~Inspirational French Vignette~

I'm always looking for inspiration from the garden!

These beautiful hyacinth flowers created this vignette with 

some French hand-stamped candles I made.

Looking at this past decade, my proudest accomplishments have been starting the Rooted In Thyme blog, our small business, and having my French hand stamped switch plate covers featured in

 Romantic Homes magazine.

It has been a wonderful adventure.

It inspired my creativity in and out of the garden.

Reflecting back my husband, Stan and I sold at multiple craft fairs. One of our favorites is Summers Past Farms in Flinn Springs.

I have been working on different things to refresh my Etsy for 2020

and these are a few of them.

Vintage Bookmarks

French Hand Stamped Candles

I hope everyone is having a great New Year and New Decade!

~Time for New Beginnings for 2017~

I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and New Year's 

celebrating with family and friends!!

I've enjoyed these past years hosting Simple & Sweet Friday parties.

I can't believe it's been 252 weeks of fun.

Which adds up to almost 5 years and over 1,000,000 pageviews!

Looking back it went by so fast.

I've been so amazed with your creativity each week!

Your inspiring posts and projects have been awesome!!

But, I have decided to take a break from the parties for awhile.

I will still be posting on my blog, 

Rooted in Thyme.

I would like to start taking classes in;

Art, Flower Arranging, Cooking and Garden Design.

I will definitely be sharing,

 what I learn with all of you!!

There's some new ideas, I'd like to make on Etsy too!

I just want to thank all of you for your continued support throughout the years.

I have to say a very special thank you to my daughter, Carly.

Without her help,

 I would never have started the blog or the parties.

Of course, Stan, my family and Justin too!

I want to wish all my blogging friends

 a very

 Happy 2017!! 

You have inspired me and I will always love you for that! 

May you be blessed with a happy year filled with

 good health and happiness!

"You are never too old

to set another goal or

to dream a new 

dream"

-C.S.Lewis

~Inspired by Waterlogue and Simple & Sweet Fridays #158~

I've been inspired by the app Waterlogue on so many blogs and decided to try it.

Carly helped me set it up on my iPhone.

I took a photo of the dining room table and it turned out like this.

Love it!

After seeing the watercolor,

 I got inspired to set a romantic table setting.

I found this beautiful French fabric up in Northern California 

and wanted to use it for the tablecloth.

I made a layer cake for dessert.

Love the different purple colors.

 ~Chocolate Treats~

I just love lavender, artichokes and eggplant.

I used them as a centerpiece with some silver.

Cute black and white name cards.

My french butter dish.

A wonderful romantic table setting inspired by Waterlogue.

Check out our new Silver Teapot Wind Chimes on our Etsy site.

Perfect for a special Mother's Day present.

Last weeks features:

Row House Blog - Spring Wreath DIY

Old World Patina - Santos Shrine Sculpture

Rosemary Thyme - My Growing China Collection

The Porcelain Rose - Beautiful Collections: Vintage Lace and Ribbon Work

Heaven's Walk - A Place That Beckons

Chickadee Home Nest - Peter Rabbit Birthday Party

Lovely Livings - A Look Back at Easter 2014

The Gracious Wife - Mint Oreo Truffles

Little Brags - An Early Spring Porch

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