Spring is here!

We welcomed Spring today with a whoppin' 87 degrees here in Nashville! And what a glorious day! Last week my sis came to visit and we rent a decent sized tiller to get the garden ready for planting. Then yesterday I got two rows of raddishes, three of carrots, six of kale and three of spinach planted. It feels so good to dig in the dirt! Our two dogwoods that flank our front porch have started to bloom... just as spring got here!

Today Miranda, my sis, and I decided that the front door needed some spring cheer. She had seen a really fun idea in Midwest Living magazine and we decided to make our own rendition. We tried finding a cheap umbrella with a fun handle... but, alas... found none. So I cut a painted dowel rode, sharped one end and wrapped the other with some ribbon then started to build from there. Below is our inspiration and then our own. We could have made it a bit looser... but over all I am really quite pleased with the way it turned out! The little birds nest was one that a bird had built in a Christmas wreath a few years back that I had kept. I just liked it tooo much to throw it out.




Here is Miranda holding it whilst I position the various items. She was the hot glue queen though. :)



I found this little birdie on the wreath that had the birds nest. She is the perfect finish to the umbrella. So all in all we spent about $4 on this project. Pretty good I think!

Happy 1st day of Spring!