One last hydrangea blast – with a little parade (2)

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(this is a test to see if it shows up in the blog roll) How did I get so lucky? I’ve been watching this hydrangea bush slowly go into hibernation for the winter, thinking I harvested every last flower I could. Until I saw a peek of blue. I opened the bush and found an […]

One last hydrangea blast… with a little parade

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How did I get so lucky? I’ve been watching this hydrangea bush slowly go into hibernation for the winter, thinking I harvested every last flower I could. Until I saw a peek of blue. I opened the bush and found an entire stash inside, safely protected from the dew and frost! You know what that […]

Drying hydrangeas with wilt-free petals!

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Wish hydrangea cuttings could last forever? They can! Drying hydrangeas with wilt-free petals is easy to do. Here’s how! Hydrangeas are so beautiful! And they make such incredible flower arranging indoors because the hydrangea petals are so abundant! However fresh cut hydrangeas is only one way to display them. Have you tried drying hydrangeas yet? […]

The ‘change my mind’ bistro table (with pallet sofa)

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I had a rough Friday. My last firetruck of the day didn’t go quite as planned (a post on my line of work is HERE) , so after filling up an entire garbage can of destroyed striping, I was ready for an easy weekend. You’d think 20 years in the business would have me a […]

The pallet bed tray that turned to the dark side (of Canada)

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  me – “I wanna make a Canadian flag out of this pallet.”   son – “Why?!?”   me – “Because my party is patriotic themed this weekend. Grandma had flags all over so we need one too. But I don’t want this big huge red and white thing on the mantel…”   I had […]