Stepping into the garden...

This is normally something you DON'T want to see! But it was done with purpose I promise.
Quite a few years ago, while playing at Grandma's, one of my sweeties broke her beautiful blue willow lamp. I felt terrible, but we kept the pieces and over the years, as other blue and white plates and mugs broke, I added them to the pile. I think I remember certain unreplacable plates being used as frisbees from someone (who shall remain nameless) sitting in their highchair.



Anyway, we had a nice collection of broken blue and white pieces going so I decided to put them to use.

Sam and I made some very cute stepping stones for the garden. I think they turned out great. I can't wait for them to dry so I can pop them out of their molds and get them into the garden!

I know we are a little slower getting our gardens moving up here in Canada, but here are the gardens these stones will be put into!

A few finds this week.

I took a little stroll through the Innisfil Street Antique Mall this week. I go fairly regularly so I wasnt' expecting to find too many cool, new (and affordable) things.
But I came across this neat thing. I'm not really sure what it is, but it looks to be the top of an old desk. The top flips up allowing access to the top compartments a little easier. I thought it would be a great place to store a lot of my crafty things that usually just hand around my desk. I'm thinking about painting it, since the finish isn't that great. $25



Then I found this cool mug....just my colours too. I love the transfer design, and the heaviness and shape of it. Feels like stoneware. $10

















And lastly, there was a little bag of ivory button goodness. I think it only caught my eye because it was wrapped up so nicely with a brown Hermes ribbon tying the top. I really bought it because of the cool buckles...although the buttons are cute too. $4

Before and After

It's so great to find others that have the same taste you do. I came across The Lettered Cottage today. What a great sense of style she has. I love how she turned this plain Jane kitchen into something really wonderful, with a small budget to boot.
I've been thinking about painting my kitchen cupboards black for quite some time but wasn't quite sure how it would look. This was a great way to see. I don't know that I would remove my cupboard doors, but I do like the way she added the Home Depot brackets underneath for a custom look. What do you think?

Pretty Flowers

Since I've been spending more time looking through the Blogs, I've found so many neat people creating neat things. I like that you can see products and creations from others shops and businesses, but I especially like that you can read where they found an item, or how they came to create it...it's so much more than shopping.

There aren't too many people I know who create flowers like I would, so it is really awesome to be able to connect with these people that I would otherwise have never met!
I love this little flower arrangement from Ink & Peat (flower and gift shop) in Portland. And here is her blog Housemartin.

Check out this colour...

Just a little inspiration for this Monday morning...
Aren't these little mini quilts amazing! I love the quirkiness of this one...how nothing lines up...and the very cheery colours.
I love how small the squares are on the second one...and again, the great mix of colours. AND... I love how she rounded the corners!
Go here to check out the blog Stitch In Dye.

Going antiquing...

Who new you could actually go antiquing online?

One of the gals from a blog I have been following (Such Pretty Things) took this pic, saying it was one of her fav's. You can see all her pics here. It looks like a little bit of heaven to me.

So next time you're going through Leesburg Virgina...check them out. Or if you can't get there...shop online. http://www.luckettstore.com/

We all have our baggage!

Where were these guys when I was looking for luggage tags?
They make me giggle. Found them here!