I didn't need a push to try this outside-in project!

This is a fun way to bring a little bit of the outside inside.  Not just because this project is for displaying flowers, but because of what they are setting on.  Go on...take a look!...Do you see it?   

Maybe it will help if I show you how this started out...

I've had it for a couple years and just never got around to hanging it up, but I always had a vision for it...

So I first had to get a little reacquainted with Pythagoras and do a little figuring for placement (think a^ +b^ +c^)!  Then I mounted a couple hooks into the ceiling... 

But the real secret to this project is the double pot system (shhh....don't tell...I'm still working on the patent). I first attached a clay pot to the seat of the swing....

        

Then the ACTUAL pot of flowers sets inside of that....

I think it turned out kind of fun!

Oh, I know what you're thinking, you're thinking about UNDERDOGS!  But the only underdogs for this one is when I'm taking a bath -- it's hanging over my whirlpool bathtub.  

Disclaimer:   I hope you didn't examine any of the photos too closely, but if you did, I know what you're thinking -- YIKES!  But "There's no need to fear!"  (HA -- A cheap Underdog reference).  This is the year I get back to working on my house.  And my master bath is one of the first rooms on my list. I'll keep you posted.  

One more disclaimer:  Sorry about the poor quality of the photos.  I never realized how bad the lighting was in my tub area -- I obviously am not a bathtub reader! 

Midge  

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What do you get when you cross a cobbler with a farmer?

THIS....

I'd had the thought that I could use a cobbler shoe form stand to hang something from.  I pulled it out at Christmas and set it by the fireplace to possibly hang a wreath. 

Well, Christmas has come and gone so I cancelled the wreath idea and began looking around.  Found this in one of my piles and liked the looks of it -- I think it's used for planting (if I'm mistaken, please let me know!)  

Decided I'd put some kind of plant or flowers in it, so I cut off the rim of a yogurt cup and slipped it right in -- perfect fit!  

The real question was "How do I suspend the planter thingy from the cobbler thingy?"  Chains, ribbon, burlap strips?  Then I came across this rope -- no hooks or tools required, and I like the looks of it! 

I stopped at the grocery store and as luck would have it, there was a package of discounted yellow tulips!  Okay.  Yellow tulips it is! 



I still wanted to add a little something, and I also wanted to reinforce the shoe idea.  What better to go with tulips than WOODEN shoes!  Those are actually tiny -- Dutch baby shoes, if you will.  And since I live near Holland MI, a happy reminder that the tulips will be here before too long -- spring IS on the way!  

Midge

I'm linking this up to Becky's Under $100 Linky Party at:  Beyond the Picket Fence