Cottonwood House

Vern, at Cottonwood House does a fabulous extravaganza at her house annually and out did herself this year. It was a buffet of amazing stuff with amazing people!

 - Beautiful Vern -

 - Welcome sign -

Me oh my!

I almost, ALMOST bought the chandelier...

oh, I wanted it!

Rustic Glamour

When I'm on a garden tour I turn the gazebo into an outdoor room theme of some kind. Generally, it's a bedroom with lots of laces, creams and whites. In a last minute impluse, I chose to do a rustic glamour theme. It was lovely!

Rug - yard sale

Victorian bed - free

Shutters - a years ago auction buy

Mirror - flea market

Liz Claiborne hat - a 25 cent yard sale bargain

Hanger and necklaces - thrift shop

Rose petals - from my flower bed

Plate and candle - yard sale

Lamp - Cottonwood

Romantic Prairie Style book - give-away winner

Spread - Shabby Chic table cloth

Bed skirt - GW

Wooden stool - GW

Chair - GW

Oh my, it was fun getting this together!

2011 twilight tour: 

Partying at Cowgirl Up

Two Weeks of Catch-up

It's been two weeks since I posted due to prep work for a garden tour on Saturday. Our Memorial week end was a 'stay-cation.' We babysat B, walked across to the park to support a fund raising ball tournament, walked through a flea market/yard sale, set up an arbour (can one have too many?!), celebrated birthdays at a family cook-out and finished mulching the flower beds. It was a wonderfully relaxing week end of a 'stay-cation!'

 B was loving his own water bottle and a step ladder - check out those cute black finger marks that he swiped on his face! The ball tournament players are in the background at the park across the road.

Mr D is prepping a very rusty arbor prior to setting it up. I would have been too impatient to do that and just slapped it together to get it in place quickly. I love how gardening has become a 'we' project instead on a 'me' project! 

Family cookout and celebrating S's birthday.

We celebrated L's fortieth birthday a month late and DIL M served a delicious spread!

A glimpse of Rustic Glamour in the garden tour that was here on Saturday.