rose love

I've been wrapped up in blog hopping lately, trying to visit all of the beautiful creative spaces

of women all over the world who joined Karen Valentine's party.

I love the Where Blogger's Create event and look forward to seeing

where so many of you make your beautiful art.

I was going to link my garden blog to the party too, but it was all I could do to get the 

studio in shape for photos. 

It's always such a wreck in there.

But to me that's the fun of having a separate place to create...leaving the mess.

Before I had the studio space I would have to create in different areas of the house.

(mostly the kitchen table or kitchen island)

I would have to gather all my 'stuff' up at the end of the day 

or at meal time and that was such a bother.

(that is---when I used to cook) : )

In my garden is where I really love to create though.

Where I love growing things like these roses in my photos.

I found this old blue kettle at a yard sale one sunny afternoon a few years ago.

We stopped at the home of an old gentleman who's mother had passed away,

and she had many treasures like this kettle. 

When I went up to pay him for my things, he asked me what I was going to do

with the junk.

'Treasures' I said...'they are treasures'.

  Now for some of the roses blooming right now in my garden.
Where I really love to create!

rose---

Morden Blush

and 

Annabelle hydrangea 

rose---

Guy de Maupassant

rose---

Lambert Closse 

I really like the form of the Lambert Closse blossoms.

such a hardy and vigorous rose in my garden

 not to mention---the perfect pink! 

rose---

Aunt Honey

with clematis

rose---

Adelaide Hoodless

a pretty cherry red and so far it's surviving in the shade.
It's getting scraggly though so

eventually I will have to move it, but that will have to be next year.

my new little Mary Rose

It's one of the many David Austin roses I bought this Spring.

I hope it makes it through our cold, cold Winters.

I love it and all the others I bought and planted this Spring.

For more of the things I love to grow in my 'creative space' you can visit
my garden blog Grace Gardens.

Where I create...

Thank you Karen for hosting another Where Bloggers Create this year.

I am happy to be able to share photos of the studio I have in my backyard.

I love that my son built the huge cupboard for me for a Mother's Day

gift a couple of years ago. 

I covered the front with white burlap and I use it 

as a huge inspiration board that is ever-changing.

On the inside I store all of my fabrics and some

of my supplies.

I usually pin things to it that either inspire me or supplies I have purchased for a

 certain project I want to make soon.

I find that if I have ideas in front of me, I am more likely to actually 

get them made sooner than later.

It's like a 'little nagging board'.

I also pin things that friends have given me or things I 

have found that I just find too pretty to put away like some 

of the trims and laces I find.

 I wish my photos would have turned out better, but it was raining today when I took them. 

 always some magazine clippings

 The loft comes in handy for extra junk. 

This old dresser is my craft table. I like to stand to work on collages

and  many sewing projects and it is the perfect height.

I keep most of my supplies in it's drawers as well.

I just found the old rusty, chippy medicine chest.

It won't be staying here, but will probably hang on one of the walls

to hold more supplies. 

A little of the laces I keep in glass.

I have many. many more jars of the stuff in the cupboards too.

I wonder what I'll do if I ever run out of all the laces I have.

I don't think it is ever going to happen with all the stuff I have stashed over the years.

each basket holds a separate project and all of the supplies to make it

sad, but true

   

 another cupboard filled with supplies and laces

I like my ladies that hang above the french doors

every tabletop is covered

every drawer is full

every cabinet is crammed to the gills

sometimes this place is chaos and I have to get in and purge

  

some hearts that need finished before I will let myself start on anything new 

and a pretty little 'faith' charm given to me by a friend

who thinks I can do it  : )

sure looks like chaos to me!!!

 Thank you for stopping by to see where this blogger creates!

Now I'm off to see some more creative spaces 

from Karen's party.