SpringCenterPiece_23Mar13_011efr100      I've been itching for spring to get here for a while now.  I am so over this cold snowy weather we've been experiencing.  Sunny, warm, coat free days are what I'm longing for, but so far we haven't had much luck in Columbus.  Like most in the midwest our official first day of spring was in the 30's.  So I've decide that while I wait for spring to come outside I'm going to do some spring decorating on the inside. 

     I started with searching for a new center piece for our dining room table.  I went to the usual stores, Michael's, Hobby Lobby, Tuesday Morning, but none had what I was looking for.  It wasn't until I arrived at Old Time Pottery, that everything started to come together.  Well sort of, at first they didn't have what I wanted.  It wasn't until my second lap around the store that I found the base of the centerpiece.  The yellow potter piece is actually meant to be used as a flower pot.  However since, I have a cat that loves to eat plants, so I knew that there was no way I could use real flowers, so I found the candles.  After deciding on the candle color it still wasn't quite finished.  I mosied over to the artificial flower section, and after some trial and error with different colors and types of flowers I came upon these perfect yellow flowers on a long vine.  I weaved them around the three pots and it was perfect.  

     I'm really happy with how it turned out and more importantly it brightens my day even on a cloudy spring day in Ohio.

    How are you getting ready for Spring?

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