Indoor Herb Garden
This year I truly RACKED my brain on what to get my mom. Something that was meaningful and important to her, but also something that made her realize how special and important she is to me. She is the type of woman that does everything for everyone else, fulfills all of her (many) responsibilities, opens her heart and home to anyone in need, and is able to do all this and more flawlessly. I commonly refer to her as "Superwoman" or SuperMom" because that's truly what she is. I'm constantly amazed by her.
She had briefly mentioned that she had wanted to do a herb garden, but wasn't sure if she wanted to start one outside due to harsh winters and her inability to use the herbs during those months. One night while walking through Ikea, the heavens parted and I ran into a cute white green house sitting all by its lonesome on a long shelf. I scored when I found out that it was the last one they were carrying and because it was the floor model-they gave it to me for half off!
I ran by the dollar section at my local Target and found a couple brown flower pots, and lime green metal buckets. I made sure to drill holes in the bottom of each pot/bucket and decided to decorate the brown pots with jute and added letters. The buckets were wrapped with scrap fabric and extra buttons from my craft stash.
Went to my local nursery and found the herbs that I assumed my parents would use the most. Plenty of Oregano, basil and garlic in Greek cooking!
No herb garden can be complete or helpful without the use of herb markers! I bought a few knives at the D.I. for 50 cents each and stamped them with metal stamps. When they say to buy vintage silverware-that's not a lie. It is much easier to stamp those, but is usually more expensive than the local DI. These were extremely hard to imprint but were worth it. This is a good site to learn how to make
I added a few decorative items including a cute birdhouse and a saying especially for Mother's Day in a vintage listerine bottle.
The look on my mom's face was priceless! I was so excited that she loved it so much, and being the big boobs that we are, she even shed a tear or two. I would put that in the win column!
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