Beautify Your Outdoor Living Space
Ah yes the time is here to enjoy outdoor living. During the cold months I tend to forget about my back patio, other then trying to keep my plants alive through the winter. This year I started fresh,...
View ArticleTouristy Thursday~ The Great Outdoors Austin, Texas
Located on the South end of Congress avenue is The Great Outdoors… So Beautiful that I took over 40 pictures while I was there. I’m going to try to narrow it down to the top ten. I went in there …...
View ArticleDIY Succulent Planter in THREE easy steps
I have grown to love succulent plants, for one they bloom and grow beautifully in hot, dry Weather….and are easy to care for. They do not require a lot of water or attention. Not to say put them out...
View ArticleJanuary Mantel of the Month~ Bringing the Outside In
I hope you have had a wonderful New Year Day! Did you make any resolutions? If you did I wish you the best! Around here black eye peas are on our plates for good luck and prosperity. How about you?...
View ArticleTouristy Thursday~ Lost Pines Nursery
Today I bring you to the northeast side of Bastrop, Texas to the Lost Pines Nursery. This place was so beautiful and sparkly clean. The owner was so very helpful and patient as my daughter chatted...
View ArticleDIY: Planting Succulents in Rod Iron Planter
It’s that beautiful time of the year, the time to get outside and plant something. I have grown to LOVE succulents plants. One reason is they are very drought and heat tollerant and in Texas this is...
View ArticleTouristy Thursday~Natural Gardener Austin, TX
If you live here in Austin and listen to KLBJ AM 590 on Saturday mornings, more than likely you have heard of John Dromgoole, aka Natural Gardener. He is an amazing gardener filled with wisdom and...
View ArticleCozy Garden Transformation
Presenting a Labor of Love by my family, like a fine, smooth, machine we all worked together and was able to complete the task in a day. Well let’s see that isn’t entirely true, I started about a...
View ArticleDIY Garden Stakes
Here is a quick, easy and inexpensive way to make Garden Stakes. First I painted small wooden shapes (picked up from Hobby Lobby for $1.99) with black chalkboard paint, any paint would work. Then I...
View ArticleGarden Rake Wreath
I actually found this idea in a Country Garden magazine in Autumn of 2011, they used sticks, cedar tree branches and berries as their autumnal floral decoration. So my thought was to use all the...
View ArticleCozy Garden Transformation Part Two
We have completed segment two of our Cozy Garden Transformation. We are actually working on one more area of the yard before it gets too hot here and then it’s survival of the fittest. Then it is...
View ArticlePlant Cart Makeover
Just wanted to share a quick little makeover project for an outside garden piece. I purchase this little plant cart when I was in Frisco, Texas for $20 a few weeks ago. Doesn’t it have a great shabby...
View ArticleDIY Patio Pillow Covers
I’m currently making over my front porch, nothing to drastic…THIS year, but a few little changes to brighten it up. First thing is to replace the pillows. I’ve had these for a few years and I’m ready...
View ArticleA Welcoming Front Porch
This project has been on my to do list since Spring. I wanted to revamp, clean up and create a feeling of WELCOME to the front porch. So here are some BEFORE and AFTER pictures of the making it...
View ArticleThere is a Pumpkin in my Basket
Looking through the latest Country Garden magazine issue I came across an idea about adding pumpkins to wire baskets, well I’ve had a wire basket that I purchase from a thrift store just waiting to be...
View ArticleSpooktacular Front Porch
I love to decorate my front porch and create an inviting doorway to my home. With a few cobwebs, pumpkins and a little DIY pillow covers, I turned the porch from a summer look to a spooktacular autumn...
View ArticleWhimsical Birdhouse Condo
The trees in our backyard are still in recovery from the forest fire in 2011, so sometimes when we have a BIG windy storm, this happens Yes the tree broke in half, but we didn’t want to cut the entire...
View ArticleRepurposed IRON Table Makeover
I picked this old black table up at my sister’s garage several years ago and really haven’t done a thing with it except move it around to hold a plant or two. For the past several months I’ve been...
View ArticleBeaded Birds
I wanted to share this project of beaded birds I’ve made for birthdays lately. I love these metal birds I picked up from Warrenton Trade Days last October, yes I do plan on finding more this March at...
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