I needed a "pot filler"...

... ya know when at the end of summer your flowers start to look a lil' "spent" yet it is a bit to early to plant fall flowers - well, I'm there! This asparagus fern was looking a lil' lonely and I couldn't bare to toss out a perfectly healthy plant so I begin to think of ways to enjoy it a tad longer before I planted a mum or nestled a pumpkin in there. And since we are gonna have some company in the next couple of days - it needed some sprucing up.

So here was my quick fix and I think it'll do the trick for the back porch steps.

My lonely asparagus fern looking for some company...

...I found a small grapevine wreath that fit the top of the pot - simply laid it in there and let the

fern fall around it...(honeysuckle vine would be pretty wrapped around it also)

...got my "most absolute favorite" antique watering can (gifted to me by my sweet papaw, Jodi) and placed it in the pot - that wreath holds everything nice and steady...

...filled it with water and cut some of my beautiful limelight hydrangea blooms.

So - since "back door quests are best" - this lil' pot will be there to greet them when they show up. Well, until pumpkin thyme anyway.

Have a happy start to your week my friends!

Cathy

What's growing at Cobblestone Farms, you ask?

Well, mums of course...

...and more mums

- growing and growing -

and will be in full bloom in just a few short weeks...

...and pretty Purple Baron millet...

the perfect accent plant for fall...

with its tall rich foliage and "cattail" like blooms...

...also starting to show off is our ornamental cabbage and kale - soon to turn white and purple and red...

...other pretties growing at the farm are sunflowers backed by the tall stately Indian Corn - two of my favorite things...

....and zinnias of course - now, tell me - is there a prettier, "easier" plant to grow? - nah, I don't think so...

...so pretty in red...

...and purple and every other color for that matter....

...which I turn in to sweet lil' arrangements that make people happy - INCLUDING ME!

...Like this one I delivered a few days ago - nothing says "happy day" like a bouquet of fresh flowers - proudly homegrown!

Sooooooooo.... that is what is happening around here -----outside---- in a few days I'll let you peek at all the fall goodies -----inside the shop.

Thanks for stopping by and if you don't grow your own flowers - let me encourage you to do so - it's easy, fun - and what joy it is to share them!!!!

Have a happy day!

Cathy

Lighten Up...

...that's what I wanted to do to my bedroom, I mean. Well, it was green, black and white and even though I liked it - I wanted a breath of fresh air for summer - without painting. So like I told you all in my last post - I thought I'd bring in a lil' blue - so now I've got the blue of the sky and the green of the grass and for this time of year - it makes me feel happier. Now, y'all know - nothing 'bout my home is fancy or fussy - so this lil' reveal is just some simple things I thought I'd share with you. Sorry - it is a lil' picture heavy...enjoy!

I already had green walls - so no work to be done there - I did purchase a new bedspread - Target...

This is a quilt my grandmother made me as a lil' girl and it was my inspiration piece...

...two pillows found at the peddlers mall - can you believe they matched this perfect?

..."my all time - most favorite, makes me most happy" canvas (available at my shop - had to get that in there)

...my old picnic baskets that were red - I spray painted blue and green and paired them with an old globe and $5.00 topiaries bought at a local consignment store...

...my lil' blue bench - found at peddlers already painted that pretty blue...;-)

...just simple breezy panels that were to long - so I jus' turned over the tops and a lil' emblem I covered with scrapbook paper and paint and placed on an old painted coca-cola crate...

...pretty colored books bought at the local mission store - a dime a piece...

...perfect bed side reading and fresh flowers of course...

...this room is tiny but comfortable...

...my cabinet made from an old window - I've currently got one similar available at the shop...

...I wanted to give it a punch of color -so I simply taped a piece of scrapbook paper to the door...

...I hope I am a blessing to my family...they sure are to me...

...and of course, my lil' burlap pillow I made - with the one thing written on it that I'd like to do - REST!

Just sharing with you - hope you have a beautiful and blessed week!

Cathy

P.S. - Thank you all so much for your sweet comments on my last post - they made me very happy!

Forever and ever ago...

...like in February - oh my - I told you all I'd share with you my lil' "mini-makeover" of my dining room. Well, it is nothing "all that" but I actually had a few minutes today to snap some pictures. Since we don't have an eat-in kitchen - we actually eat in this room everyday and do homework and pay bills, play games - well, it all happens at the dining room table. Hope you enjoy...

Before colors - classic khaki and lobster...

...even though I LOOOOOOVE my red - I was itching to add some of that "new blue" that everybody is using - mine is "seascape" - a valspar color from Lowe's...

...paint on top and a bead board like type paper at the bottom - I know - wall-paper - said I'd never do that again - well, all I can say is NEVER SAY NEVER...

...remember the curtains I showed that I made - store bought panels that I added a couple of patterns to to lengthen them. Also added some colored scrapbook paper to my cabinet...

...found this cute table at the antique mall - love the red crackle finish...

...here is my red hutch that was - are you setting down? - GIVEN TO ME - sort of - in exchange for some of my "decorating advice" - I think I got the GREAT end of that deal...(Thanks Sandy)

...my "faith" sign with my Limelight Hydrangea blooms...

...those tall topiaries I got at Big Lots on clearance a couple of years ago - love how big they are - and my tabletop greenhouse bought at Peddler's Mall...

...filled with some of my goodies - love those cherries...

...an "ancient" fork and spoon - probably from the 70's with a new distressed finish - now I lOVE them...

...my unique black chairs - I love the backs of them - kind of "wing backed" - I also found them at Peddlers Mall already covered with red seats - lucky me!...

..."my bench from an old bed" my sweet papaw made me is at the back side of the table

...and that's about it - just a comfy lil' space that we proudly call the center of our home...

...which serves as a pass through to the rest of the house.

Anybody else been "redoing" lately? I'll show you my "summer bedroom switch" in a few days - once again - I had to get a lil' of that blue in there.

I hope you have a beautiful week!

Cathy