Signs of Spring

We've enjoyed a beautiful Spring weekend here. The flowers are beginning to bloom in our yard, lilys, fuchsias, and the wonderful aromatic jasmine. I have to say the jasmine is my favorite. It's creeping up our deck, when it's in full bloom you can smell it's scent creeping in the back door. Most exciting is our little meyer lemon tree, we got this 2 years ago and we're finally going to reap it's fruit. These are all just precious signs of Spring we are enjoying right now.


Today we went up the hill and enjoyed some time with friends at one of our local redwood parks. We went for a short hike, and explored the redwoods. We all enjoyed the fabulous weather and the beauty of mother nature. I hope you enjoyed a wonderful Spring weekend as well.

Artful Thursday: Happy Spring

Today was a gorgeous day. I think it may have hit 80 degrees here. I picked up the boys from school and we zipped on over to the park to soak up some sunshine and just played for 2 hours. It was such a refreshing moment after all those dreary days of gray skies and rainfall. We definitely were thrilled with the day's warmth. After leaving the park the boys wanted to go for a ride with the windows down and sun roof open to let the warm air just whip through their hair...It was sweet to look in the rear view mirror and see them all with huge grins on their faces, a look of glee. A "Happy Spring" moment for sure.




"Happy Spring" was the theme for today's Artful Thursday project. I pulled out a bunch of items (vintage sheet music, spring themed scrapbook papers, vintage bunny illustrations, German glass glitter, flower shaped chipboard, bright colored inks, felt adhesive letters) that gave me some spring inspiration.



With a bit of glue, a pair of scissors and a black brush tipped PITT artist pen I suddenly had this spring themed collage. I was going to put some grommets on the top corners to hang this with ribbon but,I think I may put it in a 12 x 12 frame. Here's wishing you all a "Happy Spring.