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Holla! It’s a No Sew Burlap Bunting

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Did it surprise you to see a burlap bunting on my summer patio?  It surprised me, to be quite honest. I’m generally not a burlap gal – nor a bunting gal – and the fact that I incorporated it somewhere in my home threw me for a spin.  It just seemed to fit.

Now, I don’t believe that every single element in my home needs to be totally unexpected.  However, I do like to incorporate something unexpected into something that’s pretty traditional every single chance I get.  So, Holla!

No Sew Burlap Bunting

(Yes, our window is broken.)

No, I didn’t misspell ‘Hola’ as my bilingual son pointed out to me.  It really is supposed to say ‘Holla’ – as in, “Hey!  What’s up?”

Regardless of what the banner says, it was super easy to make.  Like use a glue gun and 15 minutes of your time easy.  Like that space needs something there and I don’t want to buy anything easy.  Like that party starts in 30 minutes and I need a banner STAT easy.  Here’s how I did it:

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The Black Thumb Gardner’s Guide to Making a Patio Container Look Full and Lush

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Y’all, I have a secret.

I was born without green thumbs.  Okay, that’s not the secret.  If you’ve been reading this blog for any period of time, that’s pretty evident (case in point here, here, here, and here).  But, I have figured out a way to make it look like my black thumbs are starting to turn a shade of green: Hanging Baskets.

Now, I know that hanging baskets themselves are nothing new.  But, I love the look of them when the flowers and greenery start hanging over the sides of the basket.  I love that look in patio containers, too, but there is no way that I’d be able to grow plants enough to make them hang in a way that’s pleasing to the eye.  I’ve tried, but they just end up looking sparse and yuck.

So, my new technique?  I transplant hanging baskets into a patio container to make them look immediately lush and grown in.  I even did it for my BBQ grill planter this summer.

Transplant plants from hanging baskets into a patio container for immediate lushness and fullness.

This is a huge planter, so I used two identical hanging baskets to plant in the grill.  I added a little bit of potting soil and then literally pulled the flowers out of the hanging planters (soil and all) and stuck them in the grill planter.  I made sure the root ball was broken up and patted them down until they were secure and down in the soil.

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