How to Make a MINI BANNER!!

I incorporated a new little element in my

vintage drawer mini garden

This cute

little mini banner!!

Here’s how:

just take some twine

and

some washi tape

Open up your tape and lay your twine across it

and then flip your tape over on itself
to seal the twine inside

Repeat for whatever tape combination you’d like to use

You can leave as a square shape or trim into triangles

For using in the mini garden – I attached to wire and strung it
across the garden

A nice little bonus is that it holds up so good
against the elements, too!

I’m loving this fun little element in the garden! 

I have the feeling I’ll have a few of these strung here and there in the cottage as we whip more up!

Check out this full size banner tutorial too

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A Bucket of DIRT and a new MINI GARDEN

Had to pop in and show you some of my new fav elements from my little potting area:

Remember my lovely ol bucket of dirt?

I added some fun letters

to remind me just in case I forgot where my dirt was
being stored I guess!

I’ve been giving this new little potting area a workout lately

Creating a new mini container garden

For this one I used a

vintage old drawer

(sigh!!)

lined her with a trash bag

stapled that in

lined the bottom with stones

 

added some fun elements

a stepping stone path

a little retaining wall

a raised patio area

a cute arbor

some irish moss and a few succulents

FUN right?

I have one extra component I’m finishing up right now that I’ll be adding to this mini garden and I’ll show that to you very soon!

Here’s a link to my other mini garden tutorial in case you want to make one of your own!

 xoxo

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Gardening at the Cottage!

I’ve been on a bit of a gardening kick as of late.

We northerners have a small window in which to savor the green lushness of this wonderful season called

summer

so we suck it all up!

My little potting area has been getting a
WORKOUT!

{ewww sorry but I HAD to add this shot above!}

I thought I’d share

a few of the planters I’ve put together

I’m in love with this one above – it’s in a

vintage SEARS metal battery container

in the perfect chippy green patina!!

When I got this one done I was calling it my

potting chair

but my daughter thought I’d said

potty chair

different – yes – different!

I’m in love with succulents this year and have them tucked here and there

On my back deck, I’ve got this little container going with cilantro and a little pepper and some moss
(just because I like it)
and some potted succulents added in

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We’re also really enjoying our iris bed

 

We found some wild strawberries

and our raspberry patch which is shaping up to
give a good crop we hope

We were busy weeding it this day
(oops I missed a weed or 20!)

put the kids to work on THAT tomorrow!

and last but not least

my hubby made me some raised beds – Yay!

thanks honey!

and it took loads and loads and loads of dirt
to fill these babies –
wwwaaaaayyyy more than I would have thought

ahhh my back!

but….ahh
dirt – glorious – dirt!!

 

Thanks for visiting today!

I’m heading out to – guess what?

WEED!

but maybe, just maybe, I’ll grab a glass of iced tea, sit for a couple minutes and enjoy the summer sun!

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