The Vatansever Family Cottage

Based on the title,  you are probably thinking we have purchased a cottage, however that is not the case.  For many years hubby and I were thinking and mentally constructing the perfect back and front yard  the family would enjoy and here is the story behind the final outcome.

Last year we took a family vacation to Turkey and I have to admit our backyard was completely inspired by the summer homes in Turkey.  Most families (mainly  upper class)  have two homes, one located in the city where they work and go to school and the other is a beach house located by the sea.  We wanted to create the same atmosphere in our own backyard less the Ocean. To be honest with you I am very happy with the end result.  Here are a few photos I would love to share with all of you.

This is how the portion of the backyard looked from my bedroom.

This is the Gazebo being built.

This is my handy husband. I have to mention and also give credit to myself when building the gazebo.  Because I took the photos, there is no evidence I had a hand in building the gazebo and let me tell you without my help hubby would not have been able to do all of that by himself... just saying.  

Here he is with the well earned beer :o)

Here is the final result. 

My Pink and purple Hydrangeas, LOVE THEM !!!

OK, now moving on the the front yard.  I promised I would update you all with the final results of our front yard and here is the  before and after pictures.

My mini planter barrel.

Hope you liked all the photos I posted, now you all know what I had been up to for the past two months.   From here on I will be enjoying my morning coffee you know where ; o)

Spring Cleaning and More

I have really neglected my blog lately due to high energy projects outside the house.  Ever since we bought our home we really never did anything outside but this spring and summer that is all going to change. Right now the front of my house and our next door neighbours house looks like a war zone and here are some pics to prove it !!!

After many months of research and arguing with hubby we finally made a decision as to how we want the drive way and the backyard patio done. The front yard will be exposed aggregate and the backyard will be stamped concrete. The picture below is exposed aggregate.  I don't want to bore you guys with the details but as you can see I am going to be very busy next month. When we finish everything, I will do another post with the after photos. I am certain everything is going to look awesome and this summer we are truly going to enjoy our home to the max !!

Before I go just want to mention one more thing. We are also building a huge gazebo in the backyard and here is the photo of what the  Gazebo looks like, mind you our backyard looks nothing like the one in this picture. Well thats all the news for today, don't forget to have your Mothers day Cards emailed to emily tomorrow.

From My Kitchen Cricut Cartridge Home Project

Hi Bloggers, today I want to share with you a really cute home project that I was working on yesterday. Isn't is cute, and the best part is, it's so simple to make. All you need is your Cricut machine and From my Kitchen cartridge to create this.

For the longest time I had these to square frames hanging on my kitchen wall with a simple print in it and it never ever occurred to me to take it down and make my own creation. Well, yesterday was the day I said good-bye to the two old prints and said hello to my own work . It feels so nice to have something of your very own that you hand made to display in your home.

The paper I used is called Berry Street Farmers Market from DCWV and let me tell you this is one of the cutest Country Style Kitchen paper stacks ever. I have more fun projects in store for you all with this same paper cause it's just to darn cute.

If you need more details on measurement please email me and I will give you more detail. Thanks for stopping by and happy crafting...