Table Decor: Succulents Of Course!

After all the Christmas and New Year Bling was packed away my coffee table was left empty...

What does one do about that?

Create an indoor decor succulent bowl of course!

I had an old bonsai planter in the garden shed.
Don't you just love the shape of this planter?

Even though the carpet in the room this succulent planter is going is green,
I decided to freshen it up and paint it white.

I used Rust-Oleum spray paint because it is my favourite.
For coverage , easy use and of course the long lasting wear factor.

If you make this decor succulent planter for outdoors,
DON'T plug the holes as I have done here.
Leave them open for drainage.
Because I did not want water leakage on to my indoor coffee table,
I blocked the holes.
The other way is to simply place the planter with unblocked holes onto a small tray to protect the table and runner on it.

I potted up my cute selection of succulents.

 Then placed tiny aquarium stones around the plant.

To the table top I placed the decor succulent bowl and contrasting pieces 
- a vintage book stack and a beach found shell.
This table gets full afternoon sun, 
but I will still pop the succulents outside in direct sun once a week to help maintain their health.

The vintage book stack picks up all the colours in the succulents and stones,
 the shell, and the white of the planter.
Fresh, gorgeous, vintage, nature and beachy -
which completely ticks all the boxes for me!

You'll find the instructions on how to create the vintage book stack HERE.

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Love Notes For Your Valentine...

This Valentine project is simple to do, 

but does take a little bit of time to create if you make a lot of love notes.

Stamp using red ink and letters - 'Open when you first  get these' on  the first envelope.

Put a word box sticker on each envelope.

Use a chalk paint pen to write  'Love Notes' on the word box.

Decorate with stick-ons of your choice.

On each envelope thereafter Stamp a message.

Get the idea?

Then inside each envelope write on a slip of paper a little Love Note that is relevant to what you have stamped on the front.

Next create a little tag to your Valentine...

Bind the Love Notes with a ribbon and add the tag.

A gift that is truly 

something personal for your Valentine.

 One that is full of your heartfelt love.

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Valentine Dipped Heart Cookies...

Share sweet heart-shaped morsels this Valentine's Day with some home-baked chocolate dipped heart cookies.

Make a batch of sugar cookies, cut into heart shapes and bake.

Melt dark chocolate...

                                            Dip half the cookie into the chocolate.

You could leave them chocolate dipped.

Cover in candy sprinkles...

Or use a tube of writing icing...

To write the word Love on the chocolate covered half of the cookies.

Then share with those you love.

Sugar Cookies

Preheat the oven to 175 °C (350°F)

• 1 cup softened butter
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  1 cup granulated sugar
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  1 teaspoon vanilla essence
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  1 large egg
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  2 ½ cups plain flour
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  ¾ teaspoon baking powder
• Use a stand mixer, or a hand-held mixer to cream the butter and sugar, and beat until pale and fluffy.
• Add egg and vanilla extract and beat until completely combined.
• Sift the flour and baking powder over the wet mix and combine to create a dough.
• The dough is quite moist, but flour the bench top, and sprinkle the top of the dough to roll out to your desired cookie depth.
• The thinner the dough, the crisper the cookie.
• The thicker the dough, the softer it will be.
• Cut out shapes and place them on prepared parchment paper-lined trays.
• Bake for 10 minutes.
• Cool completely before icing.

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