tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51869086471799061122024-03-05T14:33:37.155-06:00Lakeshore Cottage LivingLakeshore Cottage Livinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01241257844900405742noreply@blogger.comBlogger115125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5186908647179906112.post-3571900335389536342014-04-16T21:08:00.000-05:002014-04-16T21:15:32.613-05:00~Easter Birthday Party!~<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;">My littlest one turned 6 this past weekend and she wanted an Easter Birthday party so I set out to make it fun! Needless to say after 2 hours of running around chasing 9 little girls, I was exhausted. But the girls were darling and we had a great time. Here are a few pictures to capture a few of the details...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I hope you all have a wonderful Easter!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I</span><span style="font-size: large;">'m dreaming of Christmas. I love this time of year. Forgive me for posting about Christmas before Thanksgiving, but I usually go out of town for Thanksgiving and don't do much decorating for that holiday although, what I don't do in decorating, I am sure to make up for in eating! lol</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">One of my very favorite Christmas decorations...which make my giddy and revert to 6 years old...are SNOW GLOBES! I like everything about them. Not the kind with the off tune music box connected to the bottom, but the old vintage-y kind...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A few years ago we had a Christmas Open House to raise money for a friend who was adopting from Ethiopia and I decorated the kitchen table with snow globe desserts. My kids got to devour them after everyone went home and I think they were a hit! I got the idea from a Country Living magazine and I think I will try to do them again this year.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">They are a little messy and I did them quickly so they weren't JUST as I wanted them to be, but I have big plans this year to make a few adjustments and improvments. Basically, they are cream puffs mounted on a peanut butter cup base. Very fun and a real hit. The sky is the limit with ideas!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Another idea that I did last year using a gumball machine was a lot of fun as well...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">My little snowman inside is Russian. Easy to do and brings a smile to many faces!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Yes, maybe a little premature on my Christmas posting...but I am just sure you will forgive me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">XO, Kristine</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Along the fence line, the purple catmint is blooming. It is Nepeta, Walker's Low and there is Salvia mixed in with it (it is a deeper purple). Soon the daisies will be blooming and will peak through the catmint. And there are a few white oriental lilies that will be blooming as well. In addition, the Veronica Speedwell is ready to bloom which will add another shade of purple to the mixture. On the other side of the fence line is a row of double pink knockout roses. They mix nicely with the purple flowers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sarah has been home from Russia for 10 years and on her 11th Birthday we took a few pictures...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hello Lakeshore Cottage Living friends! My daughter's picture has made it to the voting stages of the Joint Council's annual photo contest. I would be so honored if you would pop over and vote for SARAH. The competition is tough...<span class="text_exposed_hide">...</span><span class="text_exposed_show">and all of the children are just beautiful. Thank you so much in advance. You DO NOT have to register your email or anything like that and I would be delighted if you would share this on your facebook, website, blog pages as well!</span></span></div>
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Hello. I don't know if anyone still checks in here but I wanted to pop in and tell you that life has been so busy and well...once you get away from blogging and realize how much time is spent here...it's very hard to just return with a full heart and dive right back in. I did want to post though and wish you all a wonderful holiday season and let you know that I will be posting a few Christmas decor pictures on my Facebook page. You are welcome to follow my page and check it all out. You can find the link in my sidebar. Merry Christmas to all of you! <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Happy Birthday to my little darling.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">They've started blooming like crazy! and it makes me so happy to see them every morning out my windows. These roses are on one side of the fence and on the other I planted salvia, coreopsis, nepeta (Walker's Low) catmint and white oriental lily bulbs. I can't wait for it to all mature and fill in.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have been so busy with the kids lately. There has been a lot going on. My daughter competed in the State Gymnastics Meet and took 1st place overall which was very exciting. We had to work the meet and were busy with that all last weekend. I am also working on a Children's Easter Program for church and trying to keep my very active almost 4 year old busy...planning her party too! Should be fun. I'll be back soon with more garden pictures. I sprayed for poison ivy today and will soon be cleaning out that flower bed and replacing much of the dead stumps and bushes there. Yardwork is a lot of work but it is so therapeutic to me! I am enjoying my time outside right now...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Also, I just want to say that I was seriously BLOWN AWAY by all of the comments and features of my girls' room. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Thank you all so very much!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Kristine</span></div>Lakeshore Cottage Livinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01241257844900405742noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5186908647179906112.post-52084955849541850912012-03-20T18:34:00.001-05:002012-03-20T18:35:43.976-05:00And the WINNER of the Cutting Edge Stencil is.....<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Natalie, I will be emailing you very soon.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">*Natalie was chosen by Random Generator.*</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A HUGE THANK YOU </span></div>
