The real McCoy, Annie Sloan Chalk paint and daddy

Hey ya'll hope everyone had a great weekend lookie what I found this weekend

We have been cleaning out my daddy's old shop and these were buried in a corner covered in dirt .. They are McCoy flower pots 6 of them. The white ones haven't held up well but the others are perfect. They have been in his shop since my mother closed her florist in downtown Savannah over 35 years ago. The McCoy salesman would come around about once a month with a truck load of pottery. I remember begging momma to buy these I thought they were beautiful. That was long before McCoy became a collectors item. I think they are just as beautiful today as they were all those years ago.

My Annie Sloan Chalk Paint has arrived and I can't wait to get to painting. I'm just not sure what I want to paint first.. Thank you so much to Miss Virginia of The Southern Institute of Faux Finishing and her staff for being so helpful.

There is so many beautiful colors.. The color chart is hand painted ~ You can't get any better than that for color matching ..

As I was wondering around Saturday in my daddy's garden I found this pot of Confederate Jasmine. Tears welled up in my eyes immediately he had potted this up in the fall for me from cuttings off his gorgeous vines. Even though I have lots of jasmine myself he thought I needed more. Every year when the jasmine started to bloom he would call and let me know. I always made a point to stop by, we would sit in the swing talk about nothing while taking in all of that sweet, sweet jasmine fragrance .. Daddy your jasmine is full of buds and will be filling the air really soon with it's beautiful scents and I will be sitting in your swing thinking of you, missing you and trying to figure out where to plant another jasmine.. Sending kisses to heaven share them with bubba missing you both so much ..

If you are like me and love blogs that show off homes, gardens and things that they create you are going to enjoy this week in blogland it's time for the The 2011 Parade of Homes it begins tomorrow Monday April 4th.. It is hosted by Poppies at Play. Monday through Friday there will be 4 different bloggers per day sharing their homes with all of us then Saturday she is hosting a parade linky party. You can Link up a tour of your home, or one of your favorite rooms.. fun, fun, fun.. I'm sure you already read some of these great blogs like me but there are a couple here that I had not heard of so I can't wait to see what they share.

HERE THEY ARE ~

Monday ~

1. Funky Junk Interiors

2. The Old White Cottage

3. Dear Lillie

4. Honey We're Home

Tuesday ~

5. My Sweet Savannah

6. Flea Market Trixie

7. Starview Sonnet

8. Red Door Home 

Wednesday ~

9. The Shabby Chic Cottage

10. Jennifer Rizzo

11. Just A Girl

12. 320 Sycamore

Thursday ~

13. Infarrantly Creative

14. Joys of Home

15. Mod Vintage Life

16. Domestically Speaking

Friday ~

17. Isabella and Max Rooms

18. In My Own Style

19. Freckled Laundry

20. Much To Do With Nothing

Hope ya'll enjoy them ~ Sweet dreams everyone

Hugs from Savannah ya'll, Cherry