Uncharted Territory

I usually don't do my own florals for my jobs but I had some inspiration on this one. I saw a beautiful planter done in succulents and my client fell in love with them, so I gave it a shot. This is the finished product and I have to say they were so much fun to work with. The are large and so realistic, not to mention a huge trend right now. So if you are out and about and come across some of these give them a try they are perfect for large containers as they have great scale!

Rainy Day Fun

I am going stir crazy with all of this rain! What is a girl to do? Craft of course! I had some left over muslin and some new stamps....this is what I came up with. The Paris ribbon I purchased here, and the other I made to keep my sanity. I am loving my new crown jar from my dear friend at Bliss Studio. Thank you Miss Brandee. Here's hoping it's sunny where you are!

Update on Tuscan Kitchen....

The client I am working with right now has more taste than anyone I know. She doesn't follow "rules" she just knows what she likes and runs with it. Her home is a mix of french country, tuscan and a whole lotta ecclectic....my kind of girl. She loves antiques, rustic and bling. There has to be a catchy name for this....."French Cowgirl", "European Bling". or maybe "Farmhouse Chic". If you ladies have a suggestion on a new and trendy term let me know I would love to hear them. I found the wine crate above her cabinet at a trendy antique store here in Oklahoma and it is stamped on the side with the year her and her husband were born so we grabbed it up and the old bottles were even included in the price. I got so tickled because she saleswoman said "You HAVE to take the bottles that are in there, they come with it" (like we would put up a fuss) SCORE!!!!! My client collects knobstoppers for her wine bottles and I have to say I have a new addiction for them myself, they are so ecclectic and a great conversation piece when you host those little get-togethers. I have had a ball looking for things to play off all the fabulous "stuff" she already had, not easy.... but fun! This house is amazing I am hoping to take lots of pics when I deliver window treatments this week, I'll keep ya posted.

A Blogger's Best Friend!

Besides all of the wonderful people I have met through my blog there is something else that I just love....Site Meter! I had this installed over a year ago and would "sometimes" check in, but here lately I have had reason to check it everyday. It is so neat I just wanted to tell all of my fellow bloggers about it. First of all it's free! (www.sitemeter.com) It's password protected and it gives you such insight to your blog and everyone who visits...even blocked IP addresses. You can monitor who looks at your blog, where they live(down to latitiude and longitude) what time they looked, how they logged on to your blog, what pages they visited for how long and even if they read your comments or not. This thing is so interesting I tell ya! For example I had over 100 visits yesterday from as far away as Turkey to as close as a small town here in Oklahoma called Tecumseh (you know who you are). It's amazing to see how far blogging can reach....I have had some friends that have had to shut down their blogs due to their professional photography being stolen so I am glad there is a monitoring system out there, even if I don't have fantastic photographs I like to know who's looking! Thanks to all of you for stopping by .....now I know exactly who you are:)

Birthday Fun!

A friend of my mom's asked me to help her with her secret pals gift for her birthday, she wanted to do something special for her and knew that we had the same taste.This was a challenge since this pal is a very talented friend of mine with exceptional taste. I had wanted to do a box for a while but just never had the right occasion...now I had the chance! I decorated the box with scrapbook paper in "Neapolitan Ice-Cream" colors and filled it with some millinery that she loves purchased from this great etsy store. Her secret pal gave her the box and her first words were "This has Paula written all over it!" Well so much for the great birthday sneak! She figured out I helped her secret pal but I'm not telling!

I'm A Mommy Again!

That freaked me out just to type that. I love my children dearly but to start all over again would be to say the least exhausting. So what do I do...hand raise, and bottle feed a baby calf! My father in law raises cattle behind our house and when one of the new mommies wouldn't feed her baby he decided to let nature take it's course...um not a good outcome to say the least. So I jumped in my vehicle ran to the feed store and bought all the necessary supplies. Now I am the proud new mommy of Bella Blue. She is a premature black angus with blue eyes. Once again my wonderful husband was my biggest cheerleader and even offered to put his finger in her mouth to teach her how to suck...by the way in case you don't know calves are born with a full set of sharp teeth (that man must really love me and my hairbrained ideas). It took a couple of days to get her up on her feet but she is doing really well and has the whole family in awe of her. My 11 year old daughter put it best..."Mommy this is the good stuff! I feel so close to God when I help someone (or in this case something) out." Have a blessed day!

Not A Typical Easter Post

We celebrated Easter today with a family dinner at our house. We had about 15 guests, two of which were from out of state and didn't know were coming until last minute but were thrilled could make it. I had all of the typical Easter feelings of thankfulness, appreciation and gratitude but there were also feelings I didn't expect, the love and appreciation for my husband. I woke up sick but with so much to do and I have to say he stepped up to the plate like never before. He always helps above and beyond but he had the kiddos doing laundry, the house spotless and the food cooking before I even made it out of bed. He made sure our guests had plenty of food and drink and were comfortable, all the while he made sure I was ok and never once complained in fact he said how much he enjoyed himself. I realized how unselfish this man of mine is and how lucky I am to call him my own. We will be married 20yrs. on April 21st and I fell in love with him all over again today. God has truly blessed me over and over again and for this I am thankful.