Something for FREE!.....Red Pepper

Look what you can do with the hot pepper flakes you get the next time you order a pizza. They are FREE at most restaurants, but you usually have to ask for them. Just use your coffee grinder to make ground hot pepper to add to your favorite dishes. Coffee grinders can be used to ground nuts and dried herbs too. It's not just for coffee!

Repurpose paper perfume samples from magazines into this...

Instead of throwing away those perfume samples that always fall out of flyers and magazines, why not use them to place under the legs of  freshly painted furniture while it dries!

Another repurposing idea!

Figs are ready....finally!

Gardening

It is so nice to have freshly picked figs for breakfast which are full of fiber. My tree is producing a nice crop this summer.......Soon I will be making my fig preserves! (click here to see my recipe for making Fig Preserves)

New life to old patio furniture!

Furniture "upcycling"

After

Before

A new look for an old chair!

Furniture "upcycling"

Before

After

Magnolia wreath in the Spring & Summer too!

Art & Crafts

Who says you can't hang a magnolia leaf wreath in the Spring & Summer! I have a tree that I decided to cut some branches off and make a wreath. I got this idea from my sister-in-law who made a beautiful one for the inside of her home.

To start with, you can either use a straw wreath, which is a lot cheaper, or a styrofoam one. I decided to go with the straw one. I used floral wire pics on each leaf stem and also hot glued the tips to the leaf to secure it better. Then just start poking each leaf into the wreath at an angle and go back and fill in areas that need an extra leaf. Be patient because it takes a while to achieve the final look. Add a Spring or Summer floral pic if you like!

Look what popped up in my flower pot and I didn't even plant it!

Gardening

This is amazing and the only thing that I can figure out is that the wind blew or a bird dropped a sunflower seed from the bird feeder into the pot.

Sounds logical!  And it is pretty too!