Happy Sunday and a Little Peek at Our Newest Sign

Just popping in to say I hope you all are having a lovely weekend! And to share a little peek of our newest sign that will be available later this week.

Happy Sunday!

Hydrangeas in the Dining Room

After three years we finally have hydrangeas in our yard to cut! Our Endless Summer ones are doing great and continue to bloom so I've been able to start cutting them which I LOVE! And our Bombshell ones are blooming like crazy so I've been able to cut lots of those finally now too! (Those aren't shown here but I have some pictures of them I'll share later in the week). It's been a particularly hectic few weeks here so I just have these hydrangea pics to share today but we are hoping to start on some bigger projects soon!

Source List:

Wall Color - Dove White by Benjamin Moore in Eggshell Finish
Trim Color - Simply White by Benjamin Moore in Semi-gloss Finish
Door Color - Mopboard Black by Benjamin Moore in Semi-gloss Finish
Beadboard Wallpaper - Allen and Roth from Lowe's

Artwork - Courage in Bloom from Deann Art
Wood Bookcase with Glass Doors - Wayfair
Chandelier - Savvy in Williamsburg, VA (also can be found here)
Farmhouse Table - I made it using this plan from Ana White's site. Stained with Rustoleum's Weathered Gray and Minwax's Provincial
Wingback Chairs - Birch Lane
Pillows - Birch Lane 
Upholstered Side Chairs - World Market 
Side Chairs - Joss and Main 
Navy Corduroy Pillows with Gold RL symbol - HomeGoods
Trophy Urn - The Arrow's Nest
Pears - Mix of real and faux ones from HomeGoods
Runner - Pottery Barn
Sideboard - Found at an antique shop in SC almost ten years ago, recently painted the same Mopboard Black as the doors
Bust - Gift
Lamps - HomeGoods
Mirror - Joss and Main
Rug - Joss and Main
Draperies - Ikea
Curtain Rods - Lowe's
Blinds - Lowe's (have since been discontinued)
Clock - Savvy Home and Garden about 5 years ago
Wrapping Paper - HomeGoods
Ribbon - Michael's
Blue Planter Centerpiece - Chaplin Large Planter from Birch Lane
Pitcher - Classic Glass Pitcher from Birch Lane
White Beaded Dishes - Milford Square Dishes from Birch Lane
Gold Plated Flatware - Wilmington Flatware from Birch Lane
Wood and Marble Cutting Board - Birch Lane
Hobnail Detailed Water Goblets - O'Keefe Water Goblets from Birch Lane
Hobnail Detailed Glasses - O'Keefe Glasses from Birch Lane
Platter - Milford Rectangular Platter from Birch Lane
Serving Bowl with Pears - Francesca Serving Bowl from Birch Lane 
Small Wood and Marble Cakestand - Russo Cake Stand from Birch Lane
Napkins - Mariana Napkins from Birch Lane 
Two black and white prints - gift
Botanical Print - Birch Lane

*Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links. At no additional cost to you, we may get a commission if you make a purchase through one of these links.  Painting provided by Deann Art in exchange for this post. All thoughts and opinions are our own. 

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Happy Friday

I hope you all are having a wonderful Friday! We thought we would pop in and share a wonderful shop with you called Le Papier Studio. The owner Vana is so talented and easy to work with and I love their jewelry, especially this Silhouette Charm Necklace with Lillie and Lola's sweet little faces. She's running a special discount through April 7th for our readers. You can get 20% off your order by using the code DEAR20. These would make such beautiful Mother's Day gifts!

Have a fabulous weekend!

Happy Friday and a New Print

Happy Friday! We just wanted to pop in real quickly with a couple of cheery pictures and our newest print. 

You can find our latest print in our shop. This one is a quote from Hans Christian Anderson and a fun one to have out for spring and summer. 

Source list:

Sink - signature hardware
Faucet - Wayfair (in Satin Nickel)
Cabinet color - Winter Gates in semigloss by Benjamin Moore
Backsplash - basic white subway tile
Faux Roman Shade - we made it, more info can be found here

Have a fabulous weekend!

Happy Tuesday

We are a little behind on posting but just wanted to pop in to say we hope you are all having a wonderful July! You can find the whoopie pie recipe we use here.

Happy Friday

I hope you all have had a lovely week! We've been working out in our yard quite a bit this spring and it's fun being able to pick different type of flowers from our yard. Our peonies are all gone now, but we've picked some delphinium and yesterday I picked our first ever roses from our garden.

We added the delphinium with a few other little flowers with some faux pears we got at HomeGoods and limes we got at Savvy Home and Garden several years ago and mixed them all together on this pretty silver stand from The Painted Fox.

