Designs by Pinky: watering can

Monday, May 18, 2015

A New "Wreath" and Tutorial

I made a new "wreath" for our front door. I put that in quotes because as you will see, it is not a traditional round wreath. I saw a square piece like this at the place where I used to work but it was TWICE the price. So, I kept looking and lo and behold found this at CTS for $16.99!!! Plus it was embellished with the berries!!! SOLD!!! Here is the finished wreath and then I will take you through the steps I did to make it. It looks like a window pane. I love that it is so different than a traditional wreath.

Here is how it looked when I got it.

As you can see, I did this in the garage rather than down in the basement. It was a beautiful day yesterday, when I did this. I placed the bush of the white berries and grasses first then the nest and forsythia pick. Everything is hot glued in.

I wanted this to look like someone had just picked flowers from the garden and put them together. A gerber daisy anchors the arrangement at the bottom.

I decided to add this watering can up on the right corner as a cute accent.

The leaves that surround the daisy were left over and in my stash.

When I thought I was finished I put it on the door but decided it needed some ivy trailing down, so added that.

EVERYTHING that I used I had so this cost me the $16.99. The finished one that I saw at the store was either $60.00 or $70.00!!!!

It is so nice to have a stash of flowers to pull from. I used all the colors that are in the berries that came on the piece.

I had this one stem of purple freesia. It is a beautiful flower, used in fresh arrangements often.

So now the front is done and ready for Summer.

Thanks for your visit. I love your comments so please let me know you were here:) Have a beautiful week, my friends.

XO, Pinky

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Tuesday, September 23, 2014

Another Vignette on the Patio!!!

I didn't share this part of the patio yesterday cause I wanted to save it and the other post was getting too long. I do NOT want you all to be bored!!! Our weather changed on a dime today, the first day of Fall! It was 80 and summerlike yesterday and now it is COOL! But, that is fine with me. It means we will get to sit around this fireplace at night, sip something warm and cuddle under a pretty throw! We can either pull our chairs up to here or when we have guests we will move the fireplace out to the middle of the patio! It is very light and portable but gives off good heat!

I cut some flowers from the yard to make an arrangement in my watering can.

The hydrangeas are just starting to change color and I cut alot of them to dry too. The grasses are blooming and I filled in with somer marigolds too.

Love this stem and will probably save it when the season is over.

I also placed a small pumpkin on the watering can.

This lantern is a bug repellent. It holds a can of spray and has a remote so you can have it spray when you want, or you can set it to go off every few minutes.