New Goodies !!!!

Ooooh I have not been a very good blogger these days. I have been really running around getting ready for our "market season". We LIVE for January !!!
I am leaving Wedsday at 5am with Kelly to do more demo on the new expanded showroom in Atlanta. We are so excited it is going to be a BLAST. We have Jo Packham coming to sign her books and magazine WHERE WOMEN CREATE. If you havent seen this magazine (well its more like a book), then you need to aquire and collect one. They are a quarterly publication, and each one is like a book. I am fortunate enough to be featured in the upcoming issue. We will be on the cover, and tons more inside. So look for it on Newstands and bookstores in Febuary. Or I am sure you can email me, and I can get an issue mailed to you. It is 15 dollars and worth every penny. Any Borders books, Jo anns, Micheals, or Hobby Lobby will carry it, but they sell out FAST !!
I have been photographing our new products for spring, and working on updating the website. I am not very cyber savvy but it is amazing how much better you get at something if you practice.
Anyway, here are some of our new treasure, and I promise to take tons of pics this week, and post the progress on the new showroom.
xox Gina

I Love these

Anything French and I want it !!

Can you imagine these in a Nautical room??? or a beach house???

Old Wallpaper Prints make great graphics on just about anything...these are coasters.

You can't have too many hooks. I am thrilled with the finish on this one...NO it isnt an antique, amazing isnt it.

More stuff with bathing beauties on it... Luv em'

french enamel plaque buckets.....

More French Garden tools

the best dog leash holder

Who doesnt have a spot in their house or potting shed for this sign??

HAPPY THANKSGIVING

HAPPY THANKSGIVING..........



I am thankful for so many things......they are uncountable, but I wish everyone a healthy happy thanksgiving.
xo
gina
I found this image on Magnolia's site.....I love it !!

Sweetie Pie

This was Sweetie Pie. He wandered on my property a few years ago, hardly able to lift his head. He somehow got in, but couldnt get out. I have many acres of fenced land, so he must have been wandering around awhile. Anyway, we searched for an owner but never did find one. So we adopted ol' Sweetie Pie. He was a welcome addition to the family. He was my complete shadow.
Every day, my endless chores would always be in the company of Sweetie. He never left my side. He passed away this week, and will be sorely missed.

So this time I am at a loss for words. So I am attaching pictures that make me smile. I hope they do the same for you !

xo

Gina

Home Again.....

Well, we are home again from another successful trip to the pacific rim.
Kelly had never been to Shanghai, so I took the opportunity to show her some of the sights. This is the garden or Yu. It was a PRIVATE, yes I said private garden for the Emporer of China 200 years ago. Oh, the poor guy had to wander around in such beauty....Can you imagine?? Every inch of the garden is planned and executed. He would stroll around and contemplate who he would kill, let live or just do some calligraphy studies.
All of the stone cliffs and mountains are completely man made, if you look closely they are manipulated mounds of smaller rocks cemented together.

Happy Haunting

Well, It is official....Summer is over. The ONLY thing that makes it less depressing is to get out the Fall decor and turn your abode into an autumnal oasis. I love Fall Decor. I especially like Halloween.

Just adding gourds and pumpkins to all my exsisting vignettes gives the impression I spent hours....when really its a matter of minutes.

I love this little halloween dress. I couldnt decide "do I do a little laundry line?"

Nah, I just left it where I unpacked it, and I kinda like the casual look.

Everyone out in the yard gets into the act. I have many statues , they all don either a hat, mask or both.

I know these manequins from my old clothing stores would come in handy for something......well. now they are reborn as crash landing witches.

This is a very important marker that puts my home on the national registry of historical places.....(NOT).

Just a simple black and orange lantern adds so much.

I love these steel colored pumpkins....who says they have to be orange??

Stuck onto a candlestick I think it looks great.

paper silouette crows are everywhere !!

It is easy to add the fall decor to your existing decor. It takes on a totally new look, but with little effort. Oh, tuck in some preserved fall leaves too.....

Look how great Sevres porcelain looks with pumpkins and leaves.

