Tuesday, January 18, 2022

January 18 — The Queen of Faux

 I don’t have a green thumb.  I just don’t.  But I do like the look that plants give a home so I am not ashamed to admit that I have faux plants.  Even if I was some sort of a gardening whiz, my house is rather dark and I would have problems anyway.  So, I thought I would share a few picks of my silk plants.

A little pot of faux something in my powder room

This is the newest purchase — I didn’t really know what to expect ordering online but I was pleased

English Ivy I have had for absolutely years!

A rather blurry shot of more English Ivy — I made the pot in a ceramics group I used to go to at church
Some tall dried stuff acquired many years ago from Pier 1

My son bought this for my mother for Mother’s Day one year — she has been gone for 25 years so that tells you how old this is.

Some more dried stuff from Michaels.


So, welcome to my tiny jungle!


I have been tackling the decluttering and since I was overwhelmed from the beginning I decided to take it one area at a time. The first place I hit was the chest of drawers in one of the bedrooms.  It was sort of comical all the things I found in there — school papers for my kids, communication dealing with my father’s work, needlework projects, just tons of stuff so I have taken it out and sorted it.  I have a lot of quilting stuff and I think my quilting days are over so I am going to be donating those things to the neighborhood charity shop.  Somebody might actually use it.  I actually felt accomplished.  Now if I can get the sewing things in the proper place I will feel even better!  That is the goal for today.  I think I will actually make it.

I also spent a little time working on my book — until I messed up the computer, had a frustrated fit and then decided it was time for lunch.  I will revisit that later.  Haha!

So, have a great Tuesday!

1 comment:

Granny Marigold said...

Although I have many houseplants in my sunroom my living room faces north and I have a big old plant about 5 feet tall and 4 or is it 5 Fake plants. I have them in front of the big windows to sort of block the view when cars go by. They're not even great fakes but so many people have been fooled by them.
Sounds like your decluttering is coming along just fine.

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