Sunday, March 31, 2013

Easter Is...

Chocolate eggs in sparkly foil, 
Bright flowers springing from the soil, 
Bunnies playing all around, 
Hatching eggs, a cracking sound! 
Remembering God gave his only Son 
to show his love for everyone. 

© Emma Ryan 2012


Friday, March 29, 2013

Today's Featured Shop -- My Stitches To Treasure

Today's featured shop is My Stitches To Treasure.    You will find some adorable handmade treasures here.   These are some of my favorites.



Prim Mice Couple
 

Prim Fabric Bunny





 Primitive Pin Keep, Mannequin Pin Keep


Prim Fabric Bunny, Spring Decor, Bunny Doll




Be sure and visit Deb's shop to see all her handmades.   https://www.etsy.com/shop/MyStitchesToTreasure





Thursday, March 28, 2013

Thursday Giveaway Link Party -- Add Your Giveaway

Our weekly giveaway link opportunity is a way for you to share your giveaways with our readers.

This is a continuing link party and giveaways are removed as they end.   Please don't forget to add the end date of your giveaway to the name of your giveaway.

The rules are easy:

You must be a follower of our blog.

Add our logo to your blog sidebar.  This is very easy to do.   Save our logo below to your computer,  select add gadget in your blog settings,  choose add picture and select our logo from  your computer and then link it to http://www.byyourhands.com







When you enter the title of your giveaway, please add the end date of your giveaway. 

Be sure the url is the direct link to your giveaway blog post. Make sure you are linking directly to your giveaway.

Family friendly giveaways only.






Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Tuesday Tutorial - Spring Into a Festive Dinner Table

Join Kim and Kris from the DIY Dish as they show us how to make a festive spring dinner table.

Monday, March 25, 2013

Raised Bed Gardening

Do you grow a garden?   It is time to start planting again if you do.

Our soil is terrible so we plant in containers.   This year we are going to try planting in raised beds.

The problem with that is if you build them from wood it can get very expensive.  

Here are some less expensive ideas we are going to try this year because we happen to have some of the components.

This is great for potatoes.   Just make a wire cage, line it with straw and add soil to the middle.   


Plant your garden in straw bales.   Even if you have to buy the straw bale it is very inexpensive. 


I like this idea because I think it would last longer being made from metal.   We happen to have some aluminum siding from a shed that blew down.    You only need wood for the frame so not as expensive as an all wood bed.  






This last idea is great if you happen to have rail road ties lying around.   It would be a very quick to put together raised bed.  


Happy planting!