recipe for rest and relaxation...

a cool spring day...

A little drizzle..

moss on the cement...

purple flowers...

gray clouds...

my recipe for a little R & R...

people that love white slipcovers lie...

I have had white slipcovers... and all those magazines that say that they are great, even with kids and animals... lie. either they don't let their kids sit on them, and their animals never, ever lay on them...

or they wash them every other day...

or their white slipcovers are really beige from dirt...

I finally, after a year of white slipcovers, found a steal of a deal and recovered my dirty couch and chair (no matter how much I bleached them...they always looked dirty...) and the new slipcovers inspire me...

flea market finds...

I found quite a few decks of retro, vintage cards...

but my favorite find has to be about a hundred little vials of powdered paint...

that was used for painting china...

these are tiny and have fun wee labels on them...

some are already listed on ETSY. It is cloudy and rainy here...I am loving it! hope you are all enjoying your weekend...

If roses grow in heaven...Happy Mother's Day

this is a repost from last Mom's Day... I just can't say it any better...

If Roses grow in Heaven, Lord please pick a bunch for me, Place them in my Mother's arms and tell her they're from me. Tell her I love her and miss her, and when she turns to smile, place a kiss upon her cheek and hold her for awhile. Because remembering her is easy, I do it every day, but there's an ache within my heart that will never go away. to my mom, and to all those moms out there... Happy Mother's Day... all my love. not sure who wrote this...have had it for awhile...

new on ETSY

I have been trying to get my ETSY shop up and running...so I added more to it this week...

thought I would give you a peek...

I am listing a bunch of vintage things...

all a bit different...

but I am finding that it is fun going through all my supplies and stashes...

Hope you all are having a great weekend... the sun has come out... I must go out and play!