How does my flower pot grow

I love plants!  Which is a good thing since I majored in landscape architecture and work as a horticulture agent.  So I was surfing around the web doing research for a newspaper article when I stumbled across this container recipe California Dreamin at Proven Winners.  Being a Clemson girl I had to try it out, plus it has two of my favorites plants in it, coleus, and million bells!  So here is my take on the California Dreamin recipe

  Getting everything together

Cheesin while I work

Make sure there is enough potting soil

And the finished product!

The pot is from Home Depot, and the flowers were purchased from our State Farmers Market plant sale weekend.  If you have a tiny space or even want to brighten up a spot, containers are a great way to try out your green thumb.  I can’t wait for this to fill out more and really show off the orange and purple!

Go Tigers!

What Next

Yay! I have finished the gift and it is being framed as I type!  So I ahead of schedule for giving it.  I am super excited about this and can’t wait to show you but I want to share it with the recipient first.  So here is a reminder of what it looked like before….

So now I have to decide what to work on next……

Oh the choices!   

And like many of you I am sure this does not even begin to cover the stash! These are just the pieces I want to start before others.  But I have decided to do another gift this time for my grandmother.  It is not very clear but the second kit on the second row is a winter corn field with a red barn and geese flying over.  Canadian geese are very special to my family because they remind us of my grandfather, so I want to work on that piece and hope to give it to her for Christmas. 

Here is an update on the BF’s piece, he thought he would beat me, ha

Right now I am back to working on my knitting at least for a little while, I hope to divide my time evenly between the time from here on out.

Happy Stitching!

Almost finished

I am so close to being finished with my most recent project, sorry no pictures it has been personalized and don't want the recipient to have any clue about this present, only a handful people know what it is but the clock is ticking so I am getting back to a lazy day of stitching!

April TUSAL

Here is my April TUSAL

The deadline for this gift is fast approaching so I have to get busy on it!

Happy stitching!

New Stash

I am always looking for cross stitch shops, and I had a hard time trying to find this last one, The Needler in Lexington.  I kept driving past it then turning around, and driving past again.  But I had parked and walked around the downtown area to take pictures for a work presentation, and it was right behind me and I never noticed!  Once I finally found it I looked around and got three new patterns to add to my collection

Clemson (to combat the USC project)

And Jeanne over at Willow Tree Stitcher is working on a beautiful Pride and Prejudice sampler, I have been interested in various Jane Austen samplers so I found this one at The Needler and just had to have it!

Hopefully I will get a lot of work done this weekend on my project the deadline for giving it away is quickly approaching.

Carrie

Going out like a lion

I have been busy with various projects throughout March, propagating camellias, teaching a gardening workshop, visiting Brookgreen gardens and trying to squeeze stitching in there somewhere.  I absolutely love visiting Brookgreen Gardens located in Murrells Inlet.  My mom and I went on Saturday for Diggin’ In, a garden symposium.  Here are a few pictures of the gardens.

For my dad: Two Kids

If you have never been you should go because it is amazing!  And then visit Huntington State Park, to visit Atalaya, the home of Archer and Anna Huntington.  Anna Hyatt Huntington was a sculptor and many of her sculptures are in Brookgreen.  So if you like flowers visit Brookgreen and if you like art visit Brookgreen, there is a lot to do. 
Cross stitch Update

March TUSAL

Time for the Totally Useless Stitch-a-long update!


I decided to go for a close-up of my Snippit Jar this time.
Happy Stitching!