S P R I N G

A Favorite Color

And So Fun When it's Rainboots!

{ and even nicer when it's not actually raining and can be used for flowers }

Sharing some of my Spring and Easter decor

I found this crown at a thrift store for $4, and have seen it in

fancy shops for $100.  What a steal!

{one can never have too many crowns you know }

~ Rabbit Agrees ~

I am so wanting to get some new plants in the ground

and into the fairy garden.

Oh the joys of Spring!

~ Violet ~

RELAX

~ Relax ~

Have a cup of tea

Smell the flowers

Delight in their B E A U T Y!

It is SPRING!!!!!

Photos:

One of our afghan hounds who always finds a way to fit

~ even on my little studio chaise.  How he jumps up there and

keeps the pillows in place is a wonder.

My new vintage 'Violets" tea cup, a birthday gift.

Flowers:  my Chinese Tree Peony,

a birthday gift from a friend

several years ago that has moved with us twice,

and often blooms during my birthday week!

(it was only a few days late last week....which is fine, since we were at the beach!)

Those Bunnies...

Our Entry Table and Spring Decor

And a Bunny in the Back Yard

Are the bunnies appearing around your house too?

Easter is on its way!

~ Violet ~

New Bouquets

I love all the flowers that are available

~ even though it is February ~

...I've replaced my bouquets shown a couple posts back...

This one is in the dining room

on the buffet in front of the window

Oh how I love all the

C O L O R

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This bouquet adorns the kitchen island

{after being photographed outside}

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And upstairs in the hallway

more sunflowers to go with my painting

And these flowers won't wilt

... like my previous bouquets did ...

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I created them with silk flowers and greenery

trying to replicate the look of the fresh flower

B O U Q U E T S

from a couple of weeks ago!

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Although I prefer fresh flowers,

this time of year I have none growing in my yard

and needed some lasting beauty

to brighten winters longing to become spring

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{ ... and I see buds appearing, so it won't be long ...}

Spring Decor and Easter

I decoupaged these eggs with pretty napkins,

they are sitting in tiny "violet" teacups

...a bit of moss on a saucer for the sheep...

(which have much more significance to me than bunnies and eggs)

Three-tiered tray on the dining room table

I picked up these little bunny sculptures at a thrift store

for fifty cents each.  All they need is a bit of glitter...

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Those flowers atop the display were made by a friend for our daughters

wedding cake (if you are reading this daughter, I am keeping them

safe for you.  Or perhaps I was hoping you'd forgotten about them?)

Teeter-totter anyone?

CUTENESS!

Little tea cup vignettes with chocolate eggs,

more bunnies, flowers and moss atop styrofoam in the cup.

Oh yes, I love Cadbury mini chocolate eggs, and Hersheys too.

(note to self, pick up some more to stash for after Easter munching....)

Oh my, I even enjoy those marshmellow-filled chocolate eggs.

And jelly beans.  And oh my, did you know they make

bunny shaped gummy bears?

... or should I say, gummy bunnies ...

(they'd be even better if chocolate-covered)

This is a vintage Bible that belonged to my husbands parents.

~ What a cherished book ~

This holiday we celebrate as Christians

really has nothing to do with bunnies and eggs or little chicks

(although quite adorable)

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It is about a Lamb.

This is a collage I made featuring a painting

by French artist of the 1800's, William Bouguereau.

It is combined with a hymn onto a painted and collaged background.

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I will continue my birthday celebration through next week,

along with Anita and the other April birthday girls that she is

celebrating on her blog,

Castles Crowns and Cottages

Be sure to stop by there for a visit this weekend to see

what fabulous beaches she has found for us!

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and

R E J O I C E

in the miracle of Easter!

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~ Violet ~


~ Joining in Debra's 'Vintage Easter Inspiration' at Common Ground ~

Listening to Spring

Do you hear the sparkling sounds?

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The birds are singing!

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The flowers are bursting forth!

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All nature stands in awe of the

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sounds

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aromas

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colors

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textures

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and

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D E L I G H T S

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of springtime hope!

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I pray that the God who gives H O P E will fill you with

M U C H   J O Y and P E A C E

while you trust in Him

(Paul ~ Romans 15:13)

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Earth's crammed with heaven,

and every common bush afire with God

(Elizabeth Barrett Browning)

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Earth laughs in flowers

(Ralph Waldo Emerson)

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The sun is bright, the air is clear,

the darting swallows soar and sing,

and from the stately elms I hear

the blue-bird prophesying

S P R I N G

(Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)

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Our Lord has written the promise of the resurresction,

not in books alone, but in

every leaf in springtime

(Martin Luther)

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The fairie's crown made as a gift for me by my dear friend Anita of

~ Castles Crowns and Cottages ~