First ripe tomato!

The topsy turvey has been doing really REALLY well. We even have our first fully ripe tomato. This tomato plant is a heirloom organic beefsteak. I have found the topsy turvey has to be watered every day and alot. So it requires extra tomato food because it most of the food drains out the bottom. But it is doing well and I have a full crop of little green tomatos sprouting up. You can't see them very well in the photo below but they are definately there.

Mustache Bash 70th Birthday

We threw a Mustashe bash for my dad's 70th birthday . I created in publisher and had it printed by vistaprint. I decided on the mustach theme because my dad has had his stash my whole life. Its so a part of him that no one even notices its there. To prove my point one of my dads friends asked me at his party "so why did you choose the mustach theme?" When I told her why she said "what mustache?" and noticed it for the first time.
I punched out the red and white confetti for the centerpeices from various circle punches I have laying around the house. Brandon modified the photos and added mustaches onto my dads 'kid' photos. I got vases from the dollar store and the green leaves came from a plant I had in my backyard. I went to purchase red flowers at the florest and they wanted two dollars a stem! I about fainted. I went to Wal-mart to print out the photos and found these red daisys for two dollars. Each plant had at least three flowers a piece. So now I have some cute flowers to plant in my backyard! To accent the tables I wanted to buy a fabric pennant banner but I couldn't afford what I wanted. So I bought some clearence fabric at joanns and sewed together a pennant banner that was black and white with red accents that said "Happy 70th Bruce" in the same text as the invite.
The mustaches on the plates, cups, and serve bowls I cut out using a die cut that I found online. I purchased chalkboard contact paper so they went on just like stickers and I was able to write what each item was in the serving bowls and the guests could write their names on their cups.
The most challenging part for me was the food. I don't know how to cook for more than 20 to 30 people and we had almost 70. So we rented a taco cart locally and I just made the orderves. Flautas, corn cakes, & empinatas and of course chips, salsa & guacamole (above). We had a seperate beverage station with Tea, Lemonaide & Punch. We also offered water and sodas under the table in ice chests. For desert we had a cake for my dad to blow out and a cupcake tower. The cupcake pix I made from paper straws and again the die cut but with black paper.
My amazing husband made our photo booth. We were originally going to create the photo booth for our 10 year annivarsary party (a year away still) but thought this was the perfect excuse to put it together and enjoy it sooner! We had a booth we had made for a previous party laying around so we painted that black and added a PVC frame and purchased some black curtians. I made a little prop station to go with it from an overnight case that was handed down throught the family. I tought it added some vintage flair. (I forgot the table to put it on so it ended up on the ground!). In it we had stick mustaches and stick chalkboard signs, coke bottle glasses, feather boa's and some miscilaneous crazy sunglasses and animial faces. Here are some photos from the booth

Planter 2 the plants

I am completely late getting this photo up but better late than never. I planted a whole bunch of plants two weeks ago for planter two. The photo to the right is the beginning photo. As you can see the tomatoes already sprouted, big surprise! I also planted some more watermelon, cantaloupe, pumpkin, and some bell peppers since they didn't take the first time. At this point most of them have sprouted and I planted them in planter 2 today. I will take some pictures tomorrow and post them.

Topsy Turvey update

I was surprised when my tomato plant started to grow well in the Topsy Turvey. Well Bert the tomato plant is doing really well! He is already growing three tomatoes that are a nice size and a ton of little yellow buds. So it looks like I'll be putting my own tomatoes in my salad soon!

Planter 2 the begining

Planter two is finally up! My only issue now is I don't have enough to plant in it. I had a whole box of strawberry seeds & Bell Peppers that didn't come up. So I've planted one pumpkin a tomato and one cantaloupe. I've re-started the strawberries in the hopes that they will eventually arrive. Only time will tell at this point.

Planter 1 planted

It's been awhile since the last post. We have been recovering from our 4th of July weekend getaway. We finally were able to get our seedlings planted in planter one. Its just amazing to watch the little guys grow. Using the square foot garden guide we planted watermelon, Pot Marigold, tomato, Pumpkins, leaf lettuce, butter lettuce, bell pepper, peas, cantaloupe, onions, carrots, and garlic. Below is a layout of planter 1. We used leftover Popsicle sticks to label the plants.

The Topsy Turvey

My husbands boss received a Topsy turvy and decided she didn't want it. When she found out we had a vegetable garden she gave it to us. I had only heard bad reviews about the Topsy turvy so when the tiny plant started growing like mad I was really surprised. It is already producing a bunch of blooms and has grown . I can't wait to see the first tomatoes :).