May CupboardScape

Happy Wednesday everyone!
How are you all doing?
This Spring the weather across
the U. S. has been rainy, wild and crazy.
I hope all those affected by the recent flooding
and tornadoes in Oklahoma and Texas are alright.
Is this global warming
 or just Mother Nature being fickle?  

I was always told when life hands you lemons.

Make lemonade.
Make lemonade I did!

It was fitting to create this vignette.

Wonderful blues and yellows.

Faux lemons except for the actual lemon on the glass

of real lemonade that I drank after taking the pics.

Mix it all with some warm wood pieces.

Wood Pie peels on the wall.

Getting the itch to put out my July 4th decor.
Me thinks I will bring down my bins
from the attic this weekend.

Also working on 2 more dollies.
One for Winnie which is finished,
and one for me 
to be included in my July 4th decor.
Both are hand sewn the old fashion way.
Will show Winnie's off once she receives it...
as I want her to be surprised in the final finish.

Will you be bringing out any Patriotic displays?

Lemonade Blessings To All!
Janice

My Love Of Baskets

Bob and I are back from our bi-yearly buying trip.

On our way down we stopped at the Toledo Zoo.

we were able to see a baby gorilla who was so cute.

He was very active and doing what kids do.

His mom was nearby making sure us humans 

would not come through the glass.

Then we saw a baby polar bear who was sleeping

next to his mom.

Southern Ohio the rivers were running fast

and high, with flooding in some places.

Tornado warnings were issued in Indiana

where we stopped in Ohio on Thursday night.

Thunderstorms could be heard all night.

In the morning we woke up 

to 4 inches of rain that fell overnight.

The venue we go to, lots of vendors

were under water...their goods which were

set up were ruined. 

It was a big old mess.

However, we still continued to shop...

and shop we did.

By Saturday afternoon our van was full...

we were tired and decided to head back home.

We were able to buy things 

for both Back Porch and The Urban Garage,

but no prims.

The only prim item that was within my budget,

was an old book,

which I will keep for Christmas as it 

is a Psalms & Hymn book.

I paid only $1.00 because both covers were gone.

Still good for my small book collection.

This book dates at 1846.

Still a beauty in my eyes.

If you have been noticing the pics

in this post...

I have quite an extensive collection of baskets.

These are only a few.

I have many more.

You might say I am a hoarder of them.

They are everywhere.

Including our bathroom.

Well friends I have much needed laundry to do.

Will visit you all later on 

and answer my comments later too.

We may have some storms move in later today.

Going through the marsh yesterday

South of us...homes were already flooded,

while others the water was inching closer.

I have never seen the water levels this high.

They expect the levels will not recede until

September or October, so they have put

residents on notice to be able to evacuate 

at a moments notice.

So sad.

We are safe right now.

TA TA for now.

Hope you all are enjoying your weekend!

Love of Basket Blessings To All!

Janice

Old Is New Again

Hi all!
Well my Mother's Day weekend was not the best.
My granddaughters birthday was Saturday.
Happy 12th birthday Mikayla!
The bad news was her other gramma passed 
this past Saturday too.
My daughter did not want to ruin her birthday,
so she told her kids on Sunday night.
The news was devastating to them both.

Then my washer of 25 years died.
Monday I had a flood in both the laundry room
and kitchen.

Dinner with my mom, siblings, 
BIL, SIL & Bob was good though.
Everyone enjoyed their food.

Sunday I did absolutely nothing.
My daughter was out of town and my son brought
lunch over for me.

The other day I asked Bob to move
the white cabinet and in its place
move this brown one.

He moved the white one in our bedroom

where this one was.

At least this one fits better,

and anyone can walk 

 into our back room easily now.

Remember this early rug?

I finally decided where it should go.

So love the muted colors.

I also created this little display

on top of my apothecary cabinet.

This will stay through the Summer....

and maybe longer.

Would still like to find another white cabinet.

However do like this one here now.
It may grow on me.

Did you ever purchase something
with buyers remorse...
and then grew to love it?

Old Is New Again Blessings To All!
Janice 

Flowers For Mom

It was when I was 14

that my mom  taught me about flowers.

I helped her weed the flower beds each year.

