DiY

Do it yourself instructions and inspirations

Advent succulent basket

Hi,since I’m a succulent and Xmas/Yule obsessed person. It seamed like a logical solution to combine the two things. So I came up with a simple and elegant Advent succulent basket. A bit different take on an Advent wreath. I may dress it up a bit more once when succulents become established.   Needed for Read More >

Herbwall – fresh herbs in small space

Hi, I like to use fresh herbs in my kitchen, and since I’m now living in an apartment, I don’t have huge amount of space. Luckily for me, I have a balcony – small, but big enough to house some plans. And for one wall I had a plan to make it herbwall. What’s a Read More >

Halloween invitation design

Hi, this year I’m making a Halloween party/dinner with Goth theme. I did a simple design of Halloween invitation in photoshop that follows that theme and will send out the invitations to my friends. It follows the Victorian invitation wording. I wanted to give you the option of adding your own text, since mine is Read More >

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Wheelie bin shed from reclaimed wood

Hi, this week we did a bigger diy project. We finally made use of all of the pallets that we had in our yard and made a wheelie bin shed. A place we can store our wheelie bins (almost) out of sight and out of way. Usually after garbage day, my hubby would simply put Read More >

Building our brick barbecue

Hi, this isn’t exactly a spring post. you can do this in any season as long as the weather is nice, but this weekend we are finally building our brick barbecue. Next weekend will be the its first run 🙂 Can’t wait! What we are using old bricks that we have because we took down Read More >

Clematis Fever and Fence

OH I love clematis! I’m crazy about clematis! Can’t wait for them to bloom! I just purchased two clematis plants one is Ville de Lyon and other is Summer Snow. I had to make an obstacle for my cat to stop jumping from terrace to my neighbour’s roof so I used the mesh that is Read More >

Composter on Concrete

Hi, we recently had our composter delivered. The city organised an action to promote composting and were giving 500 composters to households. We were one of those that applied. Lucky! 🙂 There was a one problem – ALL of our garden is in concrete. We bought the house in 2014 and are just finishing with Read More >