SPRING DECORATIONS

Good morning everyone! It's a rainy gloomy morning in Chicago but I am feeling happy for some reason. I got up and had coffee with The Husband and decided to put together a post of some of my spring decorations. On the down side, I wanted to share more of my daffodils and tulips but right now they aren't looking too well. I don't know if it is because we had such a mild winter or if they bloomed too soon. They look stunted and the tulips are sparse. After this rain I will have another look and see if the situation has improved. What a bummer.
Emily and I made a trip to Pier 1 on Monday. It was pretty hysterical because she was at one end of the store and I was at the other and we would meet in the middle at the counter and load our finds up. With her designer eye, she can buy something knowing exactly where it will go and how it will look and I tend to just buy what I fall in love with! She found this little birdhouse with a glass door knob and knew that it would look perfect on a closet door that you can see from the living room. I have a necklace hanging off the knob that I won in a giveaway from Debby at Cozy Blanket. It's a key on a chain and it looks great here when I'm not wearing it. Thanks, Debby!
I have a small bunny collection and I thought I'd show you a few. This guy I've had for a few years. He's really darling.
And this one is my favorite. You have to love that little face!
This little pair came from Terry's Village. They have some really cute holiday things. I love their catalog. These guys sit on my island.
I found this tray at Pier 1. It goes so well in my living room. I'd show you my whole mantel but I am still working on it. I just can't get it right. I want to paint the wall a cream color...does anyone have a paint color that they are in love with? I am so tired of this mossy green and it really isn't a good backdrop for my pieces.
Emily gravitates toward the whimsical and found these textured bunnies.
This guy is riding in his own little Carrotmobile!
The word around Blogland was that Fifi O'Neill has a new cookbook. I went to Amazon and found it and I love it. I have been thumbing through it and marking pages that have recipes I want to try. There are some bloggers in here that you may have heard of, too. What a great book, I recommend it. I also just finished the book, Signs Of Life {It's on my sidebar} and I laughed and cried all the way through it. It's about a young woman who is widowed when she is five months pregnant with their first child. It sounds like a downer but it really is about her first year grieving and coming to grips with her loss. It's a memoir, and I just fell in love with the author. You will, too.

Well, on the homefront, temperatures fluctuated all week between 40 and 70 degrees. Crazy weather. It was sunny though and I got out of the house everyday, even if it was just a short trip to the grocery store or to walk around the backyard lamenting about my poor flowers. I would love to make a trip up to the lake but The Husband has been bringing paperwork home every weekend. I did find out that my sweet neighbor, Susie, has been watering my plants so I can stop having this vision of walking in to find dead ferns all over the place. Hopefully we will get there soon.

I found a great dessert recipe that I am going to make and take pictures of for you next time and I also have a tablescape going on at the table in the family room. It is still being tweaked and the lighting is so bad today, I didn't want to take pictures. I will have that next time, too. I hope you all have a wonderful weekend. Keep your fingers crossed for great weather wherever you are! :-)