Spring has sprung!

Well, not really if you live in the midwest!  It snowed all day yesterday.  Last week, we'd gotten a little preview of spring with warmer temperatures and the winter's snow melting.  But, here in the heartland, spring usually doesn't come for good until April...no matter what the calendar says.  The snow from yesterday still hasn't melted, but today is nevertheless a beautiful day.  The sky is crystal clear, and if you ignore the white stuff on the ground, you'd think it was 60 degrees outside.  The sunshine is making me eager to garden.  Usually we plant various vegetables outside in our yard...lettuce, tomatoes, peppers, and green beans.  If it doesn't warm up soon, though, I'm going to have to start an indoor garden!  

 I do plan on growing some herbs indoors, but I don't always like the looks of typical terra-cotta pots.  So, I decided to spruce one up!  

I started out with a pot, some ribbon, a hot glue gun, and a scissors.

Next, I glued my larger ribbon around the rim of the pot.  Why the rim?  Well, it is the flattest part of the pot, and without some intricate adjustments to the ribbon, this was the easiest spot to place my ribbon.  Then I added my second, smaller ribbon on top of the first ribbon.

I decided to cover up my back seams by adding a bow.  To make the bow, I started by creating the tails on one piece of ribbon, and then folding a smaller piece and gluing it together for the "bunny ears."

Then, I added a tiny pice to cover up where the bunny ears were glued in half.

I then glued the "ear" piece on top of the tails.

I finished up by gluing the completed bow on top of the seam to hide it.  Now I've got a pretty pot to plant some herbs in!

You could also do this with an old coffee-can to rePurpose something you'd normally recycle or throw away!