Home Sweet Home #12

Welcome to Home Sweet Home!  For this special day I thought I would create something very romantic. 

To create this cone for my flowers, I just stapled together some poster board.  I then went to my go to place for vintage graphics The Graphic's Fairy.

I am trying not to texture every photo I put on here but I did just two.  This texture by 

Kim Klassen  is called Luminous.

Everyone ready for the Royal wedding?  Will you be watching?  Are you a little curious about the dress?  I am so wanting to see the flowers!  The trees they have been unloading into Westminster Abbey have me extremely excited.   Predictions on the flowers?  I am thinking white and bright greens.  Can't wait to see that!  

So, have yourself a spot of tea and enjoy the wedding, if your watching.  This Union Jack high tea post of mine is here.

I will link to these lovely blogs also.  Go and check them out.

Open House Thursday  at No Minimalists Here

Show and Tell Friday at My Romantic Home
Photo Feature Friday  at A Rosy Note

Vintage Inspiration Friday at Common Ground
Feather Your Nest  at French Country Cottage

My Favorite Things at Bargain Hunting and Chatting with Laurie

Guidelines for Home Sweet Home Party:

Please link up your intended post and not just your blog.  Link up something from your home or your garden that you would like to share. (vignettes, food, makeovers, projects, vintage, photography, flowers, etc.) 

Please put a link or my button IN your post so others can find it and join in. The button is on my sidebar.   If you are new here I hope you will become a follower.  No Etsy link ups or direct advertising, please.  Try to mingle and visit other participants.  Thanks.:)

Now let's see your beautiful homes!

White in the Garden

Whites in the garden can be so beautiful.  The ferns are unfolding and it is a wonderful lush time to enjoy the blooms.

I have edited most of these with Kim Klassen's Luminous texture.

I will join:

White Wednesdays at Faded Charm

Outdoor Wednesdays at A Southern Daydreamer

Go and visit these lovely blogs.

Baby Girl's Nursery Design

I'm living vicariously through a client of mine:  She's having a baby girl and I designed her nursery!  I'm doing the final installation today with my assistant, Meghan, and we're so excited!!

My client was looking for a fun, sophisticated nursery.  {When I walked into her living room for the first time, it looked like it had been done professionally, although she did it herself, so she has an amazing sense of style.}  She wanted fresh & happy and not over-the-top girly.  She's drawn to paisley and florals.  I thought I'd share our plans with you, so here's the floorplan we created for her:




And here's a quick peek at the pieces selected:

{The mobile (top left) has been custom made in our colors from Pink Perch on etsy.   We've done curtains out of the Schumacher floral (top right) and used the paisley blockprinted crib bedding, lamp, chair & table pictured.}

Here's a close-up of the Schumacher fabric:

It's wild & fun & not your typical girly floral. 

We mixed a few Pottery Barn kids pieces with a custom green viney chandelier by Stray Dog Designs  (one of my new favorites for lighting!) and an overscale seaweed print that we'll be tacking up with nailhead.  The "LILY" drawing on the right is a mock-up of a framed fabric panel with wooden beads & letters draped over it for the room.  The green polka-dotted fabric at bottom right is the fabric we used.

Here's a pic of the project {mid-stage} to give you an idea of what it actually looks like:

We're leaving in a couple of hours & I cna't wait to share 'after' pics with you!!

Even if I never have a little girl of my own (fingers still crossed though!) at least I got this chance to do little sweetie Lily's nursery!!  She's due in May and we're so happy for our clients!! 

If you'd like help creating a home you absolutely love, contact me about our design services.

It didn't rain!

You know you've been gone from the office for a while when you have to think about your passwords when logging back into your accounts.  I have to say that I would love another month away, but that's just not the way it works...  And I've realized just how many junk emails I get a day and it is CRAZY.  I need to get some sort of filter on there because for some reason I get multiple emails a day from women all over the world in their 20s asking me to marry them.  And I also get emails about enlargers.  (You know the kind I mean. ) Somewhere along the line, I must be logged into somewhere or some search engine or whatever as a lonely middle-aged man.  (Don't know what's up with that because I am not lonely.  ;)

Anyway, we had a really great break!  We dyed Easter eggs:

And the Easter Bunny hid them:

My children had peeps for breakfast:

peep! peep!

