Clematis climbing tree

Clematis durandii is one of my favorites because of the indigo periwinkle color, my favorite color.  Here it is climbing or I should say this variety is not considered a climber, it doesn't cling to it's support.  This one you will have to tie to the tree with stretch plant tape.  Other clematis that are climbers would be great and would cling.  This one is a great one for cut flowers because it has about 10" stems and blooms all summer.  Zones 5-9 , grows 3-6' high and a width of 5' with blooms 3-4" wide, gorgeous!!!  For heaviest blooming prune back to 12" high in early spring.  Would also be great meandering through small shrubs.

New Front Yard Garden

New front yard garden that I made 10 feet wider so now about 15 foot wide.  I moved plants that needed more sun from the back yard to the front yard where there is full sun.  It's great to have a wide border enough to have the structure of small trees, step down to small shrubs that have both deciduous and evergreen so there is winter interest.  Then step down and add small ground covers and perennials with the same mix of evergreens and deciduous that all blooms at different times so you always have something blooming.  Then to have all summer color add in some annuals in the garden and a border.  I have people stopping by all the time to ask what a plant is in the garden, nice to get to know my neighbors. Always fun to have a big splash in the front yard.  I think it's warm and friendly to have flowers in the front yard.

Black Lace Elderberry Sambucus nigra bush shrub berries attract birds

Beautiful Black Lace Elderberry Sambucus nigra with berries for the birds or made into elderberry wine or jam.  Lovely pink flathead queen annes lace like blooms with dark black lacey leaves. Super easy to grow, cold hardy to zones 3-8.  I took cuttings from a friends plant early spring, about 6 stems, 12 inches long, trimmed the lower leaves put one third of the stems into soil in a good sized pot about 12" tall and 10" wide is fine , stems spaced 3-4 inches apart and kept watered in early spring. The stems were about pencil width and that is all there is to it.  By the end of summer you will see new growth and then plant it into the spot in the garden to go into winter. My plant is about 2' tall and 2' wide now from last years cuttings and will get to 5' x 5' eventually , even taller if you let it get tall but I keep mine trimmed back to keep it bushy.

Unique Bike Pillow on Society 6 art designed with pressed flowers whimsical and fun Life's a Journey Enjoy the Ride

New pillow on Society 6 website  , trend favorite of grey and white fabric graphic floral background and pressed flower bike design.  Whimsical and fun to add to your décor.  https://society6.com/product/lifes-a-journey-pressed-flower-bike_pillow#25=193&18=126
check out my shop for other designs and products.

Another new item Society 6 has added to their product line is beach towels.  Here's my yellow and white zinnia design, so cheery!  https://society6.com/product/yellow-zinnias-rmr_beach-towel#69=456    Lots of fun stuff on this site.  I bought the tote bag to match the beach towel. They are always having sales too so watch for great deals.

Garden Bench pressed flower art framed made with real pressed flowers on Etsy

Here is my Garden Bench pressed flower art framed under glass and ready to sell in my Etsy shop. This design has been on cards with Leanin'Tree Greetings and sold as prints. Now selling original pressed flower art with real pressed flowers.   https://www.etsy.com/listing/269664714/garden-bench-real-pressed-flower-art?ref=shop_home_active_4
The bench is made of slivers of bark and fashioned after my own garden bench given to me on Mother's Day. Have a look see!

Spoonflower fabric grey and cream leaves curtains with a burlap texture handmade graphic design

Here's a popular grey and cream fabric from my spoonflower shop that I used to make curtains. It has a texture in the design that looks like burlap and I chose the cotton linen fabric. Here is the link: http://www.spoonflower.com/fabric/2872322-grey-cream-leaves-by-mypetalpress   I will put up a photo soon of the actual curtains.  Wallpaper and woven removable wallpaper decals with other colors are available too on the Spoonflower site. I have some tile decal designs I will put up soon too. Some really fun pressed flower fabric to use for so many sewing projects that I will also be posting soon. I made a cotton knit pencil skirt out of my multi pressed flower design that I love too. Here is the link to that fabric :  http://www.spoonflower.com/fabric/4990511-multi-flowers-by-mypetalpress
Thanks for stopping by to see what's going on.

Society6 new shop announcement

Hi everyone I have a new shop with many more products and today is a sale 20% off everything and free shipping till 12/5 Sat.  

Here's the link:   https://society6.com/mypetalpress?promo=3NBG4QY9ZGFM     check out, so many cool products and much more to be added.

Thanks,
Cheryl

New Switch plate decal sticker

I get allot of orders for light switch plates and now I have something new. It's a decal sticker to put over your existing switch plate. It's made out of poly woven fabric that you can wipe clean. It's removable with no sticky residue and repositionable.  You could change them for a seasonal look for the holidays or just a change in décor. There will be allot more decals in my shop soon.  Endless fun with decals and art!

Botanical Sketchbook art on fabric

New Botanical fabric design with flowers collected from my garden for fabric, wallpaper, decals  and gift wrap found in my spoonflower shop http://www.spoonflower.com/designs/4518623 .  Always some new finds to press, endless experimenting.

 

Favorite Delphinium Blue Skies

I have sooooooo many favorites and yes they are usually blue, my favorite color!  This is Blue Sky Delphinium with a little rain from the evening before. I love getting two blooming's out of them but you really have to keep after the slugs and they love a good rich soil and fertilizer. Gorgeous Right! I have a close-up of one of the blossoms in my Spoonflower Fabric shop, here's the link directly to it:
http://www.spoonflower.com/fabric/3444654   I designed it for a pillow panel and just received the fabric so I can make a sofa pillow for my new blue décor.  When it's done I'll post a pic.

Chocolate Cosmos astrosanguineus

Chocolate Cosmos astrosanguineus is another of my favorite perennials and beautiful pressed too. It's hardy zones 8-9 so I do protect them in my zone 7 garden with some evergreen bows during winter. They like partial to full sun and grows up to prox 18" tall. It blooms summer through autumn and is herbaceous (meaning all the foliage dies down for winter) and will come up again in spring. This photo has the morning due on them but they usually have a velvety appearance of reddish brown to blackish and scented with chocolate and it really does smell like chocolate, who wouldn't like that.

Blue Poppy

Well lets start out 2015 with the beautiful Blue Poppy, my all time favorite flower. I found this one and a whole garden patch of these during my trip to Scotland last year, what a treat. Actually my husband spotted them and knew they were my favorite.   So many things going on that I have not posted since last year in March, wow! I have plans to add pressed flower projects to my blog along with the gardening tips and photos. I plan to add more digital downloads in my Etsy shop so you can make the pressed flower projects that I make yourself along with instructions to show you how. I am already looking forward to spring in January like I always do.  We get teased with some warm weather days in January so it's not unusual to find me out in the garden and mowing the lawn even though winter has really just begun. It's time to make plans for the garden with the seed catalogs in hand and dreaming of something new for the garden.