January Mantel

Hi Everyone

 Happy Wednesday

♥

January is always such a peaceful month 

after all the hustle bustle and craziness of the last few months of the year

filled with parties and family entertaining

it feels like the house sighs with delight at the peace and quiet

{Love}

to really look at our home in January 

to re-access 

even move things around from room to room

Do you do this too

Change is part of our lives 

it feels good to mix things up

 start fresh and try something new 

The best part about change is we can

 look with a new eye and a sense of wonder

it can inspire us just like nature 

Our mantel  this beautiful sunny morning
in January with a favorite vase

 filled with flowers from our garden 

 and simply surrounded by curly flowing branches

 ♥

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romantic saying for today

"Only you have the capacity to fill my heart with such joy and wonder"

P.B.

♥

Pam

Feeling Like Royalty

 

Hi Everyone

 Happy Thursday

♥ 

We Found this vintage

 Royal Crown Cola

wooden bottle carrier and I just could not walk away from

the crown logo
but to be truthful with you
 I had no idea what I was going to use it for
 and in our house
 if it isn't useful and beautiful
then it usually is gone fast

We quickly learned how handy these
wooden carriers are

 to have around the house 

 {Love} 

to use this one to bring flower packs outside for planting

 it fits four six packs perfectly

and it even has handles
on the sides

  The Royal carrier ended up on the dining room table

 it looked so cute that it  stayed there
  for a few days

 before we took it outside to plant the flowers

 ♥

Our dining room with the
 royal carrier
in the sunlight this morning

Time to go outside
grateful for such a beautiful sunny day

Let the planting begin...
sounding pretty royal don't you think
LOL
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romantic saying for today

"My heart is and always will be yours"
 Austen


♥
Pam

Garden flowers

 Hi Everyone

 Happy Friday
♥

These flowers will be planted in the garden

 this weekend

But in the mean time they

 look right at home in the dining room resting in a vintage basket that is always 

waiting to be filled with flowers

 One of my favorite tricks to save money is to 

shop our local nursery for flowers I can  later plant in the garden

and eventually cut to bring in the house

 These multi colored  hearty flowers called stock will grow

and spread through out the garden

♥ 

They were only 3.79 each 

{a bargain}

at the nursery

 much less than a bouquet would cost and 

once planted will  multiply and spread 

 Stock is a very hardy flower to grow and it has a heavenly fragrance too

Last year we planted several different flowers

 and the stock was so plentiful we ended up selling

 bouquets on the corner in cans for a dollar

They were very popular !!!

All the neighbors keep asking us if we are planting them again this year

We have our fingers crossed it will not rain ALL weekend here

 so we can start playing

 {planting}

 in the garden

♥

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romantic saying for today

"A Kiss seals two souls for a moment in time"

unknown

♥

Pam