Terrarium Tuesday

 Today was Terrarium Tuesday!

So my friend Andi had a few of us over for lunch and to make terrariums today!

She made a yummy Chinese Chicken Salad for us. You know it's tasty when everyone has seconds!

Andi invited us a few weeks ago so we all had plenty of time to gather our terrarium ingredients. It was fun to see what we each "brought to the table" for the project.

Yes these are funky cell phone photos, they are all I have

Andi picked up a super cool glass bowl at World Market to use for her terrarium. It has a concrete base.....darn it I didn't get a good picture to show the base of her bowl. The picture below is Andi's terrarium. She made great use of all her goodies!!

Next (in the photo below) is Darby's terrarium. She has had her terrarium container for awhile. I really wanted Darby's container after I saw it. Isn't this great??

In the photo below is Paula's planter. She had picked out a terrarium container similar to Darby's to use. Then as she was backing out of her garage to come to Andi's she spotted this cool vintage teapot a friend had given her years ago, and inspiration struck!! So her terrarium became a container. We all love how unique it is!!!

Hey I just noticed that you can see the concrete base of Andi's container in the upper right corner of the picture below!!

Lastly in the photo below is my "terrarium."  The idea to use a birdcage was inspired by a picture my sister sent me.  I love the way it turned out!!!

Thank you Andi, what a fun day it was!

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Flowering Shamrock

Cead Mile Failte!!!

 So it's March, time to get your green on,

If you are gonna go green...

and it's March...

A flowering Shamrock is the way to go.

 At a cost of $3.99 it's affordable too.

 Off subject, but in the picture above check out my cool "new to me" metal stool from Ebay. I love how "aged" it is.

Lots of little white blooms on my Shamrock.

These babies were flying off the shelf. Almost every customer in the store had one in their shopping cart.

 I am guessing that I am the only person to come home and photograph their Shamrock about a hundred times and then blog about it...

Our Shamrock feels like a celebrity.

So of course a post about Shamrocks needed an Irish Blessing or two.

Made those at PicMonkey. It is so easy to add fun text to your photos.

Then I went on a filter frenzy at PicMonkey.

PicMonkey can be addicting.

How do you celebrate March? A bit of corn beef and cabbage? Is there some green beer in your future? Leave a comment about your favorite March traditions.

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Inspired by MacKenzie - Childs

Have you seen the new Mackenzie - Childs catalog?

 Every page is full of gorgeous eye candy.

 I love the whole Courtly Check line. Every single piece!!

You can describe MacKenzie - Childs products as gorgeous, fabulous, beautiful, unique, original, definitely high quality.

Affordable, budget friendly, inexpensive??? No, you would never use those words to describe MC products.

This little black and white check pot was inspired by MC.

First off I painted a few coats of white acrylic paint onto a terra cotta pot. Making sure to let it dry between each coat.

I used a pencil to sketch the pattern onto the pot.

I scribbled with the pencil a bit to mark the sections I wanted to paint black.

After I painted the black and white check pattern, I edged everything up with a metallic gold acrylic paint.

When the paint was dry I did a few layers of gloss Mod Podge.

 Then I ran over to Home Depot for a plant.

It was slim pickins at the end of February. Winter be gone!

Succulents and a few cacti.....mmmm how Nevada I thought.

So I bought six.

I am on the fence about my MacKenzie - Childs inspired pot, I do love it, it is eye catching across the room. It was easy to paint and I will probably make a few more.

But I still dream about ordering so many of the gorgeous pieces from the catalog.

 Thank you MacKenzie - Childs for the inspiration!

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4" Courtly Check Flower Pot by MacKenzie - Childs

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DIY Dollar Frames

I'll bet you're like me and have a few unfinished projects laying around. You know you buy something because it was a good deal. Or inspiration strikes you right there in the store you have to get it! Then months or years later you find that dollar frame...mmmmm maybe I should finally do something with this.

So the frame in the photo below isn't a dollar frame but it was my inspiration.

I knew it was time to get those dollar frames out and create something with them.

As you can see I am still loving the zigzag trend.

I apologize for previously referring to a zigzag pattern as chevron pattern. But you know you learn something new everyday!

In the photo below are the dollar frames from Michael's. At a dollar each you don't need to waste your 40% off coupon on them. They are about a half an inch thick and have no glass. Hey they are only a $1

To get started I painted the frames ivory with acrylic paint. Always make sure to let the paint dry between layers. Next I watered down some dark brown paint and brushed it over the ivory. I let it sit for about 30 seconds then I wiped the brown off with a damp paper towel. Let everything dry. I then stenciled the zigzag pattern on in black. I also painted the outer and inner edges of the frame in black

Then with my Silhouette Cameo I cut four paper frames to fit around the inner part of the frame. I did the same thing for the heart frame.

I layered and glued the four frames together for each frame. Then I painted them a golden yellow and did the watered brown paint thing again.

For a sealer I used matte Mod Podge.I used it on the paper frames and the wood frames.Even though it is a matte sealer it still has a bit of a finish to it.

 Then came the tough decisions, what pictures to put in the frame?

I printed a few sepia tinted pictures but they looked bland in the frames.

What I really wanted to put in the frames are some sunflowers pictures I took last summer but I want to save those for my late summer fall decor.

Like everyone else I am eager for spring.

You know that feeling of wanting to see some bright blooms.

So there my choice was made, I printed out these pictures of some of my zinnias from last summer. I love the contrast of the mod yet rustic frames and the bright flowers!

I am pretty happy with my dollar frames from Michael's. Make sure check back this summer to see how my sunflower pictures look in the zigzag frames

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Framed Valentine Chalkboard Art

Here is the easiest valentine project I have ever done.

Yup anyone can pull this craft off!

I went to Pinterest, did a search on printable valentine chalkboard art, then I just picked out which prints I liked best.

Printed my favorites out (5"x7") and popped them into frames. Yes frames that I have had for years that cost $1.

No creativity needed for this project, just a computer and a printer.

Love, love, love a project this easy!

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