Source List 

Wall Color - Kendall Charcoal by Benjamin Moore in Matte Finish

Trim Color - Simply White by Benjamin Moore in Semi-gloss Finish

Door Color - Mopboard Black by Benjamin Moore in Semi-gloss Finish

Beadboard Wallpaper - Allen and Roth from Lowe's

Chandelier - Savvy in Williamsburg, VA

Farmhouse Table - I made it using this plan from Ana White's site. Stained with Rustoleum's Weathered Gray and Minwax's Provincial

End Chairs and Side Chairs - World Market

Tufted Bench - Home Goods

Side Chairs next to Sideboard - Joss and Main

Mirror - Restoration Hardware (six or seven years ago but I think they still sell it)

Lamps - HomeGoods

Horse - Joss and Main

Drapery Panels - IKEA Ritva Panels 

Drapery Rods - Lowe's

Sideboard - The Velvet Shoestring (consignment shop - then painted with AS's French Linen chalk paint)

Silver Stand  - The Painted Fox

Runner - World Market

Flowers - Picked from outside

Faux Pears - HomeGoods

Limes - Savvy Home and Garden 

Clock - Joss and Main

I hope you all have a fabulous weekend! 

Baby's Breath Pom Tutorial (And What NOT To Do)

 

I had seen several beautiful examples of Baby's Breath Pom's on Pinterest and in magazines but I couldn't find a tutorial for one despite looking and looking. I figured it couldn't be hard so I thought I would give it a shot and take pictures as I went. I tried making part of one at home a few weeks before and used floral foam that I soaked and I was really happy with how it turned out. For Lola's party we just went with dry foam, figuring that would make them lighter and easier to hang - that was a big mistake. We made them on Wednesday and the party was going to be Saturday evening. By Friday they were already getting kind of dried up and shriveled looking. =( So, here is a step by step how we made them, but I would HIGHLY recommend getting the floral foam that you can soak if you are going to make them more than a day or two ahead of time. I have to say I was really disappointed in how they looked by the time of her party. They had looked so beautiful just a few days earlier!

So, with that little disclaimer, here is the step by step:

First we bought those long logs of floral foam at Michael's. They came in a pack of four. Going that route was WAY cheaper than buying spheres. One sphere alone was more expensive than the whole pack of the rectangular foam which we could get 8 and 12 of our own "home-made" spheres out of.

We took one of the rectangles and cut it into three square cubes.

 

Then we used a knife and kind of "whittled" away at the corners to make it more of a sphere. It doesn't need to be perfect, or anything close to perfect. You just need to get a vague shape.

Then we cut down the baby's breath into little bunches like this.

Now for the fun part, start poking them into the foam!

And before you get to far into it, tie some twine or raffia around your foam so that you can hang these.

And then you just keep on going. Once you have it all filled in cut some little bunches in different lengths that you can use to fill in spots to help make it into a nice looking circle/sphere. And that's it!
 I really loved the light, airy look of these and plan on making more in the future - I will just make sure to go back to use the floral foam that can be soaked!

 You can see more pictures from Lola's party here.

I hope you all have a wonderful Tuesday!

Every Day is the Best Day and Valentine's Pillows

I had been playing around trying to add a quote to the photo above of our hydrangeas on our back porch and couldn't find anything that seemed right for the new year. Then, I saw this Ralph Waldo Emerson quote on Joan's blog with a beautiful photo and thought it would be perfect. What a wonderful quote to start 2012 off with! And here are a few more shots of the hydrangeas.

We have been busy working away here. Lillie and I did a little painting project in the kitchen this afternoon and tomorrow I am hoping to get started on two projects to finish off our master bedroom. Actually I am kind of dreading one of them but I know once it is done I will be so glad I did it. And then this weekend I am hoping to pain a large piece of furniture for the tiny little hallway at the top of our stairs. It is one of the few places in our home that I have never really done anything with. I found the perfect piece at a consignment shop yesterday but wanted to come home and measure first to make sure it would fit. It's going to be a TIGHT squeeze but it should work so I am excited to go back tomorrow and get it. I hope it's still there! And I have been on the hunt for some chairs to fix up and a storage piece for our entryway. No luck with those yet, though. I really want to have all this done in the next ten days but not so sure that is going to happen. =) 

We are starting to get our Valentine's inventory ready to sell. We won't be doing any clothing this year, but will be offering several home items over the next few weeks as we finish them up. 

Today we have our 12 by 16 Je T'aime pillow covers back in stock!

I hope you all have a wonderful Thursday! I will be back tomorrow with TWO free downloads!