Spring wreath....

Hi Everyone!  I hope you had an enjoyable weekend and a great Easter.  I spent the weekend working on projects and getting ready for the fair at the end of the month.  And I have projects to share with you!  But first, I want to show you the flowers I got for my aunt Marge.  My parents had Marge and Uncle Bill up Saturday night for dessert to celebrate Aunt Marge's birthday.

 I just love daisy's.  They make me smile.  And don't you just love this color of purple?

So now onto one of the projects I finished.

 Now that my saw is fixed, I've been trying to get caught up on all the things I started working on before it quit working.  And this was one of them.  I made this little picket fence out of paint sticks and a piece of 1x2" board.  I cut the paint sticks into pickets and glued and nailed them to scrap pieces of 1x2" boards.  Then painted it white and added a bit of antique medium. 

 Then I added them to a grapevine wreath with green and cream pip berries.

 Then I added a couple of dragonflies and a butterfly that I painted.

I think it turned out kind of cute.  And I'm hanging it on my front door until the fair.  Now I just need to build a couple of wreath holders for the wreaths I've made.  Tomorrow is my day off and I have several benches to build so I'm hoping for a very productive day!  I hope you have a productive week!  Thanks for stopping by.

Spring....

Hi Everyone!  I hope you had a great weekend.  I spent Sunday outside getting the mower ready, picking up sticks and 2 1/2 hours mowing the yard.

 It already needs to be mowed again.  I had to mow it on a really high setting because parts of it had grown so much it would have clogged the mower.  If we avoid the rain that's in the forecast, then I'll be out mowing it again tomorrow to get it down to the level it should be at.

 I still can't believe it's March and we're mowing.  It was in the 80's today, so not heard of for this part of the country at this time of year.  Last year it was cool/cold until almost June.  My nephew was here helping me build last June and we were in the shop in sweatshirts with the furnace running.

I put this bird house condo out and took down the other one that is normally here.  It needs repainted.  So I will do that and then put it back up where this one normally resides.

My early tulips are almost done.

 The day lilies are growing.

And so are the vinca vines.  They are not perennials in this part of the country, but they are in this flower bed.  I planted them once and they have come back every year.  It's in a bed right up by the house and I think they hibernate up under the siding and take warmth from the house.

I even managed to get a sunburn.  I did laundry and put them out on the clothes line to dry.  I love putting clothes on the line to dry.  They smell so fresh and save on electricity.

I did manage to get one project done.

 I made this little fence.  And my mom gave me the little bird.  I couldn't decide what color to paint him, so I left him natural.

 Isn't he cute!

I added the dowel pieces so it would stand by itself. 

I like how it turned out but I think it needs something else.  Maybe some bunting that says welcome or spring or a birdhouse.  But I didn't have time yesterday and I had to work today.  Maybe tomorrow.  Well, now I must get to working on some projects.  Thanks for stopping by.

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It felt like spring...

Hi Everyone!  Happy Friday!  Yesterday the weather was glorious here.  It was sunny and warm and it felt like Spring!  This has been one crazy winter.  The old farmers have a saying that whatever day the first snow comes on is how many days it will snow.  It snowed first here on the 4th, I think.  So by their call, we should only have four days of snow.  And I think we are at two so far.  No snow in the forecast any time soon.  So with great weather today, I was in the mood for spring, so I made a spring wreath.

 It's bright and cheerful and makes me think of getting out in the garden.  It screams Spring to me!

 I loved this little doll with her garden gate and just had to have her for this wreath.

And of course there had to be a bird on a wreath for spring.

 A cute little watering can was the next thing that just had to be on a spring wreath.

I made these flowers out of small tart pans.  I painted them apple green with a wooden circle painted cream and glued to the center of the tart pan.

 The whole wreath is on a grapevine wreath with a yellow pip berry garland to give it that punch of spring color.  I really like how this turned out.  I'm not sure if I'll be able to put it up for sale rather than hang it on my door.  But then I have time since Spring is not here yet.  So we'll see.  Thanks for stopping by.

What happened to spring?....

Hi Everyone!  Happy Monday!  I hope you all had a great Mother's Day weekend.  I planted flowers for my mom in the brick bed outside my parents front door and my dad cooked.  It was a nice time. 

So now I'm wondering what happened to spring.  We just went from needing the heat on to needing the air conditioner.  The temperature today was in the high 90's!  Like 96!  And tomorrow is suppose to be just as hot if not hotter.  So before all my spring flowers disappear, I thought I'd share a few pictures of them.

My dogs went to the vet today and got a clean bill of health.  In fact, he was very impressed by them.  They weren't wild and crazy like some puppies are and by the end of the appointment they were all asleep.  So it was a good day but I didn't get any projects done.  But I did get an order last night for a headboard bench.  So all other projects (besides the puppies) will be one hold until I get this bench done.  Thanks for stopping by.