My husband is pretty observant, and sometimes I forget about that fact. I was reminded the other day when he walked in with this cute little farmhouse-themed, galvanized metal planter that he picked up a local farm and feed store. "I thought this looked like something you would like, so I brought it home for you", he said.
What a sweetie! Clearly he's paying attention to all my OCD decorating and vignette-ing, because he was spot-on with this.
It's a perfect fit for the family room, with it's Country French style, with touches of farmhouse and rustic.
It also turned out to be the impetus for an easy-peasy Valentine's Day project. I wanted to do something simple and quick for Valentine's Day since I tend to not do much for this particular holiday (still recovering from Christmas).
Chocolate always features prominently in our Valentine's Day celebrations every year, without fail, so when I saw these pretty little faux tulips a few days ago, a light went off.....
Tulips 'planted' in my new planters that my husband gave me. With Valentine-themed chocolate candies as the 'mulch'.
Since I didn't want to buy a truckload of candy, I filled each planter with dried beans. I didn't quite have enough beans to fill each one, so I grabbed some brown rice from my pantry to top off each planter. Even with the beans and rice, I used almost 4 bags of candy for this project.
The underlying beans perfectly support the flowers...as well as some pretty Valentine's Day labels created with clip art from The Graphics Fairy (found here). I hot-glued two copies of each clip art design to skewers.
Fun, easy, edible Valentine Day's floral centerpiece for the coffee table...
Thanks for visiting and Happy Valentine's Day!
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Linking to the following this week....
Roses of Inspiration Linkup at The Enchanting Rose
Party in Your PJs at the Cookie Puzzle
Brag-Worthy at Bless'er House
Show and Tell Friday at My Romantic Home
Those are cute, but I would have a really hard time staying out of it all day long. :)
ReplyThanks Kim! I kept eating the candies as I put it all together.
This is soooo cute! I am pinning it!
ReplyThanks Angelina!