Sweet Bouquet

This morning I made this little nosegay from flowers in the garden. I was experimenting to get ideas for my wedding flowers. I really like these flowers and colors. I am hoping to be able to get something similar.

Blue

My wedding colors are green and blue. We have been getting ideas for decorating and flowers. We have been finding pretty blue glass vases and jars at thrift stores. I am also hoping to use blue delphinium in the bouquets. Here are some of our blue finds.

Garden Planning

The weather has been warm and sunny. I am itching to get the garden planted. We have big plans for the garden this year. The only problem is finding place to plant everything. Today we tilled up a large area for planting. We still need to put in some fences and make hills and rows, but it is coming along. My little seedlings are doing well out on the back porch. I will try to get some garden pictures to post soon. Melissa bought the lovely bleeding heart plant pictured above.

Bright and Cheerful

Aren't these flowers cheery? I just love the color combination!

Wildflowers

Yesterday after church a group of us went out to see the wildflowers. It was a beautiful day for the excursion. There were fields of blue, yellow and orange flowers. There were patches of small purple and white flowers also. We enjoyed exploring the hillsides and picking lovely bouquets.

Here are some of the flowers we saw. I only know the names of a few of them.


California poppies and a few lupines



Cheerful yellow flowers


These dainty blue flowers were some of my favorites.


California poppy

Lilac

The first lilacs are blooming. I was playing around with the camera and liked the way this photo turned out.

New Cards

I have two new cards in the shop. In a way both of these were inspired by some adorable fabric I picked up one day. I made the skirt card first for my sisters birthday. I liked it so much that I created another one to list on Etsy. The illustration card was inspired by the colors in the fabric and the beautiful blossoms that have been blooming around here. I made it as a wedding card to go along with the hotpads I posted about here. Again I was so pleased with the way it turned out that I made another to sell.

Blossom Illustration Card














Blossom Skirt Card














Inspiration!

Still Having Too Much Fun!

I haven't been doing anything very creative lately. Today we went with a group bowling and then out to ice cream. Tomorrow we are taking a day trip with more friends. It has just been one big party around here. It will be hard to get back to normal life :)

This morning I was able to prepare part of my garden for spring planting. I am excited about that. Now I need to go clean my room and pay bills.

All the trees in the orchard are blooming now. It is so beautiful. I had fun taking some photos of the blossoms with our new camera!

An Ordinary Day

I can't really think of anything to post today. Monday is not my favorite day of the week. It tends to be kind of a blah day. Today was one of those Mondays. It has been gray and rainy all weekend and I am longing for some sunshine. It did peek out briefly today, but it wasn't long enough. This morning we were completely out of hay for the horses and goats. So we had to run and get a couple bales to hold us over until we get a load delivered on Thursday. I drove the hay down to the shed and nearly got stuck in the mud! It was still a little too wet to be driving out there. I was also able to get outside and pull some old wire cages out of the ground where I want to make a garden and set a few gopher traps. I hope they work, we have a terrible gopher problem! Doesn't it sound like an exciting day?


I would like to share this stunning photo that Melissa took a few days ago.

Looking Like Spring

It is such a pretty sunny day outside. It is starting to look like spring. After the rain we had last week the hills are all tinted with soft green. These dainty Paperwhites are some of the first flowers to bloom in our yard. They look lovely sitting on our windowsill along with a blue glass bottle.