Oh Hello There!

Spring is definitely here in New York.....and I couldn't be more excited!

The trees are bursting with green beautiful buds and flowers are at their peak.
The mini daffodil bulbs I planted last year are in full bloom. 

I clipped a few daffodils and styled them in pretty vintage glasses then I placed them on my windowsill.

Yellow is such a cheerful color

-Hello Friends-

                                                            

My inspiration for this project came from an ice cream container and a can of tuna fish.

I  love the packaging on this container of yummy ice cream!  
       

Hope your week is going well.  

I have been busy with furniture makeovers and paint projects.  

My recent project is this little chair I painted a beach gray. (a color I made mixing two different colors)

I love to paint furniture and mix colors to come up with a custom color or a color that I want to match.  

But sometimes things don't always go according to plan.

My plan was to paint the chair the same color as the duck eggs. 

I mixed several cans of paint and thought I had the perfect match

Until I started painting

I realized it was not working out.

After tweaking the color several times I just couldn't get it right.  So I threw in the towel and went with a different color.  I decided to mix a couple of freebie paint samples I picked up from Lowes. 

 I mixed Cathedral Stone with Muslin Wrap {Both Valspar Paints}

Which made this pretty gray

 I gave the paint a beach look by adding vinegar & water to the paint and painted over the chair again.  When that dried I sanded the chair and the edges.  

I love the way it turned out

Sometimes you just have to change your plan to come up with something even better.

HELLO

Hope you had a wonderful weekend!  

Yesterday I noticed this pretty Hyacinth in full bloom just outside my kitchen door.  I love the way they smell and thought It would add a fresh scent to my workroom that I share with my kitty.  

I placed it in a small jar and set it on my window sill

Enjoy your Monday!

Hi, friends hope you had a wonderful weekend!

Today I am sharing a cheerful spring wreath made with paper butterflies

I searched for a free printable and fell in love with these beauties at
What A Beautiful Mess


Look at these gorgeous colors.

I Cut the butterflies.

The turquoise butterfly is my favorite.  Can you tell?





Here is the same wreath in the fall

And winter




This is all I had to do to change the look from winter to spring

I removed the dark color pom poms and pinned the butterflies to the wreath using straight pins.  You can see where the ribbon was wrapped; faded by the sun.
 I covered that up with the butterflies.


And hung it on my workroom door.  ( for now)
So there you have it!
Simple ideas for one wreath to reuse season after season.