I usually don’t like to keep the plants I buy for indoors in the containers they come in. So when I found a large white gravy boat on clearance at Target a few weeks I ago I knew it would make a great planter.
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I planted some little Grape Hyacinths and some mini daffodils in it!
I’ve planted various Paperwhites and Jonquils in this black transferware tureen all winter
This Campanula is planted in a small galvanized bucket from IKEA. This is actually a spring through summer flowering perennial. I’ll plant it in my garden when it starts to look a little tired. Actually all the potted flowers get planted in my garden when they’re spent. Double the bang for my buck as most of them will either come back next year or bloom again now in my garden. In the mean time they brighten my interiors!
Don’t forget that this weekend I have a guest post by one of my readers and also check out the beautiful “Inspire Me” board that Karen made! Let me know if you make one as I’d love to see it! Have a great weekend!
Beautiful touches of spring!
It looks so spring-y at your house Manuela! I love that you buy plants, use them inside and them move them outdoors and plant them. Do you get them at a nursery or the grocery store?
Hugs,
Penny
You have great ideas. Love your inside garden.
Beautiful flowers – I enjoy any touch of Spring I can get.
Glenda
Great ideas…I do have an African violet in a gravy boat next to my sink!!
suzanne
Beautiful! I love your sprouting bulbs!
very pretty! what a great idea using the gravy boat!
Oh how pretty that is. I never thought about using glassware to put pretty flowers in.
Delightful! Hope that you’re having a fun time.
Ah! I just love all the flowers! They are gorgeous! and the gravy boat…GENIUS! I totally just found a super cute solid white coffee cup at Walmart for $1 that I put in my bathroom for my toothbrushes and toothpaste. My toothbrushes were too fat for any traditional type holder!
I am definitely loving this!
Feels like Spring is in the air ….except for that snow they are forcasting this weekend!
Brenda
hyacinths smell sooooo good! cute idea with the gravy boat.
Manuela,
I am such a fan of finding fun vessels for flowers (and for anything else other than what they were intended for!). My gravy boat holds my reading glasses.
Beautiful arrangements!
Dawn
You have the most beautiful home Manuela! I love your ideas with flowers.
XOXO
Jen
Beautiful gardens M. And yes you are a dishaholic and I know you will be receiving that award very soon! I feel very certain…. I hope that you will post it with pride.
So pretty! I’m loving all the spring flowers on blogs. What a feast for the eyes!
I have to confess, I was a little freaked out by the soil in the transferware container : / But everything presents beautifully. Including the pillow!
These just make the flowers look so much more special. Lovely containers for flowers. laurie
I love the creative way you display your flowers. So nice to bring some spring inside when it hasn’t quite arrived outside! Did you force bulbs? My amaryllis is getting ready to bloom, it looks so pretty! Have a great day!
Those flowers are beautiful! I would love to be out in the garden, unfortunately our ground is still frozen!
I have a “brown thumb”–also known as the “kiss of death” when it comes to plants. I am so envious of your wonderful spring florals! You can come over to my house any time and give me “plant lessons”! 🙂
Dana
Spring has sprung at your home. Love your ideas.
Manuela, your flowers and the gravy boat are just together. Totally heart lifting.
Barb
I love your creative “pots” for early spring planting. They do look better than the plastic pots that they come in at Lowes. I hope that you have enjoyed your week celebrating your daughter’s birthday. I am sure that you have made it so special for her.
Have a wonderful weekend,
Jen
And a new tapestry pillow? Hehe…you can’t slide that one past me…
Love the potting ideas!
Such a wonderful idea! It’s great to have spring flowers inside when they aren’t yet blooming outdoors. Jean
These are so delightful! I love the gravey boat! They are all so pretty! Spring is in your home! Great ideas, as always!
Spring has arrived at your house, I see. Enjoy it and have a great weekend. Sally
It is truely amazing what you can do with plants. You are my hero.
Your home looks wonderful! I love the gravy boat…what a sweet idea…surely I have something I could plant in…a roaster pan maybe? You have given me ideas!
Blessings,
Debbie
Hi Manuela…the flowers are so pretty, love the one in the IKEA tin…but the pillow is beautiful did you make it?? I wish you would change your mind about coming on Monday, your going to be missed..but we’ll get together soon…have a great weekend and I hope your daughter enjoyed her birthday….
I’m so glad to rediscover you. I loved the Feathered Nest and was heartbroken when you quit. I’m so glad your back.
Tonia
That’s beautiful. I’ve just found your blog from Life at Willow Manor, and I’m going to get on your follower list. Looking forward to reading more.