Category: Gardening & Floral
Sequin Planter
To combine sequins with a rosemary plant seemed like the perfect thing to do. I picked up my small rosemary plant for $2.99 in my supermarket’s produce section, covered a can in sequin fabric and dropped the plant inside…
Pocket Vase
I picked up this vase for a few bucks at a resale shop – I loved the shape and color – but didn’t really care for the message it carried. So, this idea was born…
Button-Down Vase
Here’s more you can make with leftover shirt pieces from the previous project. The front center placket on a menswear shirt (where the shirt sides join to be buttoned) was cut off the shirt and buttoned together to hold small glass votives in place for a simple centerpiece.
Crafting With Gaffers Tape
Here’s a simple vase you can make in minutes and the kids can help. Gaffers tape is a vinyl coated cloth tape – I bought mine at Blick for around $8.00 a roll…
Opening Up A Can Of Roses
My love of sardines disgusts my daughters, but this they find amusing – a sardine can planter…
Cooking Up Something Different For A Spring Centerpiece
I love a centerpiece that grabs attention and gets a reaction…
Plant Jewelry
Vintage rhinestone pins are wired to wooden skewers to create unique decorative picks for my houseplants. To make these you will need: wire, a wire clipper, wooden skewers and vintage pins.
Hat Planter
Make a textural planter for some spring flowers – just place a bowl inside of a knit cap and it will hold your potted plant without leaking.
Apple Bombs
Acid green Spider Mums are placed in green apple vases for an explosive centerpiece. Arrangements like this are quick, inexpensive and fresh.
Crushed Can Planter
I was in the mood for something different and fun for my dining room table and this was perfect. For this project, I just hammered in the can, gave it a few coats of paint and filled with soil and Daffodil bulbs…
Bootleg Vase
This is really recycled – a coffee can and part of an old pair of jeans make up this vase. I love to add surprising textures to my designs…
Coffee Bag Vase
I’m obsessed with Vespa scooters lately – this Starbucks coffee bag grabbed my eye at the supermarket for that very reason. When I was through with the coffee, I cut the bag in half and used it as a vase. It holds water without leaking…
Small Gardens For Small Hands
You don’t need a lot of room in your yard to let your kids have a some room to grow plants – give your child a large pot and let them create a small garden of their own…
My Backyard Living Room
We used to have a dining set out here, this year we switched things up and created an outdoor living room. No walls to hold me back – I brought on some serious color and patterns – crewel work, ethnic prints and neon colors – they are all at work in this setup. We are loving it…
Kitchen Window Herb Garden
My kids love it when I plant herbs in the garden – the idea of eating the leaves of a plant is exciting for them. I placed a small box outside the window of our kitchen that only contains herbs – when we need seasoning for our meals the girls can open the window and clip fresh herbs for us…
Grass Table
Why create a small lawn on top of a garden table? Just because. The idea popped into my head, so I had to make it happen. I’m not sure how long it will last, but I’m into it for now…