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While our planters are being created we worked on the back porch patio. We had tiles put down for the floor surface and found some fantastic vintage wicker furniture for the space. We completed the feel of the cabana by selecting fabric at a supreme discount from Tempe Sales, sewing it to the width and length to create panels that could hang to frame the patio in like a room. On the outside of the fabric panels we attached sunshade fabric to ensure that it would last through more then just one extremely hot Arizona Summer. We love our dreamy new space that has a ceiling fan to keep us cool and panels that will allow for shade in the summer months.
For the back corner of our yard we used recycled, broken, concrete chunks to create pavers and created a pattern with used bricks. This corner will serve as an area for raised beds and container planting for vegetables and herbs. Stay tuned for what we do for the beds and containers.
BEFORE
Planning the brick pattern
Laying out the bricks
Placing the broken concrete
Adding small stones and wetting to secure in place
Finished Surface
During the holidays I was obsessed with making snow globes and now that it is Spring in Arizona I have taken the glass jars and started a new creative obsession — desktop terrariums! I can’t stop combing thrift stores for jars. I have terrariums all over my house now. Here are a some shots of just a few of them. I wrote about this one year ago, that post is HERE. Directions for creating your own at the bottom of the post.
SUPPLIES:
— Fine Sand (purchased at a pet supply store)
— Small Stones (purchased at a pet supply store or a hardware store)
— Activated Charcoal (purchased at a pet supply store)
— Potting Soil (purchased at plant nursery or a hardware store)
— Terrarium Plant (purchased at a pet supply store)
— Sphagnum or Spanish moss (purchased at plant nursery or a hardware store)
— Plastic ornament (purchased at a craft store or a cake supply store)
Layer in the above order, spring water into the jar for the first few days and if there is a lid you can leave it alone after a few weeks. If it is open you will need to water it as you would with any indoor plant.
I found a simple but inspiring square galvanized metal for that was screaming to become a planter box. I knew I wanted to play with the Cricut® Autumn Celebrations Cartridge for this one because there was a fun Day of the Dead* image on it. I cut the layers of of the skull image out of different colors of vinyl on my Cricut. Once those layers were in place I edged the metal box with masking tape that has a black background and glow in the dark dots. I enhanced the dots with the YUDU glow in the dark ink. I then used Ranger Inkssentials Enamel Accentsin black and white to dot the rest of the image. I allowed it to fully dry and then placed a miniature pepper plant inside.
I also made a greeting card out of the extra pieces. I like to cut several of the shapes incase soemthing happens in the cutting and that way I have extras to make cards out of. Here is the card, it also has glow in the dark ink on it:
Happy crafting xoxo Cyndi aka Lovely Lula Follow me on Twitter I am Lab5.
*Day of the Dead (Spanish: DÃa de los Muertos) is a Mexican holiday. The holiday focuses on gatherings of family and friends to pray for and remember friends and family members who have died. It is particularly celebrated in Mexico, where it attains the quality of a National Holiday. The celebration takes place on November 1st and 2nd, in connection with the Catholic holidays of All Saints’ Day (November 1) and All Souls’ Day (November 2). Traditions connected with the holiday include building private altars honoring the deceased using sugar skulls, marigolds, and the favorite foods and beverages of the departed and visiting graves with these as gifts.