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<span style="color: cyan; font-size: large;">All of your comments made me <span style="font-size: x-large;">smile</span> and <span style="font-size: x-large;">smile</span> and <span style="font-size: x-large;">smile</span> again. This was so fun I may have to do another one...hmmmm. Well, we'll see.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Thank you so much for stopping by! </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I would love to hear what you think. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I will give you some details:</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Paint is Sherwin Williams: Samovar Silver</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Trim is Sherwin Williams: Shoji White</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Shelves on brick wall: Custom made by trim carpenter (I drew what I wanted and they whipped them out in not time...can you believe it?! Really talented guys)</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Refrigerator: Samsung Counter Depth french door...LOVE IT!</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Dishwasher: New Kitchenaid model...LOVE IT!</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">And the microwave is an LG. It was the largest they had. I chose to put it down low so the kids could reach it easier to help with cooking... ;) they eat a lot. lol</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">And it is off the counter that way.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Cabinets: Rustic Oak </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Floor: 4 inch red oak with knots - I think they said grade 1??</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Countertops: Granite-giallo ornamental</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Backsplash: Tumbled marble subway tiles</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Knobs and drawer pulls- Cool Knobs and Pulls-ordered online</span><br />
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My kitchen definitely looks a little more "lived in" now with a few papers and lunch boxes scattered here and there. I don't know if it will ever be as clean as it was in these pictures again LOL.<br />
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</div>Lakeshore Cottage Livinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01241257844900405742noreply@blogger.com101tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5186908647179906112.post-58163132434832577892012-03-13T21:31:00.000-05:002012-03-30T23:25:38.920-05:00Spring Has Sprung In My Girls' Room: A Reveal and a GIVEAWAY!<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Well, I have been busy around here trying to finish another room so that I can give you something original to look at. </span></div>
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**This GIVEAWAY has ended and a winner has been chosen**</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">for asking me to help them with a Giveaway. They have been very patient with me and it was just the push I needed to get the girls' room finally finished this past weekend. So without further ado...my girls' room...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">My Step-Mom, Peggy, made the curtains, bed ruffles, throw pillows with each of the girl's names and the duvet covers. She is so talented. Love all the details that she put on the pillows and bedding, don't you?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The antique kitten pictures are so special. This one was given to my MIL when she turned 9 years old. I found another one from the same artist in our local antique mall. You can see it below...</span><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-GDg921hPTdc/T14mbvSEzCI/AAAAAAAAF4k/-4A7WZrzTgE/s1600/124.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img aea="true" border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-GDg921hPTdc/T14mbvSEzCI/AAAAAAAAF4k/-4A7WZrzTgE/s640/124.JPG" width="480" /></a></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is the <span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://www.cuttingedgestencils.com/">stencil</a></span> I chose for the room. It is the Allium Grande. I painted the stem myself with a sponge brush. This was so easy to do...it took me about 20 minutes for each allium. I think they add a lot to the room. I used tape, acrylic paint and a sponge brush.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Love this little Penelope Peapod...do you have one of these? </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> A few of our Russian treasures.</span></div>
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<a href="http://betweennapsontheporch.blogspot.com/">Metamorphosis Monday</a><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Well, if you are expecting to look at something pretty...this really isn't it!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This area behind the garage has always been a mess since we moved in. Other than throw away a bunch of stuff that the previous owners left, we haven't done anything at all....until NOW! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">They have started the new addition to the garage. It will be a large store room/place for yard equipment. These men loved having their picture taken...so funny.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">we will have some deckwork/repairwork done now and then some REAL deck work done this summer to clean it all up.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">As you can see, our grass really has struggled with the lack of rain we had last year. AND they are working on the dam so they had to drain the lake! Needless to say, we are on water rations...and the well is almost dry.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">these old tiki lamps will go out in the trash tomorrow...I spent all day cleaning up the yard today. There were leaves everywhere and it was SO windy. The city trucks were going up and down the lake road with large trucks and equipment cleaning up the lakeside </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">while the lake is low/dry. My hair feels like a tumble weed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is the back of the garage now with part of the new foundation poured. The new addition will just be added right on the back and then they will add a small garage door and a back door and of course will replace the siding.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here is a side view. I think it will be a nice size. The area in front of it will be a patio.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A wrought iron fence is not in our plans this year...hopefully next. I despise chain link...but we have to have a fence </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">because we have a pool. I know...wa wa wa.