Dusty Rose Teacup Bird Feeder

I have another teacup bird feeder to share with you.

 

As much as I love the vintage style teacups I used on the other bird feeders I shared with you last week, I just had to grab this dusty rose cup and saucer...and for 1.99 from the thrift store, how could I not :). 

The E-6000 adhesive just didn't want to cure and I was getting tired of holding it...so I improvised, teehee. 

 

I put a rock in it to weigh it down and keep it in place. 

Would have been ideal to use a clamp, but I couldn't find one here at the cottage. 

Wasn't til later that Wayne brought one out for me. Thanks for being my hero..but a tad to late, lol 

I have a pretty awesome project I am going to share with you soon... You are going to live it, I know I do. 

So until then, I hope you all have a very creative day 

Tracy :). 

Coffee Anyone... Planter

Isn't this huge coffee cup and sauces planter adorable!!
I had my eye on this for a while now at our local nursery Vanderwees.
They gave out fake money when I purchased my plants and out door decor earlier in the season and Thursday was the last day I could cash them in...plus this was on sale :)

I let Kristy pick out the colour of the flower and brought everything out to the cottage to plant it there :)
Being as it is a pretty big planter, I needed something to fill up some space as not to use so much soil.
We have an abundance of pinecones in the yard at camp, so I gathered a few handfuls to take up some space.
I also put a coffee filter in the bottom to cover the drain hole.
Then added soil and some moss on top hoping that it will keep in the moisture since it only gets watered on the weekends....I will find out when we go back to camp if this worked ;)

Doesn't this look so cute on my bistro table on our deck :)
Being that I don't drink coffee or tea, this is a perfect use for any type of tea or coffee cup :)

I hope you all have a very creative day :)

Tracy :)

Wind Turbine Vent Planter

Another planter at the cottage and another small thing that made me so happy :)
I needed to improve on my planter from a few years ago...for one thing, it needed to be repainted as it had faded from the sun.
Second the soil dried out pretty quickly as it only gets watered during the weekend.
Thirdly, the landscape fabric I put in to keep the soil from falling out of the blades, would shimmy down over the summer.
Time for late night planning, as that is where all of my ideas come to me :)

Here is the new and improved planter :)

So lets start at the beginning...
I found this old wind turbine vent at the cottage dump a few years ago....it did not look this good when I first picked it up.
Again Wayne didn't say anything....but he may have rolled his eyes at me, teehee.
After we straightened a few of the fan blades, I got Wayne to paint it the same colour as the planter from yesterday's post.

I grabbed this soft plastic trash can I was going to put in the dump and cut it to size so it would fit in the turbine without sticking up to high.
I also drilled in some drainage holes and added some coffee filters so the soil wouldn't fall out.
I then got Wayne to paint the top of the container (trash can). I just needed the top painted as the bottom can't be seen...and why waste paint, right ;)

I went for a nice quad ride to pick some moss from the bush and wrapped it around the inside of the turbine in between that and the container.

See how the moss peeks out from the gaps in the vents :)
I love that!

I planted my bedding flowers and lastly added my shims around the bottom of the turbine...turned planter to keep it level and from tipping over :)

Didn't this turn out cute!!!
I think it looks better than last years, don't you?
I was so happy, I did another little dance ;)

Tracy :)

Its the Small things...planter insert.

I get excited about the smallest things....I mean really excited!!!
I actually danced when this all came together...now let me explain.

I picked up this wooden planter from my dad's apartment many years ago.
There was a garbage shed and anything the tenants thought someone may be able to use, they would place it beside the shed, instead of in it.
Much to my husbands dismay, I grabbed this wooden planter.
I got Wayne to paint it this deep burgundy colour.
But to find a container to fit in here, so I could plant some flowers was no small feat.
Wayne found some empty windshield washer containers and we added some scrap wood to lay on the bottom of the planter and then planted my flowers in the containers.
This year when I took out the windshield washer containers....they crumbled apart.
So what to do????

I searched and searched around the camp, looking for a better inner container to plant my flowers in.
I found a couple of dish pans (which I don't use) and it fit almost perfectly.
I got Wayne to give it a bit of paint to match the planer itself (as it can be seen around the edge) and then drilled in some drainage holes.

