Good day, blog friends!
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Today I'm combining my regular weekend recap with a little
Flowers in the House link-up with my florist friend Jane over at
Small But Charming. Come on in...
What photo shoot in my house would be complete without a cameo by Whiskers Jay?
I can never resist a sweet bunch of mini-carnations when I pass them in my grocery store! I have a small collection of old camping cups on a shelf in my kitchen, so I pulled one down, dusted it off, filled it with a chunk of floral foam, and proceeded to arrange (
and re-arrange...) mini-carnations until the floral foam was close to crumbling. Ha - if any of my flower-pro-blog-friends have any tips for working with floral foam I would totally dig that!
I really did consider what I might be able to bring in from my garden this month, but the only thing cut-able right now are sunflowers and no way did I have the heart to chop any of those down. I ended up spending more money than I should have on some grocery-store sunflowers, complete with some twigs that Whiskers has been munching on since Saturday morning.
Meanwhile, outside in our dirt...
Carrie treated Doug to a Father's Day breakfast on Saturday morning, and then they checked out a new driving range called
Top Golf. While they were off and entertained, I busied myself with laundry, grocery shopping, and baking a double batch of banana chocolate chip muffins. I had a ton of bananas that I didn't want to waste, and man, that was a
lot of muffins. I sent some home with Carrie, froze a bunch for later, and gave some to my sweet father-in-law for a Father's Day treat.
A good chunk of my Saturday afternoon involved finishing up my "weekend road trip" mini-book. I'm happy with the final results, and I'll share more about that tomorrow. :o) It felt so good to play with paper again, but by the time that project was done I was ready to switch back to fabric.
Saturday evening Doug grilled burgers out in the heat - turkey for me (yum), venison for him (ew)...
We met Doug's dad and siblings for a Father's Day breakfast yesterday morning. I wish I could describe to you what an awesome dad my father-in-law is, how he has passed on some stellar fathering skills to his sons, and how grateful Carrie and I are for Doug. But this is a post about flowers in my house...
And baking and sewing and a cat...
I've had an idea in my head for a quilt square for
Fiona's friendship quilt project, so I spent some time working on that yesterday afternoon.
{You can see my squares here.} My trusty furry side-kick was right there in the mix, and I don't think he minded at all that the idea in my head did not translate out through my hands like I had hoped. Whiskers purred while I grumbled.
Back in the kitchen yesterday... I baked a yummy batch of carrot cake cupcakes using my grandma's recipe, and then I gave her a call and we chatted for a while. I asked her questions about her dad and also my grandpa and I loved our conversation so much. ♥ I'll blog about those cupcakes and my conversation with my grandma this week too.
So, yeah, a weekend filled with baking, crafting, sewing, cat tricks, phone calls, photographing stuff for future blog posts, some Father's Day love, and the ever present Flowers in the House.
Here's wishing you a fantastic week ahead!
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You can check out Jane's flowers and links to others by
clicking here.