Wild roses

I can't believe how lucky we are to have a huge wild rose bush bordering our property line. Lets pray the neighbors feel just as lucky, I hope they never cut it down.

The sweet smell is breathtaking.

I love summer for many reasons but especially because of this blooming beauty.

Can you smell it from there?

Not a rose but just as wild, I love dandelions. :)

Have a great day!

Summer Bounty

Good afternoon!

Look what I found in my yard...

... all round and plump and ready to pick.

Thats right, a lovely red strawberry! And there's more where that came from.

We harvested quite a few, an amazing thing because my daughter usually eats all of them before they are ripe.

Fresh strawberry's warm from the sun always taste the best!

Don't they look so pretty and tasty!

Oh and guess who's back from her trip to a museum? Isabella! Oh how I've missed her! She will be in my shop tomorrow!

Edit: Isabella is up in the shop right now!!!

EDIT(again): She has sold already! :) Wow that was fast!

And... this lovely new painting is back from that same museum all framed and hanging nicely next to my fireplace. I am unsure whether I want to sell her because she looks so nice up on my wall.

What a lovely day I had today! Hope your day was great too!

Rebe

How lovely can you get with this clothing form Rebe. I am inspired by the color, texture and shape of each piece. (Not to mention the photoraphy, its so pretty!) I found out about Rebe browsing among my many daily blog reads in this post on Cosy Up, and fell in love! I hope you do too. Enjoy.

Flickr favorites

Just noticed an unintentional Red polka-a-dot'y trend in my Flickr faves. :) Thought I'd share them with you.

bag, by Retro_Mama
dress, by boboniaa
canisters, by DanielleT
shoes,by orangeacid

Enjoy!

In my sketch book

I was playing around with pencil and watercolor in my sketch book today, just thought id share.

Winner of the big give away!

Hooray Michele! you've won! Please contact me privately to give me your mailing address.

CalicoDaisy said...

Love your art and photos. I came here through http://www.buraellen.blogspot.com/.
-- Michele
http://calicodaisy.blogspot.com/

Friday, May 30, 2008 3:03:00 PM MDT

She contacted me and decided to use the 45$ gift certificate option.

Here is what Michele chose!

And what a lovely choice indeed! Waiting Sarah, an original acrylic painting. One of my favorites.

And a BIG huge thanks to everyone else who entered the big give away!! Thank you all for your lovely comments! I am flattered by how many of you joined the fun! Also a thanks to those of you who's links navigated so many new people over here to my little blog. This turned out to be such fun! :) Please stay tuned for I'm sure to eventually have another give away.

Nature walk

Come with me on a beautiful stroll beneath a lovely canopy of the trees.
I went up into the canyon for a lovely evening stroll with my little family and it was breathtaking, so I thought I would share a few photos.



Just look a the this lovely blossoming sage brush!

I am unsure what this wild flowering bush is but it intrigued me and I snapped a photo.

Isn't this world such an amazing place! Even the bark of a tree is full of texture and beauty.

What a lovely treat to see a momma duck dutifully sitting on her nest. I tried to get as close as possible for a good photo and she didn't even budge!

Thanks for stopping in, I hope you felt that same wonder via my photos as I did on our little stroll. What a wonderful world!

Tea party fun

Whilst browsing my long long list of daily blog reading I came across these lovely tea sets via Poppy Talk ( a must read!) I was so enchanted by the hand painted loveliness added to this already beautiful dish wear, painted by Esther Coombs.
I adore these and wish I could afford a set of my own. Till then I'll just browse my fave's folder and pretend. Hope they inspire you too.

Lovely fashion inspiration

iro-iro.

I am just in love with these clothes by iro-iro. I came across their site via a lovely blog called red aprons & lunch boxes. The details and colors are so lovely I just had to post about them. I can't read a darn thing on the entire site but the images were mesmerizing. Hope you enjoy looking at these as much as I did.

P.S. My printer broke so I edited and made changes to the big give-away so peek back to see whats up. And if you haven't entered yet you still have a week. :)

Lorajean's Big Give-away

Lorajean's Big Give-away!

So here is the deal, to celebrate my 150th post today I am going to have a huge give away!
The winner gets...

A whole set of 4 lovely illustrations! Thats right only one of you gets all four 8.5 x 11 prints.(Printed on high quality Epson heavy weight matte paper.)

EDIT: My stupid printer just broke, and I am not sure I'll be able to print anything by the 10th, so,
I am changing the prise to:

A set of Five 8.5 x 11 in. illustrations matted in white 9x12 mats.
(The printed images measure about 5x7in. )

I chose these illustrations in this size because they are already printed, matted and ready to go! Please forgive me for having to change it!
I feel so silly to have to do this in the first place so that is why I am offering 5 matted prints instead of 4.

Or if you wish you can receive a 45$ gift certificate toward another item(or two) in my shoppe!

I thought I would shake things up a bit so Here are some rules!

1. If you post a comment on this post, to share a thought or just say hi, you are automatically entered in the drawing! (Be sure I have a means to contact you when you win)
2. If you blog about this give-away on your blog, type the url to your blog post in your comment, and I'll put your name in the drawing twice!
3. If you've followed a link here through someone else's post about this giveaway, type the url of who's blog you came here through, and your name's in twice!
4. If any one enters the contest through your blog post your name's in three times!

Be sure and comment on this post before 12:00 noon on Tuesday June 10th!
I'll draw the names at 1:00 pm Tuesday June 10th and post the winner!

GOOD luck and happy commenting!