Peonies in the Kitchen

It's no secret...

I love Peonies...

The layers and layers of ruffly petals.

The shabby colors and absolutely luscious scent.

Yes... I love them.

The other day at the grocery store,

I walked towards the flower aisle to take a peek at what they might have when I saw them. 

Those little balled up buds that look nothing like the flower when it blooms.

My heart started to race just a bit- I was so excited that they were in.

There were several wrapped bunches of them in beautiful 

soft pink, bold raspberry pink, red and whites as well.

 I wanted to bring every last one of them home with me

but I restrained myself... well...kind of.

 ;)

I would love to have a beautiful bouquet of peonies in every room
but this bunch of them went into the kitchen.
 Their shades of pretty pink were perfect on the breakfast table
 with white china and pale linen walls

I recently found several gorgeous white plates and platters at my favorite treasure hunting spot

~ Home Goods ~ and they inspired a little change for the Summer in the kitchen.
Mixed with a couple vintage plates, the new dishes are 

  perfect and I am loving the crisp fresh white look.

With a new saying for the vintage chalkboard and the peonies~
they are perfect.

Hitting the ground running this week~ it's a busy one over here...

We are working on fairly time consuming project that I really hope to get wrapped up this week
 and shared very soon and my daughter is graduating 8th grade on Tuesday.

I am helping with decorating for the graduation ceremony

and the next day we will go to the 'stepping up' ceremony at the school that 

she has attended since Kindergarten...
of course will be packing my tissues and taking lots of photos.

It always amazes me when I think about how big my teeny tiny babies have gotten already!

Sometimes I look at them and wonder how did this happen already?

Oh and I almost forgot!

 The winners in the book giveaway!

Congratulations to:

1. Housepitality Designs

2. Fleur Cottage

3. Heavens Walk

Please email me your mailing address and I will get your books out to you!

Stay tuned for another fantastic giveaway  coming up shortly!

Happy Monday everyone!!