I am just in love with this great outdoor craft.  Hold your horses because summer ain't over yet!  What a great conversational piece and it looks so easy to make.  Got any extra gutters laying around the house or just dying to make one for yourself, stop by Lowes to grab some cheap gutters to re-create this piece.  Fill it up with herbs or some bright color flowers sit back and watch all the gasp as people stare in envy. 

I finally did it, that is take a picture of my new outdoor living area.  It is still not complete but it is slowly coming together.  I still have a lot more planting to do around the posts.  I am going for the "country garden" look although I do live in the city... ha.  So far this has become the best part of the house and our new hang out.  I plan on making as much use out of this as possible.  Any suggestions are welcomed!

As many of you may know I have been trying to redo my back yard.  Ever since I adopted my 70 pound puppy, Roxy the back yard was completely torn apart by deep holes and chewed up toys.  I love to host gatherings and enjoy the outdoors, and with spring here, I thought it would be perfect to gain back control of the yard.  The BF and I planted some grass last fall and boy has it grown, and now that the back yard patio/trellis is up, I am one happy girl!  I just love it when all my ideas just come together.  I came up with this really great idea for inexpensive lighting for trellis.  I found some glass bulbs that in the shape of light bulbs and I took the solar light out of the $1 lights from Walmart and will have them hanging at different lengths.  I can already tell this will be my new spot this summer!  Below is the image I found for the light effect that I am going for.  Stay tuned for the real deal... wink wink!

After looking through several magazines and getting excited about the warm weather, I have been trying to decide which outdoor seating area I want to create.  I love to entertain and think it would be neat to have hanging lights dangling from some trees while everyone is laughing and sipping on some wine.  It would be great to have a neat area to entertain my guest during this spring and summer!