Gardenhouse Studio

05/28/2026

Litte apple tree blooming

05/27/2026

For years I've left my alliums in the garden where they belong — or so I thought. This year I finally cut a few and brought them inside, and I have to say... why did I wait so long? There's something almost magical about these purple globes in a vase. The garden gave me a gift today.
Do you cut flowers from your garden to bring inside, or do you leave them where they grow?

05/26/2026

All Roycycled papers are SUPER reduced on the website;

20 x 30 decoupage tissue paper in new and innovative designs

05/26/2026

When You don't have a mantle, a buffet will do. An old chippy pitcher, a few peonies, some worn books and candlesticks. That's it. Simple and classic decorating plan.

05/25/2026

I look at this picture every year on Memorial Day and the older I get, the more deeply I feel it.

- The freedom to publicly preach Christ
- The children I'll laugh with today
- The vacation I will enjoy with Jana later this summer
- The life we've been blessed to build together
.. all enabled by young men and women who did not get to enjoy them, so that you and I could.

And they were YOUNG. Ronald Reagan put this in striking perspective:

“It is, in a way, an odd thing to honor those who died in defense of our country, in defense of us, in wars far away. The imagination plays a trick. We see these soldiers in our mind as old and wise. We see them as something like the Founding Fathers, grave and gray haired. But most of them were boys when they died, and they gave up two lives—the one they were living and the one they would have lived. When they died, they gave up their chance to be husbands and fathers and grandfathers. They gave up their chance to be revered old men. They gave up everything for our country, for us. And all we can do is remember.”

From the bottom of our hearts, thank you to every family who sacrificed a loved one so that we could enjoy our loved ones today.

"Greater love has no man than this; that someone lay down his life for his friends."
– John 15:3

05/24/2026

Are any of my ladies obsessed with making sour dough bread like my guy says I am!

05/24/2026

A mini herb garden, lavender and rosemary, sweet peas overflowing their pots. The romantic summer is awaiting creation with trowel and seed. As simple as a pot on the patio, you got this!

05/23/2026

Looks so good!