Learn how to make a DIY Southern bottle tree using blue beer bottles - super duper easy to make. Also known as a tomato cage bottle tree. This tomato cage bottle tree is the story of a project a year in the making. I started thinking about making this project a year ago. I bought...
20 Whimsical DIY Miniature Fairy Garden Ideas
Are you in love with fairy gardens as much as I am? There's just something about the teeny tiny little houses and swings and benches that make me feel like I'm a kid again playing with my dollhouse. But this time there are plants involved and I get to get my hands a little bit...
How To Grow Black-Eyed Susan Vine
I am on a one woman quest to make the Black-eyed Susan vine (botamical name - Thunbergia alata) as popular as the super-needy impatiens or the mundane marigolds. Are you with me? They. Are. Gorgeous. Period. This old-fashioned beauty grows extremely quickly and is very easy to care for, making it a favorite in my...
When You Give A Girl Crepe Paper
My town has a Fourth Of July parade where the kids decorate their bicycles and ride down the street with all the pageantry of a Norman Rockwell painting. I love that schmaltzy sort of thing. I think I'll fit right in. In my dreams. There's still that small matter of a few missing tires. I...
Upcycled Toolbox planter
I bought this galvanized toolbox at a yard sale a couple years ago. It makes a great little planter to just toss in the garden any place you need a pop of color. And it's small enough that I can just pick it up and move it somewhere else if I want to. Once my...
My New Ride
I know the anticipation is killing you. Drum roll please . . . The thing that just had to come home with me from the barn sale was . . . Trixie The Trike!!! She's a Murray and I sort of fell in love with the fin on her front wheel. Totally Mad Men-ish! (Did...
Ohio Barn Sale
Went to a fantabulous barn sale on Friday. If you follow me on Instagram you've probably already seen these photos, but I wanted to share them with all the non-Instagramers out there too. It was put on by the girl I had bought a scrumptious turquoise ice cream churn from at the Springfield show last...
How To Keep Your Birdbath Clean
It's been a week and I would have to give the copper pipe in a birdbath theory a solid B. It has been keeping the algae at bay (just a little water pun), for the most part. Now, the water is not crystal clear. I wouldn't be throwing on my bathing suit and diving into...
Patriotic Porch
Patriotic porch decor for the 4th of July or Memorial Day. Lots of inspiration for your outdoor summer decorating. Who's ready for the Fourth of July? Me, that's who!!! The 4th is one of my favorite holidays, right behind Christmas and Halloween. Picnics . . . parades . . . fireworks . . . Uncle...