{"id":3582,"date":"2012-05-21T22:12:57","date_gmt":"2012-05-22T05:12:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/barelycontrolledchaos.com\/wordpress\/?p=3582"},"modified":"2012-05-21T22:12:57","modified_gmt":"2012-05-22T05:12:57","slug":"crafty-tuesday-outdoor-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/barelycontrolledchaos.com\/wordpress\/?p=3582","title":{"rendered":"Crafty Tuesday ~ Outdoor Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hello, Crafty Peeps!<\/p>\n

Once again I feel like the only time I get a second to pop into my poor neglected blog is it to put up a Snapshot or post a CT. Last week was no exception. We are hitting the end-of-school-year crunch, T-12 days and counting around here before it is SUMMER time<\/em>! We have seemed to skip the chilly May days, and there doesn’t appear to be any June gloom on the horizon either. It has been hot, and summer-y already, so we have been spending lots o’ time out-the-doors! I’m desperate to get our outside looking live-able, especially since I’m still stuck in a holding pattern on a lot of INside decisions.<\/p>\n

Addie and I have been weeding, planting and gardening away – we even harvested a few tomatoes that the critters didn’t get to yet for our Sunday dinner. I’ve sort of become obsessed with vintage-looking outdoor stuff. I got this pot last summer to keep our hose in – I love the green rustic patina finish on it.<\/p>\n

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Many, many years ago – I found this old wire potting holder at a flea market. It really hasn’t been given the proper love or attention all this time, so we brought it back out and are putting her to good use, too.<\/p>\n

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(Looks like our herbs could use a little drink, Addikins!)<\/p>\n

When Birdie #2 and I were shopping a few weeks ago I found this planter that I LOVE, and it fit in with the sort of vintage-y vibe – in that lovely green color – so I snapped it up. (Thank you, HomeGoods!)<\/p>\n

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And when I was shopping for something totally unrelated at Orchard Supply last week, I spotted this old box-turned-planter.<\/p>\n

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Now there is NO love lost between me and petunias – especially pink petunias – but the box…oh, I loved this box. So I used my birthday money to make a bit of a snap purchase. I figure sooner or later those pink petunias will be history and I can plant something I really love in that awesome box. (It also fits in our outdoor fireplace perfectly!)<\/p>\n

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One thing I have been seeing everywhere and dying to create are these mason jar lanterns.<\/a> You can see the PotteryBarn ones run almost $8 a pop…I’ve found them elsewhere for a little cheaper, but I want a whole bunch of them…and I don’t want to spend a whole bunch of money! AND…I just happen to have a lot of old jars (I knew I was keeping them for something!) lying around. So to make them look like the old vintage jars, I used this tutorial<\/a> and got to work.<\/p>\n

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I love the blue she used for her jars, and I’m truly a sucker for those old blue jars, but I wanted a little more green feel to mine. So I used her recipe, 1 tsp. glue, 1 1\/2 tsp. water and two drops of blue coloring and added one drop of green. Brush it on and let dry…<\/p>\n

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Perfect color. I did get a few streaks, but I figure once the sand and candles get in there, we are going to be just fine. I did try to fashion some wire “hangers” out of…wait for it….old wire hangers<\/strong><\/em>. But they are not flexible enough and I can’t get a close enough fit. So I’m on the hunt for some different wire.<\/p>\n

To be continued…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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