Time to tend the plants!

Today I visited Kassandra.  She was very busy getting the conservatory ready for some work with plants.

"Good morning", I said to her.  "Are you bringing your flowers already?"

"Good day to you!  No, not yet.  I am having delivered some furniture soon, but it is for the terrace, because good weather is coming, and I want to have guests during the summer".

"But Kassandra, you do not even have the parlor ready!"

"Who needs the parlor, when you can enjoy a summer evening outdoors?  I assure you, my guests won't mind, as long as there are food and drinks available.  Although I should think about bringing a TV set and games for the young ones..."

"I got you these, so you will be ready when your plants arrive".

"Oh, aren't you lovely?  Thank you very much!  I will keep them in the conservatory until I have need of them".

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It was so much fun designing these bags!  I made a very easy to make printable, and I am happy to share it, so here you go!  Have fun with them, resize them, fill a shop shelf with them!  As always, you are welcome to share the printie, but please do not sell it.  Enjoy!

Making boxwood planters

Remember that YouTube channel from We Love Miniatures I told you about? Yesterday I tried a tutorial to make boxwood and here are the results.  I am very happy with them.

The tall urn is my mother's; she bought it at last year's Tom Bishop Show in Madrid; the small one is mine, and comes from Innovative Miniatures.  Kassandra says she is putting it beside her entrance door:

Lovely!

 Here is the video tutorial I used:

Instead of cotton balls, I used dark green polymer clay rolled into a ball and hardened in the oven.  And instead of the bulgar wheat, I used raw cous-cous.

Annie is so talented; not only to make miniatures, but also to make tutorials so the rest of us can learn something new.  Thank you so much, Annie!