I am so happy to be part of Sugar Bee Crafts Red, White and Blue series again this year! You can find out more about the series here. Be sure to check out her blog daily in June to find all of the crafts and recipes of the series.

Red, White, and Blue Planter + Plant Flags | My Only Sunshine

There is just something about all things red, white, and blue that let you know it's summer. And I am always down for a fun diy to incorporate all the red, white, and blue into my life. This is such a simple and totally adorable way to do so.

Supplies for the patriotic planter:

white planter
scissors
ruler
red ribbon
blue ribbon
glue
cute plant
dirt
small pebbles (optional)

Supplies for the plant tags:

wire
ribbon
letter beads
glue

I realized that I had some fun red pom pom and blue glitter ribbon left over from a previous project and I decided it was too cute not to use it all up. I measured my planter to see how large I wanted to make the flag for the front. I then cut the blue glitter ribbon and created a rectangle that I thought was large enough for my flag. Using the red pom pom ribbon, I made four strips to make the rest of the flag. I made mine too big at first, and had to readjusts the length of my red ribbon to make it fit how I wanted on the planter.

Using glue, I attached the ribbon to my planter.

Then I put in my dirt and succulent. After planting my succulents, I love adding little pebbles. I feel like it makes the plant look so much nicer, but it is totally optional. I already had black pebbles so I used those, but it would be fun to use red or white or blue!

It already looked cute, but I decided that it needed a little more patriotism :). So I cut a couple pieces of ribbon to look like flags. (You will want to base the size of your plant flags on the size of planter you choose.) I took my letter beads and spelled out "USA❤️" and "FREE," and glued them onto the flags. Next I glued them on to small pieces of wire and they were good to go.

I love how cute this project turned out, even though it is so simple! I hope you loved this diy and I hope that you check out the rest of this months series over on Sugar Bee Crafts blog.
xo Britt

The Waters' house is a place where plants come to die. No seriously. I DO NOT have a green thumb. I try so hard and want it to work out so bad, but I have realized that there is no hope for me.

This was a very sad realization because I see all of these pretty rooms on Pinterest that really come together with these beautiful house plants and it hurts me a little inside to know that I could maybe keep those plants alive for like 2 weeks tops. Pitiful. I know.

So in honor of national houseplant day (yeah they have days for everything now), I decided to post about the plants that I can/have kept alive so far. :) Oh you are in for a real treat!

1. Cacti number one. But don't feel to proud of me because it says right on the packaging, "can survive drought." Ha! So I am pretty sure literally anyone could keep them alive.

2. Cacti number two.

3. IKEA plants :) Ha! These are the best houseplants in my opinion. They need no special treatment or attention and yet, they are always looking good.

Have any ideas on other houseplants that I can't kill? Let me know in the comments. I would love to give it a try. xoxo, Britt