What Does All This Equal===

If you put this………

 

With a lot of this……….

Add a couple of these……….

With just a touch of this………..

and only one of these………….

and one of these……….

With just a couple of these…………

All on top of this………….

Making sure to add a bit of texture with a couple of these……..

Grounding it with a touch of this………..

 

and making sure you add a touch of black………..

What do you think you will get????

“Enjoy the Process of:

 Putting together puzzle pieces!”

Kathysue

I WON!!!

The lovely Emily Clark had a giveaway on her blog and I won!!!
What did you win? You ask!!!!

First I have to tell how wonderful this is for me……….. Several years ago I passed up some lovely fern prints at Homegoods. I wanted to use them in my family room for a summer look.
 I always think of cool and shady spots dripping with moisture when I think of ferns, so it is only natural to have them for a cooling effect for summer(or at least that is how my mind works.)

Emily’s Giveaway was from a lovely Etsy shop called, Saturated Color.
This Esty shop featured antique book plates!!! Are you starting to get the picture?

I won not one, not two, but three antique fern bookplates from this lovely shop. I can hardly wait to get them and frame them. I know exactly where I am going to put them!!!

Here is a small sampling of some of the loveliness you will find at:

Saturated Color……..

She has sooooo many more to choose from, so be sure and visit her shop

Saturated Color

Enjoy the Process: Of

Browsing through a lovely shop on Etsy

Kathysue

http://www.etsy.com/shop/SaturatedColor?ref=ss_profile

My Colorful Window box and Shutters

My window box is in my backyard. I only have one and I love it!!

The image below is a picture from last year’s window box.  Although the front of my home is  painted yellow the back is painted in a  cooler color scheme. We live in a hot area during the summer months and I wanted it to appear cooler so I chose a soft sage green with bright cobalt shutters! Are you surprised!!!

It is funny how most visitors don’t even notice the transition so I guess that means it works!!!

The cobalt has allowed me to display many fun color combinations. Below is a display of cool blues and greens. Another year I had all white hydrangeas. This year I am still working on the display. I will give you a hint, the base color is bright pink!!! With all the helpful hints that Debra Phillips gave in her post, "Container Design in Three Steps!" I think I will have a lovely display when all the plant material fills in.(Click HERE to read article)

 

The left of the window box.

 

The right of the window box.

The water feature right under the window box. You can’t tell in this image but in the center of the rocks is bubbling water that makes a wonderful sound.

 

So there you have it!!! My brightly painted shutters and window box.

I will have to admit I don’t think I would be brave enough to have used this color combination in the front of my home, but it sure is fun for the backyard!! Could you use a bright colored window box somewhere on your home?

Kathysue