Happy news to share!!

I have been so excited to share this and now the time is right! I have recently signed on to design fabric for Timeless Treasures! Oh my gosh there I am right here! I am so thrilled as I am a huge fan of the gorgeous fabric they put out and, after meeting some of them in May at Market, I knew it would be such a great fabric home! The people are fantastic and I couldn't be more pleased to be with them. My first line with them is in the works and will show at Market in October! Pinch me! I cannot wait to show you this line!! I hope you like it as much as I do!

I love plants

I love plants. When we found this house seven years ago we walked through it and could see the potential beyond the darkest dark wood paneling that sucked all the light out of the room, the 40 plus year old shag carpeting- everything in the house was original to the day it was built in 1962, pink toilets and all. (our neighbor had lavender toilets! Ah the 60's!) As soon as I hit the backyard though I knew we would buy the house. It is a nice big yard with all kinds of old plants and trees that wrap around the yard and gives us privacy from the neighbors. I spend a lot of time out there now getting it just so and enjoying the quiet outdoor space.

Here are some of my favorites. Looking at my garden I realize how much I like foliage. I am a leaf girl. I loooove flowers but I think a gorgeous leaf is as lovely as the most beautiful flower.

But these flowers are pretty spectacular too...

My favorite geranium- Ann Folkard.

I love this little patch with the bugbane and the purple sage. That crocosmia (the really bright red flower)is the best for getting the hummingbirds to hang out at our house. Could you imagine how sweet to be a creature who eats from beautiful flowers all day?

I look at this and marvel (in not a good way!) at how behind the garden is from the cool and rainy spring and summer we are having.

I found this ornamental basil at my favorite local nursery. You can eat it but the flowers are so lovely and the plant itself is beautiful so I just admire it.

I have three big pots of hydrangeas right out the back door. I love to look out the door and see all that gorgeousness.

Banana plant...

Pineapple sage- if you rub the leaves it smells just like pineapple!

This is Ligularia. I loooove the leaves- Giant gorgeous leaves. This is the bud which I also love. It opens up to a cluster of bright yellow flowers.

I love it when...

you have an idea and then when you try to actually make it, it actually works! I bought these beautiful candle holders last week. They were $14.99 each (I bought two ). I also bought some aviation tin snips and carefully cut a hole in the bottom of each and tiny snips in the top to feed wires through so that they could be lamps. I bought these lamp cords, fed them through and hung them from the ceiling one on each side of our bed. They are hanging there now and we love them. The cords have switches on them so you just have to reach over and switch them on and off. I love the way they look and ,as I have zero electrical skills, they were nice and easy! I need to hang curtains and do a few other things and then I will put a photo of them in action. I don't even think you would really need to cut the hole in the bottom as there is a lot of decorative holes for the light to come through. And I love the color!