I have so many indoor sculptures and busts. I get them into the act with masks, hats, wigs, glasses, whatever I find to fit them. It makes a fine piece of art almost whimsical.

Of course, every house needs a giant web.

I found this antique oija board at an antique fair.....Oh I love to mix antique pcs. with holiday decor.

Monsieur E"bone"eezer. LOVE HIM!!!

These little glass beaded pumpkins are so sweet and look great tucked anywhere.

I love these cut out pumpkins. You dont have to say you dont have alot of room. Cluster them into a corner, in a giant cauldron and fill it with straw. It will be much more impactful.

New Designs for 2010

I am working through getting some of the new items for the 2010 market that takes place in January. Although these are not the final pictures. They will give you an idea. Just in case you want a sneak peak. There are SOOooooo many more than this , but this is a sprinkling, let me know what you think.

This is one of my personal favorites....
Embellished Paris !!!

Of course, the famous French Flea !

My favorite spot in the world.

Anything with birds or burlap and I automatically love it, but this has both...cool eh?

Okay, everyone knows I am a huge fan of graphics and old lettering. take a look at these signs...I think they are so wonderful to put in a kitchen or a large wall to pair with some old chalkboards, and of course Le' Moo. (Our french cow). Best of all these items are sooooooooo inexpensive. I am thrilled with the pricing

I don't really know a soul who doesn't want to spend an evening in Paris. My perfect place to go. If it were MY eve. in Paris, I would be sitting right at my favorite resturaunt eating my hot goat cheese salad, an order of onion soup (we dont say "french onion" there, or they think you are a dork) an order of escargot with creme brulee for dessert and over looking the river seine with the lights hitting Notre Dame just enough to eluminate her, but not was her in light. and all this for 27 Euros. You cant beat it.

Just imagine this planted with moss and filled with gourds right now.... luv luv luv it!

This is great sofa sized, big and impactful. You cannot I REPEAT have too many eiffel towers in ones home!

Okay, just pretend these are the gates that lead to your chateau that your ring of keys will open !!

Hey, if your gonna dream, dream big.

These bottle dryers have been used for centuries, but I love them to use them for holding coffee cups, or in a craft room they can hold bolts of ribbon, large cones of thread, you name it.

Cute , Cute, Cute...........this little plastic lined burlap bag holds ice for wine, or use it to put around the base of an ugly plant etc. or just hold your mess around the phone desk....who cares, its just sooooo cute....and did I say cheap...oh, yes, cheap.

No I didnt steal this off the top of an old building, but it looks like I did. The factory did an amazing job duplicating the tin spire. It is great just as a centerpiece or in the garden with vines growing up.

After so many requests from our customers to get in some wire goodies, we listened. I love the industrial edge that is so hot in decor right now. It mixes nicely with everything. This is a double desk tray, It looks like it was right off of Dick Tracy's desk.

I love Texas !!!

You better go get a cup of coffee and relax this is a long post!
I'm back from Texas..........and I had another successful trip. I have tons of new treasure to adorn the showrooms around the country.

I always drive off the beaten path, and just see what I can find. Well, if there is an old abanded building then I love to go and explore it. Just think of who lived there, how long ago? The layout and design was actually quite beautiful. This is the back porch, you can see the wonderful trim and detail it had, and where it was up on the house. It just literally fell.

Look inside the window, it still has a bedframe from years back.

This is an old unmarked cemetary that I found out, was where Bonnie and Clyde actually hung out and skirted the law for days on end. They also robbed the two banks from the nearby town that is just 15 miles from that spot. You can see the whole county from that vantage point.

Okay, let me know if any of you have ever heard of this one. They hang bags of water from the ceiling and say that this will keep the flies down. Something they say, that the flies eyes dont like seeing that orb of water???/ beats me, but I didnt see many flies.

In every small town in texas there was always a "hall" or dance hall. This was the weekend social scene. They would gather, pot luck style, have music, and really gather every weekend.

I think it is a wonderful thing, and too bad we dont have that kind of community anymore.

