Spring Fever!

Happy first day of Spring! Here in Iowa, we've had EXTREMELY nice weather lately. So warm that I debated turning on the A/C. Yeah, in MARCH! (Didn't go quite that far, but who knows, maybe by April!) Anyway...I'm anxious to get started on some outdoor projects! 

Here is a trellis I made for our yard several years ago (doesn't it look so sad and lonely right now? I wish I had a picture of it in the summer time!) I made it from old tree branches and a couple fence stakes. In the summer it has a vine that climbs all the way up to the top.

Soon it will look something like this...

Cute, huh? More fun today with PicMonkey!!

And here are some of the landscaping & gardening projects I've been drooling over.

Great colors in this yard....

From hgtv.com

LOVE this brick pathway...and the hostas!

From Sunset.com

Another nice pathway....Hmmm....I'm noticing a pattern here.....

From bhg.com

Alternate use for a pallet....

From Lifeonthebalcony.com

I just like this one because it reminds me of Hagrid's Hut! :)

From Simondale.com

How about you? What are some of your spring gardening dreams this year? 

Springtime Hair Clips

Well hello again! It's been such a long time, I've missed you! The last couple weeks have just been very busy with family activities! None of which involved crafting. BUT, I did get to have lunch with my son's scout troop, spend the night with my daughter at a church sleepover, have my nieces visit for the weekend, and go out to dinner with 20 of our friends! 

Anyway. I do have a couple of really cool things I want to do that I haven't even started yet in the works. One easy little project I did manage to complete recently were these hair clips, thanks to the endless source of inspiration that is Pinterest.

I started with my fabric scrap pile:

I picked out some colorful springy patterns, then used pinking shears to cut out different sized circles. (Ever wonder where that funny name "pinking" shears comes from? I do. I think I will investigate & do an update post. You just wait!)

At first I tried to make the circles as perfect as possible by using a compass. But then I decided they would look better "not so perfect," so I just eyeballed it. (Much easier anyway!!!)

Then I stitched them together in the middle with a button:

And it was all downhill from there...very quick & easy:

Here in Iowa, we've had a very mild winter (I actually miss the snow!) but I'm tired of the ugly brown-ness everywhere. This is one step in my path toward Springtime! Yippee!

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