This area looked horrible.  I tried to pave it over with stones, but the weeds took over anyway.  So I went to bed one night and though, I bet I could make it a raised bed with those stones.  By the next afternoon it was done.

Raised Bed

Here are the pictures from my wild flower garden from the end of July.  Thanks to my Step-Mom and my Dad this looks better than I could have hoped.

Wild Flowers, 1

Wild Flower 2

Holy Sun-flower Bat-Man!

I don’t know how it happened, but we are now at the end of Aug. and I only just now pulled the pictures out of my camera.

Back formal garden

Look at those Lilies!

Hanging containers

So I went a little crazy and collected all the broken crayon’s from my son’s school for recycling.  It went a little nuts.  The project took over my kitchen table for WEEKS.  All the crayons needed to be sorted by wrapper-less ones and to remove all the RoseArt crayons (which do not melt).  Then I had to soak them in water over night to loosen the wrappers. Then I had to remove the wrappers.  And then I had to dry them, because they were wet.

Next the real work, sorting all the crayons by color and then cutting them up into little pieces.

Finally, I had to put them in silicon molds and melt them in the oven.  But in the end we got a nice product.

Piles of Crayons

Finished People

I have opened an etsy shop to sell my felted sewing patterns.  ThoraBeyDesigns can be found here: http://www.etsy.com/shop/ThoraBeyDesigns?ref=search_shop_redirect .

Four patterns and counting:

Double Pointed Needle Case

Knitting Essentials Case

Devise Sleeve

Heart Projects

We have a dog run on the side of the building, and it is nice to have someplace to sit while out there with your dog.  But a bench costs about $100- and we are talking about something that might get chewed on – or worse.  So I had no intention of spending a lot of money.  I found these two chairs at a “demolition sale” for $5.00 each.  My husband had the wood already as a alley find, and he had the screws.

Start with two chairs

Layout two boards

Clamp and screw down

Finished!

It is comfortable and cheap!  And just right for a dog area.  If this was a nicer garden I might have painted them.

Compared to last month,  the garden is filling in nicely.

Front Garden 1

Front Garden 2

Front Garden 3

The Spinach in the two liter bottle wall failed miserably.  But the rest is filling in.

two liter bottle wall

Look how lush my Herb garden looks!

Herb Garden