Showing posts with label peonies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label peonies. Show all posts

Saturday, August 1, 2015

Five Favorite Things

Happy Weekend! It's another busy weekend around here, finishing up with Back to School! I am not quite ready to give up the lazy relaxing days of Summer. This year, I am with the children, I think one more week of Summer Vacation is in order. Last night we finally got our monsoon. I didn't get to finish painting Katelyn's dresser, but we needed the rain so much more! Here are Five Things that have been on my mind this week!

Vintage Ball Jar Teacher Gift with free print on { lilluna.com } #teachergift


Back To School- I've started a  Back to School Pinterest Board if  you are looking for Inspiring Back to School Ideas, from lunches, to organizing back packs to things  you can buy at the $1 Store!

It's *almost* Fall Y'all



Are you thinking of Fall yet? It is hard for me to believe it is August already! With Back to School starting Monday, and a few posts about Fall have caught my attention, to tell you the truth, I'm ready for some cooler temperatures, apples and spice, pumpkins. You'll find these and so much more on my Autumn Bliss Pinterest Board


Peonies and Roses


It being Summer, I haven't been too concerned about my new rose bush. When we left the nursery last week, they took care of the deadheading of the old roses, removing the dead leaves, and pruned it up a little for me. That is until the other day I noticed orange spots on my roses. I found this article helpful on How to take care of Roses in the Hot Weather.

Ironstone & Blush



Another *hint* about my upcoming project! Funny thing happened last night, my husband and I are walking around Walmart , I needed to pick something up for my roses. After leaving the garden center, we are walking through the craft aisles. Another interesting fact about my husband, he can sew, his mother worked in a drapery shop, and she taught him, and yet, he won't sit down to teach me. He'll teach me how to sharpen a knife, but not to use a sewing machine...Moving on...he's looking at sewing machines first, and wanting to know which one I wanted, I told him I wasn't ready for that commitment or disappointment of buying another sewing machine, and getting frustrated and it just sitting not getting used, but I am needing a new camera, as the last couple posts, my photos have starting looking a little grainy! Back on topic, I'm picking up my first batch of milk paints today! I am super excited! The colors, Miss Mustard Seed's Ironstone and Tricycle. This is where the funny part comes in....He says, (the master cabinet maker aka my husband) "You know you can mix milk paint colors"...He knew I was looking for a certain shade....and this is why I adore this man...of course I already knew that, but I thanked him for his help, with a little grin!

Green Smoothies


Starting Monday, I will have made a weeks worth of green smoothies. I did this a couple of summers ago, and I loved how it made me feel, I just needed to make it a habit to make a weeks worth of smoothies on Sunday a habit. During the school week, I'd get so busy some days that I'd forget to eat breakfast, and a smoothie really jump starts my day! This is my go to Green Smoothie with Citrus Green tea, Pear, Ginger and Spinach, but I found ways to combine ingredients and customize them to just how you like your smoothies, with these 10 Smoothie Hacks

Wishing you all a fun weekend!
 Until next time! xo
 




Monday, June 8, 2015

A Week in CASL photos: June 1- June 7

Happy Monday!  I am glad you stopped by to visit me today! Hope you all had a fun and relaxing weekend! It was a fun birthday weekend around here! The girls baked cupcakes, while I was busy in the kitchen. Lindsay gave her grandmother the stepping stone she made. I didn't get a chance to get a picture, but if they say a picture is worth a thousand words, Oh My! I love that her and my oldest daughter are so artistic and creative, because Lindsay not only painted the stone with all these bright colors, she even gave her handprint finger nails as she painted them this peacock green color! I'll be sure and get a picture next time I visit my mother in law!

What I like about doing a Photo365, is that I get to share with you a peek into what my week has been like, and possibly a sneak peek to what next week will bring. I've tried 365 Photo or Daily photo memes several times before, and surprisingly, I am getting farther posting my photos once a week, instead of once a day. It makes a big difference, and it's really nice to look back and see a slice of my day!

June 1- Many...Too many Sprinkles *never* If you like Ice Cream, be sure to check out my Giveaway going on until June 15, and my Ice Cream Social going on for the month of June.


June 2- Starts with B- Almost Brunch...Blackberries and Bananas in a blue bowl!


June 3-Looking Up- I love looking up in the sky to see the moon against a blue sky!


June 4-Looking down...My very first Peonies..I am swooning!!So Pretty, love it! Found them at Trader Joes!

 
June 5th- About Me...Me, my husband, my children, and the things I love, mostly coastal, seashells, tropical colors, and turquoise ocean waves. The almost completed gallery wall, just missing one more photo!
 

 
June 6th- Silly- This past weekend, for the birthday party, my husband and sister in law, decided to recreate an old photo.
 
 
June 7th- Forgotten...While at the party we were all reminiscing over old photos. We found this one, of me and my husband going to prom. My sister in law was asking me to find pictures of my husband with hair, or as she called them 'hair photos'. I forgot this year marked 25 years, since prom, and graduation. We admit it, but almost forget what my husband looked like with hair, and for the life of all of us, we couldn't remember who's white car was in the driveway!
 
 

Are you on Instagram? You really should be!!  You can find me here on Instagram
 
   I recently started following a photo a day prompt on #fmsphotoaday.
 Let me know if you decide to join in the fun!

Have a great rest of your week! Until next time!
xo, Christine
 
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Friday, June 5, 2015

Follow Friday 24: Summertime Fun


Happy Friday! Hope your week has been going well!! What a week we've had, we went from triple digits of 108F earlier this week, to today it's pouring down rain with thunder and lightening! Crazy Arizona weather! This week, I've been busy getting ready for my father in law's birthday which is actually today, and my brother's birthday, tomorrow, and we are celebrating on Sunday! I finished getting my gallery art wall up, and Nana's table all set up in the Great room. It's been awhile since, I mentioned finishing up the decorating for the One Room Challenge, although I didn't finish in six weeks, it's coming along nicely. More pictures coming soon! Yesterday, I picked up my first bunch of Peonies at Trader Joes, and I am swooning over all their pink, prettiness, with their flirty ruffles, and sweet fragrance! Simply beautiful!

For Follow Fridays from now on, I will be featuring 4 different blogs, one cooking/baking, one gardening, one décor/style, and one crafting.

 
 
A Garden designer who loves to write about the Gardens and plants she sees. Her writing and photography are simply amazing!
 
 
 
 
I absolutely love this skirt, with it's tropical flair! There is something about the bright, lime green color of the strappy heels that makes me happy!
 
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Raspberry-Rhubarb Pie by JavaCupcake

Summertime brings back memories of dinners at my great-grandaunt's house. She would always make root beer floats for me and my brother, and she'd always make a rhubarb pie, something I have never made. Which is on my list to make this year!

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Framed Summer Fun List by StephanieLynn

We'll be on mission to find some Fireflies to catch! I can check off quite a few on the list. This would also make a great printable or chalkboard art!

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  Hope you have a lovely and relaxing weekend!
Until next time!
xo Christine

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