Sleightholm Folk Art

Tag: garden

  • Flowers, Dolls, Knitting!

       Oh, friends. It is hot outside. Of course since it’s so hot I want to tear up my gardens and redo them….sometimes its a fine line between ‘rambly cottage cuteness’ and ‘gangly mess’ when it comes to my flower beds. We were edging in on ‘mess’ so I’ve been yanking up old flowers that…

  • Summer of Love

           Now that it’s safe in it’s new home, I can show you this latest commission I did recently for a couple in anticipation of their first wedding anniversary! The theme she wanted was a 1960s/summer of love vibe, which was new for me but a fun challenge! I took her favorite colors…

  • About to Bloom

        This sunflower is growing in my herb bed and it’s about ready to unfurl. It’s a good 6 or 7 feet tall now, one of the Russian Giant seeds we tossed around the garden. There’s a lot of anticipation about it— how big and beautiful will it be? Will it draw in the…