Thinking Ahead!

I woke up to a dreary day with the possibility of rain so I just wasn't in a hurry to work outside. Of course, I wasn't in a hurry to do anything on my inside to-do list either so I had to scramble. I have been thinking of my next decor swap which will take us to my late summer decor-mostly sunflowers and citrus. I knew that I didn't have anything for the "new" shelf in the living room and my mind went to the peat pots that I have been doing. I knew I didn't want to do a vintage one with ephemera (like I did for St. Patrick's Day and the 4th) because the sunflowers just don't lend themselves to that. But, I could go the route I took for Easter and spring:

 

I was just about to start looking for some sunflower images when I remembered this"

That is a glimpse into the doors of one of the armoires in a guest room thrown open to see so much of my "sunflower" decor. As new armoires and cupboards have joined my house I have been able to store my seasonal things with all of the things that are displayed together. This has made my life so much easier as I change decor monthly. If you look closely, these two shelves house all of the sunflowers, other faux flowers for this theme, plates and napkins, candle holders, dish towels, soap and dish detergent, wreaths, painted vases and on and on. There is another cupboard that houses all of the gold and yellow candles. I think that pretty much covers this swap as a lot of the other decor has a  Mediterranean feel and is stored with my everyday stuff in the garage-many of my urns, olive jars, etc. come out here. In any case, I knew I had some small sunflower picks readily available. Of course, that meant that I would be borrowing from Peter to pay Paul because they are used in the painted Mason jar but, hopefully, HL has more this year and I will be able to replace them.

And so, I gathered supplies. I decided that I wanted to use these flowers with vintage sunflower seed packets. I found two pretty similar images and sized and printed them.

I wanted the peat pots a dark brown so I used Waverly antique wax and it did the trick.

Then I just used Tacky glue to put the image on front and filled the pots with some floral foam topped with reindeer moss.  

After that I just cut apart the flower picks and pushed them into the foam and then hit the edges of the packets with a bit of distress ink...and, voila!

I am glad that I did something a bit different for this month. Of course, I still have no idea what will go in the middle cubby between these two cuties so we shall see where it goes. the 4th of July is right around the corner so it won't be long before I can start the swap! Stay safe and stay tuned.