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Succulent Tips and Care

February 26, 2013 By Meegan 6 Comments

Are you a gardener? Can you grow plants easily? Well, if you can, I am a little jealous! I am not a good gardener. I wish I was. But I want to be. Really, I do. But, I have heard succulents are easy to grow, Let’s see if I can follow my own rules for succulent tips and care.

I have tried growing succulents before and to no avail, I killed them, too. BOO! Now that is sad!Although, I think I will give succulents just one more try. While visiting my mom, she gave me a whole succulent plant. I am a little worried, but like I said I just want to give it one more try. My mom gave me a few tips of growing and caring for succulents. I thought it would be fun to share them with you, too.

Doesn’t this look like just out of a magazine? This is one way to grow your succulents inside. They may not last longer than a month. But think of it like fresh cut flowers, those don’t last long either.

Put some plastic in the bottom of your pot to keep it from leaking, then some rocks, then planting mix or a mix of dirt and sand. Then if you want to put polished stones or something on top, before you put the plants in. You could fill the pot all the way to the top with potting mix and/or soil sand mixture, if you want.

Just make sure the planting mix stays damp in the beginning and your plant gets some sun.

Another tip about succulents is that if a “blossom” breaks off, you can root them in water. They will start growing a root-kind of just like an avocado seed does. I decided to do just that with a few “blossoms” that broke off during our travelling.

For this shelf, I decided to use 2 of my old jars as vessels. I think they look pretty with hubby’s childhood marbles in the bottom.

Make sure the bottom of the “blossom” is in the water. Check your vessel often to be sure the plant is reaching the water. Also allow them get some natural light.

I added one to a green bottle for our bedroom. The bottle is filled to the top with water. And again, a sun lit area.

On the kitchen bar, my vessels are an old mason jar, an olive oil bottle and a small cup one of our daughters made in kindergarten. Perfect sun light here, too.

For my last tip. Did you know if the petals break off, you can place them in moist soil and they will begin to root? Once again, just keep them in a moist soil with some light. This pot is outside on my porch.

Wish me luck!! I hope I can follow my own succulent tips and care! let me know what is successful for you, too!!

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{I posted this last Summer and thought it would be a good re-post since Spring is right around the corner!!}

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Changing Vintage To Work For You

February 21, 2013 By Meegan 27 Comments

Sometimes we inherit a piece of furniture or accessory that kinda doesn’t fit our taste or flavor. For me, I like the idea of changing vintage to work for you. I love the pieces that I have, and I want to keep them, but still fit my motif.

That is what is SO great about paint! Paint is my best friend lately. It is fun to change up and turn something into what fits in your own space. Woo!

I am REALLY lucky in the fact that I own quite a few pieces of furniture that were my grandparents. This shelf is one of those pieces:

As a child, I remember Grandma’s china, tea sets, and odds & ends sitting on this shelf in her dining room. Then later in life, it hung in my Mom’s home holding tea sets, and beautiful plates. I, on the other hand decided to hang it in our bedroom. I have been trying to refresh the colors in our home to lighter and brighter tones. So that meant this shelf needed some refreshing as well.

I went to Home Depot to look for some paint and ended up at the “Ooops Table” I found a can of Glidden flat whitish/creamish color for $1!! I painted just about everything: Bookcases, my kitchen shelves, a lamp, a clock, and anything I could. I mean for $1, how could I go wrong? By the time I got around to painting this shelf, I had barely enough left to cover it. But, it was just the right amount I wanted and needed.

With a dry brush and scraping the whole can of paint, I came up with this look. Prefect for some of our sand and shell collection, rather than china or tea sets. The sand and shells go along with the rest of the motif in our home.

I LOVE how you can still see the wood grain through the paint. I also sanded the edges for a worn, vintage look.

On some of the bottles I placed tags labeling where we had gathered our sand and shells. I purchased the tags from Wal-Mart. Using my stamps I created labels. Easy!

Doesn’t she look great? Bringing in a touch of my family’s heritage and history, along with things that I enjoy collecting. Probably one of my favorite things to do-use vintage family pieces, then add my own style and taste.

What have you been working on lately? I have been moving furniture and painting-so I can share my “new” office with you very soon!! Yay!!

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I’ve Got The Monday Blues

February 18, 2013 By Meegan 10 Comments

Hello Monday! I’ve Got The Monday Blues. And I would love to share them you you. I think you will have the Monday Blues, too after seeing these beauties.

This creative blue is from my friend Gracie at Kitchen Table Art.

Gracie has a tiny kitchen. So, she and her hubby made their own pantry with a bookshelf and a homemade screen door.

Valentine Projects for $3 and under

February 9, 2013 By Meegan 7 Comments

Valentine’s Day is coming and I am always looking for ways to cut costs. That is why I came up with my Valentine Projects for $3 and under…

Make a Valentine Marble Art piece. The marbles are a $1 a bag at Dollar Tree. You probably already have scrapbook paper and glue. Frame it using a frame you already own. So, there ya go. Cost $1

Decorate your shelves or mantel with Valentine decor you already have. Make a Valentine banner with ric rac and cardstock. Super easy!! Cost $.00

Use a frame you already have or buy one at a thrift store. Paint it, add twine, ribbon, or ric rac. Using a clothes pin, clip a Valentine sign to your frame!! My cost $1.75. The sign was a $1 and the frame was 75 cents.

Fill some jars with candy to match your Valentine Decor. They don’t have to be heart jars. Tie ribbon, twine, or ric rac for an added touch. Cost $2 for candy. I had the jars already.

Buy some candlesticks, paint them your colors and tie them with some ric rac. Cost $2.50. I bought the candle sticks at the thriftstore. I had the ric rac. Easy Peasy!!

Decorate some clothes pin with glue and glitter. Super easy. Cost $2.00 for glitter.

Cut out hearts from scrapbook paper. They don’t have to be pink or red. What ever you like. Glue a white heart to your Valentine. Using stamps write your message. Cost $2. $1 for stamps at Michaels Crafts. $1 for scalloped scissors at Target Dollar Section. Easy!!!

Make a crepe paper rosette heart. Backing is a cardboard piece from a cereal box, and the crepe paper was leftover from a party. The ribbon was a remnent. Cost $0.00