Show Me The Bunny!

I've been Easter-izing.
Gathering the bunnies.

 I think there are more this year!

Gathering the Easter baskets.

A collection of Longaberger Easter baskets.

Gathering the eggs.

 Blown eggs with basic stick on letters.

In Tupperware egg cups.

The tray on the corner of the kitchen bar counter.

 Colorful plastic eggs that I've saved in the large apothecary jar.

 Peek of breakfast table.

Bunny candles in ceramic Easter egg candle holders.

Spring cutting board as cooktop backsplash.

Happy Spring sign was a thrift store find.

Ceramic bunny village night lights.

A gift from Joanie.

Change of Heart

Added the egg ornament to my wooden seasonal heart...a gift from Gail.

'Easter Island'

My spring dishes stored in the wire rack on the island.

Easy to grab.

 Freshly baked sour cream dill bread. Get the easy recipe HERE.

A milk glass lamp found for $3.00 at an antiques store.

The lampshade was saved from my granddaughter Kristina's nursery.

She's leaving for college in the fall!

Tulip salt & pepper set in a small Longaberger basket.

Egg candles.

More Easter-izing in tomorrow's post....the family room.

Click HERE to see all my Easter-izing!

See you then!

Cheers!

Links: Type A, The House In The Roses, Dittle Dattle
 It's So Very Cheri, Between Naps On The Porch
Under The Table and Dreaming

The Girl Who Played With Dishes

I'm thinking that should be my new blog name.
We stopped by IKEA for their yummy Swedish meatballs. You need to walk a labyrinth to exit the store. It runs thru every department...tempting you. I almost made it out and then I spotted these.

12" blue plates just the right size to use as chargers.

And they were on sale no less! For $1.99!
I can use them with at least a dozen different plates.

Chinese blue, yellow and white form Garden Ridge

The Chinese plates are in 4 different patterns.

I have the salad/dessert plates and large mugs too.

 I found four more patterns that worked with the new chargers.

 Windsor & Browne- Blue Grape Leaves: Italy

 Franciscan-Denmark: ironstone from England

 J&G Meakin-Classic Blue Nordic: ironstone from England

Johnson Brother-Asiatic Pheasant: England

 Villeroy & Boch-Vieux Luxembourg: German porcelain

 Wisterling-Schwarzenbach: porcelain from Bavaria Germany 

 Churchill-Blue Willow: England

Longaberger-Classic Blue pottery: USA

 Salem China Co.-Olde Staffordshire English Village: ironstone from England

 Nikko: Japan

 Tiffany & Co. New York: Royal Worcester England

Queens-Thanksgiving: England

Windsor & Browne: Italy

Villeroy & Boch-Amapola: porcelain from Germany

 Thomson pottery: China

Longaberger-Cornflower: pottery USA

summing up:

Dinner for two and 4 new chargers- $13.72

plus tax.

A yummy deal!

Links: Between Naps On The Porch, The Shabby Chic Cottage,
No Minimalest Here, The Charm of Home, Common Ground,
French Country Cottage, My Romantic Home

I Beg Your Pardon

I'm trying again to have a rose garden.
South Florida is not rose friendly! California has beautiful roses growing in vacant lots!
So envious of you California gardeners.

This week I bought 6 new rose bushes.

I was advised to use pine needles for the mulch. I bought 2 bails.

I put on sunscreen and my old gardening cap.

I mulched.

I mulched some more.

I watered.

Eight rose bushes in a row. I still had two.

They were survivors from Wilma, that needed to be in rose ICU.

Orange, Red, Yellow, Lavender, White, Pink, Coral, Peach,

The bird bath is a rescued cement column with a clay saucer on top.

I found two columns.

What to do with a broken pot?

Turn it broken side down in the garden and plant a flower in the hole.

 I had two broken pots.

Breaks my heart not to use them.

It's starting to look a little better. 

Cheers!

Links: Dittle Dattle, Between Naps On The Porch, 
The House In The Roses, Tootsie Time, Type A
A Stroll Thru Life, Coastal Charm, 
Savvy Southern Style, Designer Garden

Happy April Fool's Day!

Start you weekend off right!

It's the reasonable thing to do!

Click HERE for the recipe.

Have a good weekend!