Shrooms! No...garden art silly!

Take a gander at my latest project!  I got the idea to do this from  http://homesteadsurvival.blogspot.com/2012/07/crystal-mushrooms-made-from-cheap.html.  Of course I took that idea and ran with it.  

I found these bowls, cups, vases and glasses at a local thrift store.  Total on this haul?  Under $10!  This is what I was seeing...

If you look real close you'll notice that there is almost a month between start and finish.  Don't judge...LOL...I have lots of things going on here.  I forgot to take progression pics but this is the end result.  I used crafters paint inside the bowls, circles first then the white.  Sealed with clear spray paint.  I painted the inside of the vases & glasses too.  Just put some paint inside and swirled it around.  I let them dry for a day or two in between each painting.  Then used rubber cement to put the "stems" on!  I don't know how long these will last, but I'm willing to find out!

Tadaaaa!  Here they are in their new homes...

Nice and cozy...

I love the one with the green stem...

And yes, before I could get back out side to take the pictures...the chickens struck!  No it didn't break but I will have to re-glue it.  That's OK!

Wow! It's as big as my head!!

Didn't believe me did ya??

From Spring Garden 2012

This is the first year I've been successful at growing sunflowers!  And I'm loving every minute of it!!  Next year...I'm planting MORE!

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Here are some more of my sunflowers...enjoy!

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The Garden is Coming Along...

I just added a bunch of new pictures to the garden album that can be seen in the previous post or just hit the link at the bottom of any of the pictures posted here.  I'm really excited about my sunflowers!  They are starting to bloom, this is the first years I've been successful at growing them.

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I love sunflowers!!

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This one is going to be a burnt orange color...I'm so excited!!

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This one is a Lemon Sunflower, I kind of broke it trying to take this picture... :-(.  But I put it in a mason jar with some water in my kitchen window!

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Lots of buds waiting to open...kicking back and dreaming of all the sunflowers I will be seeing this year...hhmmmmm.  I'm happy!

The Garden

I have been forgetting to blog about our Spring Garden.  I started late on the seeds, lesson learned.  I have so many pictures that I'm just going to give you the link if you want to go see them!

Enjoy!

Repurpose / Reuse / Recycle!

I am a firm believer of the three R's...repurpose, reuse, and recycle!  My poor little Rabbit's Foot Fern took a "spill" over the holidays and the hanging pot it was in broke.  I knew I'd have to put it into another pot...eventually.  I've been going through my collectables (most would call it junk!) and came across an old rusted pot and thought "This would be great to plant something in!"  Sooooo...I did!

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I didn't have to poke any holes in it because it had a pretty big one already...lol.  I just stuffed a bunch of dead leaves in the bottom then added soil, then the fern!

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I think it looks AWESOME!!  That blue thingy is a watering globe...btw.  I'm keeping my fingers crossed it doesn't take the move too bad.  Can you tell I'm leaning towards the "rustic" look??

I have lots to tell you about that happened over the holidays...so stay tuned!