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  • I added a bit of fun to my screen porch with an easy outdoor porch light!
  • I used 2 large & 3 medium grapevine balls. Two strands of white lights (50 count) with brown wires make these little orbs glow-a birch branch holds the lights and burlap ribbon hold up the branch!
  • I threaded the lights into the balls and tied them in place with garden twine to make sure the glow was uniform...
  • It's easy to get the lights inside the grapevine by gently moving the tiny vines apart.
  • Balancing a birch branch between 2 chairs, I played around with the placement of the balls (which are attached with twine) until I liked the look...
  • I ran the cord up the twine and connected it to a white extension cord that I hid between one of the loops of burlap ribbon which holds the branch. (the other end of the burlap ribbon is attached to the ceiling w/ eye hooks)
  • The light makes such a nice glow and doesn't obstruct our view during the day!
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Easy DIY Outdoor Light!

I'm doing a screen porch makeover at the moment and wanted to add a bit of light over the drop-leaf table. Using some grapevine balls and white lights with brown wires I put together an little porch chandy in no time!

All Things Heart and Home
All Things Heart and Home Marietta, GA 17 hours ago
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    Flora 50 minutes ago
    This looks like a doable project for me.. love outside lights.. Thanks so much for sharing..
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Mini Lilacs Flower Decoration

Lilacs are among the most fragrant of flowers. These mini lilacs take up a lot less space in a city garden, but smell just as wonderfully as their big sisters. ...»

A simple flower decoration of mini lilacs in a white vase, brings the scent of Spring into your home.

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Marianne Songbird Netherlands Yesterday
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    Marianne Songbird 2 hours ago
    Miriam I Thanks! They are ...»
    really making my living room smell heavily (and distract from the fact that the room is actually a mess ;-) )

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  • I have created a little conversation area in this small corner of my front porch.
  • I made a simple slipcover for the cushions on the rocker.
  • Vintage accessories add some charm.
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Time to Get the Front Porch Ready for Summer

The cushions are ready with their weather-proof material, the pillows are in the swing, and I am ready for a big glass of sweet tea!
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DaisyMaeBelle - Melissa Murfreesboro, TN 10 hours ago
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    Barb Rosen 2 hours ago
    I just love your comfy looking porch, Miss DaisyMae!
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  • Take a blah garbage can to fab with a little spray paint.
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Garbage Can Turned Flower Planter DIY

This is a fun and easy up - cycle project. I rescued some old garbage cans from the side of the road and added some hammered copper spray paint to jazz them up a bit. Now I have some ...»
great vintage flower planters for about $5 and 15 minutes! #MayGarden #upcycle #flowers #planterbox

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The Lily Pad Cottage Middleville, MI 11 hours ago
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    You have combined two of my favorite things ~ galvanized metal and flowers!
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  • #1 - Use as many free materials in your landscape as you can. Every part of the world has at least one thing in abundance that you can use for free, be it gravel, rocks or stones; wood, pallets or pine needles; dumpsters, landfill sites or Craig's List and Freecycling networks as cheap sources for repurposed items. Find out what's in your own neighbourhood or town and use it!  I've used my local freecycling network to find plants and shrubs for free. I got a whole lilac hedge that way, it really works!!
  • #2 - Beg for plant divisions or cuttings from family, friends and neighbours. Anyone who has perennials , bulbs or tubers will have to be dividing them up every so often and will be happy to let you have the extras.
  • #3 - Look for local gardening clubs, they usually have plant sales once or twice a year to raise money for the club and you can get beautiful plants for much less than gardening centers sell them.  Plus you know they will survive in your climate because the local gardeners have grown them.
  • #4 - Watch for end-of-season sales.  You can pick up loads of plants at a discount from department stores that have seasonal garden centers.  That's where you can pick up your trees and shrubs for less and save big!
  • #5 - Grow your own plants from seed.  Some plants are super simple to grow, you can even just toss the seeds out in your garden at the right time and they'll grow well.  Hardy geraniums, sunflowers and pansies are easy to start from seed.  Poppies and cosmos are good examples of seeds you can just sow directly in the garden.  Opium poppies can even be sown while there is still snow on the garden!
  • #6 - Grow plants that self-seed or spread easily.  Examples are creeping thyme, culinary thyme, Johnny Jump-ups, Ladies' Mantle, campanula, euphorbia, lamium, bugleweed, poppies and bee balm.  I don't quite understand the desire for growing borderline plants in the garden.  I personally don't want to drag some plant kicking and screaming into my garden, I'd much rather have ones that are happily growing and flowering and self-seeding all over.
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6 Ways to Landscape Without Breaking the Budget