{they're honestly really gross to me but they are pretty cute.}

The kids looked far & wide for eggs:

Our backyard was pretty muddy but that didn't stop them:



I set an Easter table & we had our family over. 

{I used a massive piece of peachy-pink & aqua woven paisley fabric that I bought a while back as the table cloth.  It usually hangs out in our family room as a throw blanket.}

I topped it with a frayed aqua linen remnant and then loaded it with aqua bottles of daffodils from my garden as last-minute easy centerpieces. 

{I pretty much do everything in my own home last-minute, so I was lucky that I'd even planted my daffodil bulbs last-minute (this March!) and they came up late enough that they just bloomed this past week & I had flowers for Easter.}

We made eggs with everyone's names on them for placeholders:

{I only took a pic of this one because I took the pics before the party & didn't want the eggs all sitting out.}

My mom made these beautiful pansy cupcakes:

{She used actual pansies, which are edible}

...And I turned 29!

~And there it didn't rain!~ 

It almost always rains on my birthday so we were shocked when the sun held out & we had temperatures in the 80s.

Hope you had a happy Easter & I'm so envious of any of you that are still on vacation!!! 

Enjoy!!!

If you'd like help creating a home you absolutely love, contact me about our design services.

Beautiful Spring

I went visiting today and got to view some beautiful spring blooms.  The gardens are just about to come alive and we have had lots of rain so it should be quite a show.

I used textures by Kim Klassen, Simple Things, Luminous, and the last photo was Serendipity.

I will link to: 

Seasonal Sundays  at The Tablescaper

Metamorphosis Monday at Between Naps on the Porch

Texture Tuesday at Kim Klassen Cafe

Home Sweet Home #11

I am happy to join Debra at Common Ground for her Vintage Easter Inspiration Party.  Please go and visit her.  She has a beautiful blog and her home and ideas are very inspiring.

One of my favorite vintage Easter inspirations is the charming art of children's illustrators.

*Photography note- On this photo and the next one the light coming in the window made the photo look overexposed on the light surfaces. So, I added a texture at around 40 % opacity and it gave the overall photo a more even appearance.  The texture was from Kim Klassen.
 

One of my favorite illustrators is Beatrix Potter and her sweet illustrations from the Peter Rabbit series.  

It has inspired me so much I have taken my pencil and tried to draw like some of my favorite illustrators. 

It isn't just Beatrix Potter that inspires me I also admire Kate Greenway; illustrator from the 1870's, who drew such sweet images of children in empire waist dresses.

I love Tasha Tudor and the quaint little drawings she has that border her illustrations.

Mary Engelbreit is also a long time favorite.  I think that was the inspiration for this little chick.

 This little mouse was inspired by another illustrator from a chapter book.  I can't remember which one.

I also love old postcard illustrations.

What inspires you to create?  Is it vintage?  

Speaking of inspiration, you all are very inspiring and creative each week at this Home Sweet Home party.  I am so enjoying your post.  Thank you to everyone who joins me!  Have a wonderful Easter holiday!

I will link to these lovely blogs also.  Go and check them out.

Show and Tell Friday at My Romantic Home
Photo Feature Friday  at A Rosy Note
Feather Your Nest  at French Country Cottage

My Favorite Things at Bargain Hunting and Chatting with Laurie

Guidelines for Home Sweet Home Party:

Please link up your intended post and not just your blog.  Link up something from your home or your garden that you would like to share. (vignettes, food, makeovers, projects, vintage, photography, flowers, etc.) 

Please put a link or my button IN your post so others can find it and join in. The button is on my sidebar.   If you are new here I hope you will become a follower.  No Etsy link ups or direct advertising, please.  Try to mingle and visit other participants.  Thanks.:)

Now let's see your beautiful homes!