Garden Spot

Weekends are always busy here at the house.  I have been working frantically on getting my garden ready.  Here at 9000 feet elevation, gardening can be so trying.....but can also be very rewarding.  Finally my taters and onions, radishes and beets are poking through the soil, but now what I need is a peaceful place to sit and relax.  But on my budget, there are just no funds to go out and buy outdoor furniture.  Then  I remembered this old bench that I moved that went with a dining room set that I had years ago.

Yep, pretty ugly and dated.  So I gave it a light all over sanding and found some Ooops paint that I had.  (Ooops paint is paint that has been returned to the hardware store because of being the wrong shade, not matching, etc and is sold at a very deep discount.)

Better, yes....But it still needs a little more......

So I painted the spindles with some more oops paint that I had on hand.....but.....it kinda looked like a nursery bench, not a garden bench.  So I added some critter tracks....

I had a stencil for this, but you could do it free-handed as well.  I put a couple of coats of spray sealer over the entire bench.......now, if I just had a nice cold drink......

Snowman Vases

I don't know where I got these little vases, and I have had them for years...but I think they turned out really sweet.  The first pic that has my hand in it, I took just so you could see the size.

They were clear glass vases, two styles.  Simply paint and draw on the face.   I painted on the nose and drew on the eyes and mouth with a micro marker.  I glued the ribbon on (primarily to hide my crooked paint lines) and added a bit of greenery.  I also painted the inside of the top.  I love the way they look.  They would be perfect at each holiday place setting.

Well, I am off to spray these with sealer.  No rain today....xxxxxxx