I'm back to my first love these days - gardening! I love being in the garden, digging, planting, sowing and enjoying. This house will be the 6th that I've landscaped and because I always ...»
seem to buy houses that have no landscaping, I have learned how to do it on the cheap.

Here are some of my best tips: .

#1 - Use as many free materials in your landscape as you can. Every part of the world has at least one thing in abundance that you can use for free, be it gravel, rocks or stones; wood,pallets or pine needles; dumpsters, landfill sites or Craig's List and Freecycling networks as cheap sources for repurposed items. Find out what's in your own neighbourhood or town and use it! I've used my local freecycling network to find plants and shrubs for free. I got a whole lilac hedge that way, it really works!!

#2 - Beg for plant divisions or cuttings from family, friends and neighbours. Anyone who has perennials , bulbs or tubers will have to be dividing them up every so often and will be happy to let you have the extras.

#3 - Look for local gardening clubs, they usually have plant sales once or twice a year to raise money for the club and you can get beautiful plants for much less than gardening centers sell them. Plus you know they will survive in your climate because the local gardeners have grown them.

#4 - Watch for end-of-season sales. You can pick up loads of plants at a discount from department stores that have seasonal garden centers. That's where you can pick up your trees and shrubs for less and save big!

#5 - Grow your own plants from seed. Some plants are super simple to grow, you can even just toss the seeds out in your garden at the right time and they'll grow well. Hardy geraniums,sunflowers and pansies are easy to start from seed. Poppies and cosmos are good examples of seeds you can just sow directly in the garden. Opium poppies can even be sown while there is still snow on the garden

#6 - Grow plants that self-seed or spread easily. Examples are creeping thyme, culinary thyme, Johnny Jump-ups, Ladies' Mantle, campanula, euphorbia, lamium, bugleweed, poppies and bee balm. I don't quite understand the desire for growing borderline plants in the garden. I personally don't want to drag some plant kicking and screaming into my garden, I'd much rather have ones that are happily growing and flowering and self-seeding all over.

The best part about rampant growers and self-seeders is that every year, you can dig up the extras and sell them at a yard sale to make some extra cash for the landscaping items that you can't get for free.

Hope I've been able to give you at least one tip you can use. Happy gardening!

#landscaping #gardening #Maygarden

Anne @ DesignDreams by Anne
Anne @ DesignDreams by An... Canada 15 hours ago
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    Anne ~ your house has that wonderful "cottage" look and the plantings and garden accents ...»
    really are icing on the cake!

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  • A combination of hot glue and twine worked to secure the pots.
  • English Ivy was the favorite plant added to our wreath
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DIY Living Wreath

I wanted a little something to dress up our garage door and provide a bit of inspiration.

I gathered a grapevine wreath and a few packs of tiny terra cotta pots and got to work ...»

securing them on the wreath.

A few plants from the garden center later, and I had a great bit of greenery to brighten up the garage near my chicken coop!

Full post and instructions are listed on my blog: http://justawhimsicalworld.blogspot.com/2012...

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JustAWhimsicalWorld Ogden, KS 2 days ago
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    Cindy 6 hours ago
    This is just what I need for an old door in my country garden. Thanks much
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  • Chalkboard bottom? Forget the top I have other plans for this! And the old candle stand see how cool it looks for hanging stuff on the wall? Spent 75 cents on the 2
  • Love the old hamper, needed one in my bathroom, very clean and no smell and love the old look, Old dictionary used for mod podge. the teapots for planting flowers, 2 metal shelves for repurposing and planting
  • Love love love old clay pots! 25c lazy susan can be used in my craft room after painted of course 50c the old handthrown bowl for my mom's African violets (feed from bottom) and this awesome old table! painting then plant stand!
  • This old set of Blue Clay bowls and plates my mom loves the color only $1 for all 4! little pour spout free, shelf 50c metal picture frame 50c
  • old orchard basket 50c plant stand 50c basket with handle 50c frames 25c each of course all but the bucket will be painted!
  • 2 old stools $3.50 ea and then the recipe book holder 25c will be perfect painted white in my kitchen!
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Yardsale Finds... Just Hide Them Until they Fit In

Husband says he is going to ban me from yard sales but he loves what I end up with! Eventually things look good! But....for awhile...sometimes too long of a while....they take up precious ...»
space!

