Basil

A basil plant in the heat of the summer, and it's quite a hardy plant. Two cuttings have been taken already. I am a fan of good old Terra-cotta pots, this one is a bit fancy, as you can see, with a rolled top edge and carvings. This is part of my tiny herb "garden" and the third potted herb I've shown you. I have always wanted a basil plant for various reasons.
1. It's pretty
2. For it's culinary uses (though I'm not a cook)
3. For it's herbal medicine uses (as essential oil, tinctures, dried leaves)
.... first described in a Chinese herbal around 1060 C.E, and has been used for stomach spasms and kidney ailments....
....the essential oil is antibacterial, and drops of basil oil may relieve ear infections. European scientists are investigating the use of basil oil as treatment for antibiotic resistant infections.... 
.... dried basil leaf can be added directly to food or drunk as a tea (1/2 teaspoon of dried herb steeped for 10 minutes in 1 cup of boiling water in a closed container) to relieve flatulence and fullness....
Taken from Rose Mountain Herbs .com

I haven't yet ordered from RMH but I like the herb profiles and their blog. I will be ordering supplies by the end of the week. I'll let you know how it all goes.
Thanks for the visit!
i LoVe To HeAr FrOm YoU

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Birthday Card for a Guy

Good evening everyone! Here is one of the cards I've had waiting on my desktop. There is quite a backlog right now, which is a good thing. All Stampin' Up products on this card. Thanks for visiting, I'm entering this into a few challenges and joining a few link parties.
i LOVE to HEAR from YOU all

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Cards For Men (birthday)
Eye Heart Monday's (anything goes-linky Party)
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For my Independence Day Medallions, click to view it! Thanks Cinthya!!!

Yellow Flower

Here you go, a big yellow flower with a trail of pink, blue and green flowers. This is again a Stampin' Up, Stamp Camp card. I put the white embossed layer on backwards, but It looks good to me! Thanks for stopping by!

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Over the 4th

These are some photos of the party we decided to have at the last minute. Friends were going to come over to watch the parade that goes right in front of our home. We decided to have them come for a cookout too, so I got a red table cloth out and the only other patriotic things I had. Everyone offered to bring goodies, which they did.  Joann even brought the jello shots, because I had never made them before and she is a pro. Yes, yes, she is a pro, they were fantastic!!! That's why there are no pics of the table loaded with food or of any actual people. What can I say?

The Table

The Cracker Jacks I picked up because of the colors

I had red and blue cups left over from the Homecoming party   

The basket on the table for the chips has a RW&B napkin tied on the handle and the other basket has the plates wrapped in a RW&B napkin.

Thanks for checking out my little photo display of the 4th.
~LORI

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Lavender & Rosemary

This is my first attempt at growing Lavender. I think I need to re-pot into a larger vessel, the plant just started growing so fast. There are a few purple petals where she has started to bloom, but I need to do a little reading on when to harvest and how to cut and dry.

This is my rosemary.  I want to start propagating her now that I know that I can. While blog hopping or browsing Pinterest, I came upon a post from  Juniper Moon Farm about how to propagate Rosemary, (I believe they want to grow a hedge eventually). I found out that you can do the same with Lavender, check out their fabulous blog or go through my Pinterest board, Herbal Apothecary. Visiting both of us would definately be worth your time.

Here is a closer shot of the Lavender and below a closer shot of the rosemary.

Thanks for stopping by, I would love to hear what you think and welcome any advice,
Hugs~Lori

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Independence Day Medallion

update: This project was featured at Eye Heart Thanks Cinthya!!!!

JUST DO IT!

I've made another medallion deco for my front door. They can be time consuming to create, but so much fun. I advise everyone to just go for it! This one took approximately 1 hour or so, it's hard to tell, I made it yesterday taking several breaks. 

Glass of Front Door

Close Up

The Half Circle

Close Up

Close up

Another Close Up

Another Full Length 

Link and photo of the original pin 




Thanks for the visit and comment, I sure appreciate you! Hugs~LORI

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Sunshine!

Here's another Stampin' Up card. The pinwheel uses the 5 new In Colors for 2012-2014. The green is actually muted, not bright as it appears here. All of the colors are muted this time. The only thing that I did differently was adding a bigger brad to the center, (I really messed up the hole punches).
Thanks for stopping by!
Lori
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