All those cute little bottle brush trees I have are just begging for a topper. Sometimes I add a bead, sometimes a star, sometimes a pip. What’s a pip, you say? A pip is a floral embellishment, used in artificial flowers as the stamens. You can buy pip covered wreaths and garlands, or bundles of […]
I have lost track of the number of people who have walked through our garden and then said, “I thought daylilies only came in orange or yellow!” Here’s proof they come in many colors… Let’s start with a beautiful white one with a lovely green throat. ‘Gentle Shepherd’ ‘Jungle Beauty’ is one of my favorite […]
This is a beautiful time of the year in our garden, notwithstanding the summer heat. The daylilies are blooming profusely. The breeze sends their sweet scent across the garden. This evening was a beautiful time to be outside. The heat had let up a bit, the evening was long, and the bugs were not bothersome. […]
I have been working on three red and white Putz houses for a week or so. Today I finished the little country church. I love the way it came together. Lights on… Lights off… I am learning how to make bead sprays and used three of them to back the church. I plan to make […]
This is the last house of the five I’ve worked on this week. This little three peaks house is done in red with a green roof. A simple fence surrounds the yard space. Two snowy bottle brush trees decorate the front of the house. You can see more pictures of this house and others in […]
A friend asked for a red and white Putz house, so I came up with this one. I will be making more red and white ones soon. I call this design “the ski slope” house. I drew the simple pattern myself. An easy house to draw a pattern for and an easy house to construct. […]
A few posts ago, I showed you a few new colors I am working on with the Putz houses. Today I completed two of the five houses currently in process. The first one is a pumpkin gold color with an olive green roof. Not my personal favorite colors, but my Mom would have loved them. […]