by Sandy on March 12, 2010
Years ago my friend Hoppi showed me the little inexpensive secret to a simple centerpiece: Buy wheatgrass and display! It seems to have made a comeback, I’ve noticed this spring season, as I’ve flipped through magazines. Some people add flowers or Easter eggs, but I say, keep it simple!
Just this week I purchased 4 individual pots of wheatgrass for $1.19 each.
Place on your favorite pedestal stand.
Find a ribbon in your ribbon stash that goes with the colors for Easter.
Tie around the outside.
Set on your dining table.
Don’t forget to water ever few days.
Simple, inexpensive, elegant, and beautiful.
Do you keep a stash of extra ribbon for decorating ideas?
Oh, and our kitty, Hobbes, loves to eat the wheatgrass … watch out if you have a kitty cat! This picture was taken in our old dining room (before remodel) back in 2006! I just caught her again eating the grass!
(The 2 winners to Lisa Leonard’s necklaces are: Liz (This Full House) and Sheryl R. – no blog. Congrats Ladies! And my friend, Emily (Chatting at the Sky) has a beautiful post on Glimpses of Home today. Check it out and be inspired.)
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by Sandy on March 11, 2010
On my recent trip to Napa Valley with Bush’s Beans, we stayed right down the street from The French Laundry Restaurant.
I’m not sure if you’re familiar with this restaurant, but maybe you’ve seen their cookbook?
The French Laundry is one of the country’s most esteemed restaurants. Its name stems from the fact the restaurant building once housed a French steam laundry during the 19th century. And it is … spendy (thus, we did not eat there, and also the fact that it takes months to get a reservation!)
I love this photo taken at dusk. The garden is right across the street from the restaurant.
Look at this huge greenhouse in all its beauty!
It was dreamy!
Everything was so orderly.
And smelled good, too!
The next day as we walked into Yountville for lunch, we strolled through the garden again, and were very inspired to get home, to get our garden in the ground! (Here’s the beautiful lettuce from our garden, last year.)
Are you thinking ahead to planting a garden this year? Or even a few pots of veggies?
(One more day to enter to win a BEAUTIFUL necklace from Lisa Leonard Designs!)
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by Sandy on March 10, 2010
This really should have been my Valentine’s post on how much I love my husband! Because look what he did for me?
When I saw the stack of leftover wood flooring from our kitchen remodel, I didn’t mean to make more work for him. No! I promise! But I couldn’t help but ask (beg!) for him to put the leftover pieces down over our ’70s tile in the front entryway. (We’ve known for 5 years the floor needed updating!)
When Fred built and designed our home, he did a beautiful job. And the tile has held up for 30+ years, but it was time for a change!
We thought we were going to have to rip up the current tile, but we planned it out and didn’t. SUCH A TIME SAVER!
Old tile.
New floor.
Ties in nicely with this floor.
If you have a small area that needs redone, ask around to some friends who’ve maybe just completed a project, to see if they have any leftover material for you!
Do you look for ways to use up leftover materials from projects?
(Don’t forget Lisa Leonard is giving away 2 beautiful pieces of jewelry. Enter today. Winner announced on Friday!)
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