Golf Shoe & Bag Planters

We were cleaning out a office at our shop the other day

 (making me a creating room, but that's a whole another

 story), and I came across three pairs of old golf shoes.  

Ding Ding Ding!!  At first I just pitched them in the trash 

pile, knowing in the back of my mind I would retrieve 

them like one of those poor hoarder people that cannot 

let anything go.  I had also been holding onto an old 

golf bag (hoarder!!), and I knew what I wanted to do!  

I drilled holes in the toe and bottom of the golf shoes for

 drainage & a hole in the heels so the golf shoes could 

easily be attached to the side of the barn.

I also drilled holes in the bottom of the golf bag for drainage.

  I then added empty water bottles to the golf bag so the bag

 would not weigh a ton & waste a bunch of good

soil, not to mention a great way to recycle!  

I filled the bag up about 3/4 the way to the top, 

cramming the bottles down as I went.

I traded some aloe & fern for some succulents with my

neighbor across the road. She grows succulents like crazy 

& I grow aloe and ferns like crazy.  I attached the golf 

shoes to the barn, and then used some old golf clubs to 

hold the bag in place.  I will see how they grow and 

continue this around the barn!  My vision was completed 

in just under one hour!

I know, I know I did not get the golf shoes level!  Urgh!!  

Before & After Backyard

Back of the house before the deck....Yucky!

Back of house after the deck....Yippee!

This was done six years ago, but it is still as pretty today as it was back then & I love looking at this photo.  I also have a few more plants, and four above ground vegetable beds in now as well.  

Garden Art

 So I have been seeing garden art everywhere on Pinterest & Etsy, and I always wanted to make one that was unique, functional & different from all the ones you see there.  My sister Sally & I had been talking about it, and one day she brought me a glass candy dish & a candle stick.  "This should be the prototype for the "Art" we want to build", she proclaimed.  I began searching for a bottom that I could use that were different than just the small bud vases.  Couple of months went by, and I had just about forgot about the "Art" when as usual when you quit looking it jumps out at you.  We were out hitting local resale shops looking for old golf clubs, when we decided to stop at a local Mom & Pop dollar store.  Low and behold I found the bottom I wanted to use on the Garden Art as soon as I walked in the door.  The tall Eiffel tower vases just about jumped off the shelf & into my arms.  I bought a couple and started creating!  These vases are not easy to find, especially the green. Here are some of the creation I have made.   Enjoy....

Frosted vase with Clear top and
Green Center & Water Bucket
on Top ~ Sold

All Clear with Red Tomato
& Red Pepper

All Clear with Green Avon
Center Piece ~ Sold

All Clear with Pink Avon
Center ~ Sold

All Clear with Aqua Blue
Bottle Center ~ Sold

  

All Clear with Green
Chicken ~ Sold

All Clear with Green
Avon Bottle Center

Blue Bird of Happiness
on Plate with Frosted
Bottom ~ Sold

Blue Chicken on Blue
Bottom ~ Sold

Clear Butter Dish on Blue
Bottom ~ Sold

Blue Bird of Happiness
on Clear Plate with
Light Blue Bottom ~ Sold

Clear Chicken on Frosted
Bottom

Blue Bird of Happiness
on Plate with Light blue 
Bottom ~ Sold

Clear Square Top on Light
Blue Bottom ~ Sold

Clear Top on Dark Blue
Bottom ~ Sold

Clear Top on Red Hot Bottom 
~Sold

Clear Top on Hot Pink
Bottom ~ Sold

Clear Square top with Green
Center on Frosted Bottom

Clear Top on Dark Blue
Bottom ~ Sold

Clear Top with Milk Bottle
Center on Frosted Bottom

Milk Candy Dish, Black
Center on Black bottom
& Clear & Red
Squirrel on Top

Clear Plate with Red Avon 
Bottle on Frosted 
Bottom

Lime Green Chicken
on Clear Bottom

All Clear with Green/Blue
Center ~ Sold

Clear Top with Purple Center
on Frosted Bottom ~ Sold

Red, White & Blue

The Collection!

I have decided not to ship these pieces, as I would be so worried that they would break in transit & if I did ship them the cost would be so high.  I might reconsider at a later date.  So if you have to have one or would like to look at one I have them on display at 
West Brazos Golf Center, Brazoria, Texas
They are also available for viewing on my Facebook page @
www.facebook.com/JpsGarageArtsDecor
"Like" my page while you are there!
I have also decided not to call these "Bird Feeders" anymore, so for ever more they will be known as "Garden Art".  One reason is the "Squirrel" issue!  These guys are heavy and destructive, and I do not want them to get broken.  I have played with many types of glue and nothing, I mean nothing will keep these creatures from tearing one up!  So "Art" it is, unless you want to feed the bird!!   