I know people who have lived in a subdivision for years, and dont even know the family they live next to !!!!!!!!!! SOMETHING is wrong with this!!! Anyway, go introduce yourself if your one of those folks, and say, " sorry it took so long, but nice to meetcha".

another hall

This is my home away from home!! Betty and her husband Del, are my Texan family with loads of hospitality, and charm.

They have a beautiful piece of land, and the cabin is the perfect get away to really get away from it ALL!!

Just a little beauty in the field ! wild morning glory.....how pretty!

If she would have been on a blue light special, I probably would be bringing her home...oh, I love her, St. Teresa.

I know a few women who would like to buy this ball and chain, and attach it to some man they know, or married!

This is an extremely familiar sign to me.....It is the ATM of France!!

Okay , call me crazy, but I HAD to have the horse!! he is soooo cool. It looks way better in person. I am thinking of decking him all out, and putting him in the new expanded Atlanta showroom........Oh, he is awesome. I havent named him yet, but he kinda looks like a Charlie to me !!

An over the top booth....beautiful and creative! Good thing I am a married woman!!!!! How stylish is he?? Yes, this is his normal attire
Well, how could I NOT get this?????? a peacock is a must

This was an old set from a play....If I only had the ceiling height. You never know what you will find here.
I had to buy this too.

Ahhhh the old shock treatment. Good thing I came alone, if my coworkers were there, they would have bought this and used it on me , I know it!!!!

The back of Charlie horse.

Okay, get out all those patterns that you WERE going to make and never did, and finally put them to good use. I probably have patterns that are 20 years old, with all good intentions of really making them......but now for decopage they are perfect!!

One of my absolute favorite finds...........I will put this in Atlanta showroom, we will use this instead of calling out the store names who is next , we will call your number....How fun, it comes with the box you push down the lever and it ejects a number. I am sooooooo thrilled with this dumb thing.

There were lots of beautiful inspiring fall displays and colors

These are old beef bones used and candlholders... Love this spooky look. Just make sure to take off the plastic sleeve on your candles, that is driving me crazy

The menagerie.........

Around my house it is the "cat days of summer" There is a rumour around town, that if you have 4 legs, fins , fur or feathers, you get free room and board at Gina's house.......All these cats and dogs have found me...As you can see they have a tough life....
This is Mr. mittens meow stripey....

This is the newest addition, it took 4 months to get him to tame down, but now he is a pussycat.

My daughter and her beloved Dinky the donkey.

When we go to the pond for a picnic....it is always a parade, there are quite a few still out of camera range.

My 8 year olds photography.

Of course we all know Molly....M-0-0-0-0-0-0-lly as she is called, has NO idea she is a sheep.

SHhhhhhhhh.............

This is ol' sweetie pie, he wandered on the land a couple years ago, hardly walking and starved to death. Now the old boy wont let me move without being underfoot. He is a good boy, but extremely old I think.

AHhhhhh the last hurrah of summer. These days are going going gone.....We will start dropping down to frost soon at night.....whaaaaaa I love summer.....

This is my beautiful Sheba....She actually likes Winter much better than summer. She likes to just lay in the snow. Her coat will double in size as fall ends, and winter arrives. She also eats twice as much in the winter. I watch the butcher sales like a hawk .....She eats better than anyone else in the family.....Meat everyday.!!!

This big boy is TANK.....for obvious reasons he got his name. He is just one huge lug of a dog. And of course built like a tank.!!!!
This is a picture of my beloved Grandma. She is heaven now, and wraps her wings around me daily. She was always so supportive of WHATEVER I decided to do. When I wanted to save the mountain lion, she was right there by my side. Bless her heart.

That little baby grew and grew and grew until he hit 250 pounds !! It is amazing how big these animals get. He is the sweetest most beautiful mountain lion ever!! He passed last summer from old age (19) . I know he and grandma are crusin the clouds together, right next to St. Francis.

China Town

Well I returned last night from a week of traveling around China. Kelly and I visited our factories to work on the new designs. And gain some new sources to work with for the latest additions to the Peacock Park Design repetoire.

