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…

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 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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

I cut off the cuff of an old sweater, felted it and slipped it over a jar to create a more interesting vase.

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…