Category: Gardening & Floral
Garden Globes
Do you ever need a bit of light in the garden, but candles won’t do? Here’s a trick that’s fast and easy…
Boring Vases Get “Hosed”
Flower arrangements are usually delivered in basic glass vases. I think we all have that moment when the flowers pass and we wonder if we should chuck or donate the left over vase to a thrift store. Recently, I came up with a simple way to transform these generic vessels into something you might actually want to display…
Twine Vases
I love the look of spools of twine – I decorate with them often. To make these – I dropped a plastic shot glass into the center of a spool of twine, filled it with water and added short cut flowers…
For $3.99 A Bunch – Fern Leaves Can Go A Long Way
I love leaves of all types, but I think fern fronds are my favorite. Ferns have an earthy appeal for me – they remind me of walking in the woods, springtime and greenhouses. In the floral section of the supermarket you can always find fern leaves and usually they are priced at under $4.00 a bunch. Here are a few ways you can decorate with these inexpensive beauties…
Happiness In A Sunflower
Watching a plant grow from a seed can be very exciting for a child (and an adult). Those first signs of green life emerging from all of that brown soil brings on screams of delight in our home. This could possibly be the least expensive way to make a child happy – give it a try…
Sweater Vase
I cut off the cuff of an old sweater, felted it and slipped it over a jar to create a more interesting vase.
First impressions are lasting ones.
I like my exteriors to hint at what is going on inside, while still maintaining privacy. I spray painted my garden gate with very basic stencil letters from Home Depot. The industrial look is clean and bold…