My Garden Shed and Fresh Inspiration

About 10 or 12 years ago, hubs built me the most delightful garden shed.  I've LOVED it and spent hours there potting, reading, writing and enjoying my garden.  You can see some pics from this post in 2009 ( http://wildwomanjewelry.blogspot.ca/2009/06/garden-shed.html ).

 

 

In the last couple of years, I've kind of let it go, using it mostly to store garden furniture, tools and empty pots for the winter. Hubs says it looks rustic.  I say it looks like one flower box fell off the window. It's been such a mess and needed such a thorough clean up (read LOTS of time!) that I've just given it a lick and a polish in the spring and kept the door closed.

But I've missed it.

 

Fast forward to this past weekend...we took our annual jaunt to Bar Harbor (which was lovely and full of its notable quaint seaside charm!).  Saturday morning we walked down to the pier after breakfast to enjoy the water, boats and watch some local lobster fishermen setting out for the day. At one point I noticed a shingled building I hadn't seen before (we've visited for 24 years in a row and I notice these things :)... anyway, it was lovely and we wandered down to have a closer look. 

 

 

 It was a new section of one of the hotels that included several charming little shingled 'sheds' that were colorfully painted and gorgeous with overflowing window boxes.  Housed within were unique shops selling beautiful art, home décor and linens, and every manner of beautiful seaside decorative items.

I was giddy...

so giddy I forgot to take pictures.

 

And I was excited! Flooded with inspiration and enthusiasm, I thought of my own little neglected shed! I've already been to the paint store for a stack of color samples... and if I wasn't raining today and I didn't have orders I have to fill, I'd be out there right NOW!!!

 

      

                                                        

 

 My head is full of ideas for cleaning, updating, tossing, furniture, decorating, painting...and I'll post all the before and afters if you want to follow along!

Stay tuned!

Hippie Kitty

 Ethel is Miss Personality!

This colorful braided yarn string was too short for

my ukulele strap and had become my girl's

favorite toy accessory!

She cracks me up!

The Garden Shed ReOpens!

I'm excited to announce that after a long hiatus (almost three years!), I've reopened my Etsy photography shop, The Garden Shed! A facelift, lots of new nature, flower and travel images being listed over the next couple of weeks and a new focus have me very energized!



 

All images are available using Etsy's new Instant Download feature which allows you to directly print your new art and save the wait and cost of shipping.

 

Peonies ~ Cottage Chic

 Perfect for the Do It Yourself-er, you can incorporate the images to create your own Wall Décor, Greeting Cards, Prints, Digital Backgrounds, Scrapbooking, Nursery Art, Note Cards, Gift Tags, T-shirts, Pillows, Gifts and so much more!! Photos may be printed as many times as you wish for personal use!

Emergence ~ Pink Chives

Pink and Yellow Gerbera Daisies

Soar

Be Yourself

Paradise

Cotton Candy Clouds

Timeless

Sailing

~ I hope you'll drop by and check it out!



Fiesta~ Summer Party Perfect

New this week at Wild Woman Jewelry!!!

Summer party perfect Fiesta Earrings are sundress ready in bright, cheerful colors~ margarita, anyone?

Flower Child Earrings

I've been having fun this week...if I can't get to my flowers outside, I'll make a garden in the house!

Wednesday Wonders ~ Freshly Skweezed

Bright, bold and beautiful papers have long held an allure for me...as a child, on family shopping trips, my sisters and brother hung out in all toy departments while I headed straight for stationary to drool over the papers, tablets, colored pencils and ink!

Well, you can imagined my utter joy when I discovered Freshly Skweezed, and its most delicious, colorful and elegant notecards and stationary! Deb completes the entire process herself using carefully selected papers and many of her own originally handdrawn designs, die cut and 'skweezed' from Deb's own press!

Really, it's like being a kid in a stationary store (heehee) ~fresh, fun, bright colors...funky, mod and floral patterns...crisp designs...personalized...fully lined envelopes in beautifully coordinating papers...and simply, the perfect gift!

Yes, I've got a serious case of 'paper-love' and Freshly Skweezed is just what the stationer ordered... As Deb says, "Kick your stationary up a notch!" and I say, visit her wonderful shop today!

Notes from the Garden, 4 Personalized Note Cards

Orange Crush, Stationary Set

1. Jeanette, Stationary Set

2. Pinky Crush, Stationary Set

3. Love to You, Greeting Card

4. Green Peaceful, Stationary Set

5. Blueberry Flats, Stationary Set

6. Summer Home in the Garden, Screenprinted Note Cards

7. Tropic Mellow, Stationary Set

8. Thanks, Gocco Style

9. Very Cherry Cream, Stationary Set

Wednesday Wonders ~ Elle-a-Belle

Welcome to Wild Woman's Wednesday Wonders, my new weekly post featuring some of my favorite artists and their shops! It is my pleasure to shine a light on Elle-a-Belle this week as my first feature!

I am totally in love with the rich, luscious color and luxurious decadence of the jewelry created by Laurie Warshawsky and displayed in her shop Elle-a-Belle on Etsy! Who could resist the abundance of gemstones, style and sparkle!?! Each gorgeous morsel calls to my inner goddess, demanding adornment with these beauties! Please drop by and enjoy her shop!