Artreverie

Flower Vase Bags

Heather — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 17:43:52 +0000

My mom made these really cute Flower Vase Bags. But they could also be repurposed as a lunch bag or a small diaper bag… The interior is lined with a standard size storage ziplock bag and can be replaced. There are two buttons on the interior of the bag and once you cut a small button hole in the ziplock bag the bag will stay in place.

Kitty Portrait of Mary & JC

Heather — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 13:28:21 +0000

The portrait was done from separate photos of each cat in the bed so naturally it’s meant to hang in my bedroom as tribute to the cats in the house. I hope they notice <– crazy cat lady. This painting isn’t for sale because they are MY cats!

Contact me if you’d like a portrait done of your animals.

Mary & JC

Sliding Rock Cabin Pottery

Heather — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 19:58:21 +0000

At the end of July 2009 my husband and I and two of our very close friends rented a cabin on the Ellijay river in Georgia. It was a very relaxing time where we mostly sat on the back porch overlooking the river building these miniature clay pieces as inspired by nature. You can find some of these items in my shop!

Meeting of the Owl, Tiki & Skull minds…

Jerry reached into his fine art side and created these… :”storybook”… Dolphin & Owl.

Janel’s work is most inspired by natural forms.

Here’s all of them.

Cupcake Pot Holders

Heather — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 20:24:02 +0000

I had a great time making these Cupcake Potholders - added a few of my own touches to make them my own, like hand-sewing with embroidery thread and yo-yo button flowers. You can buy the pattern From etsy seller Whosiesandwhatnots or buy the ones I made at my shop Artreverie.

Garden August Update

Heather — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 17:35:57 +0000

The garden is finally taking off… I’ve been able to pick peppers, eggplant and okra… Waiting those tomatoes to ripen. The fig tree has grown some, but still a baby; can’t wait til it reaches full potential. I’ve had to fertilize the garden ever so often to encourage growth over early summer till now, as plants come out, more compost goes in. Next year will be better but all in all it’s been a fair kitchen garden so far.

Red Cherry Peppers

Baby Water Melon - Whenever we get a hard rain, i’ll find a watermelon split open. Only one has been growing very large… still not ready though

Eggplants have been happy and mostly pest free - I will definitely plant these again!

Small harvest of root veggies - some beets were large others not so much - I will plant beets again, but carrots? Maybe not.

Here’s a pic of the main square foot garden. I really love this format - not much weeding to be done. The small fence keeps all the kitties out.

Brown Turkey Fig Tree

Heather — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 23:21:41 +0000

I put in a Brown Turkey Fig Tree; planted it real early in February and finally it’s showing some signs of life!

AAACCKKKK!!!! APHIDS!

Heather — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 23:08:31 +0000

Oh jeez - so many of them my skin is crawling with the thought of it. I found a serious army of aphids on my rose bushes; glad I found them before I put out my veggie transplants this year! I am going to have to buy some more ladybugs. I was just telling my mom proudly yesterday that after I bought thousands of ladybugs online a few years ago I hadn’t seen an aphid since - UNTIL TODAY!!! Maybe it’s too early in the spring for the lady bugs to be out? I’m gonna buy some more ladybugs, put a net over my rose bushes and release the ladies!!! Here is a recipe I found for a homemade insecticide:

5 cloves crushed garlic

2 teaspoons dish soap

2 teaspoons red pepper flakes

2 teaspoons vegetable oil

I cup hot water

Steep overnight

Filter out garlic and flakes into 32 ounce spray bottle and top off with water.

You can put the leftover garlic and flakes at the base of the plant

& Spray underside of leaves and on bugs directly, all over the plant.

If it is really hot out or no sight of rain for a few days you may want to rinse off the plant an hour after application to avoid

burning leaves. It also might be a good idea to test an area first to be sure the plant doesn’t’ react badly to this recipe.

This picture only shows a small portion of them I had to get the hose quick!

April 1st, 2009 - Update: Spraying the roses with the hose probably reduced the number of Aphids by half, then the next day I used my mellowed concoction insecticide mentioned above thinking it would be their utter demise - nope - same amount of Aphids there the next day… Today I’ve added castille soap (Dr. Bronners) to the recipe and I’ve just sprayed them again - lets see if that works… I plan on going back out in an hour to rinse off the roses so as not to dry out the plant from the soap. I’ll report back - also I noted that I’m seeing more beneficial bugs around the aphids than I noticed yesterday - need to put in the daisy seeds too to attract more. I need to get this straight before bringing my veggie seedlings into the picture - got to make it work.

GroGood Pledge

Heather — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 17:51:10 +0000

I took the Gro Good Pledge! The Atlanta Community Food Bank is my local food bank to make donations to; find out where yours is by clicking here.

March 09 Garden Update

Heather — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 17:43:59 +0000

I’ve been working hard on the garden, just got done turning the compost pile for the first time. We’ve got the raised beds built and of course i’ve rewritten the actual map of veggies 3x over. I’ve got many many seedlings indoors waiting for it to warm up out there. My tomato seedlings look a little sad; I hope they make it cause you can’t buy those varieties from Lowes. Everything else looks great. I can’t believe the size of green bean seedlings in comparison to the others; you’d think that something that produces such a small veggie would be small in comparison.

Here are some shots of my seedlings:

See how BIG those green bean seedlings are up front?!!

See my tomato seedlings have yellow leaves - they are purple underneath and falling off.

Those are chives to the right and oregano to the left.

Here are the pepper plants - nothing’s gonna stop those babies - Thanks Janel

Rhubarb is bottom left and eggplant top left.

Here is the new plan:

Here is all the lovely dirt I bought - 100 bucks for 4 cu yards.

I’m gonna grow my green beans and asparagus beans up these chicken wire trellis’

here are the square foot method raised beds! The 4×4 will be for greens - I plan on starting seeds there this weekend.

The 4×8 are for my transplants and I’ll transplant those April 24th.

2009 Spring Gardening Plan

Heather — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 18:23:59 +0000

I have been spending the winter planning out my garden and it looks like I will finally be able to start some seeds indoors. From what I can tell I need to start all the “early spring” vegetables and it will take 6-8 weeks for them to be ready to plant into the garden. I plan on building 3 4×4 beds for veggies and also utilizing a 30ft rope trellis along the fence for herbs, tomatoes and green beans. I will have some old tires to turn into planters in the yard too that I plan to have some fun with.

I’m going to sow green beans, beets, Leeks and Potatoes directly into the ground.

I will start Tomatoes, Spinach, Swiss Chard, lettuce, strawberries & herbs indoors.

The Squash and peppers will be the “late spring” round of seedlings for the garden.

I should also be able to replant the beets, leeks and potato plot for a second harvest.

We also plan on visiting Ty Ty Nursury to get some fruit trees and berry bushes.