A Handpainted "Welcome"







Can you believe it's already July?

It seems like just yesterday it was the first day of Spring.

It's been sooooooo HOT here!

I spent the day working outside.  Picking, pulling, pruning and planting.

Sweating buckets!  

I wanted to spruce up my front porch area so I got crafty......  and..... with no money.... very creative.  

I made a "Welcome" sign from an old piece of fence. 

I painted it and wired on some old medicine bottles to serve as bud vases.

I've had an old ice cream parlor chair in my basement for years.  I decied to paint it black...  then added the mosaic tile seat.

I turned one of those pots you use to conceal your water hose into a flower pot. 

It was perfect.  It's huge and already has drain holes.  

I found the cutest vintage garden statues at my local flea market.

A little boy & girl and three different cherub statues!

Who doesn't love cherubs!

My husband made me the cutest little "garden cart"!  

He used some scrap wood, a wheel salvaged from a broken wheel barrel and an old Pepsi crate.  

I painted it and am going to sit a pot of flowers in it. 

I ran out of steam so that's for another day.

Sadly this Spring we lost one of our big trees. 

We haven't had the stump removed yet.....  so, I decorated it!

At least it will look good in the meantime.

Hope everyone had a wonderful 

4th of July!

Linking this week with

Tracie @ Fishtail Cottage

for

Cottage Garden Party #10

and

My Romantic Home

for

Show and Tell Friday

and

French Country Cottage

for

Feathered Nest Friday