Craft Corner: Windchimes

These wind chimes where easy to make and made some very lovely noise in the wind. 

The metal circles where purchased from a local metal business. They have some fun stuff in there too, but my boyfriend thought I might enjoy these circles.

I painted them all first with a bunch of different fun colors and then hung them from fishing line off of a smaller metal circle for the base. The project took just a couple of hours and over all wasn't very expensive to make. 

Happy Crafting!!

Craft Corner: Rescued Chairs

I thought I would share this craft project that my boyfriend and I did together.My boyfriend found these chair frames in a friends' yard, tossed in the trash piled. He also found the fabrics in a throw away pile. Making it true that one mans trash is another's treasure!! So here is what we did with them!

We began by sanding down the chairs and then we each painted a chair. It was his choice to paint his the opposite of mine and I love it! I did all the funky dots on both chairs. Since the chairs were just frames without  seats or backs they had to be made. I am really glad that not only can Russ do upholstery but he can make all kinds of other stuff, so he was able to make the backs and seats and of course did the upholstery work on them!

Happy Crafting!

Gardening

Things are looking good in the garden this year!  Today's harvest is this beautiful bunch of garlic. I know it is not the biggest bunch and the heads aren't as big as I hoped, but it's my first try. I am going to plant more this fall and see if I can get them bigger!
Garlic really is easy to grow. I planted them last November, in a raisedbed, covered therm with leaves and left them. I didn't have to water them through the winter at all. It would probably been a good idea to feed them in the spring. I have been trying to not use any fertilizers,  but they do help. I found a couple diy recipes on the Internet that I have been trying out on just a few plants. I am always worried I will kill the plants, so I am cautious with the stuff I make. Better to be safe than sad!

Happy gardening!