Gorgeous Weather

 We finally have had a Saturday to catch up on some yard work.  There is still a lot to do, but we could finally clean up some of the sludge mess left from winter.  I know that all of that trash wasn't originally here. The wind has blown some interesting things into our smallish yard in the last couple of weeks.  Being the last house on the block, I think that we accumulate more than our share.  We found worksheets from the elementary school, candy wrappers, cigarette butts, tumble weeds, and just plain old weeds.  So I hustled the 'button boys' out there to help get the garden ready to till, clean out some of the flower gardens and mow the lawn!

 I love the smells of spring and playing in the dirt is my kind of fun.  I love discovering all of the flowers that are waking up, and making plans for what we need to pick up at the nursery.

 My dad also has our tomatoes and some of the flowers started in his green house. How lucky am I that he does that for all of us?  (We help buy the seeds and soil to get things started and then by Memorial day it is ready to plant out.) He has done this for as long as I can remember.

 I love being outside and my house doesn't get the attention it needs after the weather turns warm So if you come to visit, I might take you out to the deck  so we can sit in the shade and visit outside.  Just kidding. I'll just close the bedroom doors.

  I can solve all the world's problems when I'm weeding.  I get all kinds of quiet time to my self.  I think that the boys avoid me on purpose when I'm weeding.  I might ask them to help. I just make sure that my mp3 player has good batteries, and that I can find my gloves and a trowel, and the rest of the world fades away.

 Oh, and bare feet are a must! There is nothing better than being barefoot on the grass!  Ahhh, I'm  de-stressing just thinking about it.








                                                                            Any way, back to spring........the fairy garden is ready to go! And as soon as the last freeze comes, we'll get the fountain up and going. This is my favorite little corner of the yard.  It makes me happy to sit out there with some Chamomile tea and listen to the water trickle.  I'm SOO excited to get these things done!

So....how do you get ready for spring?











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Get Your Spring Craft On

Wow, how did my house get so out of control?  Oh yeah, because I've been on the computer finding cute things to add to my spring decor.......and scouring the thrift stores to make said items.  I finally put both away yesterday to get things ready for a Mary Kay party last night.  And the laundry is caught up until Saturday, so this morning I can show you what I have done.  Fasten your seat belts, keep arms and legs inside while the ride is moving and enjoy!

First, I want to share 2 of my favs. that I made quite a while ago...

 

This little cutie has eggs in the baskets all around her skirt, the boys used to take them out and play with them all the time. Of course, they never put them back.

 I made this lid to the candy dish when I was teaching a ceramics class. I think that I have a few other lids for Valentine's day and Christmas.  I kind of miss having that class once a week, but at the same time, I don't know where I'd fit it in now.

And now for the current projects.........see if they look like some from the blogs that you own or follow. Remember, I get all my fabulous ideas from you!

Are these not ADORABLE! I saw the same idea in a pair of child's rain boots over at Everyday Celebrating. I looked everywhere for rain boots, but alas, there were none to be found, not even new ones!  Not that I would have paid for the new pair.  These were on the shelf at the local thrift store right next to a pair of hot pink boot.......serious dilemma.  Which do I choose, I really loved the pink.  But I'm glad I took these and so are the man cubs in my house.  I put some plastic cups down in the shoes and added some glass marbles and flowers from Dollar Tree. Ta Da!  Total cost for the cute arrangement......$ 7.00 !!

OK, this cutie patootie  decoration was inspired by the girls at Drab to Fab.  Bonnie wasn't going to do anything like this for Easter in the make and take class.  So my girlfriend and co-worker, Angie, came up with this idea.  Isn't is super cute!!  Her wonderful husband cut the wood and the vinyl lettering for us, and away we went with the ideas. We had a fun time deciding which buttons to use.  I brought my grandma's button box for us to sort through.  That was almost as much fun as making the project.  The books are another Drab to Fab project.  I told you that I'm a copy cat.

 

Ok, remember the black sign that I picked up and told you to watch for?  Well, here it is! I sprayed it with blue paint from Wal*mart  and also used a remnant from there to cover the wire.  Angie's husband saved me again with the vinyl and the trees were out of my scrapbook stash.  After I roughed it up a bit, I 'aged' it with walnut ink.  The hubs has a hard time with the roughing up, he would like it to look 'new'.  He's learning.....oh, and not our last name, btw, this is a gift for  someone else.  Total cost, $3.00!

And last but not least, I pick up these drabular little candle holders.  Not loving the brass finish. So of course I broke out the trusty spray paint and sand paper.  After a minor mishap, ( the wind blew one over into the dirt) we have these cuties!

The eggs are from Big Lots (one of my favorite stores) and I attached them with glue dots, again from the scrapbook stash.  I LOVE THEM!  I can't remember whose blog I stole the idea from, so you might have to do some blog staking of you own to figure it out. 

So, now I need to get the troops moving and get my body to work, got a busy day on the books.  I can't wait to see what all of you have been doing and what projects I can add to the notepad by the computer.  Happy Crafting and Happy Easter! 

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