My small garden

This is the second year I will have a small garden. This year, I already have a lot more growing than last and I hope it continues to grow every year.  I have red onions at the top of the box and those have been there for a while.  Not really sure what to expect.  They have gotten much bigger.  I have an heirloom tomato plant over on the right and where it looks as if nothing is growing there are carrots planted there.  I have beets, chard, and lettuce growing in the rest of this space.  In the pots I have chives, mint and basil.  I'm gonna need to get some rosemary.

Here is one of my 2 pots with tomatoes.  There are a couple of different ones going.  This is my first tomato of the season.  I had tomatoes growing last year and they were very generous.  We enjoyed and shared a lot of tomatoes.

I just planted a blackberry tree.  Here it is in all it's glory.  It's all of a foot tall and already giving me tons of flowers and berries coming in place of the flowers.  I'm really looking forward to my son picking and enjoying these.  I also have a fig and pomegranate tree planted.  They are just leaves right now, so I didn't bother taking pictures.

Another picture of the blackberries............

Here are my strawberries forming.

A close up of the chard.

The lettuce is coming in quickly.  By far the fastest and seemingly easiest to have.

These are some of things that are coming in nicely.  I also have kale, cilantro, another container with carrots (rainbow variety) and rainbow chard.  I have cucumbers, pumpkin and I feel like I may be leaving out a thing or two.  I have an almost three year old who likes to move my labels so some of the stuff will be a mystery for a while.  It'll be exciting realizing I'm growing something I forgot about at least.  ;)

I haven't shared a post in a while and I think I have just been busy with spring cleaning, gardening and the new thing I picked up:  quilting.  I love doing things around the house during spring time; the air and the greenery is so uplifting.  I hope all of you are inspired to create your own garden from this post if you don't have one already.  As you can see you can start small and start a small container garden, or an herb garden.  It's very rewarding and nice to know where your food is coming from.  

If you are a gardner or are just starting out like me; please share what you love to grow, or some tips.  I'd love to get some fresh ideas, and any tips to make it easier would be great too.   =)  

Jules

Easter/spring tree

I started making these little flowers I got the pattern for from Attic 24.  I was looking for ways to use up all those last little bits of yarn I keep, and don't really know what to do with.  So, I made a few then thought; what am I even gonna do with these!  I loved Lucy's display on her mantel with the little tree limbs and the flowers all over.  I don't have a mantle nor do I have anything that looks like tree limbs.  While I knew I could go out to a craft store and buy some and something to put them in to do something similar, but I don't have the space for anything that large.  So I quit making flowers.

I started making flowers again.........

I made them in pastel and fun spring like colors.  I used all yellow (except the yellow flowers those I used pink) for the middle accent which I sewed on with a tapestry needle.

I started making them again cause I found this precious little spring like tree in the easter section at Target!  I'm sure one like it could be made, but I saw it and figured It would probably not get done as fast as I wanted it.  Especially cause I needed to finish the flowers to put on this tree.  ;)

We are really enjoying the splash of spring in our home.  I'd like to add a few more things around the house but those will have to come a little later.  Happy spring!

Rainbow noir crochet blanket

I finished this blanket up recently. Here is the finished product. I added a simple black border to make it complete. It's a good toddler sized blanket.  I used a simple seed stitch on this one and did 10 rows black then 2 of each color, 10 rows black and so on.  The basic pattern of it allows you to work the rows very easily without needing to count much.  The only thing I really counted past the initial chain was the 10 black rows to make sure I didn't go over or under.

This could be a great project for anyone new to crochet.  It is fun and uses just basic stitches.

Crochet butterflies - mariposa

I had so much fun doing this little project!  I love how this little butterfly came out.  Now to figure out what to do with it.  I found the tutorial on youtube.  It's in spanish, but if you don't speak or understand spanish I think you'd be able to follow it.  She does and excellent job showing it.

Rainbow stripe blanket

My current project.  The inspiration for this blanket comes from a cloth diaper.  I really love rainbows; they remind me of being a kid. This is a very easy project.  It uses sc and a seed stitch.  You work in the spaces making it very easy to work the rows.  

Crafts are theraputic

I have always loved to do crafts.  I've been into scrap-booking, jewelry making, crochet, needle point, sewing, and probably others.  My latest and greatest craft loves are crochet and sewing.  Right now, I am in the process of trying to revamp one of our spare bedrooms into an amazing craft room.  It will be a work in progress for a while.  I will be posting before and after pictures as changes are made.    I have been searching for inspiration along the way, but of course money can be such a downer on getting things exactly the way I want them.    I'd like to invite anyone and everyone to follow my projects and join me through them.   This should be fun!

Blog Newbie

So, I am super excited to start this blog!!!  I came up with the idea when I decided that I'd like to share my crafting projects with people who would be interested in them.  I didn't want to overload my facebook friends with my projects, so my blog was born.  I want people who love crafts and hand made items to follow and try their hand in them along with me.  I love getting feedback and my hope is to give others inspiration to make and use hand made items.