Afternoon Quickie

Get your heads out of the gutter! I'm talking about a little flora and fauna here and quick little project that I did the other afternoon after work.

It all started when I ran in the dollar store to grab some trash bags. I spotted a few diamonds in the rough on the C-to the-heap. So I decided to break out the spray paint and get down to business.

These little gems are plastic cheap-o planters that set me back all of maybe $10 for all four of these pieces. I wanted some nice planters to put by the front door, but I didn't really want to spend a lot of money to buy some nice ones. So these will work in the interim. I grabbed a couple of cans of oil bronzed spray paint and got to working on these guys.

Boom! All painted up with new ferns looking all fancy pants.

I grabbed the ferns from Lowe's and I didn't do a very good job of picking out two ferns the same size. Oh well! They look great by the door just the same. Now I need to find a pretty wreath to hang on the door to make it all pretty.

While I was at Lowe's I grabbed a few other things. They had a nice tomato plant there so I snatched that up and I can't wait until I can enjoy the fruits of this plant's labor.

There are already quite a few 'maters on the plant, so it won't be too much longer!

My most favorite find of the day was the cutest little plant cage that I got for the kitchen. I picked up an ivy plant to put in it for a little bit of green to brighten things up.

I'm currently on the lookout for some pretty flowers for the planters and a few hanging flowers as well for the carport. Stacey got the most gorgeous hanging bougainvillea plant ever for her birthday. Its a beautiful golden yellow/beige color. So I'm on the lookout for something as stunning. So if anyone is coming from Century, FL to Thomasville, you can bring me one. Hint, hint.

Anyways, that was my quick little DIY planter/gardening post. Hopefully I can get my pictures all downloaded from the weekend of Stacey's dirty 30 birthday extravaganza to share!