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    Planting time…finally

    May 16, 2010 - By 

    The sun finally came back out and it warm and dry enough to plant my new garden box!

    I have 5 tomato plants this year:

    • 3 yellow pear shaped (from saved seeds)
    • 1 heirloom apparently striped traded with a friend for a little yellow plant
    • 1 purchased Big Boy plant

    We planted 3 kinds of peppers, chives, french thyme, basil and green onions. Although I don’t have much hope for the onions.

    Marigolds are planted along the front edge of the garden to try to detour the bunnies and deer from snacking.

    As in previous years, I  have more herbs in containers on the deck as well as this year’s experiment, bib lettuce.

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    Feburary Dress

    May 12, 2010 - By 

    I decided to add a bit more fabric to this dress. It reminds me of one of my favorite Barbie doll dresses from the 70’s. Well, at least the long straight skirt part. Sorry for the poor photo…it’s been raining here for days. I can’t get any decent natural light!!

    Be sure to check out the other creations from my fellow Dress-up 2010 participants at the Alice and Camilla blog.

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    January Dress

    May 11, 2010 - By 

    I figured I’d better start at the beginning of the year and work my way forward in order to properly catch up with Margaret and the rest of the group at Alice and Camilla.

    This dress is fitting for a Winter Carnival Princess. I even decided to give her a snowflake medallion to wear. The mesh apron was made from a garlic bulb bag from Trader Joe’s. I’ve saved some red and purple as well. It’s a fun material to use!

    My daughter says the dress looks a lot like Cinderella’s. I can see that too but that was not my intention.