can planters

i am so loving school being back in session

and having free time to do projects

that are fun and make me happy.

before i show you what i worked on today

i will share my original inspiration via pinterest

we have a big grey block wall 

in our backyard that is 

big and grey!

and that's all it is.  it has had a few planters

hung on it since it was built but i wanted to add

some more fun and color to it.  then i thought about

that above inspiration from pinterest,

and then i made a trip to what i like to call

our own personal treasure box.

 which would also be known as our garage

 which is also known as 

my great grandfather's garage 

  whenever i need an old jar, can, box, or anything

old, i go to our treasure box, and am never disappointed!

now back to the project

  these are the four cans i decided to work with.

 my cute assistant helped me make holes in the

bottoms of the cans for water to drain from

  then my husband(my other cute assistant)
 drilled holes in the backs of them

so i could hang them onto nails that we already

had in the block wall from past planters

that is the can hanging on the nail.

if you do not already have hooks/nails on your wall like me

you can use a masonry bit on your drill to create a hole

in your block wall.  that is what my hubby says anyhow.

he also mentioned the use of a hammer drill?

and clearly this could be done to a big boring wood fence

too and so much easier... with just normal nails! =)

i didn't want to deal with all that stuff so i

just worked with the nails that we already had in the wall.

and again my adorable assistant helped me

fill them with soil so we could plant in them.

 at some point she was distracted away from our work

 it really doesn't get much better than that!?

 as much as i liked the plain tin ones on pinterest

and the painted cans that i have also seen on pinterest,

there is something fun about using these old cans

just the way they are!

 here it is finished.

well finished for today.  the block wall actually keeps on going

and is just as big and grey over there too.  so i have more planters

and plants to hang in the next couple of days.

nothing wrong with getting the gardening bug

at the end of the summer, right?!

and we are kinda having a large end of the summer

bash here over the weekend... nothing like hosting

a party to get me into the spruce this place up mood!