Perused through all of her garden books 

in the Winter months, learning all I could

about all of the varieties of annual and perennial

flowers that would grown here in MIchigan.

I share here my Spring garden.

Thank you mom for teaching me about flowers,

trees and plants.

Flowering pear tree.

Autumn Joy Sedum.

Redbud Tree Blossoms.

Honeysuckle Vine

My bunny is loving the Spring weather.

You know me and bunnies.

A lone yellow tulip.

Purple violets.

Left is my red twig dogwood blooming out.

To the right my hydrangea.

Last but not least, my kiwi vine.

In the Summer these leaves will turn

pink and white. 

We took my mom out for dinner last night.

Happy Mother's Day Mom!

Now that you all know

 where I get my flower talent from

please share what your mom taught you.

Happy Mother's Day 

to all you moms of children and fur babies.

Flowers For Mom Blessings To All!

Janice

If Doors Could Talk

My first home was an old farmhouse. 

[Now a bedroom door]

I opened and closed many times in my 100 years.

[Now another bedroom door]

However I was left abandoned.

[Now a bathroom door]

What will be my fate?

[Now a linen closet door]

What became of me?

[Now a closet door]

If these 100 year old doors could talk.

What would they say?

Would they say thank you for saving me?

Do they enjoy being used again?

So glad Bob rescued these from

an abandoned farmhouse

which was to be torn town.

You do not find doors like these anymore.

Solid wood doors with character.
Each one was painted this old white.
I LOVE them all!

Do you have old doors in your home?

Well we are under flood warnings here again.
Bob said the other day the water was right
up to the road going through the marsh.
Which is a bit scary because there is water 
on both sides of the road normally.
With the rising water this road may wash out.
It is South of us, 
but one of the few major roads
 to get in and out.

Normally it is a pretty drive,
with all of the wildlife around.
Not now though.
Scary to think it may be under water.

Old Door Blessings To All!
Janice

The Start

Of a Spring Bedroom redo.
We finally had a wonderful Spring weekend.
With all of the rain we have had,
our big river water level is high.
Our dock is right at the level of the water.
With more rain coming this week...
it may be under water.
Others South of us were sandbagging
 to save their homes.
The water levels are not expected
 to recede until July.
The smaller river near our stores,
is very high too.
The folks that live where both 
the St Clair River (our big river)
and the Belle River meet are really nervous.
Our stores are on a peninsula
where both rivers meet.
For now we are safe.
Please say a wee prayer for those that are not.

Saturday I took FIL to the grocery store,
smoke shop and phone store, so he could pay his bill.
Since his car accident 3 weeks ago,
both Bob and I have been his taxi.
His car was totalled.
He treated me to breakfast and we had a nice chat.

Saturday afternoon and Sunday I did some
 much needed cleaning.
I moved all of the furniture around
in the living room for our 
Spring/ Summer look.
My bedroom started getting a makeover too!
I decided to open up this cabinet and create this.

I decided on a blue and white theme for
our bedroom.
It will transition perfectly for July 4th as well.
The left door I added a blue coverlet piece
and white linen piece. 

The right door I hung these old long johns.
I actually found these in a barn.
I love the look...old and worn for sure.

I added my pitchers and rye baskets.

This is the start of my blue and white.

Added a few more rye baskets.
[those are tomato pincushions inside the basket]

This is my new one.

Well unfortunately I have to go to work now.

Hope everyone has a great Monday!

Did you do something for yourself this weekend?

The start of Spring Blessings To All!

Janice

My New Project

Howdy all!
Hope everyone has a great weekend coming up!
I wanted to share with you my latest project
for our new store.

It starts with this set of pool balls
that we have for sale.

I first painted all of these tiles a green.

Made my own stencil to create these.

I did notice my cue ball was a bit lopsided,

so I had to repaint that one.

This is how the set turned out.

We displayed three on the wall as our display.

I think they turned out pretty good!

I have another project in the works 
for the next few weeks.

The store had a good first day.
Slow the second....so hopefully we will have
a good first weekend.

Off to work I go.

Maybe this weekend I can work on something
for myself.

Will you be working on anything this weekend?

New Project Blessings To All!
Janice