Spoon Herb Markers - guest appearance

To keep on the garden theme I thought I would share these ADORABLE garden markers I bought from Allison D. Cecil - creator of Monkey's Always Look.


Then, I put together this 'garden happy' present for my super crafty friend Bobbi. To complete the present I pre planted basil seeds - it is a WAY better gift to pre plant seeds then give someone seeds to plant on their own. Wouldn't you agree?

plastic now - food later

I never really believed that seeds grew into true plants until I moved to Oregon. Sure, we did the bean-that-sprouts-into-a-plant thing in school. But, growing up in Colorado (with a short growing season) seeds were a LOT of work. Now that I live in the land-of-plenty, when February rolls around and things start popping out of the ground I get real hopeful about seeds. I started some tomato, basil and pepper seeds a few weeks ago (they sit in the window above the heat register) and the tomatoes are already getting pretty big. In order to encourage their growth I re-planted them today in used sour cream and yogurt containers. Like any re-user, I cannot fathom sending any plastic container to the recycle because I figure there have got to be SO many ways to re-use them. Well, my storage drawer would beg to differ since it is overflowing with the things.

To re-plant my tomatoes I poked a hole in the bottom of the containers for water flow (the hole doesn't have to be pretty) and use the container top as a saucer-like-thingy (see below).
You can do this to plant almost anything. Grow baby, grow!

Flower Pots (guest appearance)

While I catch up on posting please enjoy this guest appearance by fellow second-hand shopper Heather Daniels. Heather's husband Steve made this lovely flower stand which Heather adorned with used flower pots. I have experienced this flower stand first hand, and let me tell you - those flower pots look stylish and brand new. Good work team!