Priscillas: August 2014

Sunday, August 31, 2014

Thrifting and Stitching ..Two of my Favorite Things !

Good morning !
I wanted to share some of my favorite thrifty treasures I have found lately .. I have a thing for chickens ..the kitchen is full of them ! I found this chicken soup tureen at a Goodwill up in Wisconsin .. It fits perfectly in tis chicken wire basket thats on my dining room table .

I also got one of the soup tureens on top of the hutch from another Goodwill ..the one on the left came from an Estate sale this winter.

I got this little cow creamer at the thrift shop here in our town for $3.00 ! It is vintage and so cute ! The soup tureen with the hydrangeas in it was also from a Goodwill.. Yhe hydrangeas are from my garden ..Love them !

Now in the kitchen , my daughter found this guy at the Goodwill ..Isn't he the cutest ! He was $3.99.. About a week later we were at a church rummage sale and there was a cow just like him that I found for my daughter since she is crazy for cows !

I also found this chicken plate for 99 cents , that looks like it goes with another chicken plate I got at the Goodwill ..

Here they both are together.

I took this photo with my Iphone last night in the garden as the sun was setting .. Love my patches of zinnias!

I finished stitching Prairie Schooler Pumpkin Patch on Friday .. I have been working on this only on Fridays since the first of the year .. So glad to have it finished !

Last Sunday I finished this Prairie Schooler Santa for the Santa tree and I am currently working on the 2014 Prairie Schooler Santa ..

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Tuesday, August 26, 2014

Sunflower Stitching

Last night I finished stitching this Little House Needleworks design ..Home is Where The Sunflowers Grow ..I just love it ! I put it on the cabinet in the foyer , its perfect for this time of year !

I had to find a way to display it , I didn't just want it in a frame. I went to Michaels and found this cute little chalkboard. Down in the corner of the chalkboard is a wooden apple , so I got the burlap flower to cover that up.

I love it with the painted Mason jars with the black and white check ribbon ..

We went raspberry picking Sunday .. Look at this cutie ,,he had a lot of fun , picking , eating and running around :) Can you believe how tall those raspberry bushes are ???

I took this in my garden yesterday with my I phone .. The butterfly didn't mind that I was standing right in front of it !

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Saturday, August 23, 2014

Planted Thrift Store Baskets

Remember back in May when we planted flowers in baskets from the thrift store ? The photo below is the above basket when I planted it ! It is huge now ! It takes up 1/2 of a 6 seat patio table..

This basket hangs on the fence ..It is doing really well too !

My zinnias are getting huge and I have alot of them ! So exciting to be able to go out and pick a new bouquet every couple days !

The fall raspberries have started to get ripe and they are huge too !

This is another one of the thrift store baskets , just planted simply with allysum and geraniums.. I am going to plant more of these baskets next year .. I love how they look !

The yellow finches love my red sunflowers !

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Wednesday, August 13, 2014

August Sunflower Chalkboard

So....I already had my August chalkboard finished .. then I saw a design on Facebook using colored chalk for the sunflowers, and I had to give it a try !

Love..love..love it !

I got this frame at a yard sale last summer and have used it since last fall for a seasonal design..In a couple weeks it will be time for Fall !

Until then this is going to be hanging in my kitchen !

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Sunday, August 10, 2014

Backyard Garden

Good morning ! Thought I would share a few shots of my backyard gardens .. I picked these little mini zinnias yesterday ..Aren't they just the cutest !

Theres only a few sunflowers left .. wished they lasted longer !

I caught Mr. Squirrell sitting on this sunflower yesterday like he was riding a parade float :)

The fall raspberries are starting to grow now ..all the patches of zinnias are doing great !

On the back sidewalk theres lots of coneflowers , and of course zinnias !

More zinnias planted in a long planter on the patio..

A little vignette with a small rummage sale ladder , birdhouse and pots of flowers .. surrounded by bee balm , zinnias and black eyed susans.

In the front of this photo are some pots with potatoes growing and some pots of pumpkins ,,The back is the vegetable garden, with a few rows of zinnias :) ..There are more sunflowers in the back of the garden ..See the red one ? Just don't look at the weeds ..lol .. because those are what I grow best !!!

I used my big telephoto lens to take these photos.. Love the bee in the coneflowers

The finches eating the sunflower seeds..

A bee on a zinnia..

My first ever shot of a hummingbird !

All of these sunflowers the birds and chipmunks planted ..

This was taken from my kitchen window .. A limelight hydrangea , sunflowers and a couple planters on the windowsill..

Finally the blackberries are getting ripe !
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Thursday, August 7, 2014

Sunflower Vignettes

Sunflowers and August :)...

I redid the seasonal chalkboard I have in the kitchen to a sunflower theme..

I also did the galvanized tray I got from Sam's club with sunflowers ..lots of chickens and some more of the painted mason jars...Its sitting on the stamped table runner I made last year ..

There is always a basket of fresh vegetables on the counter this time of year .. and of course a mason jar full of my favorite zinnias ! Love this vignette on my counter with an upside down basket tray from Goodwill with a vintage scale , mason jars and of course a chicken !

Still loving the galvanized tiered tray , and I can't wait to fill it with pumpkins and other fall goodies !! Except I don't want summer to be over !

This wrought iron 2 tiered stand in the foyer got a new chalkboard design and a few bunches of sunflowers...

The big painted mason jars got black and white check ribbons and some sunflowers..a black and white chicken and a vintage scale ...

These are the zinnias I picked yesterday that are in the mason jar .. so many flowers blooming ..I love this time of year !

My youngest son helped my daughter build this arbor for her yard.. It is going in the backyard but we need more help to get it back there ! It only took them a few hours..