Designs by Pinky: May 2014

Wednesday, May 21, 2014

Summer Changes in the Breakfast Room

I am always changing the hutch in the breakfast room, it seems. I love to change things seasonally but also to mix things up a bit!!! I also change the 2 shelving things (that are actually plant stands). I got them MANY years ago and now they live in the breakfast room. Here is what we have right now!

Since we have been gardening outside ALOT, I am using alot of gardening elements in this room for now. Birdhouses, gardening implements, birds etc.

My birdhouse lamp is one of my favorites.

For those of you who don't know, Joe built this hutch for me. We saw one very similair up in Lancaster county and he made a sketch on a piece of scrap paper and came home and built it for me!!! He did it like the Amish do: you can not see ANY nails or screw. Great craftmanship!!!!

My large birdhouse sits on top now. And some bee skeps that I love.

I love the galvanized wartering can and placed one of my gardening figurines on the edge.

I kept this large bunny out because I just love him!

I made this napkin holder many years ago too; painted it and added the flowers, bird and pots.

I also painted this gardening cart, added the flowers and little signs and gardening hat!

I got this green matal jar on our trip to Fl. this past winter. Along with another turtle shell, I just lve them Our neighbor actually has baby turtles that just hatched in her side yard!!!!

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Saturday, May 17, 2014

~Gardening at the Table~

I have gotten all of my gardening things out now and decided to do a table with that theme. We have been gardening like crazy for several weeks now and our labors are starting to show. ALL of the mulch is done, the beds are edged, new bushes and flowers are planted, the roses are BLOOMING!!! My heart is full!!!! I just HAPPEN to have a set of dishes with a gardening theme:):) Shocker, I know. Here is what I came up with. I got a new camera for Mother's day and I can tell a big difference in my pictures! Do you see that they are so much clearer and brighter? For some reason these came up in the wrong order? Not sure why but hope you enjoy:)

There is alot of green at this table, which is calming to me. I think green is a great neautral.

I used these topiaries cause the dishes have a topiary on them too.

I use the watering can S and P all summer.

I used 2 napkins gatherd with a simple ring and then placed the gardening set in the ring. These are actually place card holders but we know our places:):)

The nest tealight holders are a favorite.

A bee has landed on the topiary pot!

My dinner dish is not Pfaltzgraff but the other pieces are.

I placed some of the roses from our garden at our places, they smell heavenly!

This one is called Princess Diana.

I love this tiny watering can with the birds on it. I love anything with birds!

Detail of the salad plate.

My green handled flatware is back on the table and my white chargers.

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Thursday, May 8, 2014

Guest Posting at Between naps on the Porch!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Good morning!!! Please head right on over to Susan's at Between Naps on the Porch! for my guest post. I was SO thrilled and honored when Susan asked me to do a guest post!!! I have been followng Susan since the days of RMS and then her beautiful blog. She is such a sweet, generous person. She has really been a mentor to me too, since I started blogging, helping me with anything I asked her. I hope you follow her, if not you are missing out!!! Here are a couple of peeks at the post:)

Monday, May 5, 2014

~Gardening this Weekend!!!~

This weekend we were BUSY! And by we I mean mostly Joe!!! I used to be able to help ALOT more with the mulching but it kills my back now so I do what I can. I did help and I did plant flowers but he does the bulk of the work. I am SO grateful. Here is what we got accomplished so far. We got 8 yards of mulch delivered and most of it is done now. Here is the front of the house. The HOA mulches the front, but I like the mulch we got much better. It is darker and shredded finer as you will see.

I planted impatiens across the front cause they only get a few hours of late afternoon sun.

A pretty begonia in a pot as you go up the sidewalk.

The front porch. Today it will be changing. I got the flowers for the copper pot and will get them planted now. I also put some impatiens in the small green pot.

I LOVE how this bed turned out. The huge boulders were on the property when we started building so we told the builder to LEAVE THEM, please!!!! Joe built the birdhouse and there are eggs in there.

I planted tulips, and hyacynths around here then begonias around the perimeter so we have color all summer. We also have a hummingbird feeder here. The weeds are dying so we are trying to get the lawn looking better!!!

This is the west side of the house so lots of sun here. All of the birdhouses around the yard, Joe built.I also am getting hanging baskets for this hook today.

Can you see the difference in the mulch?

I love the DARK mulch. That is a vibunum blooming and it smells HEAVENLY!!!

Looking around to the back of the house.

A corner bed. 2 roses and another bush that I can't remember:)

The first tree here is a hydrangea topiary!

We lost 2 butterfly bushes that were in this bed so Sunday we got 2 new bushes to replace them. The feeder is for blue birds, we fill it with mealworms and they LOVE it! That is monarda coming up too.