pair of Dr. Scholl's that I found at a garage sale.
36 years later they are good as new! Linda recently wrote on her blog that she is embroidering a bedspread! Wow - So now I think I must look for a new embroidery project to do!

I love thinking of summer memories from the past just as much as I love making new ones! I hope everyone is having a GREAT SUMMER!!! Kathy xoxo

My Happy Garden ~

A little tour through my Happy Garden :-)

New Rooster ~ "Buddy"

Poppies & Bachelor's Buttons.....

The Secret Garden.....

Hollyhocks by the pond.....

The FAIRY ROSE was gorgeous this year.....

Beehives & Hollyhocks....

Mexican Hats & Larkspur......

I have a very happy summer garden & I'm loving these early summer days ~ Happy SUMMER! xoxo