I WIN :)

Hi Everyone!

Look what arrived in the mail yesterday! YAY ME!!!! :)

This gorgeous Brooch was won by MOI :) in the Blog Giveaway of my Blogger Buddy Valerie at Cabin and Cub

I was so excited when I opened up the packet and saw this cutey and I really wanted you all to see it too!!! :)

Thanks so much Valerie and Little Jasper for pulling my name out of the bowl :)

I think this will look awesome on my fav. scarf :)

I want to wish you all a wonderful Weekend! 

Hopefully I will be planting some flowers in pots by the front door and in the shelter of the porch, 'coz guess what it is going to rain again tomorrow :(

I do complain about the rain a lot don't I ?!?!(He! He!)

BTW, I am having a 50% off sale in my Photography Shop on Etsy of all In Stock Photos :)

Check out my sale HERE :)

Have a lovely Weekend!

Happy Painting/Creating! :) T.

Pretty Pink Peonies From My Garden :)

Hi All :)

I hope you are well and life is treating you kindly :)

Well, again the weather here in the Pacific Northwest has been frustratingly wet :(

It is always challenging for me as a Gardener seeing, earlier in the season, first my Daffs and then my Tulips bashed by the rain and then over the past few weeks seeing my Poppies and now my Peonies smushed. After all the hard work it is sometimes almost soul destroying. 

Usually I hope that there will be a dry spell and the flowers will get to bloom to their full glory in the garden but watching the weather forecast on the local news the other night it was predicting rain for days and my Peonies were just about to hit full bloom, so I got out my trusty pruners and decided I was going to enjoy these gorgeous flowers in the house!!! (Shaking my fist, with pruners attached, at the menacing clouds above, as I went on my way, LOL! :)  

So, of course I couldn't resist taking some photos of the Beautiful Pink Peonies to share with you all :) 

They smell amazing too :)

Enjoy!!! :)

This Weekend it is going to be 84 degrees and so I need to go shake off all the raindrops from the flowers so they don't scorch! Seriously, they are more demanding than little kiddies, LOL!!! :)

Have a lovely Evening :)

Happy Painting/Creating! :) T.

Giveaway Winners :)

A big "CONGRATS" and Thanks to Kristin and Meeling for participating in my Blogiversary Giveaway, your gifts will be on there way to you very soon. :)


It has been a weird couple of weeks with Blogger, I hope it sorts itself out real soon :)


Have a lovely Weekend, Cheers, T. :)

Blogiversary Giveaway :)

Hi All :)

Well, dear old Blogger (google) decided they no longer were supporting IE, so I couldn't blog for a few days until I got my "Computer Genius" to add Google Chrome to my computer and I could actually get on and share my 3 year Blogiversary Giveaway with you! YAY!!!! (I bet you thought I had forgotten, He! He!)

So here goes, I said it was going to be BIG, ok, so it isn't tickets to a Tropical Hideaway BIG but I think it is BIG for a little Blogger like me, LOL!!! :)

You know I never like there to be just one Giveaway Winner, so here are 4 separate PRIZES for 4 separate WINNERS!!!! 

I Took fun items from each of my THREE ETSY SHOPS and then the last is a special PRIZE from me!!!

This Lovely item is from my Design T. Etsy Shop!

Extra Long Blue Fluffy Cuddly Scarf

This scarf is hand knitted using ultra soft yarn.

The scarf measures 78" in length and 5" wide. Great for wrapping up against the cold.

Made from soft acrylic yarn; it is washable; warm wash, tumble dry low.

PRIZE VALUE = $35.00

These Items are from my PhotosByChipperfield Etsy Shop

This next Prize is 2, 8 x 8, 8 x 10 or 8 x 12 photos of your choice from my Etsy Photography Shop

I just posted these items 'coz maybe you might be thinking about gifts for Father's Day!

PRIZE VALUE = $50.00

These Items are from my Art Shop PoppyPlace Etsy Shop

This PRIZE is for TWO  8 x 10 Art Prints of my Original Artwork called "Spring Blossoms" (one for you maybe and one for a Friend!)

PRIZE VALUE = $50.00

This Last PRIZE is a fun "PAMPER ME" Gift!

