Unexpected

I have a client who grows orchids. I visited with them today and look at this new beauty they are growing - a Blue Orchid. Isn't it just gorgeous and unexpected?

Linking up to : Outdoor Wednesdays
Everything but the Kitchen Sink
Fertilizer Friday

Yard Art

Next to front door.

A silver basket hanging from copper wiring and beads  and a copper sprinkler.

My absolute favorite piece - He hangs under the overhang as you enter the front porch of our home, always keeping watch over our home and those who enter. LOVE HIM !!!!!

Back porch = Some of the bird houses I painted over 15 years ago (are they considered antiques now?). Will be putting them in the yard this year. The stained glass piece I bought at an art show (Moon and the Stars).

Have got to clean up my back porch as you can see the blue tarp and another sculpture (fish) behind the stained glass piece.

A cherub plaque hangs on the wall on our back porch and the rooster weather vane that needs some TLC don't you think?

Rusty mini watering can wreath that welcomes you to Home Tweet Home aviary.

Bird bath sitting atop an old column (the birds are using it for a nest at the moment) and another cherub, are you sensing I love cherubs?

And lastly (for now, don't want to bore you anymore) a lovely lily yard sculpture.

Check out this awesome GIVEAWAY.



 
Linking up to :
Nifty Thrifty Tuesday at Costal Charm
Outdoor Wednesdays at A Southern Daydreamer
Strut Your Stuff Thursdays at Somewhat Simple
Transformation Thursdays at The Shabby Chic Cottage
Thrifty Thursdays at Tales from Bloggeritaville.
Frugalicious Fridays at Finding Fabulous
Frugal Friday at The Shabby Nest.
New Friend Fridays at The Girl Creative
Show and Tell Fridays at My Romantic Home
Fertilizer Fridays at Tootsie Time
SNS at Funky Junk Interiors
Weekend Wrap up at Tatertots and Jello

"Time" for an Update....

Today I received a package from a giveaway I won from Melaine at  My Sweet Savannah.  I couldn't open it fast enough.  It's a blue shabby clock hands from Wisteria.

Isn't she WONDERFULL ??????

Here's a closer look.

I hung her in my Family Room which is decorated in a modern dark version of French Country and she fits in perfectly with the browns, blues and yellow.  PERFECTLY.

Stop over and visit My Sweet Savannah and check out her beautiful blog you will not be disappointed.

UPDATES:

This is what I woke up to this morning

Remember the lettuce, cucumbers and squash I planted two weeks ago?

And look how the chair I planted two weeks ago has already filled itself out.

Bundt Pan Planter

You saw this picture last week as a tease:

It's a bundt pan and I HATE it, ok hate is a strong word, I STRONGLY dislike it !!! You see everything sticks to it. No matter how much it is seasoned, or oiled and floured, this stubborn pan sticks, sticks, sticks.  The final straw was two weeks ago, friends were coming over for coffee and  I baked a lemon pound cake in it. You guessed it, a quarter of the cake stuck to the pan and would not come out.  I threw it away in disgust.  Pulled it out of the garbage (yep, sure did), cleaned her up and decided to make her earn her keep.

So I took a drill to her and drilled holes in the bottom.

Close up of the holes.

Added some succulents  - will fill it in a little more later.

Now she is usefull at last.

 Linking to House of Grace, Twice Owned Tuesdays,  Thrifty Treasures at Southern Hospitality, Second Time Around at A Picture is Worth a 1,000 words, Nifty Thrifty Tuesdays at Coastal Charm, DIY Day at A Soft Place to Land., Outdoor Wednesdays at a Southern Daydreamer, Fertilizer Fridays at Tootsie Time, Saturday Night Special at Funky Junk Interiors, Weekend Wrap Up at Tatertots and Jello.

A Rose by any other name is still a Rose.

Don't know her name, just call her Yellow Rose.

She is quite a bloomer too, she produces and produces...

She doesn't need a name as far as I'm concerned, I think I'll  call her Pretty Yellow Rose from now on.

Lavender

One ugly bucket and some Oil Rubbed Bronze spray paint that I won from a giveway at 

Kathy's, Creative Home Expressions

Drilled holes for drainage and this ugly duckling turned into

This sweet smelling pot of Lavender.

She is holding three small plants so this should fill out nicely.  The smell is soothing and this is culinary lavender which can also be used to cook with.

Be sure to check out Kathy's blog HERE,  she is friendly and she has just opened up a boutique.

Chair Planter

This chair was part of the dining set we used as I was growing up (a true antique).

I took the seat off and created a "planter" of sorts with chicken wire.

Add a coco mat filler which will contain the soil.

Closer look at the coco mat.

Planted pansies and coleous.

And here she is in profile. Love the way she turned out.

And here she is two weeks later.

 The "babies" below are cucumber, squash, lettuce and marigolds (to keep the bugs away).

So far the lettuce is winning the race.

And this is next week's project - stay tuned.

Linking up to:

Saturday Night Special at Funky Junk Interiors.
Furniture Feature Friday at Mustard Seed Creations.
Weekend Wrap up Party at Tatertots and Jello.
Metamorphsis Monday  at Between Naps on the Porch.
Before and After Party  at Thrifty Décor Chick
Motivate me Monday at Keeping it Simple
The DIY Show Off  at The DIY Show Off.
Just Something I Whipped Up at the The Girl Creative
My Sundae Scoop at Chocolate Sundaes...
Made by You at Skip to My Lou.
Project Show and Tell at Tip Junkie.
Transformation Thursdays at The Shabby Chic Cottage
Get Your Craft On at Life as Lori
Strut your Stuff Thursday at Somewhat Simple
Fertilizer Friday at Tootsie Time
Rescue Crew Review at LaurieAnna's Vintage Home
Beneath My Heart Best DIY of April
Show and Tell Fridays at My Romantic Home






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