Seed Box Graphics

I was sitting here looking at the calendar in my studio, when I was reminded of just how wonderful these old Seed Box Graphics really are. I buy the Smithsonian Seed Catalogue Calendar each year, and this is where my graphics are from when I've put together my own "make your own" seed boxes. Here are a few of my favorites on this year's calendar.

Share Your Style #22

 Hi Everyone, time for taking a break to 

Share Your Style.

With the July 4th Holiday behind us, some of us are gearing down and relaxing before it's time to get the kids ready for school. Now is the time for a few summer projects and DIY decor fun. I love a good Sunburst Mirror and Sheila from Beyond the Portico has a wonderful take with her beachy / outdoorsy driftwood mirror that she created. Sheila has an adorable cottage with a screened porch that I love.

Life is like an old cupboard...

(feeling a little Forrest Gump-ish today)

Inevitably, when you move and downsize many of the furniture pieces you love and have collected have to be sold. Or in order to make the cut, they have to be relegated to different purposes and function. I can't tell you how much was sold last year, but let's just say it was literally truckloads. A couple of pieces that I could justify keeping were for storing things. I bought this piece to use at my antique mall space before I started blogging, but once I finished it, I realized it would be perfect for quilt storage in the downstairs guestroom. Now, it's in the basement/lower level kitchen nook next to the bar, displaying some of my odds and ends "collections".

Here at the new house