With a Dash of Color: April 2015

Hello, friends!

Have you been enjoying the beautiful spring weather?

I love the earthy smell of spring! Signs of springs are every where in my yard. The apples trees and the dapples willows in the backyard are beginning to show signs of budding. In a few weeks time, the bare leafless branches will be overflowing with lush greenery. I am looking forward to the fragrant apple blossoms and bringing them inside to enjoy their beauty indoors as well.

Today, I am sharing a tea tray vignette I put together that reminds me of the beautiful spring weather surrounding us at this time of the year:

Spring is here.

How do you think I know?

I just saw a little white bird.

That is how I know.

The merry birds on twig and branch

Trill out the news with fluttering wings,

While Robin seeks the early fruit,

Impatient watching the green shoot,

And the glad tidings gaily sings. ~Mary Dow Brine.

April showers bring May flowers,

That what they say.

But if all the showers turned to flowers,

We'd have quite a colorful day!

You'd see tiger lilies and water lilies,

Carnations pink and blue,

Forget-me-nots and small sundrops

Glistening with the dew.

And if all the showers turned to flowers

On that rainy April day,

Would all the flowers turn to showers

In the sunny month of May?~ Karen Chappell

The Spring Song~Robert Louis Stevenson

The air was full of sun and birds,

The fresh air sparkled clearly.

Remembrance wakened in my heart

And I knew I loved her dearly.

The fallows and the leafless trees

And all my spirit tingled.

My earliest thought of love, and Spring's

First puff of perfume mingled.

I love the romantic ambiance created by these moss-wrapped candle votives. It reminds me of taking a long walk down a moss-covered garden path.

For the moss-wrapped candle votives, I simply hot-glued green sheet moss from the craft store around clear glass votives and trimmed the excess moss from the top and bottom.