With two young daughters, it’s really important to me that our concrete patio is kid-friendly! If you’ve been following my recent posts, you’ll know that while I have a lot of outdoor space, it’s all made up of concrete patio. Having a kid-friendly backyard or garden helps kids to want to spent time outside, and…
DIY / Crafts
75 Household Items To Use As Planters – Upcyle Joy!
I got the idea for upcycling household items to use as planters when I visited a little local village here recently. One inventive house had used giant feta tins (well, I do live on a Greek island) as planters all over their garden wall, and it looked amazing – so rustic-chic, with these sunbleached blue…
How to Make a Gorgeous Rose Trellis!
When I was first planting climbing roses, I had noooo idea they needed a trellis. I was a fresh rookie, thinking that the rose stems would just kind of…weasel their way up the side of the house? I don’t know what I was on about, but before I could blink, long stems were dragging along…
How to Make Witch Hazel Water
I’ve been into natural beauty and healing my entire life – I very clearly remember dragging my mum over to sign some cruelty free beauty petitions when I was only about 9 years old! So while I’ve been talking a lot about rose water, I’ve also had my eye on witch hazel water! Witch…
Is Lemonade Good for Roses?
You’re probably here because you’ve heard a florist or green thumbed friend telling you to add lemonade to your bouquets, right? I know, it sounds so weird! Well, call me weird but I LOVE lemon (and all citrus fruits actually, and have spent many an evening horrifying friends by eating all the lemon slices in…
How Do You Force Rose Buds to Open?
If you have a party, photoshoot or even a wedding coming up, and you need to force rose buds to open STAT, there are several ways in which you can coax them open without damaging them. Have you seen the series The Crown? I surprised myself with how much I loved it! It’s not my…
21 Stunning DIY Fall Wreaths For Your Front Door
.As part of our homeschool these last few weeks, we’ve been celebrating harvest time. Painting, making harvest banners, and baking simple, warming apple dishes. Then Pinterest reminded me that it might be time to consider getting my DIY fall wreath on! You can’t have missed that DIY fall wreath mania that’s ALL over Pinterest right…
Preserve Roses With Hairspray For Gorgeous Home Decor! (& other flowers too)
I admit – I am not the biggest fan of hairspray. It’s kinda sticky and just a bit too ’80s. (Get me some DIY salt spray on my lion’s mane instead)! However, while hairspray might not be my favourite choice of haircare, it works miracles at preserving flowers, and dried flowers are SO hot right…
How to Make Rose Essential Oil at Home
I a big fan of organic cosmetics. It is personally important to me that a brand doesn’t test on animals and that they use organically-sourced products whenever possible. However, the downside of these products is that they are sometimes pretty priceeeeeey! If you’ve recently been in an organic cosmetics store and found yourself face to…
How to Dry Rose Petals for Tea (5 simple methods!)
Rose petals are entirely edible and you can dry rose petals, to make the most light and refreshing tea. I LOVE rose tea in the summertime especially. Add scones with rose petal jam and pretty tea cups and I’m on my way to having a super-decadent afternoon! If you’re going to make your own tea…
