Are you kidding me?
You all know my passion is interior design, but I also love weddings and events. So in order to feed my addiction of all things weddings, I have an Etsy shop that I make and sell silk flower balls and bouquets. I love my little Etsy shop and working with brides.
The most amazing thing happened to my little Etsy shop today. I got an email this morning stating I was on the Etsy front page. Are you kidding me? I thought for sure it was some type of advertisement scam. I clicked on it just in case and it was legitimate! I can not tell you how loud I squeeled. Two years I have had my shop open and never once had I ever been on their front page. Not that I ever thought I would be, there are a TON of sellers with awesome creative items, but it has always been a secret dream to be on there.
I took a screen shot since I knew it would be gone in a couple of hours. I wanted to savor it for as long as I could
Mine is the third picture on the left, the white and green ranuncula flowers. It just made my day.
I also sent out my second international order today, {my first being to Japan} to the country of Azerbaijan. Never heard of it, have you? Here is where it is located.
Steal of deal
It was super, duper hot yesterday in San Diego, mid 90′s. The kind of hot where you go to get in your car and the steering wheel is so hot you can’t even touch it! I felt as if I was in the middle of the summer in Arizona, I want my 75 degrees back.
Luckily I went out in my yard before it got too hot and picked some flowers to put in my newly purchased Kaiser white bisque porcelain vases.
I found them this weekend for 60% off at an antique store. It was a steal of a deal that I couldn’t pass up.
In case you don’t know where this tiny mantle is, it is in my office. I love decorating this mantle because I am in my office so much I really get enjoy what ever I put up there.
I put some of my alstroemeria in them, but I think the season for my alstroemerias are coming to an end, darn it! They are such a long lasting flower, I am going to miss them.
Aren’t the vases so pretty? They are white porcelain bisque with beautiful raised relief on the outside. Perfect size for my mantle. I just love the artistry of them.
Here is a close up of my terracotta birds. Found these at an Estate sale a while back. Kinda quirky but I love them.
Fresh Flower Shopping From Home
When I sit at my computer like I am now, I look out my window and see this
Blue skies, birds and beautiful pink flowers growing on the tree. This is California living in the middle of winter, the reason I love living here. I decided to take a Sunday stroll around my yard today and was surprised on how many flowers were in bloom. I went and grabbed my scissors (now that is a real gardener huh?) and started cutting. And this is what I came in with
Calli lilies, sweet peas, hydrangeas, alstroemerias, and some daffodils.
Can you believe it? It was as if I went to the flower market, I was shocked! I made a couple of arrangements with them and set them around the house
I was pleasantly surprised to see those yellow daffodils in bloom, they are so fragrant!
I love alstroemeria flowers, they really last a long time as a cut flower.
That picture is of me and my daughter Shannon. It was taken at her 70′s themed birthday party a couple of years ago, the one and only time I have been a blond.
My Daughter’s Wedding
Well, today has been one year since my daughter got married. I will tell you that I worked non stop for 6 months pulling this wedding together. Sewing table toppers, 250 invites, menus, centerpieces, guest seating tickets, you name it I did it. {well not the cooking!} We had it at our home, ceremony and reception. Great right? Well, I forgot that after I volunteered to design the wedding and everything that went with it, I had to spruce up my yard! That was stressful, and I must admit, sometimes I wish we would of had it another venue. But you can’t find a place like ours, the view, and the sentimental value it holds to us as a family. So it was all worth it, and it was so beautiful. Here is a glimpse of their day {not all pictures are taken by a professional photographer, I just pulled together what I had quickly}
These are their engagement Pictures. They met at college, he playing baseball, her playing soccer.
The ceremony and the “dog of honor” 
Details of the reception
The Wedding Cake
The movie stars…yep they got published in a magazine. Recognize the bathrooms? Yep those I designed and so I guess I was published to! Happy anniversary Shannon and Nate, I love you.
A solution for my pots and urns
I am not a photographer by any means, but I was given a nice camera for my birthday last year and it happened to be around my neck as I was walking through my yard, so I just started snapping pictures. I was admiring the beautiful day through my camera lens, taking random pictures of some of the areas I love in my backyard.
But as I was taking the pictures, I noticed something. Most of my pots and urns had dead plants in them or none at all.
Now as you can see from this last picture, we get A LOT of wind where we are. Look at the rug, that is the wind blowing the rug around as I was taking the picture. Even though I have most of the pots hooked up to a drip system, the wind and our well water just reek havoc on anything I plant in a container.
So this is what I am waiting for in the mail.
Self watering conversion kits for pots. I ordered them from Gardener’s Supply Company.
Wish me luck! I will keep you posted as to the success or failure of my new find.
Train Case Planter & Garden Sign
I saw two of the cutest train cases at a flea market that were painted white and wrapped in burlap and lace . They were just stunning! I came so close to buying them, but they were a little too big for where I wanted to put them. This weekend, I attempted to recreate what I feel in love with. But I couldn’t bring myself to paint this cool teal color of my train case, so I left it as it was. I opted not to do the burlap but just the lace. I still love the other one I saw, and I might buy it if I see it again, but for now this little cutie resides by my garden.
I purchased the train case off of ebay, $15, and the garden tools at an estate sale for $1. I dressed up the tools with fabric and a little bit of antiquing spray to give them a vintage look. All the rest of the accessories I already had laying around in my stash.
Since I was on a roll sprucing up my garden space, I also re-purposed this silver platter I found at the thrift shop into a sign for my garden. I taped off the outside of the tray and painted the middle with chalkboard paint.
Flower Finds – Ikea Decor
I love shopping at Ikea because it’s great for people on a budget. While I was surprised about the lack of flowers this season (especially with flowers adorning every spring runway), I did spot several lovely flower finds on my latest shopping trip.
Sunflower Summers
Have you planted your sunflower seeds this spring?
Crocheted Sunflower Baby Booties
Teacup Ring Alice in Wonderland
