If I had a green thumb...

Mother's Day had me busy. One job in particular led to the whole cleaning of the garage. I blame this baker's rack. It's actually been down in our storage room in the basement for several months. It was used in the kitchen of a house we used to live in back in Washington that was teeny tiny without much cupboard space.

Occasionally I get in a repurposing kind of mood. I hate junk. And I hate good stuff that sits around & pretends to be junk. So, I had Mr. WhiMSy love bring it up to the garage & made it into a potting bench. Funny thing is, I do not have a green thumb at all. But I still plant things & pretend that my thumb is a different color. And this new addition in the garage makes me happy.

P.S. I joined pinterest today. Wheeeee!!

♥

Mini Cereal Box Seed Starters

I'm ready for Spring things. And this project gets me in the mood.

Start seedlings indoors with this whimsical spin on a peat pot.

Brightly colored mini cereal boxes create cozy little homes for seeds as they work their way through the soil to become big grown up flowers.

Glue the top of the box closed with a glue gun. And then take a knife & cut open, along the "dotted" lines on the front of the box. Did you know there were "dotted" lines?? When my bro & I were kids, we used to open our cereal boxes that way sometimes, slice open the bag of cereal, pour the milk right in & eat it from the box.

Fill boxes with dirt & seeds. *Dymo labels as plant markers are optional.* A Sharpie works just as swell.

I have been keeping mine on the windowsill. Make sure when you water that you have a flat dish underneath. (The water seeps out of the corners of the box.) Over time your box will warp from the waterings.

When your seedlings are big enough, transplant them to big pots! Yay for flowers! And recylcing!

♥ Nikki