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Our Lady's Tears ~ The Flower of May

We have lily of the valley all along our walkway leading to the back of our house. As a little girl playing over at my good friend Christina's, I remember Lily of the Valley lining the side of her house. I close my eyes and breath in deep, their light fragrance takes me back there.

How beautifully perfect they are...each little white bell looks exactly like the one next to it. The dark green leaves provides a dramatic contrast.

Lily of the Valley "Song of Songs"

Perfect for a blushing bride's bouquet.

Lily of the Valley...signifies the return of happiness.

Wishing you all much happiness today and every day.

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The Historic Clement Doyle House ~ Bucks County's Designer House Garden Tour

Today despite the dreary weather and drizzling rain, my sister Kim and myself along with our parents who are up from Florida visiting, decided to spend the afternoon taking in this year's Bucks County Designer Home and Gardens Tour. Due to the fact that there was no photography allowed inside the house, I am unable to show you some of the spectacular rooms the area designer's created. But the exterior of the home and gardens were just as stunning as the interior, and I was allowed to shoot photos of them!!! Yippee!!!

Designer House 2013 is the historic Clement Doyle House located in Doylestown Pennsylvania. According to the history records, in 1692 Edward Doyle and his wife Rebecca moved from Ireland to Bucks County Pa. after receiving a land grant from William Penn himself.

Edward and Rebecca had two sons,Clement and Edward Jr. who also settled in the area. William Doyle, son of Edward Jr., owned a tavern in the center of town known as Doyle's Tavern. The area became known as Doyle's Town and in 1776 the spelling was changed to it's now known name of Doylestown. It was Clement Doyle who purchased 148 acres in the Pine Run Valley. The land was subsequently sold and bought with several subdivisions of the property happening over a period of years.

The history of this home actually begins in 1811 when the owner of the property at that time, John Salome, began building this beautiful stone house. In 1814 a large barn was added to the property.

The home boasts 5,000 square feet of living space with beautiful extensive gardens sitting on 9 acres of stunning real estate. Now I am going to stop giving you a history lesson and let you enjoy these fabulous gardens!

And what is a designer House without offering a wee bit 'o shoppin'!

Ooops!!! One more area I forgot to share...this beautiful outside dining area just off of the lovely morning room.

I hope you enjoyed this tour. The proceeds benefit the Doylestown Hospital and the many services they support.

Wishing you all a wonderful start to your week!

To view last year's Designer House, Spring Valley Farm, just follow the link here.

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Patriotic Burlap Wreath

Can you believe that Memorial Day weekend is only a little over a week away? Where has the time gone??? Well for me holidays equal making a craft and this time it is an Americana inspired burlap wreath. The inspiration came when I found this cute berry and star floral stems at a local gift shop called The Keeping Room.

I then found a flag print ribbon at Hobby Lobby when I was there last week. They also had a ton of colored burlap and burlap with prints.

This time I made the wreath using a wire form instead of a wire hanger.

Then the burlap was folded in half and just woven and looped through the wire form. After you loop the burlap, open up the folds.

The ribbon was looped through the same way only not folded. I made a bow and poked in my floral stems and then anchored them to the wire form by wrapping the wire part of the stems around the form.

And voila...my patriotic wreath is done!

Wishing you all a super day!!!

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Darling Confetti Krispie Tulip Pops

My sister Kim is always handing me cute snack-y ideas to make for the kids, and this one caught my eye. I just happened to have a tulip shaped cookie cutter and the lollipop sticks, all I needed were the Rice Krispies and a 10 oz. package of marshmallows.

Line a 9 X 13 inch baking dish with aluminum foil and spray with cooking spray. In a large pot melt together 1/4 cup of butter, the marshmallows and 2 tsp. of vanilla extract. Once all is melted and blended, add 7 cups of Rice Krispies along with 1/2 cup of multi-colored sprinkles.

Press the cereal mixture into the prepared pan. and let cool some. Using your cookie cutter, press cutter into the Rice Krispie mixture, pressing scraps together as needed. Insert lollipop stick and let treats cool completely.

Brush a thin coat of light corn syrup on one side of the treat and then coat with more sprinkles. Outline the treat with decorative icing fitted with a writing tip. Makes 10-12 pops.

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Hanging a Mirror in the Kitchen

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According Feng Shui, hanging a mirror in the kitchen will will bring prosperity to all who reside in the home. Well I don't know about that but I do like the sparkle a mirror brings to a living space...so why not hang one in the kitchen?

Now as you may or may not already know, my kitchen is pretty big, but it is located in the back of the house with a large screened in porch off of the kitchen sliders, so it doesn't get as much natural light as I would like in the space. Adding this large mirror reflects the light which does come into the room making it feel brighter without all of the tungsten lighting flipped on.

I also love the fact that the mirror serves also as a large piece of artwork in what it reflects...it's just a matter of keeping the island an counter tops clear and neat! The other cool thing that happens is that the picture changes depending on where you stand in the room.