We started out by making the base out of newspaper, packing tape, and a couple of sticks from the yard.. We scrunched and wrapped the paper in tape around the stick until we had a pumpkinish shape..

Maybe.. Lucky for us the old owners left behind a whole bunch of amazing garden tools for us, which made the job really fun.. A rusty old red wheelbarrow.You know getting to use something as cool as this would make even the most reluctant gardener at least a little tempted to get to work..

I actually used a pitch fork!For something other than just posing for funny pictures!.And how amazing is this pile of bricks?.

Chris found these behind the garage when he was landscaping back there.He just stacked them up neatly until we decide what to do with them.. We think they must have dumped them back there when they were tearing out the wall between the original house and the master bedroom addition.. Any great ideas out there for what to do with it?So, blog-worthy things happen around here pretty much ten times a day, but time to actually document and share them… not so much.

Anyway, here’s one thing!.

That’s original hardwood there.. Isn’t that kinda the dream?I found all of these pieces of milk glass on one trip, except for the low bowl on the far left.

It was on my second pass of an aisle, that I happened to spot one piece, then suddenly there was another and another.A whole little mini collection just waiting there that I hadn’t seen the first time around.

Each piece was around $1-$2.And the other thing I learned:.