It's Spring Inside!

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Welcome Spring!

I wanted something other than a wreath for my front door for spring. I found this cool rusty watering can on sale at Joann's.

I filled it with a couple spring flower bunches, also on sale.

My door has a closer on top so I need to wire any decor item to the top of the door.

I used some Velcro, stuck to the glass and the can to keep it from banging the window.

I'm very happy with the results! I can use the watering can over and over. It has a plastic liner so it can be used as a vase.

Happy Spring!

Spring Window Box

The last bit of winter I got rid of is my window box. I usually decorate it for a season and not just a holiday.Eggs and birds mean spring to me, plus pussy willow and forsythia. I found the cement urn with the bird on the top at TJMaxx and had to have it!
Now all I need to do is get the gardens cleaned up.
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More Spring!

What do you do when you can't find the color eggs you want? Paint them! I put 2 coats of acrylic paint on my bright colored plastic eggs. Much better. The paint rubs off easy but they work great for what I wanted.Gotta have birds with those eggs.

A little spring added to my corner cupboard,

a touch...

or two to the dining room.

The mantle will probably remain the same until fall. I made the fern window, the hydrangea wreath and the drawer/box on the right of this picture. Click on the words to see how they were done.

Since there was no Show and Tell this week I decided to join in Project Friday. Go visit Sugarplum Cottage for more Project Friday posts.

Show and Tell

Welcome Spring!My window box decorated for spring.
My front entry ready for spring!

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Window box

Even tho it's snowing, I decorated my window box (click to see how I made it and where I got the idea) for spring. This is the first year I've had it so it's fun to decide what I have to put in it. I'm sure I'll come up with some new things every season.

I got this watering can at a household sale last year. The bunny and bird are garden decorations. I'll use them in the garden when I change the box for summer.

I used dark wood for the inside of the box but have decided that everything shows up better on a lighter background. I have a piece of muslin tacked to the back but in the summer I'm going to white wash the bead board. I wanted to make sure it worked better light before I did it.

Spring decor

I finished decorating my entry for spring. I'm sure I'll do more as I find things I like but this is a start. The pussy willows here are real but the forsythia isn't. I keep my keys in the bird dish.
I bought a long rope of these "berries". They are yellows and lavender. This is only half of it.
The nest is a real mud nest and I used a scrap of an old quilt under it.
I put the other half of the "berries" on this willow wreath.


Silk daffodils and an old hankie.
I won't leave this up for long but it's better than snowmen! I plan on using some of the stuff in other places.

Typical spring.

It's a typical spring day here today. It's been raining all day. Just a nice steady rain. As I look out the back window I'm amazed at how much everything has grown with all the sunshine we've had. The grass is a beautiful bright green and some of the perennials are up 6 to 8 inches. They will grow even faster after the rain. Once it dries I'm sure I'll have to start mowing the lawn.I realized this morning that I hadn't hung my spring wreath yet. Of course, my daughter made this for me.
Can you see the door knocker under the wreath? I found it in a little shop last year when my girl friend and I went to lunch for my birthday. I had to have it!
I'm anxious to get my deck set up and have been checking it out every day so this doesn't happen again! have a great day!

Removing winter!

I removed winter today! I brought in the sled that stood by the front door, took the winter wreath off the beauty shop door and took down my snowman flag. Most of our snow is gone and it's in the low 40's but so far there is no snow in the forcast.
I picked these pussy willows in my garden. I bought the tree several years ago at Walmart on clearance for three dollars. They called it a pink pussywillow. See how pink some of them are. When they get bigger they don't look pink.
One of my customers comes from Sweeden and he told me that they tie bright colored feathers on pussywillows for Easter. This picture I found shows them on several spring plants. The pot on the right looks like pussywillows.I did see some more stuff sprouting. The hyacinth and the lenton roses are showing new growth. I even threw some grass seed on the front lawn.
I'm sure not expecting to be snow free now, I do live in western New York, but I'm hoping for just a couple inches here and there not feet!