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Thursday, May 5, 2011

Mini Patio Project

I was browsing through blogs last week, and came across a really creative idea for a flowerless pot on For The Love Of A House (this blog is really great--her house is so nice!).


This lady used one of those hand blown glass balls that you can put around your garden, but she put it in a flower pot with spanish moss.

Right after I saw this, I made a trip to the one and only TJMaxx and what did I find? Yes, I found the perfect hand blown glass for my pots!

Now, my mom might hate this project because she's not a fan of anything fake....but the spanish moss isn't technically fake, it's just dried...so I broke her rules and tried this project anyway. (Sorry Mom!)

I decided to try this in the pots on the front patio because most of the flowers in them had mysteriously died (seriously, I watered them when I was supposed to and everything...it is truly a mystery). Don't worry, the two flowers that survived have been safely moved to the flowerpots in the backyard so nothing was wasted. I was also really tired of having to sweep all of the dirt and mulch off the patio and away from the welcome mat every time I watered, so I figured this would be an easy solution since it doesn't require water.

So, here is what I had before:


And here's what it looks like now:




So far, I'm liking it. I also think this will be good for the winter when everything is dead. Except then I'll have to change out the color of the moss to a more nuetral color, but it will look much better than nothing at all! I also figure that if I get tired of this I can just as easily plant more flowers in these since the gardening soil is still underneath the moss.

More changes on the front patio to come!

7 comments:

  1. Love it !! "For the love of a house" is one of my favorite blogs ... she is amazing, isn't she?

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  2. Thank you so much Becca! I could not for the life of me remember the name of that blog--I was able to credit her because of you :).

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  3. I LOVE LOVE LOVE these! OUTSTANDING idea!!!!!!!!!!!
    Going to try it out meself, thanks for posting.

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  4. such a great Idea.. So different!
    Love it
    Tana

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  5. You just solved my problem of the day. No time to pot-up the urn in the front but I do have spanish moss and I do have a big glass ball. Voila!

    Thanks for linking to ShabbyNest.

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  6. This is so cute, easy and a great solution if you don't want to plant anything or have a small space! Love it!

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