I added a few coffee filters so the soil wouldn't clog up the drainage holes and added my soil.
Now look how perfectly the dish pan fits!!!!
Seriously...this made me so flippin' happy!!!
Don't you just love when things come together so wonderfully :)

Lastly add my flowers.
Yes, its the little things that make me so happy :)

What small thing has made you happy this week?

I hope you all have a very creative day :)

Tracy :)

A Fun Weekend

We had a super fun long weekend :)
Wayne took Friday off, so we went up to the cottage Thursday night :)
The rest of the family stayed home as Ashley had a wedding to photograph, Heather didn't want to stay away from her kitty for that long and Kristy didn't want to go up for that long without her sisters.

Every August long weekend my SIL/friend Sharon and her husband Jim come up to spend it with us :)
Sharon, like me, loves to create, so we craft most of the weekend :)
Wayne makes us clean up before every meal...party pooper, lol.
By the way....this is just my stuff, Sharon had put hers away.

We took time out for a swim.....actually I floated around on a raft, and Sharon just wadded....where the "men" actually swam.

As Sharon and I created, Wayne and Jim re-shingled the sauna roof.

Sharon and I made some cards and some pocket letters...I haven't done Pocket Letters since last year at this time.
As when I looked in my binder, I had some that I meant to mail out....A Year Ago!!!

Jim's birthday lands on this weekend, so we always celebrate it out at the cottage.
Yummm cake!

One of our birdhouses fell off the tree, so I picked it up and started to clean it out.
I noticed that something was inside it...I just thought it was some leaves tangled in some spider webs.
Until I saw this little guy dangling from it.
Needless to say, I freaked out and a few choice words flew out of my mouth (I think the neighbours heard me )
After my heart stopped thudding, I put the birdhouse in front of the frog and he hopped right back in.
I then put it under the deck to keep it cool and I guess he will have a pretty fancy home for a while :)

I have been getting in over 20,000 steps in every day for the last few weeks.
I gave myself permission to take it easy this weekend as we were entertaining and I knew I would be sitting on my arse most of the weekend creating with Sharon.
I was very surprised and happy that I DID get in 20,000 steps every day this weekend!!!!

I hope you all had a great weekend :)

Tracy :)

Day with my Girls...and Pokemon

I spent most of the day with 2 of my daughters. 

Heather got cancelled from work today and Kristy had the day off. 

So after we did our errands we picked up lunch and went to my oldest daughters house for lunch. 

Sadly Ashley didn't have a day off, so only got to spend her lunch hour together. 

 

These girls are enjoying the Pokemon craze. 

So we decided to go for a walk around the Friendship Gardens. 

 

I don't think I have walked around the Friendship gardens since my girls were toddlers. 

There was quite a bit of activity at the Gardens. 

Mostly Pokemon catchers, but also some ducks and Canadian Gueese in the ponds. 

 

After our Pokemon hunt we went back home so I could pack for camp as Wayne surprised me with taking tomorrow off. 

I told the girls we had time to head out for some more Pokemon fun. 

So we headed to Hillcrest Park for another walk......well a walk for me 

 

The day was gorgeous. 

Beautiful blue sky's and perfect warm wearher. 

But the best part of the day was spending it with my girls. 

 

Thank you for taking all of the photos Kristy. 

Heather had my phone, as she doesn't have one or want one.....at least that was before playing Pokemon Go. 

I hope you

All have a wonderful creative weekend. 

Tracy :). 

 

Teacup Bird Feeders

Looks like its tea time doesn't it?
I am not one for tea, but it is craft time :)

I made these adorable teacup bird feeders last week.
They look so pretty in my garden :)

I went to the thrift store and picked up these pretty tea ups and matching saucers.
I was planning on making these years ago....Wayne and I looked all over for this E6000 adhesive when I planned on making these, so it was so nice to finally use it.
When using this adhesive, please use it outside, there are some pretty scary info on the packaging.

I then put the adhesive on the cups and then placed the cup on the saucer in the position I wanted.
It took longer than I thought it would to dry....so be patient.

Here is a video I did on the teacup bird feeders. :)
If you would rather watch it on my YouTube channel, just click on my name :)  "Tracy's Treasures24"

After making these, I ran back to the thrift store and picked up 2 more cups and saucers and made them up at the cottage for thank you gifts for a few of our neighbours.

I hope you all had a very creative day :)

Tracy :)