Have you seen these adorable puppy flower arrangements?

elle is making one and I might if I get around to it. LoL!

omg Terri, that takes talent! :::::looking around for mine:::: I highly doubt I could do this one. This is for "LIVING" flowers, right? Mine don't live long enough to make them into a basket! LOL.

It'sa darling idea. I will save the directions for a time when my black thumb has at least a tinge in green ;)

i am going to make silk flower i hope
we got a festival going in sept
i going to have a set up
bear,candle ,flower arrangement,and anything eles i can make
it go for 3 day
elle

hey
i got these rabbit feet
i need cap to make luck rabbit foot
does any onr know where to find them
elle

Greetings!

elle, it depends on the size of handbag you want to make.
1 whole block for a big bag.
3/4 block for medium bag
1/2 block for small bag.

Cissy, it can be made with artificial flowers and greenery. or Fabric, dried flowers, or a mix of whatever you've got!

Thanks Terri. Gotta think about this one. I spend a lot of spare time trying to build a garden LOL. It's a terrific idea though. Elle, I do hope you will get those rabbit feet caps and chains. I googled for them. Had no luck. :(

thank-you
you both are so helpful
elle

Hi Cissy! Hows that garden coming along???

Welllllllll I am in on a break. This is third day of digging in the clay. If I had you know what to sweat off, they'd be gone. I have one half of it done with flowers in.....mostly from my containers. I amn tired of containers. I kept putting this off because I knew it would be hard. I will be 62 on Saturday. I am getting OLD ha ha hah, but to answer your question, it is slowly taking shape.

Gotta get back to bustin' my.............................hump, cuz that's all I have ;D

pictures pictures Please! fun to see a garden in progress!!!!!!!!!

Don't go over doin' it, at your age now Cis, LoL! saturday eh? What kind of cake would you like???????

I would like a cake that says "happy 23rd birthday" HAHAHA......I can do pictures......but after it cools down. I am now finished sweating for the day :-P :D lol

Have a breather, You're still a youngen! We celebrated elles birthday a while back, she's your senoir!
Do you have any plans for your Birthday?

OMG! That is a beautiful elle cake! Ya know, its very hard these days to be YOUNGER than someone! Happy Birthday Elle!! :) :)

Ok, Terri, you asked for it! LOL. I'll preface the pictures by saying this is a garden in the works. What you are about to see looks baaaaad. But digging up clay to very hard. I use only a shovel and my right food, hands gloved in .....uh, gloves. Pruners to cut the old tree roots growing UNDER THE CLAY ARRGGHH LOL. I left off some of the flowers I plan on taking out of contaners to plant. The pictures of my plants in the ground are the ones I have done in the last 3 days.

The last picture is of three of the containers I am repotting in the ground.

More

more, remember you asked! Ha!

This one shows the hard clay dirt I finally managed to break through.

These two Coleus I picked up today at Orchard Supply. They are so gorgeos. In my hard clay, it is mostly shade. These two beauties better survive! I planted them with the utmost care and soil amendment :D There's a gaping hole between them. I have no idea why lol

okay, last one. These are 3 of my several containers with flowers I plan on putting in the ground. It got too hot to finish today. Tomorrow's another day ::whew::

I lied......this one is of my standard schnauzer, Gunny. He supervised the work and gave me a paws up :-) I asked him to help, but he said supervisors supervise...hellllo-oh. :-P

LoL! I'd offer to come and help but your supervisor would probably chase me away!!!!!

Looks like you are really getting on with the work there in tough clay conditions. It's going to look fab all planted up.
Are you going to put down some mulch? to retain moisture and improve the soil?
Will the coleus survive the winter outside where you are? they are indoor plants here mostly. Lovely coloured leaves, great for arranging!!!!!! JOKE>
Keep up the good work Cis. Thanks for showing me how it's taking shape. Keep me updated won't you? LoL!

Terri, yes they do overwinter here. I have several coleus that are in pots. I have a strawberry jar. I am going to take cuttings from my coleus and plant them in the strawberry jar. Oh I forgot, the coleus I do have in pots are cuttings I started this past winter...indoors. This is the plant they came from :) The Gerber plant is with it. Both are in a planter box.

What a lovely coleus plant and so big! That's a good idea with the strawberry planter, maybe I could do that with some coleus and have them indoors. Nice sunny gerbera too!

Well, the strawberry jar will be a work in progress. I read how to do it with coleus cuttings right here at Daves. Probably in the Coleus section...? LOL. Anyway, supposedly I am to fill pot with soil up to the first opening, then put some soiless mix and stick in cutting from the outside into the hole...and so on and so forth. Of course for the first few days, the colues will wilt and THEN I hope will pop back up. We'll see..........

Nice garden you're going to have, good job. I work with clay too (arrggghh) and agree mulch helps a lot. When I have old mulch I always put it on an area I'm trying to work up. It's worked wonders!

Thank you, Sally! Yep, mulch is on my list of things to get. In fact, I may pick up a bag to get started. I do plan on putting in the rest of my plants tomorrow. :)

hi all
can not do garden this week we are canning
i will reture making thing went we are done
elle

Sis-e - Happy upcoming Birthday! Looks like a nice work in progress. Your coleus are stunning. I have been following the same coleus thread and plan on taking cuttings from a few of mine this year to propagate inside for the winter. I have even though of taking a few cuttings from a few stray plants I have seen around work, do you think that is okay?
Looks like your clay is nasty - how much amendment have you had to put in with it? Mulch may help to keep the moisture in as am sure the clay sucks every bit of it up. I have one area that was a lot of clay, I made the mistake of mixing in sand, and well go figure it turned into the equivalent of cement. Steve had to till it all again and we had to start over. Good thing we all enjoy a hard day's work.

Omg about the sand/cement. Gee, I am glad I didn't do that. All I did was add perlite and vermiculite to help with drainage to each hole for a plant. Then, don't ask me why lol, I added to each hole, a hand full of seed starter mix and a pinch of root hormone (just because LOL). Then I lifted each plant out of container and set in hole and add the soil from the container, plus new bagged soil. So far so good, but it's been only a day for the section I was working on. The section I did 2 days previous is doing very well. So far, no shocked (gasp) plants.

I don't have a rototiller. Our yard is hard, but it is very small as well. I am proud of what I have done, but have to do a "wait and see" thingie-bob ;)

Thanks for birthday wishes! How sweet....um sweet 62 for meeeeee. Yayaya, social security at last LOL

hi all
here what we did all day yesterday
we done canning unit
tuesday
elle

Yayay Elle, looks wonderful! I have never canned anything in my life. I applaud those that can do it. :)

i did not know how until i got marry
to a country boy
elle

LOL Elle! Too late for me!

You have been busy elle. We used to can but could never eat all that we had and a lot was often wasted so now we are big freezer folks and put most everything in those seal a meal airtight things and into the freezer they go.

hi
we freeze too
elle

Happy Birthday Cissy!! Have a great time.

I hope you like your present, it's a plant for your new garden, Happy Gardening and Happy Birthday!

Nice touch come on over to the cafe and see the rest of your gifts and party favors Sis E.

Check out what Terri has put together for you, now don't be bashful!!!!!!!!!!!
Candee

http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/887601/

Terri!!! Weeee-doggies! Thankie so much. They are beautiful!!!

here a brithday basket it have honeysuckle sence
elle

Oh elle, thankie so much! It is adorable!! Sorry I didn't respond earlier. I was gone all day Sunday at the state fair! :D