star gazing in the garden

How could you not love Stargazer Lilies?? So pretty with pink and the white, towering high and smelling so good.

The Stargazer lily was created in 1978 by Leslie Woodriff, a lilybreeder in California. The plant is an Oriental hybrid lily which she named "Stargazer," because the blooms faced the sky. I would always love getting them in at the florist.

Does anyone else have them in their garden?

coffee table vignette

Another arrangement in my home. This one is on my coffee table in the living room. Surrounded by a scrapbook from our recent cruise and our wedding album. This one I made at work when I first started at my current job, it was finally marked down and it was always one of my favorites I made, so I had to get it!! Arrangement with tan hydrangeas, spanish moss, and green ferns. Simple and elegant.

find of the week: green bird

This little beauty I found at a sale not too long ago. A beautiful glass cloche accented with a glass green bird on top for a handle.

For now I placed both on a pretty vintage dinner plate. It sits on an antique sewing table in my front living room window.

I got this a small little plant called Episcia, Pink Dream; at the local flower shop back in March. I just love the pink and green leaves. One of my favorite color combos!!

hydrangeas

I was so hoping that my hydrangeas this year would bloom. Last year I had no luck with my hydrangea plants. But this year, I am pleased to say that they did! Now I don't have one of those HUGE bushes I see in almost everyones yard. Mine I bought at Home Depot, a small plant, so I was hoping for the best. The blossom I got this year is amazing. Beautiful light pink in color and a huge flowering head. Just take a look!

This is from another hydrangea bush I just recently got handed down to me. A little darker in color and still beautiful!

Hydrangeas for me are a beautiful sign of summer!

my favorite thing

Cindy over at My Romantic Home is hosting a "Our Favorite Things" event about your own home.

My favorite thing about my own home is my Welsh Hutch. My Grandfather made this for my husband and I for our first wedding anniversary (last year). He had made my Mom and Dad one long ago and I had always loved theirs.

It's great to store my fancy dishes and serving pieces, along with my linens to dress the table. I will always cherish this hutch because it has so much hard work and love that went into making it. And it means so much that my Grandfather took the time to make it for us!!

a new look for me

I thought it was time to get a banner made for my blog. I've been looking around to see whose style I really like, then I came across Gail from Mind Wide Open. I really liked hers on her blog and saw examples of her work. She's the one to do it! I really love how it turned out, fitts me to a "T"!!!

Thanks Gail!!

new items in the shop!

Matted floral pictures

Mini silver spoons

beautiful hankies