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Monday, June 30, 2014

Fourth of July In My Garden

Welcome. I am so glad that you stopped by. My garden gate is always open for you to come in, sit and relax and have a cold glass of lemonade. Can you believe that the Fourth of July is almost here? Seems like I just finished my Spring planting and now I am in my garden adding festive touches to celebrate our Nation's Birth Day!  I have been running round getting all of my pre-ops done in preparation for my 2nd knee replacement surgery in 3 week and have not had time to write a new post. I decided to share with you this blog post from 2010 as it is one of my most viewed posts - my blue vintage bicycle with the American flags  seems to be very popular on Pinterest and I have added a few new photos. 

Let's join my helpful studio assistant, Bentley, and I will share with you some of my festive touches and a few more new flea market and "thrifty" finds.









The old wicker shopping cart gets moved around a lot with seasonal items - flags for memorial Day and Fourth of July.



 The large red tray cost $2.00 and set on top of the old red wagon makes a great little serving table





Another old tool box in my favorite color - blue - makes a darling little planter.


The adorable little blue bird house with painted flags is  another flea market find. Anything old and weathered has a special place in my heart and in my garden.


I bought the paper umbrellas last year at the end of the season for a few dollars - opps - turns out the were on sale for a reason as they do not open all the way. They were so cute I opened them as much as I could and used them anyway.




I thought the funny one that did not open looked like the perfect fit for the little girl to sit under - the shape reminds me of a fairy house.
I bought the red, white and blue bucket from Wallmart for $9.95 and it is just the right size to fill with ice and cold drinks or beer. The red and white check chair covers ( I showed them to you a few posts back) were 2 for $10.00 and they are made from outdoor fabric The are also from Wallmart.








The white wicker vase is actually a candle holder and is perfect for flowers when not being used for a candle.



The vintage picnic basket was a "free to you" find.

Thank you for visiting my blog. I love hearing from you and sincerely appreciate your visits, comments and those who are following my blog. Please let me know if you have any questions or would like to see me paint something special.  I will share some of my new coastal art with you before I take a blog break for surgery.



"How very good and pleasant it is when kindred live together in unity."   Psalm 133:1

Sending you and your family Blessings and Best Wishes for a lovely Fourth of July.


Thank you to our Service Men and Women and their Families on this special holiday for giving up so much to protect our freedoms both here and abroad. God Bless you.


Monday, June 23, 2014

Happy Summer painting Zinnias

Welcome.  I am so happy that you stopped by. My garden gate is always open for you to come in and sit for a few minutes with a cup of tea while I share with you the inspirations for my art. Zinnias are one of my favorite  cut flowers and I love painting their happy faces.

Let's join Bentley, my Garden/Studio Assistant to see what is blooming today.









I love to pick the Zinnias as soon as they are blooming and arrange them in vintage Ball jars.













I will be donating a small painting to a breast cancer fund raiser and decided to pick all pink ones for the painting.














Thank you for stopping by.  I love hearing from you and sincerely appreciate your visits, e-mails, comments and those of you following my blog.

Have a lovely week.  Blessings, Erin


" In wisdom you have made them all; the earth is full of your creatures."  Psalm  104:24



Monday, June 16, 2014

Pink Rose Inspirations

Welcome.  I am so happy that you stopped by.  My garden gate is always open for you to come in and sit and relax with a cup of tea while I share with you the inspirations for my art.  Our Roses have been glorious in spite of a recent record breaking heat wave along the coast of Southern California - it was 104 one day where I live just a mile and a half from the ocean and now we are back to our beautiful cool ocean breezes.

Let's join Bentley, my Studio and Garden Assistant, to look for inspirations to find pink Roses to paint.  I just bought three vintage turquoise Ball jars with lids from ETSY and can't wait to fill them with Roses to paint.



                                 Pink Iceberg Roses beside my driveway love their sunny location.




                                      Pink Iceberg Roses on my neighbor's fence.
I like to pick the Roses to paint when they are fully open so they will have a loose and old fashion look!





                                


I bought some of the new reproduction turquoise Ball jars and have been looking for the vintage ones that are bigger and lighter in color and still have the metal hooks on them and was so happy to find these on ETSY.



I used the Ball jar on the right in the painting that has the words "perfect mason" and filled it with the open pink Roses.




Painting is now listed in my SHOP.


Thank you for stopping by.  I love hearing from you and sincerely appreciate your visits, e-mails, kind comments and those of you who follow my blog. Please let me know if you have any questions .Due to the many requests I receive about my art and if it is for sale - I am now listing new items in my ETSY shop at the end of  my blog post.  My shop can be reached by pressing the shop button on my navigation bar.

Have a lovely week.  Blessings, Erin

"My heart rejoiceth in the Lord."  Hannah's Prayer Samuel 2:1



NEW LISTINGS IN MY SHOP:
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