Treasure Hunting // Etsy Finds, Mid Century Mod

We're changing it up this week on Treasure Hunting, and featuring more of our favorite Etsy finds for the home- all with a fun Mid Century Mod theme. Here's some handmade goodness for your weekend:

Source: etsy.com via Rosemary on Pinterest

Source: etsy.com via Rosemary on Pinterest

Source: etsy.com via Rosemary on Pinterest

Source: etsy.com via Rosemary on Pinterest

Source: etsy.com via Rosemary on Pinterest

Source: etsy.com via Rosemary on Pinterest

Source: etsy.com via Rosemary on Pinterest

Source: etsy.com via Rosemary on Pinterest

Source: etsy.com via Rosemary on Pinterest

Organize Your Life // June Large Format Calendar

Did you print out your May calendar? I forgot : / so I'm getting a head start on June's!

June 2012 Large Format Calendar

Print out your oversized wall calendar at alphagraphics or Office Max and get your summer schedule organized!

Kitchen Revival // It's Peach Picking Time!

It's that time of year again, friends! When you can drive out to the enchanting Schnepf Farms and pick the plumpest, sweetest, juiciest peaches in the state. I've taken my kids for the past 3 years, and I swear they are from heaven. It is so fun to watch your kids hunt down the perfect peach and bite into them with juice dripping down their faces.

from the first year we went to Schnepf- my kids are so teeny!

Spend this weekend picking peaches, then go home and make my most favorite Peachy Keen Tarts:

DIY Tutorials // Painting with Chalk Paint

I've painted and waxed my second piece of furniture with Annie Sloan's chalk paint, and let me tell you- I'm completely smitten with it. It went on so smooth, and the wax was simple as pie to apply. My little accent cabinet looks fantastic in the Graphite with the clear wax and those fabulous "glass" knobs from Hobby Lobby.

I followed Miss Mustard's Seed's tutorial on how to apply the wax, she does a great job explaining the different types of waxes and what they do.





She has done a ton of lovely projects with the chalk paint, I really want to try out the two toned paint look and the dark wax next!

If you are local to AZ, you can purchase Annie Sloan's Chalk Paint at Green Table Gifts, or order online from 'Round the Coop!

Garden Seeds // Beware #2: Grape Vine Skeletonizer

Well, two weeks in a row of a bug blog.  This week my garden was visited by the Western Grape Leaf Skeletonizer.  My grape vines looked like they had been stripped or sucked on by an insect.  Upon further inspection, I discovered about fifty (50) of these small caterpillars.

Grape leaf skeletonizers are very destructive pests. At the first sign of caterpillars, treat with Bt (bacillus thuringiensis). The caterpillars must ingest the spray; shortly after eating it, they stop feeding and die. Basically, the Bt disrupts the insects' disgestive system and they starve.  This is a biological control and is not harmful to birds or beneficial insects.   Bt is available at most garden centers and is environmentally safe. Crops can be harvested the day after any Bt variety is applied.   Source:  Biocontrol Network, www.biconet.com.

I was lucky and saved my vine due to an early detection.  I initially plucked off the caterpillars and then applied the Bt later that day.  However, these pests can destroy an entire vine in just a few days.  I have a friend who, upon discovering her infestation, had thousands of skeletonizers and it was too late.  Her vine was completely destroyed.

It is important to check your garden daily.  Just a cursory glance over each plant will allow you to notice subtle changes.  I do this each morning with a cup of coffee and it only takes minutes.   In just two weeks, I have saved my pepper plants and now, my grapes.

Happy Hunting!

Color Your Fancy // Goldenrod

Such a fun happy color to introduce summer! I especially love the upholstered headboard- it'd look great in a grey room!

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Kitchen Revival // It's Zucchini Time!

Today was Gardening Day, and it's happened! We've found Zuchinni Treasures! I swear, out of nowhere these things popped up and are HUGE! I know they can get obscenely big, but man these are bigger than what you generally buy at the market, and there's lots more babies popping up all over the Zucchini Bed!

I had all my helpers out there wrangling the veggies, and of course when I told them we would be eating them, this is the face Landen made. That's his "disgusting" face if you were wondering.Little did they know that I would puree those suckers down and throw them into their most favorite food in the whole wide world- MUFFINS! I adapted Jaimee Rose's Zucchinni Bread Recipe into muffins (no nuts, my kids would freak) and they've literally been munching on them all day long. I can tell this is going to be a summer staple to both have a readily available meal, and to use up all those freaking zucchinnis we have exploding everywhere.