• By Barb
• Things that inspire me in the garden
• On November 17, 2012
• Comments Off on DIY Project ~ Retro Hootie Owl Ornaments Made from Scraps

Fool around with fabric scraps, some felt and a few feathers and what do you get? Owls! No particular pattern here, just freehand a body shape and cut out two pieces from felt. An apron using part of that same pattern was made from fabric scraps and edged in a blanket stitch.   Sew the

• By Barb
• Things that inspire me in the garden
• On November 11, 2012
• 1 Comment.

Let me introduce you to one of my best gal-pals, Carol Gangemi. She is an artist extraordinaire as everything she does carries Carol’s personal stamp of creativity. Many people know Carol Gangemi as the Botanical Illustrations watercolor instructor at Longwood Gardens. (By the way, that’s a class I can’t wait to sign up for next year

• By Barb
• Things that inspire me in the garden
• On October 28, 2012
• Comments Off on Enjoy a Bottle of Wine and make a Twig & Cork Reindeer!

Only I would buy a bag of someone’s wine corks at a yard sale! That done, I needed to come up with something to do with them. So, here is my solution: little reindeer made with different sizes of twigs from the yard, a cork and hot glue – with a little red pom-pom nose

• By Barb
• Things that inspire me in the garden
• On October 15, 2012
• Comments Off on Field Trip: Creating a Beautiful Fall Floral Arrangement in a Pumpkin at The DCH

Last month, I had such fun making an apple basket arrangement in Emily Smith’s  Delaware Center for Horticulture workshop that I signed up again! This time Emily had little orange pumpkins ready for us, already cleaned out! She had pre-selected flowers, greens and fillers to represent the glorious fall colors for this sweet little “Pumpkin