Stepping Stones

What fun we had mixing concrete and breaking tiles!






Marcella's ladybug








Cameron's dragonfly

Butterflies & Dragonflies

I bought these black plastic butterflies from a close-out table in a garden store in Blowing Rock, N.C. The girls knew that color and glitter could transform these Plain Janes into works of art.
They now hover over my flowers and brighten the garden.

For the Birds

I bought these cute birdhouses from Michael's. The girls used acrylics and their creativity to give the birds beautiful, colorful homes.




Be sure to coat with a clear varnish before putting them outside.

More Garden Art

Marcella decided we need more garden art this summer. Here's her sparkly butterfly painted on a popsicle stick "mat" with acrylics. Don't forget to add glitter!

Garden Art

Last Saturday, the perfect spring day at 75 degrees got us out in the garden. Grandpa tilled the soil; and Marcella, Cameron, and I planted flowers. Marcella selected a 9-pack of red salvia, and Cameron opted for the lavender petunias. We threw in a couple of marigolds for good measure. Then the girls had a great idea; they decided to use some old bricks as a border. They added a cool pink and yellow pattern on the bricks with their sidewalk chalk. This beautiful flower garden is off the patio, right outside the girls' bedroom window.

Garden Art

What to do with a box of popsicle sticks? We decided to make "garden art." Hot-glue several sticks together using two sticks along the back for support. Then paint the front. (UPDATE: DON'T USE HOT GLUE ....Use Gorilla glue!)

C planned her painting first; then she painted her beautiful flower with acrylics and added glitter. M decided to paint lots of small flowers, add sequins, glitter, and a feather. We hot-glued dowels to the back of the popsicle stick paintings and stuck them in the ground. Don't they look great among the daylilies?