June garden update

The temperature has been in the 90's! 

The flower beds are thriving here and there.  The first Orange Poppy in bloom!

The Iris are looking good!

Lambs Ear are enjoying the sun.

This flower bed is looking good.  Lamb Ear, White Iris, Red Dianthus, and Purple Salvia Nemorosa in the back the Lilacs are done in this bed.

This Salvia Nemorosa is laying on the ground.

The LILACS are fading.

90* is so hot for new seedlings in my neck of the country.

I've planted lettuce, kale, broccoli, spinach,onions, carrots and as you can see a zucchini plant in the front left hand side of my garden box seems to be doing well.  I ordered a cover for cooler weather, but I decided to use it as a cover to shade the seedlings.

Hope you all are having better luck with your gardens.

Have a wonderful Day!

Vicki- the Colo Junkett

May Thrift Finds

Here's What I Found Thrifting 

Books, Books, Books, and more Books for FREE!

The school I work at were thinning out the books and miscellaneous learning materials.

41 highlight search the picture magazines

                                     kid chapter book series

 bean counters

math bingo

short vowel and initial consonant word cards

I think this was a wonderful  thrift haul, grand kids are needing some different books to read and I have two grand kids just starting school so any practice is good to help with reading.

I hope you liked this haul,

You have a wonderful day!

Vicki -The Colo Junkett 

Year End Teacher Gifts

Last Week of school and teacher gifts

Blank cards for "The Dollar Tree".

Free printable from pinterest-Amy at The happy scraps  and a pad of sticky notes.

Left over Smarties, Rolo Chewy Carmels, Peppermints, and Extra gum.  I try to keep a stash of cellophane gift bags on hand.

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Final product

Some of the supplies I had left over from last year teacher appreciation week so I didn't have much out of pocket

What kind of ideas do you have for year end teacher gifts?

Have a wonderful day!

Vicki - the Colo Junkett

May DAY Bloom From the Garden

Blooms from the Garden

Tulips are just about spent

This Red Bud tree of the neighbors behind my house is so beautiful it is drowning out the lilacs

Plum Blossoms

Lilacs in full Bloom

Apple tree has just one or two blooms this year, this isn't a producing apple year.

Thank you for stopping by, hope your gardens are blooming.

Have a wonderful week!

Vicki the Colo Junkett

Farmhouse Touch to the Front Porch for Spring

Hi Friends, so glad you stopped by.

Today I'm adding a little spring to my front porch area. The temperature is still to cold at night to be putting out plants.

I ran across this bottle caddy in my basement, that I found thrifting many years ago. From my local Dollar Tree store I purchase floral foam a few clusters of daffodils and raffia.

Very simple DIY.  I just layered the floral foam in the bottom of the caddy then added the raffia.

arranged the daffodils and a little reindeer moss to try and cover the floral foam a bit.

In one of my vintage milk cans I planted a few daffodils, in the milk crate I added the daffodil caddy, but it wasn't working for me I didn't like the white color of the caddy so I just arranged the daffodils in the milk crate.

I like this arrangement better for now.

Thank you so much for stopping by and You all have a great Day!

Vicki -the Colo Junkett

Rustic Diy Nest - Project for Spring or Summer

Hi Friends,

I'm so glad you stopped by. Today, I up to a new rustic diy .... Nest Building! I was surfing You-Tube and ran across several post of how-to.

I gather sticks, some coconut bark from one of my hanging baskets, a little grass and leaves from the yard and all-purpose glue.

Using aluminum foil for a form started layering the materials and let dry.

I really like how the nest turned out, I'll be adding the nest in my Spring and Summer décor. So please check back.

Until my next post, May God Bless You and Your Family.

I Vicki a Colorado Junkett

Farmhouse Easter Sunday

Happy Easter

This year I changed up the wreath on my front door

A new Easter Wreath made with Dollar Tree materials.

Decorating my mantel for Easter and the month of April with items that I thrifted.

I have included the vintage bunnies that I thrifted in March, the diy nests, vintage brass candle sticks I have had in my stash for many years, a vintage rooster I picked up at a yard sale a few years ago, the little yellow chick I thrifted in my March Haul and a few diy eggs, two white hens watching over their eggs, yellow flowers were added this year from the Dollar Tree store.

The Welcome Spring/ green checked flag banner I diy last month looks really nice I think on the mantel. 

Have a wonderful Sunday!

Vicki - the Colo Junkett

Farmhouse Vintage Easter Vignettes Throughout My House

Hi Friends, 

I have been slowly making little Easter Vignettes throughout my house decorating for the month of April and for Easter! I hope you will enjoy see some of my collectables and also some old and new DIY's I have added to my April décor.

Here on my front door is the Spring - Easter wreath I made from  "The Dollar Tree: items.

This old window and shelf is right inside my front door.  I think it turned out nicely, the hanging bunny was a March thrift haul items,   a bunch of carrots I made with toilet paper rolls and orange yarn and the little nest is a diy this year.

this vignette is in my living room.  Just a few thrift finds I have collected over the years. My new addition is the little red wooden cart being pulled by a gray bunny I put a little cloth bunny in the cart with a couple of diy eggs. I just this arrangement in my living room. 

This shelf was given to me by my granddaughter, she used  part of a pallet and sanded and stained it.  I love this new added piece to my farmhouse décor. I added a few of my chicks and hen in their roost.

This little vignette has bunnies nesting in a Star Tobacco box and hip hopping around.  

Happy Spring!

Thank You for Stopping by.

Vicki - The Colo Junkett

Simple Rustic DIY - How to Age a Fabric Bunny

 

Hi Friends, 

Today, I'm trying to put a little age on this cute fabric bunny. I have had this bunny for almost thirty years and I love it.  However, my décor is rustic farmhouse,  

    

    I would like to try to age this cute bunny to fit into                  my rustic farmhouse Easter décor.

So, I put bunny in bucket and used some left over coffee to soak the bunny in, over night.

What do you think?  I'm liking how this cute bunny turned out, lace and all.

A thrifted bunny refreshed, along with a thrifted brass candle stick and a few small painted eggs.

I hope you found some inspiring ideas, for you spring décor.

Thank you for stopping by, if you would like to be notified of my up coming projects you can scribe to receive new post to your inbox.

Until next time take Care, Vicki

Spring Break is here! and I have a Spring Farmhouse Project to Finish

Spring Break is Here!

During Spring Break I have a few things I would like to accomplished around the house.

• Get Spring decor out
• get laundry caught up
• vacuum the house thoroughly, lol will see!

Remember the big bag of all size plastic eggs

Painted the plastic eggs with white chalk paint, but as you can see they needed another coat

 I ended up with close to 3 dozen from that bag.

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I also found two cartons of easy paint Easter eggs on  clearance at Walmart for $1.00 a piece.  I've been working on getting these eggs painted for my Easter décor

The paint I used was Waverly white chalk paint with Ceramcoat - 'Moss Green' and a old bottle of Delta Ceramcoat -Copen Blue. 

I ended up painting 6-18 count egg cartons full. Now I have plenty to use around my house for my spring décor

I hope you all had a great week, So until the next project.

I'm Vicki the "Colojunkett"

First Day of Spring Spring - First Robin Sighting

Hi Friends,

It may be the first day of Spring, with flowers blooming, but here in my area the spring tulips and Iris bulbs are just coming up.

A couple of days ago I spotted the first  Robin in my yard!  That exciting, I now believe spring is coming.

Just sitting enjoying the ray of sun

sitting high on the fence.

Yeah!  First Day of Spring!

Have a great Day!

Vicki - The Colo Junkett