Boot-ylicious

I'm sorry for the long delay in posting this. Unfortunately I have a chronic autoimmune disease that can flare up at anytime and really knocks me off my feet. I'm on the up swing again and am excited to share with you the ideas I managed to implement during my flare.

My Easter/Spring outdoor decorations have been up since just before Easter. I wanted to do a spring showers theme and I think it turned out great. Here's the 411 on what I did.

I found these adorable children's boots at the thrift store for only .50 cents and immediately knew what I wanted to do with them.

I remembered this display I had seen at the Philadelphia Flower Show a couple years ago. I absolutely loved the idea, I just never got around to actually making it.

So this was the year I was going to get it done. I started with my thrift store find and spray painted them pink. A few coats of paint and some sealer and this is how they turned out.

I used a zip tie thru the loops of the boots to keep them together. Then using some floral foam and Dollar Store flowers, I had a cute spring decoration for my garden bench. I also found this adorable little girls dress at the same thrift store for .85 cents. I knew I wanted to display them together, but how?

As you can see below I ended up using an old wrought iron flag pole. I used clothes pins on the inside of the dress to attach it to the bench so it wouldn't blow away or twist in the wind. I've had it out there for a while now and it has held up pretty good.

I was also inspired by this idea on http://www.bhg.com

 

So, to round out my pink and white spring showers theme, I spray painted on old umbrella, (yep, you guessed it, from the thrift store) and tied a ribbon around the center. I filled it with floral foam and more Dollar Store flowers and hung it on my front door. Added a flower swag above the door and I was done.

Hope this inspires you, maybe for next year since the posting is late, to think outside the box when it comes to decorating your house. The total cost of these projects was less than 10 dollars including the paint.

Working on a couple projects I came up with while stuck in bed. Check back to see the results shortly.