I put mine on burlap for some texture, but you can put yours straight on the wall as well!

I ended up with this!.Seriously, it’s so pretty it’s ridiculous.

I look at it across the kitchen and it makes my heart smile.Who woulda thought?It’s just a recycled mason jar, but when you slap some paint on it, suddenly it’s the bell of the ball.

Cinderella in jar form.And the poinsettia in the bubbly gold container is prince charming.. OK, that’s a bit of a stretch, but you get what I’m saying.. It’s a very pretty jar.. And it took almost no time.. And I like it.. More Christmas in a Flash coming your way soon!We had the unfortunate (or fortunate, depending on how you look at it) occurrence recently of being ready to buy the lamp for the nursery at the exact time that both my local Target and Pottery Barn, were both sold out of the baseball bat lamps that they carry.

I was really just going to buy one, but Chris had been insisting that he could make me one instead for the few weeks before that, so we decided to give it a go..

It turned into a pretty fun little project and a cute little baseball-themed add on for the room.. Oh my goodness, friends.So last year we took the fabric out of this front garden bed, right beside the driveway, and we were left with this.. We also removed some shrubs that we didn’t like.

We were left with quite a few plants, but also a lot of empty spaces and a lot of weeds.Chris poked in this random hummingbird garden ornament that he found in the garage and that just added to the sad-looking mess.

We decided to tackle the garden a couple of weeks ago.We don’t have a lot (or any) time for upkeep throughout the Summer this year so our plan was to:.