I always travel with a suitcase full of diet pop. But as you can see here, it is now available in even China. It tastes close, but no cigar. It has a sort of aluminum after taste...but hey, it beats nothing....But they drink it WARM.....yuk...have you ever had really warm pop.???? it is like a fizz fest going down. Anyway non the less I was still grateful.

Doesn;t this make you hungry just looking at it.......I was craving octopus on a stick aren't you?

This is from a kind of flea market in hong kong. I think these were targeting the american market??? The perfect fathers day gift. I cant imagine any man I know wearing any of these...look closeley they are male thongs.

Free bananas........I know why they grow so well here....It was a cool day at 98 degrees!!!!!!! and only 90 percent humidity!!!! Noone has air hear except for the very very priviledged. It is litereally like living in a greenhouse.

We are so fortunate to live in usa. I think so much is just taken for granted. Everyone should see how the other half of the world lives if ever given the chance. Some never leave their little village their entire life. So they have NO idea of what else the world has to offer. I just want to take them all home with me.

This is one of the factory owners, he is an amazing craftsman. I am in awe of his talents. He can replicate the antique finishes that I so adore to a tee.

The chinese people are so polite with manners galore, as you can see be this sign. They are just grateful that you see it.

This is a cab drivers wonderful "green" air freshener. He has a little tray filled with white orchids so the air vent will blow the scent to the back. I complimented him on the arome of the cab. He was very proud and then gifted an orchid to Kelly and I.

We made it back to Hong Kong for more appointments and to find fabrics for the new line of sachels and carpet bags I am working on. This was the view from our hotel window. Not bad eh?

Okay, this you need to see to believe. In China they don't use scaffold to erect buildings like we do. They simply tie pieces of bamboo together and keep adding it higher and higher as they go.

Even if the building is a skyscraper, it is wrapped in Bamboo scaffold. It is AMAZING!

This is why we have billboard laws in USA. If not, I think our roads and highways could be this cluttered.

Kelly and I couldn't resist these hard cased animal print suitcases. I know, we will look like the safari sisters if we travel together (which we do alot!) But as dorky as that looks, we still decided that it was too cool not to get them. So here we are with Benny who insists we have a 5 year guarantee...hahaha. Like we will ever fly back to hong kong just to return a suitcase.

The terrain is fantastic in China, and the view from the airport windows is even worth staring at.

The BIG apple.......

Here we were in Times Square, right at 10 pm. when Broadway lets out. It is insane... thousands of people.....all walking , gawking, and being seen. All of a sudden there was a loud bang. It sounded like a jet too close. Everyone starts looking up at the sky wondering what the heck it was. Then it happens again, but this time the sky lights up. Okay, we are trying not to freak, but wondering...hmmmmm did something crash?? It sounds like a canyon because the sound echos thru the tall building. Then the sky opens up and DUMPS....I mean DUMP. Ya know the kind of rain that is so strong, that it goes sideways??? Well it was the kind of a summer rain storm that kids pray for. As you can see, the playbill is soaked and that puddle is the bottom of Kellys shoe after we made up 19 floors to our room.

Yes, this is one wet group. Literally we could not have been more wet had we jumped in a pond.

This was the scene just minutes before the storm. Keep in mind it is after 10 pm. Can you see that it looks like daylight? Times square must have one heck of an electric bill. I have never seen such a bright intersection.

These poor guys are soooo fit, can you imagine having to pedal people around. ??? Not me. I would say, sorry buddy, I have a 75 pound weight limit, and I would whip out the scale then yell.....NEXT.!!
These bike taxis were sailing thru the streets during the storm. The canopies worked as an umbrella and propelled them, I felt so bad for them. They say it was an actual tornado that whipped thru NYC> and it unfortunately took out soooo many hundred year old trees in central park, and they had to close off parts of it because of storm damage the next morning. We just took off our shoes, and waded in water up to our ankles, the rain was so fierce it was flooding the streets. It felt like we were 10 again. I could tell that so many people really wanted to just go for it too, but that "adult" in them just wouldnt let them do it. I am so glad we did. It was a blast.

