I'm In A Magazine!!!

I can't believe it!!!
I've been featured in a magazine and I think I'm going to burst from being so darn excited!!! *grin*

When my little project of recycling and reusing my children's old rubber boots that I had saved and turned into hanging flower planters had gone viral last year and started showing up all over the internet it was fun to see. But then earlier this year I was contacted by the editor of Cottages & Bungalows Magazine to see if I would allow them to print my photo with a little comment on my inspiration in their May edition and I was SO excited that they would even ask me :)

It made me think of the Dr. Hook song 'On the cover of the Rolling Stone'.... and I was going to go and buy 5 copies for my mother! LOL. Okay while I didn't quite make the cover I was definitely doing the happy dance :)

It is quite a lovely magazine full of home and garden ideas...

projects to make and tons of inspiration.

Thank you so much to all of you wonderful readers some of you which have become wonderful friends over the years as well for stopping by and saying hello and sharing about my blog as I know without all of you this wouldn't have happened :)

Hugs,
Rosina

Planting Flower Boots

I've had a stash of the kids outgrown rubber boots in the closet since last spring as I wanted to do something fun with them. Each pair outgrown and no good for donating to the good will because every single one of them was either cracked somewhere up the sides or had holes in the soles. Can you say hard on their shoes?!

So the last time we were in the city we stopped at one of the nurseries and purchased some colorful bedding plants to plant in them :) Using a mix of potting soil and horse manure they filled up each of the boots right to the tip of the toes.

In each one we could only fit 2 or sometimes 3 flowers depending on how little the top of the boot was :)

They are so excited to see the marigolds, pansies, and snapdragons bloom. I think we're going to put them in the vegetable garden at the ends of the rows. I just hope that the slugs don't get a hold of them! All this wet weather is a making it a haven for the slimy creatures. Maybe we should get some Muskovy ducks again... they LOVE to eat slugs *grin*.

~ Rosina