A sweet give away at Heaven's Walk

Helloooooo......

Don't you just love these clay tags?

You could win a couple of these beauties...how? you ask....

Well...just go over to Laurie's blog, "Heaven's Walk" and post a comment.

Laurie is actually hosting two give aways!! Yup, two!!

One in blues, and the other in pinks.

I know you will LOVE Laurie's blog! She is such a sweet gal, and her posts are so inspiring.
I am blessed beyond measure just being able to say she's my friend.
Have fun!!!

Almost ready.....

We are almost ready at Seashells and Lavender.

I still need to put window boxes between the railings and the sashes, and I'm waiting for the soaps to arrive.

The crystal chandelier, and the cloches on metal stands should be arriving very soon. I'm also expecting a beautiful cupcake stand with crystals attached.

The boarder needs changing, but I didn't have time...so...hopefully that will be okay for a few weeks.

 The signs from Paula, at Castle and Cottage, arrived yesterday...I LOVE them all!!!!

 Laurie, from Heaven's Walk, sent her wonderful clay tags, coasters, and trivets!

Laurie also found these sweet string holders.

 It smells absolutely heavenly in my little space!

Notice the space between the rails and sashes?  I'll be adding boxes with hydrangeas, and ivy. That should fill it in nicely.
Eventually, I'd like some french doors in place of the sashes and rails. For now...this will work.
Notice the windows inside? Mr. Lakehouse put the vintage trim around them. He also added sills for displaying pieces. He's been such a help, putting things together for me.
I hope it all looks okay, and that people like what they see.
Can't wait to get the window boxes in place.
Have a super, duper day!!!
Debbie
xxxooo

He Is Risen!

Happy Easter!!

It's off to work I go.....

Well, hello all you bloggers and readers of blogs.

I've been busy here at the lakehouse.

Started back to work at the pharmacy. I find it makes me a little more tired than it used to...but I'm hanging in there.

My little store is coming along.

I saw one of the owners today, and he said they plan to add actual little store fronts and roofs to each space in the village.

Until then, we will keep the window sashes, and vintage trim  over the existing porch rails. Mr. Lakehouse attached the sashes and trim to a board he hung across the top of the "booth". I added ivy and florals.

I love the trim Mr. Lakehouse added to the windows inside the tiny shop!

 If I'm not at the pharmacy, I'm either home working on pillows, and sachets, or filling jars with shells, or lavender...or I'm at the shop. Laurie, from Heaven's Walk, sent LOTS of neat clay tags to sell! I've been adding silk ribbons, and crinkled seam binding, along with price tags to her tags. That has kept me busy in the evenings.
I saw some gorgeous pillows over at Sissie's blog. She is the "Queen of Pillows"!!!  Mine aren't quite as pretty as hers, but they should be okay.

I'm using vintage napkins for the pillows. Adding crinkled seam binding(thank you Donna for the info. on the binding), to the ruffles prettied things up a bit.

I made rosettes out of stiff ribbon.  They turned out better than I thought they would!

Luckily I found two mason jars today. I used all the jars I had filling them up with seashells.

These two jars were a dollar a piece!!!!! and they had the zinc lids on them!!!! wooohoooo!

They are now filled to the rim with lavender.

The vintage gift cards add a little ooomph to the items in the shop.  It's that little "extra" that helps attract the shoppers.
As soon as the signs arrive...the ones made by Paula...I will take pics of the shop.
The soaps still aren't here...so I'll start without them!
I hope you have a blessed Easter weekend.
He Lives!!!!!
xxxooo

Spring-time at the Lakehouse

I just returned from Tete's blog. She took a walk in the rain, and took some great pics of what spring looks like at her house.

I've been seeing so many lovely photos of flowers, and flowering shrubs and trees in blog-land.

Soooo...I thought I'd share a few shots of what spring looks like here at the lakehouse today.

Keep in mind, we are under a winter storm warning.....

Don't you just love my fenced in cottage garden area? The wind blew the little fence over by the shed...adds to the warm feeling of a spring-time afternoon.

And, here we have the boat. Notice the colorful shrink-wrap?  Usually we have the pontoon in the water by now...we decided to wait just a few more days...maybe Easter Sunday???

 This...this is my potting table. all ready for those bags of potting soil, shovels, pots, and even new plants, and flats of flowers.....any day now.....

Here is the view from my kitchen window. Can you see the buds on the lilac bush just outside the window? all covered in snow? Aren't they lovely?
Yes, it's been snowing for about three hours...just a couple more days, then freezing rain moves in.
So, there you have it....my spring-time pics. So refreshing, don't you think?
I wore my flip-flops to work today. I'm NOT giving up! Mother Nature must be experiencing PMS.
I'm hoping she gets put back on her anti-depressant, or even Midol...whatever it takes!!!!

What the??!!!!

I woke up with visions of Sanibel Island on my mind........

I thought about sitting on the screened porch, enjoying "happy hour" with my Sanibel Sista.....

mmmmmmm........

 And this is what I saw as I looked out our sunporch here at the lakehouse!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

unbelievable.

She sells seashells....

She sells seashells down by the.....

Actually...down at the shop called "Seashells and Lavender".

The shells are ready to go....just have to get them to my booth today.

I think the shells will help "beach" things up a bit.
I'm still waiting for the lavender bunches to arrive...along with the French milled soaps.
Once everything is here...I'll take pics of my little...tiny shop.
Have a wonderful Friday everyone!
Big hugs...