This is "T" . He is the hi-lo driver on the pier. That is where we set up our showroom for the NYC gift show.

FINALLY......Someone who really is "worth their weight in gold" HAHAHA

I kept telling him to be careful, I would melt him down for cash.

These are our patina pennies we put in a display.

This is Kelly's dirty hand that placed the patina pennies in Peacock Park Design.

Here we go again. I always wonder how it will turn out.? It starts with a mess of 17 pallets of stuff, and cases needed to put it all together. We never have a real plan. We like to work it out when we get there...I swear we are gluttons for punishment.

Our new facade. Oh my gosh, I love this thing. I think it would look amazing in any store or built into a super chic abode. It is meant to be flat against a wall, but we had it freestanding and it was such a hit.

Heres......Rudy. Our Lucky Talisman.

Love Love Love this new cage. Check out the fluer top !!! We had alot of our new products on debut at New York. The response was fantasic. I am overwhelmed with all the positive feedback. Thank you soooooooooo much.

Our booth seemed to go on for ever.....but we used EVERY square inch as usual.

Most people thought these chairs were french antiques.....but NO, they are in the line....I am so proud of the finishes on so many of these items, they are so authentic looking. Instant heirlooms. Gotta love that.

The Jewlery that I have introduced has been an unexpected hit. So say now more, I just wanted an excuse to design more jewlery. I am working on some great new designs, all with antique graphic inspired creations with crosses, crowns and clutter. I think you will love the price point too. I will unveil the " Peacock Boutique" in Atlanta in January. We have also expanded our showroom and are adding much more room for treasure.

Of course my personal favorite, 'tHE pARIS oPERA"

After just 4.5 days it is all over. So Rudy gets his place of honour in the "carcass". It is a large rolling crate that houses our best treasures to make it home safe.

This is such a ghastly picture, but it is quite literally the first time I had sat down. I think you can tell by the shot, I am showing the fatique. talk about circles and bags. yikes

This is wishful thinking on the part of the "team". They would all love nothing more than to send me off on a pallet, and just pull me out when its show time.

Bon Soir New York, until next time.

A birds eye view of New York City.

Our connection was cancelled, so I rented a car to just drive the last leg home. OH, Yuk. Everyone who knows me, knows that RED is my least favorite color. I wont even have red flowers, if tulips come up red, I will pull them. I dont know, I just deplore the color. Now I like 'dirty red" burgandy and all shades but NOT primary color red. With that said, up pulls this ghastly red ambulance. I think we looked like the SUPER NANNIES. It was hilarious. Not my cup of tea, but you know what they say about red on a car.???? Resale Red....so there must be a ton of people who disagree with me on this one

The response has been overwhelming. I can't tell you how much we appreciate your kind words, and enthusiasm about the line.

From the bottom of my heart I truly thank you !

Gina xox

By George........

I am home from another round of showroom set ups, and traveling like a freak. It is so good to be back at home. I have a mountain of things to catch up on. I know that I a have been slow to say the least on the "blogging" so I am making a potpourri blog. It is a mix of many images and things that I want to share.
I just arrived last night back home from Seattle Washington. I have never been to Washington. WOW, what a beautiful state. I have a great group of reps there, and I went up to situate our new showroom in the mart there.
I finished up early and was off in my rental car to the top of the state, to visit a freind. The next shots are of her yard!! yes, I said yard....it was like a state park....right on the ocean. 67 acres to be exact. It was amazing....I wanted to show you some of the pictures. I know the pictures dont do it justice, but I think you can get the idea. I felt like I was on a mini vacation, in an exclusive resort. She is a wonderful gal, creative, hardworking, and deserves it ALL.
Her own PRIVATE beach. I have never seen a beach of wonderful pebbles. I wanted to bring home a semi load to make a wall or something....Dont you love the color pallete?? soooo subtle.

Notice the ocean in the distance, with islands in the view...ooh, how perfect, breezy and beautiful.

I thought it only appropriate to show "george". He who that state happens to be named after. This is a bigger than life bronze that actully stands in downtown Chicago.

