I've always been a wanna-be gardener.
Problem is my green thumb is more like a black thumb.
I swear you can hear plants scream when I come around so I pretty much gave up on the whole concept.
On a recent trip to Target, all their planters were 50% off...and they were all so pretty...so I decided to give my gardening skills another try.
I loaded up my trunk, hit up Home Depot for some plants and made my self a front porch container garden.
I even remembered a trick I cataloged in
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DIY Halloween Wreath.
I've never thought of myself as a front door, wreath sort of person.
But apparently some Halloween fairy sprinkled some goblin who-haw on me while at Hobby Lobby the other day.
I bought a black boa, a wreath wire thingy and this charming little crow that scares the heebie-jeebies out of my 2 year old.
On a scale from 1 to 10 (1 being easiest) this diy project is isn't even a 1 ... took me 5 minutes to complete.
There you have it!
One wack-a-doo Halloween wreath in all its foo-foo
DIY Fabric Wrapped Bench.
I am SO excited about today's project! Jackie from Teal and Lime is back with a project that I' m in love with!
Take it away Jackie!
Open a fresh bottle of Mod Podge and get ready for the most fun furniture makeover ever!
I love fabrics and can't seem to part with even the tiniest scrap. After making tons of pillow covers for my basement family room, I had lots of left over bits. A few years ago I made fun fabric wrapped pumpkins and more recently I made fabric wrapped decorative spheres.
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Front porch sneak peek…
Christmas came a little early to our house this year. Home Depot asked me to style my front porch for their blog. You want to see some confused little trick-or-treaters, decorate your front door with garland and Christmas lights instead of pumpkins and cobwebs.
Here's a little sneak peak...
Photo courtesy of Jenn Culley Photography.
Go check out the full makeover on Home Depot's site here.
Treasure Hunting Tuesday…Wooden Cars.
I'm on a roll...first it was "Foodie Friday", now it's "Treasure Hunting Tuesday."
I come across all kinds of Treasures from all over the place that I'd love to share with you so Tuesday is now my official day to do that.
The other day I came across these wooden trucks and car at a thrift store.
Orange tags were 50% off that day so I only paid $1.50.
I actually loved the look of the unfinished wood and was tempted to leave them that way.
But, I decided to give them a little color