TOP OF THE MORNING!

Everything is coming up green
this fine St. Patrick's Day.

Well not everything,
but that's another project
and another day.

My two year old cherry tree is starting to bloom.
It's not at it's peak yet but it is
still exciting to see the bloom start to pop out.

Spring is my favorite time of year for the garden.
Everyday something new emerges
to make me smile.

They say it's supposed to rain today,
but I refuse to believe it.

Happy St. Patrick's Day
and
Happy Gardening!

HAPPY FEET

I've just finished a project!
I've been working on it since Valentine's Day!

I'm calling it my "Happy Feet" pot.

I love the way it turned out.

I purchased this big silver pot from Big Lots for about ten dollars.
The color was not right for this project
and so I repainted it with the same
blue I used on my
"Catbird Garden" sign.

Once again I salvaged these Styrofoam feet from VS.
We had used them in Mukluks
this past Christmas
in our "PINK" shop.

Last year a friend had given us some pillows and fabric.
We used the pillows outside
so I thought the fabric would be perfect for
covering my feet.

I cut the fabric in small pieces.

Then Mod Podged them onto the feet.

I needed to water proof them so...

I applied four coats on "Outdoor" Mod Podge.
Couldn't find this in my town so I
ordered it online.

Now that Spring has sprung I planted my pot.
I used a Crystal Peak Obedient plant,
a Lacrosse Shasta Daisy,
a Blue Daze Evolvulus,
and some Creeping Jenny.

So there you have it.
My "Happy Feet" pot.
TOO MUCH FUN!

Now all I have to do is find
the perfect spot
and show off this little guy.

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French Country Cottage
My Romantic Home
Savvy Southern Style
Tootsie Time

This and That

Who knew that it was Groundhog Day.

Apparently I was too busy

crafting and blogging to know whats happening

in the real world.

I had the day off today so I decided to work on a craft project

I started last week.

I had hit the "After Christmas Sales" and picked up several

boxes of Christmas balls for 80% off.

A few years ago I had decoupaged some with music paper

and absolutely loved them.

Because burlap is so popular

I thought I'd try my luck with that.

It was way too hard to work with so

I gave it up.

Then I decided to try brown craft paper and origami

paper that I had on hand.

My vision is... a gardening theme tree for next year.

I'm thinking anything garden related or

nature themed.

Here are a couple of my finished ornaments.

Brown paper was applied in little pieces with

Mod Podge, I added some bird motifs

from an outdated calendar.

I'm pleased with these two. I experimented with

some fabric pieces as well, but I need to play

with them a little more.

The brown craft paper definitely

worked the best for what I

have in mind.

Very organic.

Here is one more thing brown craft paper is good for.
Image from Google.

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I will be linking to some fab parties at

Shabby Chic Cottage

French Country Cottage

My Romantic Home

be different...act normal.

RIBBON HEART

Just finished a little project for Valentine's Day.

I have tons of pink ribbon...if you follow me at all, you know
from where. I wanted to put it to good use with a
creative idea.


I just started making rosettes.
The ribbons I'm using are different widths so the rosettes are
different sizes as well.


They are my first attempts and not perfect to say the least.

I decided to make a 3D print for my collage wall above my desk.

I did this grouping in Fall of last year. Read about it here.

So far I've managed to keep it current by adding

seasonal touches.

Anyone with some great ideas for using

satin ribbon,

please let me know.

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I'm linking with some creative folks at:

The Shabby Chic Cottage

My Romantic Home

French Country Cottage
be different...act normal

RANDOM THINGS

We woke up to snow this morning and it was beautiful!

I love how the yard, garden and street look after a fresh

fallen snow.

Unfortunately, I had to be at work at 6:15 this morning and wasn't

able to take any pictures until I got home.

These were taken about 4:00 PM.
Much of the snow was already gone.

I thought this was a cute one.

The Nandinas were weighted down this morning, but

were starting to lift again by four.

Inside my last bowl of paperwhites from the Holidays

are just about to bloom.

I don't think I've showed you this new pillow I purchased durring

our Holiday Fiber Show.

It fits in perfectly with my decore.

It's a wonderful mixed bag of components...

some crochet, some kniting and felting.

Here is the start of a project of mine. It's still in the

thinking stage. VS was getting rid of this paper and I

snagged it. I think I'm going to use some for a

Valentine's Day garland.

Well I know all of this is just random stuff, but that's

what happening here at Nanniepannies.
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I will be linking this post, such as it is, with

My Romantic Home's

Show and Tell

Oh yea, I almost forgot...this is my next project.

I want to convert this abandoned closet in the spare bedroom

to my new crafting center.

It will be lovely to have all my things in one place.

GARDEN PHOTOS

I got off work early yesterday and was able to work outside most of the day.

I an truly loving this weather. We've gotten some rain over the last few days,

and everything seems to regenerated.

I'm working on an outdoor Fall project, I hope to post about within the next couple days.

In the mean time I snapped theses pictures so you can see what I'm seeing...

...in my own backyard.

Happy Gardening.