So I only have to hide these from him till I discover their "full potential"! You see the potential don't you?

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Tanya Peterson Felsheim Grants Pass, OR 2 days ago
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    Tanya Peterson Felsheim 7 hours ago
    Becky J I don't believe you have ...»
    no imagination or artistic ability! It may lay hidden under so many other things but you see potential in items so you got the knack...many times I don't have all of the skill I just have the foresight! I google for the skill, ask for information, or hire someone to do it.

    What cracks me up is when I draw out an entire plan I want, I even sometimes have to go up and show them what I'm talking about (ie a faux rockwall in the back corner of my yard) even set things in place for them to place down...then they start telling people about all THEY DID. I even had a guy who wants to take pictures to show others his "work". Doubt he'll tell them that every step of the way I had to teach him how to do things, and even have him redo things that he didn't listen when I told him to do something...Oh well..if he is happy when its done then I'm fine with pictures...but I imagine it to someone who Creates a drawing of clothing, even a pattern, then someone sews it together. Who is the artist, the creator or the completer?

    Oh well..I am sure many of you know what I mean. The only trouble I had with a yard man was him wanting to do things his way...and I already had a plan I had been working on for years. He got so upset with me once he just drove off in the middle of picking up things for the yard and quit. He said to me "people say do something with my yard...and I do and they are happy" but I said..."do this exact thing with my yard that I want done" and that didn't fit in with his "way of doing things" so we parted ways. My little brother came mid working and finished the project even having to redo about 1/2 of what the first guy did!

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Got Grease? Get LA's Totally Awesome!

My white kitchen cabinets have never looked so clean and grease free! Have you tried this yet? This stuff really is Totally Awesome and you can pick it up at the Dollar store!
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BungalowAtHome-Luci Nutley, NJ 24 hours ago
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    Lori DiBattista 8 hours ago
    I've had a restaurant for twelve years, and this is our number one clean up product. We are ...»
    never without it!

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  • Double White Columbine
  • Teapot Birdhouse & Jackmanii Clematis
  • Pink Columbine
  • Dad's dark burgundy iris from years ago
  • Outhouse Birdhouse by the honeysuckle bush
  • Mahonia berries for the birds
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  • Birdhouse with Lonicera vine
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  • Nepata ~ Cat Mint , loved by hummingbirds
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May Garden ~ Birdhouses & Flowers

In looking around the garden, I see a theme has developed. It's all about the birds and flowers. With approximately one hundred birdhouses, I suppose my collection is now nearing ...»
intervention status! Some are decorative and some are functional with clean-outs, but long ago I found out the birds are the ones who decide which is which. A bossy little house wren has commandeered the gazebo garden where she and her hubby have taken up residence in a blue bird house, chasing any other birds who dare to come near.

Every new flower is an awaiting surprise and , as I stroll our garden, bird song greets me. A red fox streaked across the front lawn this early morning, probably from the cat food on our porch. We've had lovely rains and everything is an intense shade of spring green.

See more at http://ourfairfieldhomeandgarden.com/may-gar... or http://pinterest.com/barbrosen/our-fairfield...

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Barb Rosen Wilmington, DE 2 days ago
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    Barb Rosen 10 hours ago
    Thanks, Lorraine Edwards ~ you know it is all about the birds here!
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Flip Flop Wreath

Easy to do and only cost about $7.00.. I did another one with a mirror in the middle and used the handle to hang it...
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Laurie VD Gwinn, MI 2 days ago
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    Pat S 10 hours ago
    Good summer addition to my patio!! Thanks Miriam! Thanks Laurie for sharing!
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