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I have been on a terrarium making kick for some time as exhibited HERE. So I can not express how thrilled I was to discover this little gem at a thrift store and with my teacher discount I scored it for only $4.25!! I could not wait to hit the plant store for some supplies so I headed out first thing this morning and scored some half dead plants at Lowe’s for only ¢.25 each. I am confident that I can totally bring them back to life. Those plants combined with a bunch of free spider plants that my friend Tom gave me and I have an awesome display and spent under $6 (note: I had the soil, terrarium supplies and root grow on hand already.) Thrilled beyond!
- BEFORE – Thrift Store Find
- AFTER – Planted
- Close Up of Plants
The work on the backyard garden continues. I was standing at the window looking outside from my pantry and baking studio overlooks my garden and the other day I was thinking I should put in a window box planter. Then I realized the wall was stucco and metal framed so installing a planter box would prove difficult. The Tall One has a lot of old reclaimed boards around so I asked for one he wasn’t using and combined with cable wire I created an instant Hanging Garden Shelf. I am so thrilled with how simple it was and how great it looks! I am in love with this rough old farm board!
The short one recently celebrated her 6th birthday and asked for a soccer themed party with a twist of girly to it. So I added in touches of pink and flowers. It was a hot dog cook out at a local park and was a big hit! The vases were sports drink bottles shaped like soccer balls, the green underneath were FLOR carpet squares in grass colors. To create to chip bowl covers, I found square bowls at the dollar store and topped them with 12 x 12 paper to look like grass with paper soccer balls and white paper with black stripes created out of colored masking tape, plastic whistles were glued to it to look like a referee. The cupcakes were all strawberry flavored with pink or white frosting, topped with plastic soccer balls from the cake decorating store. The invitation was pink paper with a pink soccer ball on it and pieces of fake grass at the bottom.
For the back corner of our yard we used recycled, broken, concrete chunks to create pavers and created a pattern with used bricks. This corner will serve as an area for raised beds and container planting for vegetables and herbs. Stay tuned for what we do for the beds and containers.
BEFORE
Planning the brick pattern
Laying out the bricks
Placing the broken concrete
Adding small stones and wetting to secure in place
Finished Surface
