Spring Polkadots

Pink polka dots.

You can't get any more Spring than that.

Perfect for jumping in mud puddles and trips to the pond.

A little chalk board art, inspiration found on Pinterest.

I am starting to bring out Spring colors throughout the house.

Are you ready for Spring?

Silly question!

We all are ready for SPRING!!

Progress

I have been taking advantage of the great weather we have been having to get some projects worked on.

Remember that frame I showed you a couple of weeks ago.

FINISHED!

I dry brushed the frame with old white chalk paint and added a wood insert painted with chalk board paint.  I love the detail of the frame.

Words soon to come "HOUSE RULES" necessary for a smooth summer while mom is at work.

Before and during the painting process of an antique fireplace mantel I bought at an antique sale.

Sorry for the odd picture, this sucker is heavy and I did not want the beveled mirror to fall out.

I can't wait to get it into my living room.

The garden before, just a pile of sand and some weeds.

It has already begun to look much better.

I was lucky to start with a fence and a wild white rose bush as my backdrop.

Add some dirt and plants.

This is the back of the garden as seen from the driveway. 

I always try to add a path through my gardens for the children and myself.

I love to walk through my gardens early in the morning with a cup of coffee and see how my plants are doing. 

But, I am not done yet!

 

 

I still have several groupings of plants that have yet to be planted.

And who am I kidding, the planting season has only just begun.

There is always room for more flowers.

So, that is what keeps me busy these days.

How about you? 

Are you busy planting, painting, sewing, or are you relaxing?

I Can NOT Idle

I do not know about other creative people, but myself, I can not just SIT for very long.  I read a few magazine pages and an idea comes.  I'm up and off to look in my stash of, fabric, paint, objects.  It does not matter, just something new to do.  Lately I have been a mad woman working on one new project after another.  I have not been this creative in a long time. 

In some ways it is very good, GOOD, and in some ways it is very bad, BAD.  I have come up with a lot of new creations to take to the flea market, but every room has evidence that I have been working in it.  The kitchen table is filled with candles and tags of every sort.  There are frames drying on the kitchen table.  The dinning room is full of fabric scraps and chairs waiting to be reupholstered.  The basement has fabric all over, waiting for me to decide where I might need some.  The garage is a disaster zone, 1/2 painted furniture waiting for a second or third coat.  You can not even walk in the shed, it is being dismantled of all the pretty treasures I am going to sell in the flea market.  My office, there is only enough room to get to the computer keyboard.  AHHHHHHH

Does anyone else's creativity do this to them.  There are many projects that I have finished and they just have to be packed away.  I have a tendency to do multiple projects at a time, my thinking is, if one piece is drying, why do nothing or CLEAN the house, when I could be painting another piece of furniture.

Today, in between finishing all of my different projects I will show you a few that have been or are almost finished.

Papered cork boards and button and shell pins.  The idea for the papered cork board I got from seeing a sneak peek at Tattered and Timeless wall panel, I did not use whole pages but rather parts of them.  I can't wait to see her booth, it is going to be amazing.

Chalk boards in vintage frames.  This idea came after seeing them at My Sweet Savannah, I thought, hey I have tons of vintage frames.  Out came the paint, then I raided my brother's stash of extra wood.  A perfect fit.  So far I have made five, the extra one is for MOI!

Dressers, mirrors, shelves, OH MY!  Most of these just need a touch up and they are done

I am SO ready for this flea market to be here.  I don't know if my family I can handle another two weeks of being creative.  I just hope for all the hard work that it turns out to be a wonderful day.  Thanks for stopping by, I'm off to paint something, or glue, or sew.  Oh the fun I will be having.