Spring posy

Just a quick post to show you some photographs of the first spring flowers in my garden. It makes me happy to see some colour again after those dark winter months!

Unfortunately I won't be able to leave many comments this week. A work course and my family take up most of time. I will be back in the weekend.

Hope you all enjoy the fine spring weather we are having! For the ones who still have snow and temperatures below zero.....I hope spring will arrive soon!

LOVE,

Madelief x

Forget-me-nots & violets

Today I took the day off from work, to spend extra time in the garden. I still had to clean up part of the flower beds and take out several plants that did not survive the frost. Every time I visit, new flowers appear: the field pansy, first forget-me-nots and lungwort. Everywhere in the garden are daffodils, waiting for a bit more sun to show their yellow trumpets. I put the violets I bought at the garden centre in an old terrine.

I had my first lunch in the garden too. It felt really good to eat outside once more.  I laid the table with my new thrift store finds; a beautiful floral cup by Royal Doulton and several Bavaria plates.

I also checked the Dahlia bulbs, I left in the ground over winter.  I was really happy to see that they survived the cold. Some time ago I won a beautiful giveaway by Miranda, from The Black Barn. She kindly sent me a Jeanne d'Arc Living magazine and a gift voucher for a garden centre. I used the token to buy some more Dahlias bulbs (Blue boy, Inspirations mixed & Pompon mixed), which I planted today. Miranda thank you once more! I really appreciated your kind gesture of switching the film voucher for a voucher from the garden centre.

I hope the weather will hold this weekend, so that we can spend more time outside. Hope you will all have a good time!

LOVE,

Madelief x

Romantic bouquets

One of the blogs I enjoy visiting, is the wedding blog Style me Pretty.  Not only for the beautiful brides and grooms and stylish venues, but especially because of the amazing photographs and romantic floral arrangements.

It is a source of inspiration to me. I love to see which flowers they use and what combinations they make. The next step for me is to see if I can grow some of the flowers myself. Meanwhile I just dream on....

Have a lovely evening!

Madelief x

All photo's Style me Pretty

Purples & blues

Just a short post today. We have a birthday party tonight we are all looking forward to. I am still in my blue jeans, so I have to hurry up!

I spent all day in the garden, getting rid of the roots of the giant goldenrod. It's a terribly invasive plant. If I had known three years ago it was so difficult to keep under control, I would not have planted it. In my next post I will show you what we put there instead.

On today's photo's some vintage tins and purple and blue cotton, which I found at the thrift store recently. The cotton is already in use. I am quite happy with my new crocheted flowers, which I will add to an old bag I haven't used for quite some time.

The floral cup and saucer and matching teaspoon were given to me by a friend. It once belonged to her mother. Thank you so much dear Jeannette!

Wish you all a happy weekend! Lets hope we will have some spring weather tomorrow!

LOVE,

Madelief x

Flowers in abundance

 

Last Saturday my dear blogfriend Ingrid from Home & Lifestyle and I spent a delightful day in Breda. We did not really make any plans beforehand, but just started walking and talking! We passed the park, the 'grote markt', saw the Begijnhof and followed the Ginnekenstraat until the end, where we had lunch.

The shops in this part of Breda are lovely. There are some beautiful boutiques and lifestyle shops. I was especially taken with a flower shop called

 V&V Bloemen & Wonen.

It's one of the most beautiful flower shops I have seen. It's light, has beautiful floral wallpaper, pastel painted cupboards and tables, a lovely collection of vintage vases and the most beautiful and fresh flowers. As I did not take my camera with me, Ingrid kindly lend me hers. Due to the light the quality of the photo's is not too good, but nevertheless I want to share them with you. If you would like to see some more photo's of Breda, just have a look at her blog.

Ingrid, thank you once again. I enjoyed our outing very much. You are a sweetheart!

Wish you all a wonderful day! I am off to the garden centre to buy some violets.

LOVE,

Madelief x