I recently decided that I needed MORE COLOR for the front garden entry of #43 Green Dolphin Street
Here is the front entry from my last post "Miracle Grow." I feel that it is looking a bit dull for early summer |
This is how the front entry is looking now! |
Often after I've published a post about a project that I have technically labeled as "finished", I will keep re-examining the photos of that said project, especially if I feel somewhat dissatisfied with what I am viewing. I don't always know why or what is actually bugging me, but if I am constantly re-visiting a photo with a question in my mind, ("what's wrong with this picture?") then chances are, that I will sooner or later, be changing something.
Most recently, the photos of the front garden walk from my last post "Miracle Grow", were not doing it for me. I knew that for an English Garden, the front walk, was lacking some significant color.
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this is what the product looks like out of the package |
The Soapwort, Switch grass, and Moss with the Alyssum |
Very cheap; so the price was right!
the flower centers, had just the texture that I needed |
I clipped the stamens from the plastic stems initially I was going to use them as mounds. |
But then I saw that the fibers could easily be peeled away from the plastic head. |
so here is what it looked like- Big Fuzzy Yellow Caterpillars. I needed them to look more like Moss so this is what I did... |
I used some Super hold hair spray as the adhesive and sprayed some of it onto waxed paper. |
I divided the hairy yellow stamens and dipped them into the puddle of hairspray. |
This toned down the yellow and gave it more realism. |
Ta-dah! My new Irish Moss |
I applied foam glue to the back of the clump and installed onto the steps |
I have the tendency to "polka dot" plant in my Real Life garden, which is a bad habit that I am trying to correct. To me, gardens look better when the plants are grouped together en-masse, rather than "a little here and a little there". I made a conscious effort to group the miniature plants closer together. I had to make myself do it. My objective for the front walk was for it to look not only colorful, but lush and full, rather than disjointed and spotty. |
So I added even more homemade Irish Moss than I had originally planned. I filled in the gaps which of course, gave the front entry More Color. |
for the tiny flowers, I grated some wax crayons |
I lightly sprayed the moss with hair spray and sprinkled the shavings onto the top. Some stuck but most didn't. |
I brushed off the excess |
and this is the result |
More color and much better! :D *** (interlude) |
the original paper template |
the paper correction fluid |
the paper garden tools in progress |
Tai the cat has settled himself in the sun, where he surveys the entire front garden walk. Both Tai and I agree, that this path is now Full of Color! |
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