I was tasked with the creation of a gift for my garden club’s president to be presented at our year-end luncheon. Since we are the Crown Garden Club, this crown was a perfect start for the project.
This cool crown was the starting point.
I created a little succulent garden to fit inside the crown, using cuttings from my yard. Before I created the little pot of succulents I spray-painted the pot bottoms with a champagne-colored paint. Also, I had a square piece of plywood that I covered with some heavy decorative paper to use as a presenting tray.
A nice collection of cuttings make a nice dish garden.
I think the finished product turned out beautifully. What do you think?
The finished product turned out great!
Tagged as:
succulent design,
succulents
It just keeps getting better and better for the Snowflakes, those lucky girls. They’ve been hiding behind a wall of bamboo, but we rocked their world on Sunday by doing a little remodeling on their humble abode.
The Snowflakes were hidden behind this bamboo wall.
The girls got stashed in their laying enclosure for an hour while we moved things around. They were not happy about being caged up, but no one promised that a remodel would be easy, even if it only last an hour! Suck it up, girls.
Nervous remodelers
The bamboo wall got repurposed out by the sidewalk, providing cover for the ugly base of the vine I have growing out there. A huge improvement!
This was bamboo wall that was replaced with the big window.
Next up: replacing the bamboo wall with one of two big windows I found in an alley a few weeks back. FREE stuff!
I found these windows in an alley!
Their new picture window is quite extravagant, but not in price. Mi Esposo is not usually impressed with the FREE stuff I bring home on a regular basis, but he did like these windows and agreed to do the heavy manual labor for me. We got the window installed, trimmed by lumber I have been saving which I also picked up FREE in an alley. Voila. Not quite a mansion, but still, pretty darn nice. The Snowflakes are living a good life!
The Snowflakes have a window to the world!
The girls thanked us by laying two eggs as usual. Thanks! (Total count is up to 275!)
Tagged as:
chicken coop,
chickens
