My Hydrangea Wreath

 

Ephesians 6:10

Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power.

I've been admiring all the hydrangea wreaths on Pinterest, and have been wanting to make one. Waiting to dry the few blossoms from my plants, but they didn't dry very well... I tried two different techniques, and failed at both... I put some in water and waited...they kept their color, but shriveled up, I cut some and just left them dry, they didn't shrivel but lost all their color. I may try to paint those, I'll post if I do.

I looked at buying silk hydrangea stems, but they are pretty pricey...Then I scored these for FREE! My niece used these for her Wedding, 3 stems on each table, and didn't want to keep them, did I want them? You bet I did!

I gave this one to my Daughter-in-Law, and I still need to make one for myself, and I'm going to make one for my neice (since she gave me all these Beautiful Flowers!)

This was seriously the easiest wreath I've ever made! I didn't even need to use any wire!

I just cut the stems about 6" long, and stuck them thru a grapevine wreath, I squeezed them in pretty tight, I wanted a really full wreath.

After I had all the blossoms in, I hot glued them in place and cut off the stem as short as possible so it would lay flat.

I added a Burlap Bow above the wreath to use a "hanger"

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Have a wonderful day!
Lorrie

Potting Bench - A work in Progress

This is the Potting Table I put together last summer. I'm calling this my "Before", since I was never really satisfied with it. I spent last summer putting it together and tweaking it, but it's still not the way I want it. Which is why I didn't post it last year.

All the items were salvaged pieces, things I've had or "acquired" So it was completely FREE! Not bad for the price...

A Vintage Shelving Unit, sits on top of an old Farm Table, backed with an old Wooden Garage Door.

I added a stenciled Branch, with Birds, some buckets, and wire basket hold tools and Rusty Treasures

I attached another old shelf to the side of the house, a rusty mailbox holds larger Garden Tools

Below an old Umbrella Stand holds some rakes and a hoe, an old Quaker State Oil Drum holds my Bird Seed

Below you can see I tried using an old shutter, door, and Door frame... These are to hide my "workspace" behind. These are the main things I want to change.

It's a little Junky-er than I would like, but it really did serve it's purpose and saw a lot of use!

I can't wait to get started on the changes I have in mind!

Let me know if you have any questions...

Thank you for visiting with me today, hopefully you have been inspired in some small way...

Please leave a comment so I know you were here, they really do make my day!



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Still waiting on Spring!

Even though the calendar says spring... The weatherman is predicting yet another WINTER SNOW STORM! So while I anxiously await the arrival of the real Spring, I thought I would entertain myself with some pictures from last years Spring.

 After winter it is always so cheerful to bring in the Spring! Combining the freshness of Flowers with "old" and Rust is one of my favorite ways to freshen things up.

Spring, a time of New Beginnings, an easy little project, a small birds nest made from chicken wire and moss, with a few little clay eggs.

Fresh Ivy from the yard adds a little green touch to the fresh daffodils. One of best things about my Spring display is that it didn't cost me a dime, I had everything I needed, just needed to shop around the house!

I made the "He is Risen" Wreath from a small grapevine wreath, some moss and twigs from the yard, what better way to say All things are new again!

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5th Glimpse of Fall - In a Vintage Suitcase

 

I've been shopping in my attic again, I discovered 4 Vintage Suitcases, I knew they were there, but just getting around to bringing them down...

 



 

This one, my son used as a little boy, he kept toys in and sometimes pretended he was going on a trip

 

Once he out grew this phase of childhood, I kept his school papers in, and as he got older it was moved to the attic, to make room for other things



I filled it with squash, plastic gourds, pine cone, faux leaves, a little rusty gear, and a thrift store gold frame



 Total cost for my little vignette, $0, lucky because that's about what my Fall Decorating budget is!

The suitcase sits on a little folding stool, I got this summer at a yard sale for $1, the Candlesticks I've had forever, although they did come from a yard sale, for $6. The Globe was a earlier thrift store find, for a mere $6. Bargains that last and can be used over and over again, I love it!

This little corner, with it's stone steps is one of my favorite places to play...

Well, I lost my race with time again tonight, my goal of a Fall post a day, is slowly fading, but I'm not giving up on it yet, I'm getting there, an hour late today, but I did it!

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Summer Junking Treasures

James 1:17
Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows. (NIV)



This has been a great summer for junkin', collecting, well yea, Junkin'

What are you going to do with all that JUNK?
Sound familiar?

It's been a rust filled summer, so if you share my Love of Rust, take a scroll through my post. Here you will find some of my Summer Treasures, Thrifted, Salvaged and Yard Sale Finds,
all  Super Cheap or Free, beautiful JUNK.

First up is a half Rusty Bucket, picked up for 25 cents at G/W, the Hen and Chicks were 50 cents at the HMY "100 Mile Yard Sale". I hung them on the Rusty door Knob, of my favorite salvaged door.

The Umbrella Stand I'm using for my garden tools, was from the HMY.

 The Rusty Quaker State Barrel, holds my Bird Seed, it was Salvaged while on it's way to the scrap yard.



This old Enamel Bowl was a "present" my husband dug up from an old barn foundation beside our Camp in the mountains.

The Plaid Thermos I picked up for 50 cents at the HMY.  
The Wire Egg Basket is from our Church Rummage Sale.
The Small Basket, was another gift from my husband, he brought home from his Aunt, who is de-cluttering.

The lantern was another Rummage Sale find, it was black and I painted it white. The Broken Crate I already had.

Another picture of my Rusty Door Knob, and some Small Rusty Tools

A glimpse of my Salvaged Potting Table, with a Thrift Store Wire Basket and a Salvaged Licence Plate.

A pile of Junk? or Treasured Finds?

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