I love to look at the detail in the bronzes of a bygone era. Can you believe how stylish these men were?? I would KILL for those boots, and the ruffled collars, wow.

They look as good going as coming.... I want Georges cape !!!

These are some pics of a small fraction of the peacock park product line.

This is one of our favorites....we call him Ramsey.

I couldnt resist to show you this beautiful cathedral....I could sit and look at this for hours.

The cathedral during the day, still has a wonderful sense of romance. You can plant an ivy to grow up any new construction to give it the instant ambiance that only Ivy can do.

We are off to New York this week for the New York International Gift Fair. I am hoping it will be a busy show. I will be bringing alot of new designs that will be on view for the first time. I am anxious for your input and enthusiasm. We are on the Pier. So if you make the trip to the big apple, please come by , say hi and introduce yourself. I am forever grateful for all you orders, no matter how big or small.

Whew !!!!!!!!!!

Well.......we made it home from Atlanta. Wow, what a great show! We are so blessed and we were crazy busy and slammed for the duration of the show. I am so lucky to do something I love, and it is soooo great to meet all our customers in person. I love to hear the stories about what good homes our products have found.


It was a huge success, and I am so grateful for each and every order. Thank you , Thank you, Thank you.

I am posting pictures of the showroom in the midst of chaos, and at the end that still looks like chaos, however, I like to call it contrived chaos. It is our signature style.....(Packed and Stacked). I must say we needed to use every square inch.





Kel-Bel went with me early to "stage" the showroom. But with 17 pallets in the hallway, and tons of large items, I think she was slightly concerned.





Here we are in the eye of the storm !!!!!

We made a neat fountain out of our new rusty spout pitcher and buckets.

We replaced the bistro door with this one, I think it has much more personality. Our opera stamp window shade does just trick to hide the hurricane behind the door.

We sold sooooo many of these little bottles. I could think of tons of things to display inside, but we used cool beans and antique documents.

Le' Moo was a terrific hit at market. If you look closely her black spots are made of black glass mosaic. How tres' chic.

The building facade from Iowa found its new home in our showroom. I am crazy for it!! I think it adds such substance and age to the space. I left all the past remains of ivy that must have covered it at one time.

My favorite.......at one time over one hundred years ago, only the priveledged few would have had the delite to play with one of these " theatre petite" But we have created one for anyone. It is an exact replica of the exterior of the paris opera house. This is where the famed phantom resided, down in the gallows of storage where an underground stream was rumoured to have existed.

The real finches in our cage were a welcome addition to the showroom.
Their names are Fluer and De lis

A laundry line of our new aprons.

I bought 80 pounds of keys at a flea market, and thought what the heck will I do with these? Well , we had keys strewn everywhere. Do you know how many keys are in 80 pounds?? thousands !!!!!!!!!

These bank bags were a purchase from a flea market in Texas. I love the heavy muslin they used to hold the heavy money. The graphics are great too. Talk about a conversation cushion.

This seems to have turned into our signature sign. Born out of neccessity. I was in the Dallas showroom and realized I forgot to bring any signs. Sooooooo the only thing I could think of was to use the side of our boxes, Well....It was a hit, so now it is a staple at all our shows.

The finished product............It goes to show ya, where there is a will there is a way !!!! We made it fit.....hurray!!!!! I hope you like it.

1023 B

Well............It is official.
Peacock Park Design has signed a lease on a permenant showroom in Atlanta's Mart.
We are sooooooo excited. It is not a big showroom by any means but it is certainly a big step.
We are delighted that our showroom has a kitchen (Bistro) which we intend on creating loads of delicious nibbles, and of course drinks. So Please come on by and say hi, and stay a spell. We will be waiting. We are in Building 2 on the 10th floor, Suite 1023B right by the "swirly" escalators.

This is a picture of the space when I first arrived. ...............Nice, clean and B-O-R-I-N-G.

Oh dear, what to do with these white walls, and that black rubber molding and Urghhhh the carpet is band aid colored......YUK!!! Sooooo off to Home Depot armed with a charge card I raided the paint isles and chemical stripping section.