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So there you have it. I've also been cleaning out my pantry...which has taken me 2 DAYS! Yikes, it was a mess. It's really not worth showing you.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So, if you have been wanting a stencil from them...stay tuned!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hope you are all doing well. My weight loss plan is on it's way...I need to lose 30 POUNDS!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">XO, Kristine</span></div>Lakeshore Cottage Livinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01241257844900405742noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5186908647179906112.post-67144631342709166072012-02-27T17:00:00.000-06:002012-02-27T17:00:08.017-06:00More Window Box Inspirations...<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;">While on the lovely Pinterest site, I found these window boxes that provided more excitement and ideas to share! I hope you will go and pay each of these sites a personal visit if you like the pictures below...the links are just below each picture.</span> </div>
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<br /></div>Lakeshore Cottage Livinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01241257844900405742noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5186908647179906112.post-16325424629665573762012-02-27T12:37:00.002-06:002012-02-27T12:37:50.293-06:00The Blog O' The Week #11<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Once again, I am a little behind on things...I am trying to fit exercise into my schedule and if I get on the blog, then my day goes by too quickly because I get sucked in to all of your beautiful blogs and then I go to your blog lists and get sucked in further...and then facebook...well, you get the picture. We are headed to the beach again this summer and I need to feel better about a bathing suit appearance than I do right now ;) Just curious...do you want to hear more about my weight loss journey or does that bore you? I am thinking of posting updates on facebook, but not if that is sharing too much.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">My blog pick this week is one that I just love. She is a gal who I have been friends with and followed for a few years now. Time flies by so quickly. She has a beautiful little girl from Russia and two sons who are very handsome. She and her husband are also very beautiful...just the whole family! Ok...so their new exciting thing is the building of a new home...and the floor plans are stunning. I know you will want to follow her now so that you can watch it all appear before your own eyes. She has GREAT taste and you will NOT be disappointed by any of her decor.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So without further ado...please go visit Corey at:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Many of you have commented about window boxes lately and I thought it would be fun to do a few posts on them. I cannot wait until mine are installed. I love this one shared on Youtube.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here is the link if you want to purchase these window boxes and other hanging baskets from this company. They have beautiful things and I am not profiting from this in any way. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I know I have been focused on gardening posts lately, but we are making lots of plans for the outside of our home (the above picture is the featured home, not ours). We are getting ready to add on a tandem garage in the back and soon, we will have a new roof on the house which is very much needed. Hopefully new windows for the front bedrooms in the fall (we are going to wait a bit for these) and I have asked our contractor for a few WINDOW BOXES...makes me giddy just thinking about it all! This summer we plan to have some deckwork done in the back to replace some very rotten boards and every now and then we stop to ask ourselves...how much money have we spent already on this place? lol Oh well. In addition to all of this we are going to do some planting, planting and more planting to re-create the front and back yards. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have been so sick all week that I have spent a lot of time with my pillow in bed...finally an antibiotic has cured me....ok, off topic again...but thank you to all of you who wished me well. So, on to my blog of the week (sorry, got a little off-topic there).</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Simply stunning photos. Go over and visit <a href="http://creativecountrymom.blogspot.com/2012/02/my-supersized-garden-life-aka-brooke.html?spref=fb">Brooke</a> for yourself! You will not be disappointed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have another blog I will share with you soon as well with beautiful landscaping, roses and more. Be sure to check my FACEBOOK page for that link. You are welcome to join me on FACEBOOK any time!!! Everyone is welcome.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sorry I am a little late with my blog of the week. With my daughter's gymnastics meet, both of my boys playing basketball and me being sick over the weekend, it was just impossible to get anything else done. So without further ado...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This blog is so wonderful. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> The pictures are beautiful and so are all of her wonderful ideas.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">She lives in England...Yorkshire.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">You really MUST go over and see her blog and I know you will want to follow her as soon as you lay eyes on all of her craftiness...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Also, did you know that GAP is having a Share the LOVE sale?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">XO, Kristine</span></div>Lakeshore Cottage Livinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01241257844900405742noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5186908647179906112.post-1842401987179926172012-02-08T18:34:00.000-06:002012-02-08T18:34:47.169-06:00Linky Blog Hop Party::the OOPS is FIXED!<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Did you know that Google Friend Connect is going away soon? There is a new tool called Linky Followers that will allow you to continue to Follow the blogs you like and keep up with their posts. I am linking up to:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">If you decide to Follow me, I will Follow you back. Please just leave me a comment here so that I can find you!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I am trying to go through each of the buttons in my sidebar as well and Follow back each of you that has decided to Follow me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Talk to you all soon!</span><br />
