Weekend View

Welcome to the Weekend View. This week is full of spring blooming beauty, garden work, thrifting finds and family fun.

Garden Glory

We have been working out in the garden to get things cleaned up & new plants planted. My husband found a bunch of potted peonies marked on clearance and brought them home and so, we are figuring out where to plant a new peony garden cutting area. Along with that, those delphiniums that are so tall and stately are having a moment. We are playing with some different areas to plant these beauties and some of them will be landing here in this little area filled with garden roses and lilacs.

Sweet little Faux Cake

The most random thrifting treasure of the week- a pretty little faux cake. I spotted this in a small thrift store and instantly grabbed it. It is not a usual find for me but you know, I was instantly styling it for an Alice in Wonderland kind of setting in my mind and knew it was coming home with me.

My family thought I was a little crazy. I might be haha. What do you think of this sweet cake? I just love it. I will share more of it properly styled on a table soon.

Family day fun

We get together with our kids and grands every week for a family day. Sometimes it is just having fun at the house, other times it is going to the zoo or something along those lines.

Now that the weather is warmer, it has been all about water fun in the backyard.

New Flower Magic Ebook

We have a new Ebook that will be available to purchase in the market when it reopens next week- all about creating magic everyday with flowers with some of our favorite tips.

And if you PreOrder my new flower book ‘French Country Cottage IN BLOOM’ – you get access to our Flower Magic Ebook for FREE as a thank you. You can PreOrder In Bloom HERE

and then register for the FREE Ebook and signed bookplate HERE and in case you missed the post with a few sneaks of the book- you can find that POST HERE.

Moments of Joy

One of our favorite things to do in spring is to hit the road and enjoy a bit of travel around Northern California to soak up all the blooming beauty. Last week, we took a drive to a ‘blooming’ garden tour. My daughter wanted to meet one of her friends who was driving over from Nevada and so, we all met in the countryside to do a blooming garden wander. We helped out with their kids while my daughter and her friends caught up and we all had such a good time soaking up all the beauty.

The Itoh peonies were spectacular- we have a few of them planted in the garden this year and I can hardly wait for them to bloom. We also decided that we might need a lovely little garden gazebo like this one. It is such a sweet little spot and those tulips gathered in front- beyond beautiful.

Happy weekend friends.