Ben and Rachel’s Wedding Blog

Ben and I decided that it was really important to us to learn about gardening this summer and plant some of our own herbs and vegetables.  We started some seeds a couple weeks ago and finally yesterday they were ready to be planted.   We built a flower box out of scrap wood we bought from Home Depot for $2 total and spray painted it yellow (because it looks so much cuter that way).  Look at our babies!

We have oregano, green onions, and parsley in the yellow box.  The 3 smaller pots are oregano in the square one, shasta daisies in the bigger round one, and basil in the smaller one.  The basil looks good enough to eat right now! I can’t wait to cook with it.

In addition to building our flower box, I’ve been working on an idea I had for wedding favors.  In tune with our green/eco-friendly wedding, we decided we would like to urge our guests to plant some green themselves.  I bought a few 3” flower pots from JoAnn Fabrics for about 70 cents each and painted them with some 50 cent acrylic paint.  Pretty cheap favor, eh?  Then I’ll add a cute little ribbon and a packet of seeds and our guests can take them home and grow something and think of us each year when it comes up.  Here’s the start of them, I’m still trying out paint colors and which type of paint works best on the terra cotta which sucks up the paint and needs lots of coats.

I also found a surefire way to lose weight today!  I cut off all my hair.  I hadn’t gotten a haircut since October and after 6 months I was ready for it to be gone.  I cut off a good 4-5 inches and its pretty short!  See for yourself…