Category Archives: Flowers and Garden

Super Easy Table Centerpiece

November 13, 2015Decorating, Flowers and Garden, For the Homeburlap, Costco flowers, easy way to dress up a jar, floral table centerpiece, flower arrangement, for the home, holiday decorating, home decorating, hostess gift, lace, super easy table centerpiece, table centerpieceRita

I have a Super Easy Table Centerpiece, just in time for your Holiday table! :) Continue reading →

Happy Labor Day!

September 7, 2015Flowers and Garden, Holidayfall mum flowers, happy labor day, metal cut flower bucket, porch decor, Swiss Days, Swiss Days 2015Rita

Happy Labor Day everyone!

I hope that you are all having a great day and have had a great weekend. I went to one of my favorite places…Swiss Days, in Midway, Utah over the weekend. It is one of the only times that I will fight the crowds and go to a boutique! This year I really did not find a lot of goodies and I only stayed for about an hour and a half…which is not normal, but I just have a lot going on right now and I guess my heart was not really into it. I did find this cute bucket with the metal art in it. I love the dragonfly on the handle and there is actually the word, “welcome”, cut out of iron on the handle too, but the flowers cover that up. I couldn’t wait to put some fall mums in it and put it out on my front porch along with the fall decor when I put that out. I found some fun new jewelry at Swiss days and that was about the extent of my shopping!

After that my husband and I went on up to our property. We had to move two ATV’s down into the town so they could have a tune-up and get them ready for the upcoming hunting season. We had to make two separate trips because our trailer would only hold one at a time. But we got that done and then we went over to our cabin. My husband helped me and we cleaned the whole entire cabin from top to bottom. It just needed a good fall cleaning. It was so good to get that done…so that was my LABOR day weekend!

I have another busy week ahead…with a RS activity during the middle of the week and my Girl’s Retreat at the end of the week. It is going to be busy, but also fun!

I hope that you had a great Labor Day Weekend and that you got to spend a little bit of the time with those you love…doing something you love!

Thanks for visiting!

Thanksgiving Point Gardens

August 21, 2015Flowers and Gardenbees in pictures, flowers, focal points, gardens, photography, photography lesson, Thanksgiving Point, Thanksgiving Point gardens, Thanksgiving Point Gardens-UtahRita

I took a couple of my grandkids to the Thanksgiving Point Gardens and I was thinking that the kids might be a little bit bored walking through the gardens…but they loved it! So much so, that we had to go back again a few days later! My secret…I let my 9 year old granddaughter take my camera and she had a great time. The battery on my camera died about half way through the gardens, so that is why we had to go back a few days later to finish our photo shoot! :) Continue reading →

Wildflowers in Utah Mountains

July 6, 2015Flowers and Gardenchoke cherry bushes, flowers at the cabin, sunset, wild flowers, wild flowers in the mountains, yellow daisy fieldRita

A week ago my husband and I were at our cabin and the wildflowers in the Utah mountains were absolutely stunning! We had quite a wet spring and so the wildflowers got watered and when the sun came out they were such a beautiful sight! I was going to pick a big bouquet and bring them inside, but decided that I would just enjoy them in all their natural settings! Continue reading →

Gardening is Just Another Day at the Plant

June 19, 2015Flowers and Garden, Gift ideas, Printables, Quotesfree printable, gardening is just another day at the plant, gardening quote, gardening thought, gift idea, gift idea for gardners, how to make a photo block, printable quote, tutorial on how to make a photo blockRita

Today I have a fun little thought that would be a great gift for all you gardeners out there! I saw this saying and it just made me laugh out loud! :)

This would be a fun gift for your favorite gardener, or the person that is a wanna be gardener!

This would be great to do as a photo block like I did here. Or you could simply put this in a frame and put it out on your patio table! This is formatted to an 8 x 10 size. If you want to do a photo block remember to develop it with a matte finish, not glossy! If you want the JPEG format or photo format, right click over the image and go to “save image as” then save in a folder. You can print your own or send it out to your favorite photo processing center. For those of you that would like the PDF download, just click on the link:

Gardening is just another day at the plant

I hope that you all have a great weekend…and that you get to spoil all of those great fathers out there and let them know how much you love and appreciate them!

Thanks for visiting today!

Yard Tour 2015

June 8, 2015Flowers and Garden, Tutorialsfish pond, flowers, gardening, hanging flower stand, Highland gardens, how to make a hanging flower stand, how to plant a pot, plants, potted flowers, tutorial on how to plant flower pots, yard tour, yard tour 2015Rita

Today I have a yard tour for you. I was going to do this earlier…but a hail storm shredded some of my flowers to shreds and they are just now starting to look good again! Mother Nature is a curious creature. :) Continue reading →

Summer Chalk Art Door

May 15, 2015DIY, Flowers and Gardenchalk board frame, chalkboard door, DIY chalkboard door, DIY patio furniture makeover, Here comes the Sun chalk art, patio furntiture, summer chalk art, summer chalk board art doorRita

I finally got all of my flowers planted…got a fun chalk art on my chalkboard door and found a fun orange accent for my crate. So now I think that I can just sit back and relax and enjoy it all summer…right? :) Continue reading →

Patio Furniture (Re)-Makeover

May 8, 2015Flowers and Garden, For the Homeantique orange crate, chair pads, chalkboard door, DIY patio furniture, DIY patio furniture makeover, floral arrangements, how to make a patio stand with an orange crate, how to makeover your patio furniture, outdoor living, patio furniture makeover, patio furniture re-makeover, spray paintRita

A few years ago I did a patio furniture makeover. I made new chair pads and painted all of the chairs and the table. It looked great when I did it…but with time it had faded and did not look all that good anymore! So I decided that it was time for a Re-makeover! Is there such a thing??? Continue reading →

Succulents Planter and Bird Plate Vignette

April 29, 2015Flowers and Gardenantique ladder, antique watering cans, Diamonds greenhouse, flower planting, Home Goods, how to plant a pot, spring planting time, succulent planter and bird plate, succulents planter, tutorial on how to plant a potRita

My best friend from Jr. High school and I went shopping a couple of weeks ago to look for flowers and antique shopping and I got this beautiful succulent planter! I will put it outside when the weather is just a little bit warmer, but for now I am enjoying it in my kitchen! Continue reading →

Happy Spring!

March 20, 2015Flowers and Garden, Servicebeautiful pink tulips, first day of spring, international day of happiness, pay it forward, pay it forward ideas, pink tulipsRita

Today is the first day of Spring, so I thought it would be fun to share these beautiful pink tulips with you in celebration of this day! I got these gorgeous bulbs and forced them to bloom inside! I love how beautiful they are and how refreshing their blooms are!

They just make my heart sing!

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