There are TWO bars of Crabtree & Evelyn soaps in "Freesia" and "Evelyn Rose" Scents, so yummy!!! You know I'm a British Girl, right, so I LOVE my Crabtree & Evelyn!!!! :)

There is also a pair of  10" Sparkly Fuchsia Pink 100% Beeswax candles from Oak Forest Design in Sonoma, so pretty!!!! :)

Then there is a lovely Orange with a Gold and White flower pattern make up travel bag, which folds in 2 for easy packing but inside has 2, 6" deep pockets :)

Then, there is a selection of lovely travel shampoos, conditioners and lotions :) 

PRIZE VALUE = $45.00

So, I know you are dying to know how you can win one of these fun PRIZES!!!!!

Here is what you need to do :)

Leave a comment on this blog and tell me which prize you would like to have if you win and also WHY!!!!

If you would like more chances to WIN, please go and share this GIVEAWAY and come back and leave a comment with the link :)

For another chance to WIN, you can also go to any of my Etsy Shops, come back here to comment and tell me which item you like and why!!!! (I like the WHY, LOL!!!)

This GIVEAWAY will run until midnight (PST)Thursday May 31st 2012.

HAVE FUN!!!

And Thanks for Three wonderful Years of Blogging!!!!

So, my Blogger Buddies, Have a Lovely Long Weekend!!!!

Happy Painting/Creating! :) T.

Blogiversary - 3 Today & Flowers to Celebrate

Happy Wednesday Everyone! :)

Today is POPPY PLACE PDX's 3 year Blogiversary! YAY!!!

I wanted to celebrate by sharing these beautiful Spring Flower Photos with you.

I went to a local Tulip Festival recently and it was so pretty, here are some of the shots I took :)

Enjoy!

Click on photos to see larger images

"Sea of Tulips"

This looks like Raspberry Ripple ice cream, YUM!!!!

"Dancing Ladies"

This a photo I took of some of the gorgeous Tulips I brought home that day, I was playing around with adding layers of texture and really liked how this turned out :)

Let me know which ones you like the best, I have already put a couple into my Etsy Photography Shop

We have a full house right now, everyone is home and they have some friends from England staying, which is really nice :)

So, (I'm a little behind with my plans) but I am planning a BIG Giveaway in the next week to celebrate this 3 year milestone on Bloggerville, as a special "Thank you" to everyone of you who comments, visits, chats, emails and keep coming back, you guys rock :) So stay tuned for that! :)

Have a lovely Wednesday! :)

Happy Painting/Creating! :) T.

Flowers in San Diego :)

Happy Wednesday Everyone! :)

I can't believe it has been nearly 7 weeks since I returned from my Vaca in San Diego. I really feel like I need another one, wouldn't it be great if we could go on Vaca every two months, I guess the rich and famous do but little old me doesn't fall into that category so, I will look at my photos and remember what a wonderful time we had :)

I wanted to share some of the photos I took of the lovely flowers we were surrounded by, mostly at the hotel, in San Diego :) 

Bird of Paradise

Yellow Poppies :)

Lovely Poppy Combo :)

Pink Poppies (You can guess how excited I was to see these colourful Poppies in lots of places, ya know being a POPPY GIRL :)

White Poppy :)

Bougainvillea ( I really like this shot as you can see some of the bars from the veranda with bokeh in the background :)

Orchids in the Library :)

Bougainvillea

Bird of Paradise

These look like Button Chrysanthemums :)

Hibiscus

These 3 above I am not sure what they are except beautiful :)

Snapdragons :)

Bougainvillea

Snapdragons :)

This is an out of focus(obviously, LOL!) night shot of Daisies closed up for the night, I added it because even though it is out of focus I love the movement and the artistic quality to it :)

Cactus ( I Love the form and texture)

These Beautiful Orange Flowers are called Clivia (I didn't know until I googled it, you just thought I was smart didn't you, LOL!)

These 2 are the same shot but I added a textural layer to the shot below

what do you think, do you like it with or without?

I hope you are all well :)

Off to skype chat with my son :)

Happy Painting/Creating! :) T.