Earth Day Craft Project

Happy Earth Day!

To celebrate I decided to use items I had around the house to make a decorative wreath for our front door.

What you need:

• 1 wire hanger
• about 2 yards of fabric (I used an old mosquito net sheer curtain I had from Ikea)
• Scissors

To make the wreath start by re-forming a wire hanger into a circle. Then cut lots and lots of strips of fabric. The beauty of this project is that the fabric strips don't have to be exact. I cut mine into 8-in.x2-in. strips, approximately. Then, just tie the strips on and fluff them around the hanger.

This couldn't have been easier, or cheaper, or better for our precious planet. It took about 2 hours, but I think it was worth it.

Here are some step by step pictures:

Happy crafting.

The Beautification

I love a good outdoor space to enjoy in the spring and summer. To me there is nothing better than having a glass of wine on a perfect spring evening being surrounded by beautiful plants. I just love it. So, when we moved into our new house we knew one of the first things we would do was to spend working on beautifying our outdoor space.

Last weekend we had the perfect combination of beautiful weather and time to spend the weekend outside. Well, I should clarify, Jim spent a lot of time beautifying the the yard. He trimmed, he weeded, he dug and he planted a lot of plants. We bought confederate jasmine (a plant we fell in love with in Rome and had on our patio), bougainvillea, herbs (basil, thyme, rosemary, mint and cilantro), ferns, and many more. We also used quite a few amazing trellis pieces that are handmade by my uncle, Noah. His work is so beautiful and adds a special touch to any outdoor space.

Here are a few pictures:

Before

Cute owl statue I found at Target

Table and chair (Thanks Debbie!) and a fire pit

Confederate jasmine

Bougainvillea

Herbs - basil, rosemary and thyme

Front porch (plus Libby)