Hello July

Hi Friends,

Time to add a little red, white and blue.....

 to get the patriotic décor vibe on.  

Please stay and decorate with me!

Dug out the Red, White and Blue tubs

Last year I purchased quite a bit of sparkly garland

 star picks, shiny beads and a few flags

more florals.

Flowers from "The Dollar Tree" are my go to for filling in the gaps in my vignettes.

This year I'm really lik'in the faux mercury glass pieces "The Dollar Tree", is putting out this year

metal stars are a must for my out door patriotic decor

Well it looks like I have my weekend planned. Until next time.

May God Bless You and Your Family,

I'm Vicki a Colorado Junkett

Have a Wonderful Day!

June Thrift Haul

Look at What I Found at the Thrift Store!

This is an interesting piece, I paid $1.25 and I think it is from a lighten rod or maybe from a rot iron fence, not sure.

This wonder basket I paid $4 and I think I'll use it as a tray on my deck.

A cute metal decor tray with the lace ascent was a item I got for free from a friend.

A swatch of blue with white star fabric for $.25

A dark blue and white checked napkin for $.75.

Two sizes of bamboo paper plate holders for a $1.00 each

A blue pillow case for $ .10

Lastly, a cute little cutting board from Melissa and Doug Slice and Snack play collections.

Had a great day thrifting!

Have a great week, 

Vicki, the Colo Junkett.

JUNE BLOOMS

Whats blooming in the flower beds?

1st Poppy

Last of the Lilacs

Purple Iris

Lambs Ear, Red Dianithus, White Iris, and the spent Lilacs along the fence.

Purple Salvia May Night

It's still so hot and not much rain my flower beds are blooming and then drying up :(

Thanks for stopping by, Have a wonderful week.

Vicki the Colo Junkett

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