Spring Flowers Already Blooming

These are a few photos of the flowers blooming in my yard right now.  

March 5, 2013

Old Lantern...add a little spray paint, some rocks & dirt...Voila!

Mailbox Post Makeover

This past week I decided enough was enough!  My mailbox post is so ugly it just has to get a makeover.  I knew what I wanted to do, all I had to do was get in the car, buy some stuff and do it!  I went to the local car repair shop first, and asked if I could buy one of their used tires they had lying in a huge pile at the side of their shop ... The man said "I could have anyone I wanted at no charge".....and best of all they help me look through them & then even loaded it in my car for me!  I love small town America!  I headed to the local home improvement center, and bought some spray paint & some flowers before heading home to tackle the ugliest mailbox post in town.  

I unloaded my stuff & set about painting my tire and the mailbox post.  It takes a lot of soil to fill the tire so make sure you have some extra field dirt or cheap top soil to fill in before using your good soil on top.  I did not drill any drain holes in this tire, because the mailbox sits in full sun and the flowers will need all the water they can get when it gets warmer this Spring & Summer.  Once I had all the dirt in the tire, I planted my flowers & bulbs.  I will take photos as soon as the bulbs start to bloom.  

I am so excited about my mailbox post makeover!  Now all that is left is finding a new mailbox....

I am keeping my eyes peeled for something fun!  

**03/31/2013**

Flowers are coming in, and looking good!

Chicken Poop Lip Junk

Chicken Poop Lip Junk!

I was shopping in Academy the other day, and while at the register I turned & this 

Chicken Poop was staring me in the eye!

I literally did a double take!!  What the heck is that?  

I posted the photo on Facebook, and people started saying....

"That is the best lip balm ever"....

"Great stuff"...."I love it & use it all the time".  

I just had to look it up!  

Ingredients:

Non GMO Soybean Oil

Beeswax

Jojoba Oil 

Lavender Essential Oil 

Sweet Orange Essential Oil 

Witch Hazel USP 14% alcohol by volume 

Tea Tree Oil 

Rice Bran Oil 

Vitamin E

Avocado Oil

Zinc Oxide

There is no Chicken Poop what so ever in this Chicken Poop Lip Junk!  

Here is the website ~  http://www.ilovechickenpoop.com

Other items made by these folks:

La Chick Poo Poo ~ Lip Glace

Good Gravey ~ Lotion

Kill it Dead ~ Defunkifier

I know you are asking yourself if I bought any Chicken Poop, well the answer is no!  

BUT now that I know there is NO Poop in the Chicken Poop...

I might just give it a try!  Update to follow!!

How I dry my Orange peels!

Orange's off my tree!

I make my own simmering crock pot potpourri, and I usually just cut up a few Oranges at a time because of a space issue.  This year my Orange tree produced loads of Oranges, and I needed to get them all cut up & drying before they mildew.  I tried using cardboard beer boxes, but the weather was just not cooperating with me (high humidity), and I needed to find a way to get them dried & fast!  Couple of days had passed and I was doing a load of laundry when its like the dryer jumped up & slapped me!  At first I just threw all the peels into the dry and turned it on!  Well lets say that was quite a "loud" mistake and it knocked the pith off.  Needless to say I had Orange pith everywhere!  Then I remembered that I have a shoe drying rack!! Voila!!  I put the peels on the rack and turned  the dryer on!!  Two cycles at high heat and these Orange peels were dry as a bone!  Yippee!!  I am so excited....  

Another plus for drying Orange peels in your dryer...It makes your dryer smell fresh!!  

Next I am going to try and dry Rosemary!  

I know you are asking yourself.... "What did I do with all the juice from these Oranges?"...

Well let's say for some reason this particular Orange tree produces the most sour Orange's ever! I was told it was a Lemon tree when I purchased it, and I planted it next to my other Orange tree.  The first two years it produced really nice large Lemon's that were a little strange looking, but nice Lemon's!  I can only assume that the bee's cross pollinated the tree and turned it into a sour Orange tree.  I have toyed with cutting it down, but just cannot bring myself do it.  I keep hoping that nature will turn these beautiful Orange's sweet, but until that happens 

I will just use the Orange peels for my Potpourri!