Grow your blog party!

A fun party I am joining in on this weekend!

 

To those who are new to visiting my blog, WELCOME. My name is Debbi, I reside in western Oregon in the small rural town of Sublimity. We enjoy a quick commute in Salem, Oregon's capital city. We are within 90 minutes of the Pacific ocean beaches and 45 minutes from the Cascade mountain snow activities in winter as well as many beautiful lakes and rivers. My children are grown and I have two little granddaughters (pics at the bottom of my blog) Lynsie Jean and Lilian Grace. We are very lucky that they do live close by and see them often.

I am a textile and graphic artist as well as an avid cottage gardener with a passion for old fashioned and English roses, especially pink roses. Many of my art designs reflect my love of the colors of the garden.
A little over a year ago, I took the leap to quit the "day job" and follow my bliss. Some say I retired, but I say nope, I am self employed now and really loving what I do!

My hubby Jim is a retired police officer, and together we enjoy traveling to tropical destinations. The Big Island of Hawaii is our favorite, but Key West Florida comes in at a close second.

I have been blogging on this blog since 2006, some years more than others and I tend to blog a lot more during the warm months because I love to share my gardening and traveling adventures. In 2009 I split in 2 blogs, this remaining my personal blog and forming a blog solely for my textile art website business.

I hope you will follow my blog!! 

AND please head over to my other blog to see my art and throw your name in for the lovely  

GIVEAWAY 

 I am doing over there http://MarionberryCottage.blogspot.com

Cottage Garden Party~March

I had full intentions of sharing a seed starting method I use this month. I am fully a week behind this mid March project. I use a very frugal method these days with egg cartons on the window sill, and usually just a few tomato and sweet pepper plants. But I have not always used this method.

my greenhouse 2002

There was a time when I was really into greenhouse growing. I mean BIG TIME. I grew all my own flowers and veggies from seeds and cuttings. I took 2 years of greenhouse practices classes at our local community college...I was really really into it. I found some old pics, not very good, back then I was just learning to use a digital camera and had no idea how to correctly edit. I thought I would share a few of them since I was not ready with the frugal egg crate method...and we no longer live at the house with the greenhouse....Oh I still love to cottage garden, but I was pretty burned out when we sold that house. It truly was a lot of work. I had started my online textile art business and having both passions was just too much.

My only regrets are I wish I could have picked up that house and moved it to the little town we live in now. It was a lovely cottage style with lace curtains and floral wallpaper. When we moved my husband politely asked me if I would cut down on all the lace and florals in the new house......




join us for the party!

Cottage Craft Room party JANUARY

Another new blog party over at Etsy Cottage Style

Since I am a little pressed for time today I am simply going to share a pic I posted on facebook during the holidays....I titled it 

"Look quick, because it won't look this way long"

 

 it was  right after I cleaned my studio, and I can truthfully say it does not look this way now!

What's In my Cottage Cupboard?

I am joining on the What's In Your Cottage Cupboard? Party over at 

Etsy Cottage Style blog

I really don't have a cupboard, I have a sideboard hutch that I display my collection of vintage German Porcelain along with a few other pieces of depression glass that I inherited from my grandmother.

I rally couldn't get good pics with low lighting, so the pics below are some I took a while back.

as  you can probably tell, I am in love with any vintage pieces with pink roses!

Join the party over at Etsy Cottage Style Blog!

this month is the letters "c" and"d"

Here are my vintage items

Vintage Homer Laughlin Cup and saucer set

Vintage Dresser Scarf 

The vintage alphabet party

Etsy Cottage Style ning blog is hosting a party!

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Melody of Brown Gingham Creations, has posted a Letter for what your collect applying to that letter and she chose "Aprons". I am sharing APPLES an oven dress kitchen towel made from a vintage 50"s tablecloth and is available for sale on my website too, just click on the pic to get there.

Etsy Cottage Style Friends I welcome you to my blog and hope you will join us in the fun!

Your never too old....

Etsy Cottage Style Blog party!

A collection of vintage Greeting cards and Postcards!

In my pursuit of finding graphics that I could use in my designs,
I stumbled upon the world of gorgeous old postcards and greeting cards.
Most of what I found is at my fingertips on flickr and I have even joined some of the groups sharing what I have found in my antique and flea market hunts.
I have used many of them in my blog designs and even some etsy shop banners.
Here are a few, feel free to help yourself!