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Early in the season, Trish's Flower Shop and Garden center was getting ready for Spring. I literally forgot to share these photos from the beginning of May...Enjoy.
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Camila, Trish's right hand girl...is busy readying the outdoor garden center for Spring customers. Hardy seedlings are fine in the cool temperatures coming off of Lake Michigan this time of year.
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Just a few more minutes until we are open.
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Hardy and flowering bushes are ready for Spring Planting. Of course Tulips are the perfect flower for May.
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Patio rocks, pots and Succulents, great starters for your yard or patio.
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Pansies are great cool weather plants.
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Cam: I think I have done this display four times already this week. Today it is Lilac bushes.
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Trish: Cam please come help me switch out these supply totes.
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Fencing and of course fertilizer.
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Birdhouses and Perrennials.
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Soil Care,Lawn Food and decorative rocks.
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Tools and outdoor pots (DIY with Napkin Rings)
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Tulips in the window for Spring.
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Trish: We should be almost ready. Is the Greenhouse all squared away?
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Trish's Flower Shop for all your Floral needs.
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Candles, jars, vases and custom designs.
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The cooler is always full of arrangements and long stemmed flowers.
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Need a gift, colorful bags of candy to go with flowers---perfect for any occasion.
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Outdoors we have seeds, pots, garden accessories.
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Pots, Gnomes and Flags.
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A variety of Greenery Stems are happy in the chilly air.
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Cam: I think we are ready, I'll check the greenhouse.
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Inside, plant starts, seeds, handtools and all sorts of arrangements. Fans keep the greenhouse cooler when it is a sunny day.
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Bunnies and gnomes among the posts and plant starts.
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Sunflowers are toasty warm in the greenhouse.
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A Welcoming Door decoration...Trish's provides all sorts of custom fresh and faux florals.
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TRISH: I guess we are ready.
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Just in time....Hi, Richelle, how can we help you?
Richelle: Well I need an entire yard done for an open house we finished by next week, can you get that done?
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Diorama resources and constructions.
Garden Yard: Foam core with silver poster board as concrete. (Photos great, and assembled with gray/silver duct tape which also photos well.
Greenhouse: altered IKEA kit from long ago with hand made shelving from scraps and large popsicle sticks. It's been an evolving prop. Lighting is one press/battery light. Door is foamcore and wood trim and brown tape.
Backdrop Walls: Brick scrapbook paper for wall, Fence behind shop and greenhouse is a wooden plate rack folded up (thrifted).
Shelving are all thrifted finds, tables are all Michaels boxes, lids, frames stained with acrylic paint and used as tables or bins. Metal accessories are all thrifted.
Flower shop: Made from Cardboard and foam core, trim is all plastic, packaging clear plastic used for windows, Acrylic doors are on a desk sorter cabinet for the cooler. Shop fixtures are constructed from cardboard boxes, foam core, plastic contact paper with wood scrapbook paper accents. Floor is wood scrapbook paper.
Pots in cooler and shop made from plastic conduit painted silver, other containers:glass bottles, plastic lids, or ceramic thrift store finds. Flowers, plants and arrangements are all faux, plastic, paper, and assembled by me.
New Garden Center yard fence--Dollar Store with stakes removed.
Most accessories are all thrift store finds or mini's found on sale. I've collected mini's for over 40 years...so about now I have a lot...and can switch them out every time I set up.
Gnomes and Fairies are almost all Dollar Tree...each year they come out with more...and they are the perfect scale for Barbie.
Seed packets are blown up from free 1:12 mini sources and printed covered with plastic packaging tape.
Any questions on something specific and I will be happy to answer, if I can remember where or what it was.
WHAT ARE YOUR DOLLS GARDENING WITH?
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Thank you for your cooperation, Sandi
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ReplyDeleteEverything looks great and like you're ready for planting season! Hoping for a little bloggy inspiration myself... Happy upcoming Memorial Day Weekend Sandi, have fun:@)
Thanks for visiting, I've been so busy with real gardening the dolls are neglected. Hugs, Sandi
DeletePS: Meant to say I love your new header!
ReplyDeleteThanks, I'm changing it when the mood strikes...just never know exactly how it will show in the header. Hugs, Sandi
DeleteThis is all so Cute, I Love all the mini Products out now, I think of you and your dioramas when I see the new Toy Minis of all the popular products.
ReplyDeleteHi, Dawn. I wish I had an infinite budget for all those cute minis...now the balls are 9.98...and that's insane. I try and pick up items that people have duplicates of. I did splurge on a bunch of purchases from temu..and alexiexpress in January February, but Butthead's tariffs are going to really bite the doll/craft/fabric businesses for sure. I wonder how much Christmas there will be...since it should have been delivered already to all the big box stores...and according to the docks on the west coast not much is moving in. Hugs, nice to hear from you, Sandi
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