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<span style="color: cyan; font-size: large;">Sorry for the post earlier, I had to run my daughter to gymnastics and to to parent teacher conferences and I neglected to check the link...oops! it is fixed now. I will be back soon to follow all of you!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Many of you have seen these VERY fun Valentine's (below)on Pinterest and I shared them a couple of weeks ago here on Lakeshore. This weekend, the kids and I had a little fun coming up with our own version.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Each of the kids helped me edit and Picnik each of the shots via Picasa Web Albums. This is a free tool that you can download on the internet.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I ordered the photos on Shutterfly and we will finish them up this weekend with candy, of course. I wanted to share these with you today in case you are trying to think of a different idea for Valentine's for your children. These were actually cheaper to do than buying the boxed Valentine's at the store.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Thank you again Vanessa and Heather from </span></div>
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<a href="http://www.adventuresofourfamily.com/2012/01/hand-sewing.html?showComment=1328201647160#c2610139332574842854"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> Adventures of Our Fami-ly</span></a><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here are a few of the things I have PINNED on PINTEREST that have inspired me to think about border plantings and plantings along the fenceline in the front yard. Warning..these pictures will truly make you want to run to a Nursery in the dead of winter...but fortunately they will not have these plants yet in my corner of the world.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here is a picture of my very boring front yard as it is today. I have big plans but that is the problem...too many things that I like.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">It's pretty much a clean slate. We had many overgrown bushes removed last spring. Right now there is black tarp and lots of mulch. There is about a foot in front of the fence that is mulched and ready to plant a row of something and there is a lot of room behind the fence for new bushes, etc. The picture is a little deceiving.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> I cannot decide on a landscaping color scheme...whether I want a more manicured landscape with boxwoods or a fluffy cottagey look. Things I know are daylilies. I don't ever have much luck with roses; however, I know that shrub roses are relatively carefree (at least that is what I have read). Honestly, the picture that speaks to me the most is the picture above with the pink roses along the fenceline.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We are experiencing warmer than normal temperatures here and I am not sure exactly what is going on, but it does have me thinking about Spring. I know that the days of snow, ice and chilly temperatures are not gone, but every January/February I get the gardening itch and it doesn't go away for a while. At least it is not the baking itch, right? Baking does me no good...it only makes me grow BIGGER. ok, so I did actually bake a cake today too. :/</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This one had me at HELLO. The patriot hostas and the boxwood are a marriage made in heaven.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This grouping uses the perfect rule to place large leafed plants next to small leaf plants for contrast. Did you notice there is not one flower in this picture, yet it is soooo appealing to the eye?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> I really love the foxglove in this picture as well as the other colorful flowers. Did you know they are poisonous? Don't let your toddler chew on one. They are SO pretty next to the little white fence.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I hope you will decide to Follow me on your Facebook page. I know Facebook is struggling (hardy har har) and I thought I should help them out by adding just ONE more page for you to like. I would just really LIKE it if you would LIKE my page....wink, wink. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Kristine</span></div>Lakeshore Cottage Livinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01241257844900405742noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5186908647179906112.post-14298122907978932842012-02-01T09:33:00.000-06:002012-02-06T08:11:57.739-06:00Still Trying to Catch Up From the Holidays?<span style="font-size: large;">Yes, me too.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Last weekend we had our neighbors over for chili to spend some time and get to know each other better and that was the motivation I needed to get the house back together. After the holidays, all I did was get ready for the cruise and now that the cruise has come and gone...it was time to get my rear in gear. No more excuses (it's already February!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So things got cleaned and redecorated and rearranged and I feel better when I pass through from room to room. Nothing new really...but it is fun to just use what you have and when you move it around it looks new! There was no money spent at all...just a little furniture polish and a vacuum.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have been busy making up some garden plans for our yard. We got rid of a lot of old overgrown bushes last year and didn't replace them with anything other than black gardening tarp and lots and lots of mulch...at least I have a very clean palette to work with. So this year after the new roof is put on (hopefully soon) and as soon as it warms up...I plan to landscape the front and back yard and add some color to our very plain surroundings.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In my search over the internet I have found some wonderful blogs that have assisted me with my plans. One of my very favorites is this one:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I know it is cold and snowy in many parts of this world right now, but the thought of gardening brings a smile to my face and to have some plans in my hands really help me to look forward to warmer days ahead. I do love to get my hands in the dirt! I hope this blog will help you to plan for your garden as well. So go on over and visit <span style="font-size: x-large;">Doris</span>. I know you will get a lot of great tips from her blog.</span></div>
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