Robins' egg blue at Sisters' Garden...

Couldn't decide, couldn't decide...
what color to paint this cute lil' chest, sooooo...
I started painting on white, then decided to
put in a little robin's egg blue, then I dry-brushed
the two colors together...

...subtle shades of blue and white...
VERY FRENCH COUNTRY-FIED!!!
$175.00 better hurry...

The waterers just make the Springiest setting
with a few eggs and some hay for nesting...sweet!

Check this out, would this be awesome over a fireplace...
can you say FARMLAND CHIC...!
And guess where it's going...did someone say KENTUCKY...!

Even the arrow of the windmill would be a grand focal point,
very farm-industrial...!

...and last but not least...
a new scent...Asian Patchouli...
Not the heavy, full aroma of Patchouli essential oil,
but a subtle, warm fragrant scent with just a hint
to give that exotic air...
decadent...!

HAY...!

Do you remember a long time ago in Victoria magazine,
there was a shop called WILD CHILD...
the article showed her and her 3 children on first page,
then showed her darling woodsy shop...
I'll never forget the floor was littered with straw
and pine needles and rocks...
I've never abandoned that wonderful landscape
for a shop!

So upstairs at Sisters', I've taken the idea out from the trunk
and again used it for display...

Again, not at the mercy of tradition,
the term quirky appears again...

Just something Earthy about it, don't you think...

Always setting and accepting trends,
all of us at Sisters' Garden never let tradition slow us down.
We're always thinking and experimenting...

and ready to take the next plunge...
thanks Brent(Barbs' husband)
for scouring the barn for hay...
for this crazy WILD CHILD...!

Why I love my job...

Hey Deb, your piece turned out adorable!!!
Deb is one of the soul sisters up at Sisters' Garden, she has
a grand baby on the way and asked if I would paint this
chest for her in French grey with a whitewash...
sweet huh, now she'll add the crystal knobs.

Before...someone had actually stripped this mahogany piece,
but apparently wasn't happy with...sooo...

drawers in a row in the wonderful sun...ahhh, paradise!

Love this finish, so Frenchy...

I also brought home this old folding table of Barbs',
as you can see baby doodoo brown...
can someone tell me what they were thinking...???

TAH DAH...new life into this ol' piece...
been seein' lots of greens being used again and I heart them!!!
Granny green, remember when Granny used to
paint everything this color, that's why we have so
many wonderful old pieces in the green chippy paint...
THANKS GRANNY!!!

Yes, this is why I love my job...
I'm a lucky girl whose drive has gotten
her to this point in her life...
I want to be a stay at home mom
and work my lil butte off doing what I love...
just breathing in the
country life...

Hey...I saw a honey bee today!!!
Life is good!!!

The hangin' of the greens...Winter Solstice...

Some people trace the origin of the Christmas tree to an earlier period. Even before the Christian era, trees and boughs were used for ceremonials. Egyptians, in celebrating the winter solstice -- the shortest day of the year -- brought green date palms into their homes as a symbol of "life triumphant over death". When the Romans observed the feast of saturn, part of the ceremony was the raising of an evergreen bough. The early Scandinavians were said to have paid homage to the fir tree.

To the Druids, sprigs of evergreen holly in the house meant eternal life; while to the Norsemen, they symbolized the revival of the sun god Balder. To those inclined toward superstition, branches of evergreens placed over the door kept out witches, ghosts, evil spirits and the like.This use does not mean that our Christmas tree custom evolved solely from paganism.

Trees and branches can be made purposeful as well as symbolic. The Christmas tree is a symbol of a living Christmas spirit and brings into our lives a pleasant aroma of the forest. The fact that balsam fir twigs, more than any other evergreen twigs, resemble crosses may have had much to do with the early popularity of balsam fir used as Christmas trees.

Don't forget to pick up a candle at 'The Candle Shed' with the fresh scent of a newly trimmed tree and soaps from 'Sweet Repose' with the cooling scent of balsam...
your home smell like Christmas all year long with the scents of soy wax candles
from 'Friends'.