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A bucket full of seasonal flowers
Hi friends!! How are you all? The past few months have been a real struggle for me, and I’m sure it has been hard for so many of you too. Recently I decided to push myself to add a little extra happiness into my everyday living, whether it be lighting a favorite candle, working in my yard, running through the sprinklers with my littles, going on a bike ride, arranging flowers, etc. Taking the time to find a little extra happiness to intentionally bring into my day has been so beneficial to my soul. This bucket of viburnum snowballs, fresh from my garden, brings me so much happiness, and brings…
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French Vintage Friday ~ mini ironstone creamers
Happy Friday, friends! I hope you all have had a good week! Today, for French Vintage Friday, I’m sharing these sweet little ironstone creamers. I’m totally swooning over these minis!! I can’t wait to find more! 💗💗💗 Now let’s hop over to Tara’s blog to see what she is sharing today. Simply click on the picture below…. Thank you so much for visiting my blog! I hope y’all have an amazing weekend!! Lots of love to you all! ~Emily
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Love, Peace & Peonies
Happy June 1st, my friends! It seems so unreal that it is already June. I’m sure that most all of you have seen what is going on in the world around us lately, either in person or on the news. I have had so many thoughts and feelings swirling around in my head about it all, and am at a loss for words, so I thought I’d share a quote that is so powerful to me. “The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral, begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy. Instead of diminishing evil, it multiplies it. Through violence you may murder the liar,…
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French Vintage Friday ~ chippy antique bench
Happy Friday, friends!! Today, for French Vintage Friday, I’m sharing this darling, chippy bench back. I adore the chippy paint!!! My sister had an antique bench in her back yard that she was going to get rid of. As we looked at it, we had an idea…she would take the seat part of the bench and use it as a coffee table in her living room, and I would take the back. I had the perfect place in mind! I’m completely loving it!!! I have wanted to put something there for awhile now, but didn’t know exactly what, until now. It’s always exciting to think outside of the box, and…
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The art of flowers
Happy Thursday, friends!!! I’m so excited because today’s post is all about flowers! I absolutely adore fresh flowers, and love to have them around my house always and always! Today, I’m going to show you two arrangements that I made. Both are completely my style, and yet they are so very different from each other. First, a vintage basket full of one single type of bloom, Viburnum, also known as snowballs, fresh from my garden. I love arranging fresh blooms in containers that aren’t necessarily made for flower arranging, such as baskets, buckets, boxes, crates, etc. Gather your fresh blooms, a container, and some sort of vase/container that can hold…
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Using vintage books in your everyday decor
Hi friends!!! I’m so excited to be joining some very talented ladies today for a fun blog hop, all about vintage books, hosted by the very sweet Cindy from County Road 407. When decorating, there are two things that I almost always add to a space, fresh flowers/greenery and vintage books. Those are my go-to staples of decor. I absolutely adore old books! Their charm and character gives me all the feels! I was planning on sharing a few different areas in my home, in which I have used vintage books to decorate. Then yesterday, on a whim, I decided to clean and refresh my living room. And, turns out,…
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French Vintage Friday ~ beautifully crazed
Happy Friday, friends!! Happy May 1!! Today, for French Vintage Friday, I’m sharing something that I find beautiful, crazing! What is crazing exactly? Crazing is the fine cracks in the porcelain’s glaze. They often have a spiderweb-like appearance. Stains can set in and make the crazing more visible and make the dishes look dirty or worn. The cause of crazing is the glaze being put under too much tension.  While crazing is lovely, cracks in any dishes can hold bacteria. Dishes that have any cracks, even tiny crazing, can be unsafe for foods and eating. So many of my old dishes do have crazing and cracks, so I keep them for lovely decorative…
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French Vintage Friday – ironstone platters
Happy Friday, friends!! I hope y’all are doing well! How’s life in your neck of the woods? Are things starting to open up? I’ve heard of a few areas in the country that are slowly starting to open. I’m anxiously awaiting the day that we can all go out again, and live life normally, but until then, I’m enjoying this time. Today for French Vintage Friday, I’m sharing my love for ironstone platters. My first ever piece of ironstone, was a large platter. Ever since then, I can’t get enough! I dream of owning stacks and stacks of these beauties! Perfect for serving, and also perfect for decorating! I use…
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How to easily fix broken caned chairs – DIY
Happy Monday, friends!! I hope y’all had a wonderful weekend! There has been a lot in the news lately that leads me to believe that we’re headed in the right direction, COVID is starting to slow down, and hopefully we will be out of quarantine life sometime in the near future. Yay!! Today, I’m so excited to show y’all how I fixed some caned dining chairs, that I found a while back, on the FB marketplace. Funny thing is, I didn’t actually realize that the caning was broken, until my husband picked them up for me, and brought them home. But, I wasn’t going to let that stop me! I…
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French Vintage Friday – my favorite antique table
Happy Friday, y’all!!! I hope y’all are healthy and happy! With the world being turned upside down right now, it’s been hard to figure out what to post, how often to post, etc. Trust me, I have been busy around my house, and have lots to share. It’s just so hard to figure all of this out! Anyhow, today, I’m sharing one of my favorite pieces of furniture, my entry table. One time while my husband and I were visiting his parents, in WV, we stopped in at a little antique store. That’s when I fell in love with this table. It was love at first sight!! The only problem…
