Wreaths aren’t just for Christmas and aren’t just for your door.  Here are 10 decorating ideas with wreaths.

My patio said, “Hey it’s a party, come on over!”

We’ve got Spring fever, and we’re ready to bust open the patio!!  Normally we start de-winterizing our patio around Mother’s day, but this year, it’s comin’ early!   The thing I love most about my patio is trying to decorate it to feel like I’m bringing the inside out….a little furniture, all weather of course, some brightly colored cushions, pots & herbs that can take the cool for a while. I felt like the patio and yard was needing a little something more this year, so I decided to come up with some ideas that will make our summer parties ones that won’t be forgotten. So here is the list of the ten best ideas that I found.

Kitchen window sills are the most fun to decorate!  And this time of year when we only have our hopes that Spring will come, and everything is still barren and the weather is still disagreeable (so have I made myself clear that March is NOT one of my favorite months?), a kitchen window sill can brighten every morning!

I was at Home Depot last night and they are now stocking their pansies and primroses (so is Lowe’s, Wal-Mart, etc.) I love to get a basket and fill with pots of pansies, add a topiary and whatever else looks cute with it.  It enlivens the whole kitchen!  Don’t bother planting the pansies in the basket, just stick the whole plastic containers in the basket and cover with some Spanish moss and it looks so cute.  When you water them use a little water soluble fertilizer to extend their life.  Wal-Mart carries a great off brand of Miracle Gro.

TIP: Either put your basket in the sink or put it on a tray so when you water it doesn’t run all over your sill.