These are the guys I lasso'd into working with me to remove the old carpet and pounds and pounds of glue.....This is a messy, messy job.

Two day later the gum was all gone, and the patina of the old cement was coming through.


Next was the walls, I painted them to look like an old industrial warehouse, they look as if they have been there one hundred years now. I did it with a mix of glaze and opaque stain.


Now I shredded a part of one wall down to the bottom layers of paint, and drywall mud. Keep in mind not much of this will show once it is all decorated. I did a quick coat of glaze over top for more age and that was it. It looks like the Tazmanian devil was locked in over night and tried to get out.



I went antiquing while I was there, and had the coolest porch swing delivered, along with some body forms, and a wonderful old barn door.


My plan is to have the ceiling draped with rusty chicken wire, dripping with our "signature" branches. We like to call it "branchification".
This is just the tip of the iceberg but come in say hi, and see the finished product.



This is our little bistro. It needs help, I am hoping to get the time to trick this out too, but I might just have to wait till January market for that to happen.

After I left atlanta I flew to Illinois and rented a truck in Iowa and went "proppin" in Iowa. I found the coolest stuff. This is pic of the truck after just 2 hours in my favorite spots.

One of them is The Nest in sperry Iowa, she always has a ton of affordable treasure. Check out her site at www.thenestonline.com These are pics of Peacock Park Design goods in her shop.

I LOVE her store.


The next stop was at Green Oaks in Rochester indiana. Annie, has gobs of goodies, tons of big pcs, and architectural pcs. I left annies with just enough space in the back of the truck to slip in one last window I wanted. That was it........LOADED.

These are pics of Peacock Park Design goodies in Annies store. Check out her store at
www.greenoakantiques.com BEFORE AND 48 HOURS AFTER.............I HOPE YOU LIKE IT!!!

The Toads Toes...........

AHHHhhhhhhhh Finally Summer has arrived...... I absolutely ADORE the hot days, and short nights. Crickets, frogs bring em on........ It is a symphony outside my windows. It would keep alot of folks up at night, but to me its a soothing lull you to sleep kinda noise.

Well , We have been so busy here at Peacock Park getting ready for the summer time. I have to say, I am SOOOOOOOOO blessed with thee most amazing friends. We are so excited and thankful that there is a National magazine (one of my favorite in the world) coming out to do an article on us, the products and where the inspiration comes from. Well........I have to say, after the long, long winter, my grounds "Peacock Park" are in need of major spring clean up. I have to say that my friends have come to my rescue BIG TIME. Especially Kelly ie: Kel Bel. Kelly is my right arm. If anyone can do display the way I like it, it is her. She is an amazing talent, and Peacock Park Design wouldnt be what it is without her. Kelly is an avid Gardner with an unbelievable garden of flowers......I mean UNBELIEVABLE. You can see her yard from down the street. The flowers are so vibrant. She gets it from her mother, one of my dearest friends on the planet....Lucy. I pronounce it L-u-u-u-u-u-u-u-u-cy. Kelly and Lucy have brought me mounds of perenials and plants and helped with the initial cleanup that we are in desperate need of to get "camera ready" next week. Thank you both from the bottom of my heart.

As you can see in the early photos, the "toad" garden was a literal field of sod. Well, Kelly worked her magic and it is now back to its majestic splendor.....thanks to her.

As kelly stripped back the weeds, and ripped out the grass she said....."Ya know, all this time I never realized that the Toad has Toes.............and with rings no less...........who knew?"

This place is a zoo.........

Today I spent Mothers day at the Detroit Zoo. It was a chilly day, but beautiful because of the flowering trees, and gardens just starting to bloom. It is so nice just to see the fountains full of "running" water instead of frozen motionless ice that seems to hang around here forever. This winter has been extremely long, and it seems like the people are itchy to just get outside and enjoy some fresh air.


















Two more monkeys !!!!!!!


This mother definately has a monkey on her back....how sweeeeeeet !!!














I had to take a picture of this hair-do......or should I say Hair-did.?? At least it looks good with the flowers...Maybe she will dye it rust in the fall?

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY !