I don’t think you realize how special it is to see your hubby snoozing in the sun while you make everything so lovely outside! I think there is such a peace found in the home when a wife is busy making life special for her family. Your worth is far more than rubies, precious lady!
Oh sweetie, thank you and bless you from the bottom of my heart! What kind words you have shared with me. Wishing you a day of the sweetest JOY! May God bless you darling. Big hugs and sparkles, xoxo ☕🎀🌿🌿💖🌸🌷
My mom had bought a pot of impatients (I know, but still an annual) for my granddad one year for Father's Day. He passed away in 2010, and that plant is still alive. It doesn't look as pretty, but its amazing that it is still hanging on.
Oh my Gosh Olivia I was giggling in my room watching your video and my hubby came in .. I told him I was watching Mr. and Mrs . Romantic.. lol... I'm glad to see your all are Patriotic like us.. My hubby served in the army.. have a blessed day..
Hi Olivia, I thought it was a miracle when my petunias came back and I was told they reseeded themselves. What I thought was a miracle was actually a blessing! 😊
Hi Olivia! Love the garden ideas. Just an FYI, your lillies are actually asiatic lillies. They grow from a bulb. You can dig them up after the leaves have died back and divide the bulbs, and have more around your garden. ( Lowes also puts these on clearance at the end of the season, they look dead, but you want the bulb, for next year, so don't worry how they look!) If you would like a lily that has more of the old fashioned "tiger lily" look to it, try "turk's cap" lillies. They point more downward, but have the dots and splotches. They are also about 3 feet tall, and reproduce faster. They can also be easily divided. Cut back all your lily stems when they turn yellow, it sends more energy to the bulb. As for your lavender, keep it dry, dry, dry. Extra rain won't bother it much as long as it can drain really well. If you put it in the ground, plant it high, as on a small mound, and put a few handfuls of gravel in the bottom of the hole. Happy romantic planting! 🌸🌷🌸
Olivia’s Romantic Home - Love growing Basil 🌿 But it’s a LOT of work! Needs full sun with lots of water which makes it get huge. *Remember to pluck the leaves often by pinching with your thumb & index finger! Basil freezes beautifully - After a big “haircut”, wash leaves & Place with some sea salt in a Tupperware container, then pop into freezer. Take out clumps when needed for cooking. (Taught to me by my Sicilian Grandfather - The best Basil grower around 💜)
I do this with my fresh basil but I stick it in the back of my cupboard. Every few days I give it a shake. After a few weeks you have salt dried basil and you have basil flavored salt 😊
🌼 Good morning sweet Olivia 🌸. So nice to meet your husband Josh. Your little solar lamp is adorable. Your patio is looking so pretty and I love to plant basil by my doors not only for the smell but also basil keeps away mosquitoes, which we have a lot of here in FL. I use that little DT garden trellis for my miniature climbing roses and I added a fairy garden to it and I added one to my gladiolus. Your trellis look so cute in your potted plant with your Basils. You have a wonderful blessed day😘 🌴💖🌴 XOXO. 🌸🌼🌸
Good morning lovely Debbra!~ I did not know basil keeps those pesky bugs away!? Oh I need to plant a ton then, lol. Great idea for the garden trellis! Wishing you a wonderful happy day! Much love always, happy crafting!!!! xoxoxo 💕☕🎀🙏🌿🌷💖🌸
My sister's neighbor has a beautiful flower garden. All the flowers are clearance and "practically dead" things. It's a magnificent flower garden. Your garden is beautiful.
On your cushion cover...try a pillow case with hotel fold. If you can’t find design you like simple to sew one. Easy to take off and wash when needed. I had both single and double cushions so needed to make a long pillow case for the double as the king cases weren’t long enough. ❤️❤️ the lamp idea!
So nice to meet your husband! I love that you use "what you have" and you encourage us to do the same.. another great vid. PS... I think it would be awesome if your husband did some DIYs with you.. maybe you can convince him on some outdoor things?
Good morning Olivia and Mr Romantic .. Good to meet your husband..Omg I never would have thought of making the lamp..I love that idea...Lol I'm not really good or have much knowledge for the care and what plants to choose..Hence the reason I buy Dollar Tree faux florals..lol Have a Blessed Day..
Your garden is so pretty! Lavender tip: mulch with a single top layer of small pebbles beneath the plant, the radiant heat from the pebbles will warm the underneath stems and leaves of the lavender keeping it from moisture rot. The dampness is their enemy. This tip has helped me successfully grow lavender in coastal Louisiana where our humidity is normally over 50%. Good luck and enjoy! Lavender and roses are my favorite combination.
My black Mamba petunias came back for 5 years in a row without me replanting them!! Unfortunately they didn’t come back last year but it’s fine because I wanted to use the pretty hanging baskets in my Mother’s Shabby Chic Memorial Garden. They look so beautiful in their new shade of pale pink 💖💖 Oh! And my pansies came back in full force this year!! I was pretty much crippled last year because I needed a hip replacement surgery but I needed to plant something in my Dad’s Memorial Garden. My father and I used to get our plants and veggies from a cute little old Italian Guy’s pansy Garden store. I’m not in Philadelphia anymore but I HAD to plant pansies so bought them at Walmart for next to nothing! I put them in his Garden and was so happy when I saw them take off and fill out all of the containers!! I was so excited yet again when I started painting found treasures for my Mom’s garden the moment I noticed the pansies coming back!!! I’m sorry I babble on to you. It actually helps to get this stuff out of my mind. And you are a beautiful woman so I feel like I can say this to you 💖💖💖
Thank you Olivia 💕 I didn't know to trim the flowers back...I stopped buying them because of the leggy look. I think I'll try them again since I now know to trim 😊 You have a beautiful home and a handsome husband; you make a very cute couple 😍
Hello to both of you. So nice to meet your handsome husband. You two look amazing together. What a beautiful lamp you created, you have the absolute best ideas. I love the way you reuse items that you already have. Definitely going to be making one for my patio area. I found a beautiful lampshade awhile back that was too pretty to leave at the thrift store. It's a soft pink with tiny satin roses around the bottom edge. I'm going to use s whine bottle for my base & add some fairy lights in the bottle a- long with the solar yard stake like you did. Alot of my petunias came back this year Wich surprised me beacuse we had the most snow & ice that my town has ever had. Yesterday I was so excited to see that the black ones came back in my backyard planters. I didn't know to trim them back but will be doing that as well. I use Miracle Grow Bloom booster every 3 weeks & I get amazing results. More flowers & much more vivid color out of all my plants. Your yard & porch look GORGEOUS. Would love to see Josh in some videos. Thank you so much for all that you share Olivia, you have been such a blessing to me. I'm so thrilled to have discovered your channel. Many blessings to you and your beautiful family.🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹
OLIVIA I ABSOLUTELY LOVE YOU....YOU ARE SO "REAL" AND DOWN TO EARTH. I LOVE YOUR CHANNEL AND GET SO EXCITED WHEN YOU'VE UP LOADED A NEW VIDEO. YOUR DIY'S ARE AMAZING AND YOUR TALENTS ARE AMAZING. ONE QUESTION: HOW DOES JOSH HANDLE ALL THE PINK, AND FRILLY HOME DECOR? PLEASE DON'T STOP MAKING THESE AMAZING DIY'S. YOU INSPIRE ME SO MUCH.
Hello darling Sandi, I asked him and he says he is proud of me. It is not his first decor choice but he loves me and I spoil him. Love you bunches darling! Big hugs and sparkles, xoxo
I don't know where you live but I am in No. Ca. and it is very hot here. 100* plus days in the summer. I grow lavender also. I recently split apart as was too big. I have in a 16 in. pot. Well it came back just as big as before. It is huge. Granted there are many different lavenders but I am pretty sure if yours grows and thrives, both will be outgrowing the planter you placed them in. Good for you giving those petunias a second chance!! You grow girl!!
Yes, I have had Petunias comes back. Years ago I bought a hanging pot of Wave Petunias. The next spring I noticed little baby Petunias sprouting on the ground underneath the shepherd's hook where the Petunias had hung the summer before. For about eight years those Petunias multiplied and created this beautiful wall of color in my flowerbed every year. Then as quickly as they came, they were gone. I have a few strays still coming up in pots this year and one in the seam of the driveway. I miss my wall of color, though!! The original volunteers, I'm sure, came from seeds that dropped. After that some of the plants were almost like shrubs and would survive the winter in the flowerbed.
I just LOVE watching you, Olivia, I wish you were my neighbor! Not just for your skills, but your whole demeanor suggests true southern hospitality and grace. Keep ‘me coming!! Have a blessed day!
Good morning lovely Johanna! Awww, I wish you were my neighbor! I do so enjoy Southern hospitality! I have been known to bake for my neighbors, lol. Happy crafting and decorating darling. Big hugs and sparkles, xoxo 💖🌷🌿🙏🎀☕💕
The lavender will bounce back really well, it's drought tolerant, so lots of Sun is good. Trim it back hard before winter if you want to keep it as a small shrub as they can grow really big. Love your garden 💖💖
That's what I was going to say... We have a few mated pairs around our house, and they come to our backyard every morning because my mother feeds the birds.
Yes, it is a Mourning Dove. I have a bird feeder on my deck, and they flock to the feeder several times a day. They sit on the deck railing and make the whoooo-whooo-whoo call. Love them!
Such a blessing today to see you planting and meeting your handsome husband! You are two beautiful people!! FYI - lavender doesn't like a lot of water.
I can't WAIT to see more garden/porch diys! We've been working our HINEYS off ever since Friday {it's now Thursday and we are STILL not through} but while HE'S doing the hard stuff like mowing and weedeating and burning leaves and clipping limbs, etc... While I'M trying to make everything pretty. Boyyyy, this year is really hard. It rained sooooo much over the last several months and our yard tends to hold water like crazy so our poor yard felt like the "National Forest". 😂 But with all that rain, not only did the grass and weeds go nits, but my flower bed and my cactus 🌵 bed were both just..... LORDYYYY I don't even know how to describe it. You literally could NOT EVEN see the BIG ROCKS that bordered them. But there were so many leaves in them both and a lot of the good soil that I BOUGHT and put in them last year because I kept seeing the bulbs and roots to my elephant ears but soooo much of it just went away. Where in the WORLD did it go? 😱 Lol and my 🌵 cactus bed..... We brought all of those home from the deer lease way out in the desert 🏜 of West Texas and THEY literally grow on big o piles of rocks. So I'm surprised they even survived at ALL. {some of the smaller ones didn't 😢} but I put a TON of rocks and then that good dirt in that bed to bring it up higher {it actually used to be one of those ponds that people put in their yards.... It was already here} so I'm having to really harden the bed of it well so those cactus 🌵 will grow pretty.{I never knew they actually bloomed flowers until I saw them all at the deer lease} ok... I'll shuddup now. I had just re-watched this video, looking for some more ideas so that's what made me wanna ask for MORE OUTSIDE diys!!! 😘 Love you sparkly dumplin! 💕
I have a hootie-owl too. 🦉He sings at night and I find it soothing. I like planting mint in pots. Ice tea with mint leaves. So good. Thanks for the garden tips. I would enjoy more of these type videos.
My grandmother used to have tons of garden beds every year. She passed away in 2004. My father cleaned out all her beds. To this day we still have rouge petunias that pop up all over the yard. I dig them up and put them in front of my house.
Oh my goodness, that is so awesome! What a lovely way to leave behind some garden beauty and for you to honor her. Love you bunches. Hugs and sparkles, xoxo
Oh my goodness, how awesome to see Mr. Romantic sitting on the love seat with you. It is so sweet how you guys smile when you look at each other. And what is it with guys and being able to sit down for a couple of minutes and fall asleep?? I am always so jealous when my hubby does that. Sometimes I will give him the death glare for a couple of minutes to see if he is going to wake up, but it doesn't seem to bother him at all, he sleeps right through it. 😂😂 I usually just go on with what I am doing, unless I am being a little bit naughty. When that mood strikes, I will climb on the mower and start it up - that will bring him out of a deep sleep right quick and in a hurry. He hates for me to mow the lawn. Not sure why - something about cutting it down to the roots. Love seeing that I am not the only one who heads straight for the discounted section of a garden center! Most of the plants will be fine if you just baby them for a week or so. I usually deadhead and cut my annuals back about 3 weeks before a big party, that seems to be the sweet spot for them to be in bloom again. Love the idea of covering the cushions with a shower curtain, I think I will try that. We have so many birds around our place and they are always dropping little gifts on our lawn furniture. If I cover them like that it should be easy enough to take it off before guests come over so they don't have to clean the seat off before they can sit down. I will probably just use duct tape to hold them in place, I am too lazy to work with the garter thingies. I am hopeful we will finally have a nice weekend and we can get some more yard work done - so sick of wind and rain. We are having grandkid sleepovers, but I figure they can help me weed and plant some of the flower beds. I consider that a win-win situation. My tired ole body doesn't have to do all of it and they get to play in the dirt and then be able to watch what they planted bloom and grow over the summer. Hope you have a wonderful weekend Olivia. Sending love and prayers your way, Diana
Good morning!!!! Drinking coffee enjoying ur video......wow luv the lamp project and I have that shade in that size and smaller ones I use on my chandeliers........luv Mr. Romantic snoozing!!!!
Thanks Olivia, I love doing outdoor crafts ! My brain is always on overload and I love doing trash to treasure D iY's. Luckily, I've got to enjoy my flowers a little longer out here in Las Vegas, we had a unusual cool and wet May 🥀🌾. I'm a Desert Rose , and have always loved the Desert too !! 🌵🌅
Hello lovely Joanna! My brain is always on overload too, lol! I bet the Vegas landscape is fun to work with. Happy planting and crafting. Big hugs and sparkles, xoxo
It was lovely to meet Mr Wonderful. I love your videos. I wish I had your knack for making crafts. My mother was the oldest of 12. She was an amazing artist, played the piano by ear at the age of 5 and her house looked like you were walking into a magazine. All of her siblings also have art of some kind in them but I never got it gene. Thank you for making it look so easy and thank you for using items from the dollar store.
Oh Shannon, you are so kind. Thank you and bless you so much for your sweet visit with me! Wishing you so much JOY! Big hugs and sparkles, xoxo 🌞🍰🐇💗🙎♀️🏡💟😘🐱👄😍☕
Top of the morning dear Olivia Welcome Mr Wonderful!!! What a great couple you two make, loving all the new DIYS. Those petunias are pretty awesome, I'm so Happy about the herbal garden, too The lamp is soo cute and useful, and those tiger lilies are beautiful, your garden is so beautiful and peaceful That's why mr wonderful is taking a nap lollipop Thank you for sharing your time with mr wonderful it feels like we are part of your lovely family. I enjoyed my visit with you and mr wonderful, always a pleasure hearing about all the new DIYS that you have for us. Have a great day with your family Hugging you with all my heart my dear friend, hugs and blessings 💗💕👭💕💗
Good morning darling! Awww, thank you adn bless you from the bottom of my heart! I just adore you and your sweet visits with me lollipop! Wishing you a day of the sweetest JOY! Big hugs and sparkles, xoxo ☕🎀🌿💖🌸🌷🙏
I love all your garden ideas I never thought of mixing real and fake flowers together they look amazing together,the lamp is also a really cute idea,I also love petunias and how you keep them from getting leggy,I'm going to try some of these myself thanks so much for sharing , You and your husband make a really cute couple ,sending blessings to you both.
Olivia, everything looks so beautiful. Something to see all around. I really like the idea of using a shower curtain and those straps for a quick outdoor cushion cover. That's on my to do list. I think it's so rewarding to get plants on clearance that have not had good care and bring them back to life. It's therapeutic . So glad to meet you Josh. You have a very sweet and lovely bride and I'm sure you are kind hearted as well. Y'all make a beautiful couple. Send GA some of that rain. lol Pastures and crops need it bad here. We are actually in a moderate drought but God knows what He's doing. Blessings sweet friend.
I worked at garden centers for 14 yrs and have been gardening for 30+ yrs & believe me you can cut back Knockout Roses anytime. The double red can get 6 ft tall so I whack mine down by half.🌹🌹🌹
Hey lady the landscape is looking great! Your doing such a good job getting ready for summer. I would like to pass on some grandma info that I was given years ago...if you have a plant such as lemon balm, mint, lavender, oregano, sage that will take over your whole garden area, plant it in a pot (yeah, I know, I thought she was crazy also) then dig a hole to put your pot into the ground. Cover withbmulch just like the rest of the garden and it keeps the roots bound to that size pot. Therefore it will not take over the entire garden space. She used to plant her strawberries this way also. Thanks for your videos! Have a great weekend!!! XO
Amazon sells a light bulb with a solar sensor built in for very little money if you don’t want to go the permanent route. Such a beautiful vignette . You’re always so creative and innovative with your designs. Thanks
I love your flowering garden. From the big rocks,roses bushes,petunias all of it!! Can’t wait to see how it flourishes ! I want some lavender so bad, think I am going to grab some. Thanks for all the tips I learned a lot.....
I planted lavender a few years back and it has grown into a huge bush! It gives off a beautiful smell and also keeps some bugs away. You have a beautiful english garden. I love it!!
Hello darling Beth! Awww, bless you! So, I really need to space out the two plants and give them more room. I appreciate your tips so much! Happy planting. hugs an sparkles, xoxo
Appreciate your tips! I always pick up sale plants! My Lowe’s does have a clearance area, sometimes they have mixed baskets. I take them apart and tenderly repot, the individual plants.
I always buy the scraggly looking petunias. I just cut mine back today. Yes it is hard to cut the flowers off! You have me several ideas for my patio! I'm on the 4th floor and have a huge patio filled with lots of plants. It was fun to see Mr. Romamtic. 💗
I enjoyed your beautiful Garden spots. I love petunias too- they are they only flowers that lasted all summer long for me. Tell Mr. Romantic thanks for stopping by...or snoozing by ;-)
Barby , yes! My favorites too bc they survive my lazy garden ways and stay pretty for months. Hahahah yes, he was snoozing by, lol. Love you bunches, xoxo
Hello lovely lady. Your gardens and front yard look so charming. Mom loved petunias as well, and i bought some this year in memory of her. She's been gone for 6 months now. And it was so nice to see you share yours with us. I had no idea you could trim them back so much. Yours really did look so much healthier afterwards. So I will have to keep that hack in mind. Thanks so much for sharing your wonderful garden, as well as your tips on cutting back your roses, etc. Have a Blessed day. And tell mr. Wonderful it was great to see a husband not afraid to show himself. Haha. We appreciate all his contributions too.
Hello precious Deb, awww, so sorry to hear of your loss and what a sweet way to honor her. I am hoping my hubby will do a DIY with me on my channel, lol. Love you bunches sweet one. Big hugs and sparkles, xoxo
Yes, Olivia, I have had petunias come back in years following. My brother-in-law has some petunias that he's grown for years in a big cast iron pot - his mom had them and he does put the pot in a storage building through the winter, then brings it out in the spring. If you want an "annual" that comes back gloriously, try snapdragons. They self-seed and I have two "free pots" of snapdragons this year. They are in 2 completely different pots than they were planted in last year, so I'm assuming the wind blew the seeds into these pots but they are blooming and I may have to thin them!
Good morning beautiful friend. Thank you so much for your lovely words! Wishing you a day of the sweetest JOY! God bless you as well. Happy crafting! Big hugs and sparkles, xoxo ☕🎀🙏🌿🌷💖
Olivia's Romantic Home Dear Sweet Olivia, I request you to read a comment I sent a couple of weeks ago, on your Beach craft, which you did a while ago. My request was that you do some simple painting projects related to the new diy projects that you have on. E.g. with the garden, I would love it if you did a painting of flowers or garden. The reason is, your painting has simple steps and allows for people like me, who is not a painter, to build up courage to paint. I get inspiration from you. Lots of love. 😍
Yes, it was wonderful to finally meet Mr. Romantic, he is very handsome. I love your t-shirt "Coffee and Jesus" Yes, Amen. Love all the projects, you have inspired all of us!!
Thank you for the lamp idea ... I was totally in love with that. So nice to meet Mr. Romantic and would love to see him do some DIY’s with you. As always I love your channel and always excited for the newest video. Hugs
Good morning lovely MIssy!~ Awww, yay! I am trying to convince him, lol. Thank you and bless you so much for visiting me! Wishing you a day of the sweetest JOY! Big hugs and sparkles, xoxo 💕🌷🌸☕🎀🙏
Olivia, you never disappoint! The outdoor lamp is adorable & so creative. Also noticed your cute paint brush holder! You remind me of my favorite designer, Alexandra Stoddard, because she believed in bringing a touch of beauty to every space.
Good morning Gail! We have always thought it was an owl...now I am intrigued! So Josh and I just listened to the morning dove sound and we think you are right!!!! How awesome!!!! Thank you so much for sharing this with me!! Big hugs and sparkles, xoxo 🌷🌸💖🌿🎀☕
Super video. It was nice to meet your hubby and as always I enjoyed the video . I wish I had a green thumb lol I may try some petunias. Thanks for sharing.... Love, hugs and kisses Sherry Peace 😘✌💜
Good morning lovely Sherry! Awww, so happy to visit with you! My green thumb is hit or miss, lol. Wishing you a gorgeous day darling! Big hugs and sparkles, xoxo 💖🌸💕🌷❤☕🎀🙏
I loved all your outdoor DIY’s. Your garden is simply beautiful!!!!! Great deal on the Petunias 🌸 I myself used to have a beautiful garden. It was my pride and joy, but I unfortunately lost it; along with my house and everything else in Katrina. I never really recovered from it, but I hope maybe one day I’ll have a garden again🌺 I’m happy for you because I can see the joy that your garden brings to you💗 Take care and have a wonderful day🎀
I love your flowers garden, I have the knock out roses as well, I think I’m going to have to trim it too. I need to check out my local Walmart for those planet on clearance. Thanks for sharing.
Greetings to you and your husband. Watching the new video made me wish we had a porch or garden. You always make everything inviting and lovely, Olivia. Thank you and much love.💝🌹🌸💝
I love lilies I have a ton! And I live in Vermont and it gets cold and I have had petunias come back before! I love my petunias to! Yr gardens are beautiful I am a big garden person to I think they are so pretty! I love fresh flowers! Awh my biggest pet peeve at my old house was people would walk by and pick my flowers! A couple yrs ago before we moved when we bought our house someone really dug up my rose bushes 2 pink ones and stole them out of my front yard! Yr so creative I love all yr diys! My husband like to nap also lol
Oh my goodness, that is crazy, I think my peaches were interesting to the neighbor kids, lol. My hubby snores too, lol. It is so funny!!! Love you bunches. Hugs and sparkles, xoxo
TFS! I love that you get videos out early enough so I catch before work! Yes, Josh (Mr Romantic) to do some DIYs! One of many reasons I love your channel is reuse, repurpose and inexpensive ideas that look expensive! 👍👍👍👍👍☮️❤️🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸ps-our Spring has been unseasonably rainy, cold and slow to start! I’m so surprised to see your Tiger Lilies in full bloom! I just have greenery no buds!!! 🥶 I planted lavender last year (2 varieties) haven’t seen it yet but again, slow start I’ll keep u posted on that
Good morning lovely Sue! Yes, my tiger lillies are going crazy we have had so much rain and sun!!!!! Crossing my fingers I do not kill my lavender, lol. I am working on convincing Mr. Romantic to do some DIYS on my channel, he is soooooo good at building and fixing things!!!! Happy crafting and decorating darling Love you bunches, xoxo
The wave pink petunias will come back ! Especially if they have been protected from winter cold ,like in pots instead of the ground! Mine did this from last year!
Olivia, your garden is so pretty and cozy. It was so cute introducing your husband. He is handsome. I plan on decorating my porch, cant wait to put some pretty flowers out there. Loved hearing the owl and the birds.
Nice to meet your other half. What would we do without our loving, making our home decor, gardening & every job we can’t do without our better half? Beautiful couple! I have a tip for you with your flowers if you put your coffee grounds & egg shells grind them up fine( egg shells) put them in your flowers they will be so pretty also I water my flowers once a week with banana peel water I take banana peels put them in a gallon milk container and add water than just water once a week I sat it outside so the peels break down more. Let me know if you try this tip and if it works for you. Love watching your channel keep all the crafts coming. 💕💐
I love this so much the lil solar lamp is so cute!Ty for sharing all your ideas,ive been looking for these kinds of ideas!! Have a lovely day your videos really inspire me!! 🍃🚲🎀🌸❀❀🚰❀❀🌸🎀🚲🍃
Olivia thank you for being so inspiring ! I started watching this yesterday. I pressed pause went straight out and planted a couple flowers I had bought over the weekend. Next day and I just got on and finished and now heading outside again to do some more yard work and decorating. I have that flag as well !
Lovely. Enjoyed everything. Nice to "meet" your husband :). I too have a small iron table which is about 30 years old, mine needs painting :) a light bulb went off with your LED/solar light in your lamp---i have some lanterns out back i'm thinking of getting a couple of the LED/solar lights from Dollar Tree and putting them inside the lanterns! Thanks for the wonderful ideas!
Petunias are an annual ...however they do reseed themselves! I've also had marigolds and geraniums reseed themselves and come up the following spring. One other tip ...did you know that you can plant your petunia trimmings directly into the ground (remove the flowers and keep the leaves on the cuttings), if you keep them watered they will root (which takes about one week) and you'll have lots of new petunia plants for free!
Good morning Olivia! It's so nice to wake up to your video watching you doing flower gardening! You and your husband are a lovely couple! Love your lamp so much and the bench planter! Have a blessed day!
Good morning lovely Desarae!~ Awwww, yay! Thank you and bless you for your kind visit with me! Wishing you a day of the sweetest JOY! Big hugs and sparkles, xoxo
Hello Olivia! Love your channel and get a lot of inspiration. Tell your Mr Romantic we are glad to meet him and we won't bite! I have a Mr Romantic too, and also pretty shy. I saw your recover of your sofa yesterday and it made me think of my fav decorate on a dime tip. I use king size flat sheets! You can use them for wall paper, then make matching pillows etc to bring the room together. I wish I had a pic of my bedroom before I took it down. But picture a lovely muted rose large print in pinks and minty greens. Then I put a scarf across the top on some drapery pull backs. I was lucky, I had a piece of fabric that did the job perfectly. Hope you can use it. A romantic at heart, Aimee
When I put lavender in a container last year it died. So this year I’m putting it in the ground. So hopefully it will live longer 😬 basil however will grow anywhere 😁 got to love lilies, they are so easy and beautiful! 💓
I don’t think you realize how special it is to see your hubby snoozing in the sun while you make everything so lovely outside! I think there is such a peace found in the home when a wife is busy making life special for her family. Your worth is far more than rubies, precious lady!
Oh sweetie, thank you and bless you from the bottom of my heart! What kind words you have shared with me. Wishing you a day of the sweetest JOY! May God bless you darling. Big hugs and sparkles, xoxo ☕🎀🌿🌿💖🌸🌷
My mom had bought a pot of impatients (I know, but still an annual) for my granddad one year for Father's Day. He passed away in 2010, and that plant is still alive. It doesn't look as pretty, but its amazing that it is still hanging on.
Oh my Gosh Olivia I was giggling in my room watching your video and my hubby came in .. I told him I was watching Mr. and Mrs . Romantic.. lol... I'm glad to see your all are Patriotic like us.. My hubby served in the army.. have a blessed day..
Hi Olivia, I thought it was a miracle when my petunias came back and I was told they reseeded themselves. What I thought was a miracle was actually a blessing! 😊
Hi Olivia! Love the garden ideas. Just an FYI, your lillies are actually asiatic lillies. They grow from a bulb. You can dig them up after the leaves have died back and divide the bulbs, and have more around your garden. ( Lowes also puts these on clearance at the end of the season, they look dead, but you want the bulb, for next year, so don't worry how they look!) If you would like a lily that has more of the old fashioned "tiger lily" look to it, try "turk's cap" lillies. They point more downward, but have the dots and splotches. They are also about 3 feet tall, and reproduce faster. They can also be easily divided. Cut back all your lily stems when they turn yellow, it sends more energy to the bulb. As for your lavender, keep it dry, dry, dry. Extra rain won't bother it much as long as it can drain really well. If you put it in the ground, plant it high, as on a small mound, and put a few handfuls of gravel in the bottom of the hole. Happy romantic planting! 🌸🌷🌸
Olivia’s Romantic Home - Love growing Basil 🌿 But it’s a LOT of work! Needs full sun with lots of water which makes it get huge. *Remember to pluck the leaves often by pinching with your thumb & index finger! Basil freezes beautifully - After a big “haircut”, wash leaves & Place with some sea salt in a Tupperware container, then pop into freezer. Take out clumps when needed for cooking. (Taught to me by my Sicilian Grandfather - The best Basil grower around 💜)
I do this with my fresh basil but I stick it in the back of my cupboard. Every few days I give it a shake. After a few weeks you have salt dried basil and you have basil flavored salt 😊
09echols - Cool! I’m gonna try that! TFS
🌼 Good morning sweet Olivia 🌸. So nice to meet your husband Josh. Your little solar lamp is adorable. Your patio is looking so pretty and I love to plant basil by my doors not only for the smell but also basil keeps away mosquitoes, which we have a lot of here in FL. I use that little DT garden trellis for my miniature climbing roses and I added a fairy garden to it and I added one to my gladiolus. Your trellis look so cute in your potted plant with your Basils. You have a wonderful blessed day😘 🌴💖🌴 XOXO. 🌸🌼🌸
Good morning lovely Debbra!~ I did not know basil keeps those pesky bugs away!? Oh I need to plant a ton then, lol. Great idea for the garden trellis! Wishing you a wonderful happy day! Much love always, happy crafting!!!! xoxoxo 💕☕🎀🙏🌿🌷💖🌸
Also your lavender repels mosquitoes because they do not like the smell. So you bought two wonderful plants to repel mosquitoes☺😃😘
My sister's neighbor has a beautiful flower garden. All the flowers are clearance and "practically dead" things. It's a magnificent flower garden. Your garden is beautiful.
I love that you are so patriotic, that blesses my heart. 🇺🇸
On your cushion cover...try a pillow case with hotel fold. If you can’t find design you like simple to sew one. Easy to take off and wash when needed. I had both single and double cushions so needed to make a long pillow case for the double as the king cases weren’t long enough.
❤️❤️ the lamp idea!
Petunias seed themselves ..your flowers look beautiful .🌸🌸🌸🌸
So nice to meet your husband! I love that you use "what you have" and you encourage us to do the same.. another great vid. PS... I think it would be awesome if your husband did some DIYs with you.. maybe you can convince him on some outdoor things?
Good morning Olivia and Mr Romantic .. Good to meet your husband..Omg I never would have thought of making the lamp..I love that idea...Lol I'm not really good or have much knowledge for the care and what plants to choose..Hence the reason I buy Dollar Tree faux florals..lol Have a Blessed Day..
Good morning lovely Deborah! Awww, yay! So excited for you to be inspired! Happy crafting and planting! Big hugs and sparkles, xoxo
Your garden is so pretty! Lavender tip: mulch with a single top layer of small pebbles beneath the plant, the radiant heat from the pebbles will warm the underneath stems and leaves of the lavender keeping it from moisture rot. The dampness is their enemy. This tip has helped me successfully grow lavender in coastal Louisiana where our humidity is normally over 50%. Good luck and enjoy! Lavender and roses are my favorite combination.
I just love your diy ❤️❤️ and your husband is a handsome man y’all look good together.😃
Everything is looking beautiful. Your tiger lilies are gorgeous. I have a pink lavender it is beautiful. Have a nice day with your family.
My black Mamba petunias came back for 5 years in a row without me replanting them!! Unfortunately they didn’t come back last year but it’s fine because I wanted to use the pretty hanging baskets in my Mother’s Shabby Chic Memorial Garden. They look so beautiful in their new shade of pale pink 💖💖
Oh! And my pansies came back in full force this year!! I was pretty much crippled last year because I needed a hip replacement surgery but I needed to plant something in my Dad’s Memorial Garden. My father and I used to get our plants and veggies from a cute little old Italian Guy’s pansy Garden store. I’m not in Philadelphia anymore but I HAD to plant pansies so bought them at Walmart for next to nothing! I put them in his Garden and was so happy when I saw them take off and fill out all of the containers!! I was so excited yet again when I started painting found treasures for my Mom’s garden the moment I noticed the pansies coming back!!!
I’m sorry I babble on to you. It actually helps to get this stuff out of my mind. And you are a beautiful woman so I feel like I can say this to you 💖💖💖
Thank you Olivia 💕 I didn't know to trim the flowers back...I stopped buying them because of the leggy look. I think I'll try them again since I now know to trim 😊 You have a beautiful home and a handsome husband; you make a very cute couple 😍
Olivia, Nice to meet your husband! He is a very lucky man.
Hello to both of you. So nice to meet your handsome husband. You two look amazing together. What a beautiful lamp you created, you have the absolute best ideas. I love the way you reuse items that you already have. Definitely going to be making one for my patio area. I found a beautiful lampshade awhile back that was too pretty to leave at the thrift store. It's a soft pink with tiny satin roses around the bottom edge. I'm going to use s whine bottle for my base & add some fairy lights in the bottle a- long with the solar yard stake like you did. Alot of my petunias came back this year Wich surprised me beacuse we had the most snow & ice that my town has ever had. Yesterday I was so excited to see that the black ones came back in my backyard planters. I didn't know to trim them back but will be doing that as well. I use Miracle Grow Bloom booster every 3 weeks & I get amazing results. More flowers & much more vivid color out of all my plants. Your yard & porch look GORGEOUS. Would love to see Josh in some videos. Thank you so much for all that you share Olivia, you have been such a blessing to me. I'm so thrilled to have discovered your channel. Many blessings to you and your beautiful family.🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹
OLIVIA I ABSOLUTELY LOVE YOU....YOU ARE SO "REAL" AND DOWN TO EARTH. I LOVE YOUR CHANNEL AND GET SO EXCITED WHEN YOU'VE UP LOADED A NEW VIDEO. YOUR DIY'S ARE AMAZING AND YOUR TALENTS ARE AMAZING. ONE QUESTION: HOW DOES JOSH HANDLE ALL THE PINK, AND FRILLY HOME DECOR? PLEASE DON'T STOP MAKING THESE AMAZING DIY'S. YOU INSPIRE ME SO MUCH.
Hello darling Sandi, I asked him and he says he is proud of me. It is not his first decor choice but he loves me and I spoil him. Love you bunches darling! Big hugs and sparkles, xoxo
I don't know where you live but I am in No. Ca. and it is very hot here. 100* plus days in the summer. I grow lavender also. I recently split apart as was too big. I have in a 16 in. pot. Well it came back just as big as before. It is huge. Granted there are many different lavenders but I am pretty sure if yours grows and thrives, both will be outgrowing the planter you placed them in. Good for you giving those petunias a second chance!! You grow girl!!
That lamp gave me so many ideas and your garden is so pretty
Yes, I have had Petunias comes back. Years ago I bought a hanging pot of Wave Petunias. The next spring I noticed little baby Petunias sprouting on the ground underneath the shepherd's hook where the Petunias had hung the summer before. For about eight years those Petunias multiplied and created this beautiful wall of color in my flowerbed every year. Then as quickly as they came, they were gone. I have a few strays still coming up in pots this year and one in the seam of the driveway. I miss my wall of color, though!! The original volunteers, I'm sure, came from seeds that dropped. After that some of the plants were almost like shrubs and would survive the winter in the flowerbed.
I just LOVE watching you, Olivia, I wish you were my neighbor! Not just for your skills, but your whole demeanor suggests true southern hospitality and grace. Keep ‘me coming!! Have a blessed day!
Good morning lovely Johanna! Awww, I wish you were my neighbor! I do so enjoy Southern hospitality! I have been known to bake for my neighbors, lol. Happy crafting and decorating darling. Big hugs and sparkles, xoxo 💖🌷🌿🙏🎀☕💕
The lavender will bounce back really well, it's drought tolerant, so lots of Sun is good. Trim it back hard before winter if you want to keep it as a small shrub as they can grow really big. Love your garden 💖💖
And they are so fun to shape into the perfect mound at the end of the season!
The Bird you hear
is a Morning Dove.. great videos XD
That's what I was going to say... We have a few mated pairs around our house, and they come to our backyard every morning because my mother feeds the birds.
Yes, it is a Mourning Dove. I have a bird feeder on my deck, and they flock to the feeder several times a day. They sit on the deck railing and make the whoooo-whooo-whoo call. Love them!
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Thanks for the inspiration! I need to go to Wal-Mart to perhaps rescue some flowers! 😊😊😊
Nice to meet you, Mr.
Such a blessing today to see you planting and meeting your handsome husband! You are two beautiful people!! FYI - lavender doesn't like a lot of water.
You are so smart! Love the lamp. Please do more garden videos. So relaxing. Enjoy your channel so much.
Awww, Mary, I hope to do more garden videos for you all!~ Love you bunches, Hugs and sparkles, xoxo
I can't WAIT to see more garden/porch diys! We've been working our HINEYS off ever since Friday {it's now Thursday and we are STILL not through} but while HE'S doing the hard stuff like mowing and weedeating and burning leaves and clipping limbs, etc... While I'M trying to make everything pretty. Boyyyy, this year is really hard. It rained sooooo much over the last several months and our yard tends to hold water like crazy so our poor yard felt like the "National Forest". 😂 But with all that rain, not only did the grass and weeds go nits, but my flower bed and my cactus 🌵 bed were both just..... LORDYYYY I don't even know how to describe it. You literally could NOT EVEN see the BIG ROCKS that bordered them. But there were so many leaves in them both and a lot of the good soil that I BOUGHT and put in them last year because I kept seeing the bulbs and roots to my elephant ears but soooo much of it just went away. Where in the WORLD did it go? 😱 Lol and my 🌵 cactus bed..... We brought all of those home from the deer lease way out in the desert 🏜 of West Texas and THEY literally grow on big o piles of rocks. So I'm surprised they even survived at ALL. {some of the smaller ones didn't 😢} but I put a TON of rocks and then that good dirt in that bed to bring it up higher {it actually used to be one of those ponds that people put in their yards.... It was already here} so I'm having to really harden the bed of it well so those cactus 🌵 will grow pretty.{I never knew they actually bloomed flowers until I saw them all at the deer lease} ok... I'll shuddup now. I had just re-watched this video, looking for some more ideas so that's what made me wanna ask for MORE OUTSIDE diys!!! 😘 Love you sparkly dumplin! 💕
Lavender like full sun with almost desert like conditions and no standing water..a little water. Love the yellow tiger lilies!
Oh girl, thank you! It is in a desert spot but prob got too much rain with the storms yesterday! Love you bunches, xoxo
I have a hootie-owl too. 🦉He sings at night and I find it soothing. I like planting mint in pots. Ice tea with mint leaves. So good. Thanks for the garden tips. I would enjoy more of these type videos.
Very nice of you to introduce your husband.....he is very handsome and you make a lovely couple!!!!!!
My grandmother used to have tons of garden beds every year. She passed away in 2004. My father cleaned out all her beds. To this day we still have rouge petunias that pop up all over the yard. I dig them up and put them in front of my house.
Oh my goodness, that is so awesome! What a lovely way to leave behind some garden beauty and for you to honor her. Love you bunches. Hugs and sparkles, xoxo
The dollar tree solar lights didn't work very well for me. Not enough light so I bought some for .97 at Walmart and they put out a lot more light.😊
Hello Nancy, thank you so much for this information! Happy crafting! xoxo
Oh my goodness, how awesome to see Mr. Romantic sitting on the love seat with you. It is so sweet how you guys smile when you look at each other. And what is it with guys and being able to sit down for a couple of minutes and fall asleep?? I am always so jealous when my hubby does that. Sometimes I will give him the death glare for a couple of minutes to see if he is going to wake up, but it doesn't seem to bother him at all, he sleeps right through it. 😂😂 I usually just go on with what I am doing, unless I am being a little bit naughty. When that mood strikes, I will climb on the mower and start it up - that will bring him out of a deep sleep right quick and in a hurry. He hates for me to mow the lawn. Not sure why - something about cutting it down to the roots.
Love seeing that I am not the only one who heads straight for the discounted section of a garden center! Most of the plants will be fine if you just baby them for a week or so. I usually deadhead and cut my annuals back about 3 weeks before a big party, that seems to be the sweet spot for them to be in bloom again.
Love the idea of covering the cushions with a shower curtain, I think I will try that. We have so many birds around our place and they are always dropping little gifts on our lawn furniture. If I cover them like that it should be easy enough to take it off before guests come over so they don't have to clean the seat off before they can sit down. I will probably just use duct tape to hold them in place, I am too lazy to work with the garter thingies.
I am hopeful we will finally have a nice weekend and we can get some more yard work done - so sick of wind and rain. We are having grandkid sleepovers, but I figure they can help me weed and plant some of the flower beds. I consider that a win-win situation. My tired ole body doesn't have to do all of it and they get to play in the dirt and then be able to watch what they planted bloom and grow over the summer.
Hope you have a wonderful weekend Olivia. Sending love and prayers your way, Diana
Everything is awesome and creative. Awesome looking couple my God Bless
Good morning!!!! Drinking coffee enjoying ur video......wow luv the lamp project and I have that shade in that size and smaller ones
I use on my chandeliers........luv Mr. Romantic snoozing!!!!
☕Good morning Lily!! Time for coffee. The lamp was soooo fun and easy. Happy crafting, have a lovely day! Xoxo ☕💖🌹💕💋
Thanks Olivia, I love doing outdoor crafts ! My brain is always on overload and I love doing trash to treasure D iY's. Luckily, I've got to enjoy my flowers a little longer out here in Las Vegas, we had a unusual cool and wet May 🥀🌾. I'm a Desert Rose , and have always loved the Desert too !! 🌵🌅
Hello lovely Joanna! My brain is always on overload too, lol! I bet the Vegas landscape is fun to work with. Happy planting and crafting. Big hugs and sparkles, xoxo
It was lovely to meet Mr Wonderful. I love your videos. I wish I had your knack for making crafts. My mother was the oldest of 12. She was an amazing artist, played the piano by ear at the age of 5 and her house looked like you were walking into a magazine. All of her siblings also have art of some kind in them but I never got it gene. Thank you for making it look so easy and thank you for using items from the dollar store.
Oh Shannon, you are so kind. Thank you and bless you so much for your sweet visit with me! Wishing you so much JOY! Big hugs and sparkles, xoxo 🌞🍰🐇💗🙎♀️🏡💟😘🐱👄😍☕
Top of the morning dear Olivia
Welcome Mr Wonderful!!!
What a great couple you two make, loving all the new DIYS.
Those petunias are pretty awesome, I'm so Happy about the herbal garden, too
The lamp is soo cute and useful, and those tiger lilies are beautiful, your garden is so beautiful and peaceful That's why mr wonderful is taking a nap lollipop
Thank you for sharing your time with mr wonderful it feels like we are part of your lovely family.
I enjoyed my visit with you and mr wonderful, always a pleasure hearing about all the new DIYS that you have for us.
Have a great day with your family
Hugging you with all my heart my dear friend, hugs and blessings 💗💕👭💕💗
Good morning darling! Awww, thank you adn bless you from the bottom of my heart! I just adore you and your sweet visits with me lollipop! Wishing you a day of the sweetest JOY! Big hugs and sparkles, xoxo ☕🎀🌿💖🌸🌷🙏
I love all your garden ideas I never thought of mixing real and fake flowers together they look amazing together,the lamp is also a really cute idea,I also love petunias and how you keep them from getting leggy,I'm going to try some of these myself thanks so much for sharing , You and your husband make a really cute couple ,sending blessings to you both.
Olivia, everything looks so beautiful. Something to see all around. I really like the idea of using a shower curtain and those straps for a quick outdoor cushion cover. That's on my to do list. I think it's so rewarding to get plants on clearance that have not had good care and bring them back to life. It's therapeutic . So glad to meet you Josh. You have a very sweet and lovely bride and I'm sure you are kind hearted as well. Y'all make a beautiful couple. Send GA some of that rain. lol Pastures and crops need it bad here. We are actually in a moderate drought but God knows what He's doing. Blessings sweet friend.
Just a tip, lavender likes to be somewhat dry so don't over water. It's also a perennial so at the end of summer plant them in your garden bed.
I worked at garden centers for 14 yrs and have been gardening for 30+ yrs & believe me you can cut back Knockout Roses anytime. The double red can get 6 ft tall so I whack mine down by half.🌹🌹🌹
Whooo hooo! So good to know! It was getting crazy already, lol. Love you sweetie, xo 🌹🌹🌹💋😚💖
Hey lady the landscape is looking great! Your doing such a good job getting ready for summer. I would like to pass on some grandma info that I was given years ago...if you have a plant such as lemon balm, mint, lavender, oregano, sage that will take over your whole garden area, plant it in a pot (yeah, I know, I thought she was crazy also) then dig a hole to put your pot into the ground. Cover withbmulch just like the rest of the garden and it keeps the roots bound to that size pot. Therefore it will not take over the entire garden space. She used to plant her strawberries this way also. Thanks for your videos! Have a great weekend!!! XO
Amazon sells a light bulb with a solar sensor built in for very little money if you don’t want to go the permanent route. Such a beautiful vignette . You’re always so creative and innovative with your designs. Thanks
Great ideas! TFS. Definitely have an outdoor lamp in the works! Hugs to you dear, sweet, beautiful lady.
I love your flowering garden. From the big rocks,roses bushes,petunias all of it!! Can’t wait to see how it flourishes ! I want some lavender so bad, think I am going to grab some. Thanks for all the tips I learned a lot.....
I planted lavender a few years back and it has grown into a huge bush! It gives off a beautiful smell and also keeps some bugs away. You have a beautiful english garden. I love it!!
Hello darling Beth! Awww, bless you! So, I really need to space out the two plants and give them more room. I appreciate your tips so much! Happy planting. hugs an sparkles, xoxo
Appreciate your tips! I always pick up sale plants! My Lowe’s does have a clearance area, sometimes they have mixed baskets. I take them apart and tenderly repot, the individual plants.
I always buy the scraggly looking petunias. I just cut mine back today. Yes it is hard to cut the flowers off! You have me several ideas for my patio! I'm on the 4th floor and have a huge patio filled with lots of plants. It was fun to see Mr. Romamtic. 💗
I enjoyed your beautiful Garden spots. I love petunias too- they are they only flowers that lasted all summer long for me. Tell Mr. Romantic thanks for stopping by...or snoozing by ;-)
Barby , yes! My favorites too bc they survive my lazy garden ways and stay pretty for months. Hahahah yes, he was snoozing by, lol. Love you bunches, xoxo
Looks lovely. Nice to meet the man who supports your creative genius. Bless you both.
Thank you for the plant tutorial. I can not grow Petunias to save my life! I had no idea I was supposed to cut them back!!!!
Same ... was happy to see this!
Hello lovely lady. Your gardens and front yard look so charming. Mom loved petunias as well, and i bought some this year in memory of her. She's been gone for 6 months now. And it was so nice to see you share yours with us. I had no idea you could trim them back so much. Yours really did look so much healthier afterwards. So I will have to keep that hack in mind. Thanks so much for sharing your wonderful garden, as well as your tips on cutting back your roses, etc. Have a Blessed day. And tell mr. Wonderful it was great to see a husband not afraid to show himself. Haha. We appreciate all his contributions too.
Hello precious Deb, awww, so sorry to hear of your loss and what a sweet way to honor her. I am hoping my hubby will do a DIY with me on my channel, lol. Love you bunches sweet one. Big hugs and sparkles, xoxo
The dry flowers from the petunias have lots of tiny seeds. Save your seeds if you can.
I didn't realize that's something you can do.
Maybe that's what happened with the petunias coming back this year in the pot.
@@dloveofgod8269 Those seeds are super tiny but if you smush the old flower on top of a white sheet of paper you'll see those seeds.
@@shortiebop01 thank you!!! 🌸
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Yes, Olivia, I have had petunias come back in years following. My brother-in-law has some petunias that he's grown for years in a big cast iron pot - his mom had them and he does put the pot in a storage building through the winter, then brings it out in the spring. If you want an "annual" that comes back gloriously, try snapdragons. They self-seed and I have two "free pots" of snapdragons this year. They are in 2 completely different pots than they were planted in last year, so I'm assuming the wind blew the seeds into these pots but they are blooming and I may have to thin them!
You are a genuine home maker. I love the way you share all your sweet ideas with us freely and generously. God bless your family. 💖
Good morning beautiful friend. Thank you so much for your lovely words! Wishing you a day of the sweetest JOY! God bless you as well. Happy crafting! Big hugs and sparkles, xoxo ☕🎀🙏🌿🌷💖
Olivia's Romantic Home
Dear Sweet Olivia, I request you to read a comment I sent a couple of weeks ago, on your Beach craft, which you did a while ago.
My request was that you do some simple painting projects related to the new diy projects that you have on. E.g. with the garden, I would love it if you did a painting of flowers or garden. The reason is, your painting has simple steps and allows for people like me, who is not a painter, to build up courage to paint. I get inspiration from you. Lots of love. 😍
Yes, it was wonderful to finally meet Mr. Romantic, he is very handsome. I love your t-shirt "Coffee and Jesus" Yes, Amen. Love all the projects, you have inspired all of us!!
Thank you for the lamp idea ... I was totally in love with that. So nice to meet Mr. Romantic and would love to see him do some DIY’s with you. As always I love your channel and always excited for the newest video. Hugs
Good morning lovely MIssy!~ Awww, yay! I am trying to convince him, lol. Thank you and bless you so much for visiting me! Wishing you a day of the sweetest JOY! Big hugs and sparkles, xoxo 💕🌷🌸☕🎀🙏
Your yard and deck look amazing... I definitely loved this video...gave me all kinds of ideas. 💖💐💖
Olivia, you never disappoint! The outdoor lamp is adorable & so creative. Also noticed your cute paint brush holder! You remind me of my favorite designer, Alexandra Stoddard, because she believed in bringing a touch of beauty to every space.
Beautiful video. Mr Romantic could be a guest star on your channel 🤗
Good morning Johna!!!! Yes!!!! I agree! Now I have to convince him, lol!!! Thank you for your kind visit with me. Hugs and sparkles, xoxo
Olivia, Your lamp is so pretty, Your flower garden is so nice. Thanks FS I wished I got some lavender. It does smell so good.
Thank you and bless you so much for your kind words and visit with me!~ Wishing you a super sparkling day!~ xoxo 🌸💖💕😍💐
Love all of your ideas! So fun! I think that is a morning dove, not a owl, but I could be wrong.
Gail Freese that's what I thought too
Yes a dove not owl
Good morning Gail! We have always thought it was an owl...now I am intrigued! So Josh and I just listened to the morning dove sound and we think you are right!!!! How awesome!!!! Thank you so much for sharing this with me!! Big hugs and sparkles, xoxo 🌷🌸💖🌿🎀☕
Super video. It was nice to meet your hubby and as always I enjoyed the video . I wish I had a green thumb lol I may try some petunias. Thanks for sharing.... Love, hugs and kisses Sherry Peace 😘✌💜
Good morning lovely Sherry! Awww, so happy to visit with you! My green thumb is hit or miss, lol. Wishing you a gorgeous day darling! Big hugs and sparkles, xoxo 💖🌸💕🌷❤☕🎀🙏
Nice to meet Mr. Romantic! He is a blessed man! Loved everything
Awww, Karen, you are so sweet darling! Love you bunches, big hugs and sparkles, xoxo
I loved all your outdoor DIY’s. Your garden is simply beautiful!!!!! Great deal on the Petunias 🌸 I myself used to have a beautiful garden. It was my pride and joy, but I unfortunately lost it; along with my house and everything else in Katrina. I never really recovered from it, but I hope maybe one day I’ll have a garden again🌺 I’m happy for you because I can see the joy that your garden brings to you💗 Take care and have a wonderful day🎀
Love the pink flowers.
I love your flowers garden, I have the knock out roses as well, I think I’m going to have to trim it too. I need to check out my local Walmart for those planet on clearance. Thanks for sharing.
💕omgoodness oliviaaaaa...i luv that lamp idea..i had passed up sooo many nice lamp bases with no idea how to use them...now i know!!!👍🏿
Greetings to you and your husband. Watching the new video made me wish we had a porch or garden. You always make everything inviting and lovely, Olivia. Thank you and much love.💝🌹🌸💝
I love lilies I have a ton! And I live in Vermont and it gets cold and I have had petunias come back before! I love my petunias to! Yr gardens are beautiful I am a big garden person to I think they are so pretty! I love fresh flowers! Awh my biggest pet peeve at my old house was people would walk by and pick my flowers! A couple yrs ago before we moved when we bought our house someone really dug up my rose bushes 2 pink ones and stole them out of my front yard! Yr so creative I love all yr diys! My husband like to nap also lol
Oh my goodness, that is crazy, I think my peaches were interesting to the neighbor kids, lol. My hubby snores too, lol. It is so funny!!! Love you bunches. Hugs and sparkles, xoxo
TFS! I love that you get videos out early enough so I catch before work! Yes, Josh (Mr Romantic) to do some DIYs! One of many reasons I love your channel is reuse, repurpose and inexpensive ideas that look expensive! 👍👍👍👍👍☮️❤️🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸ps-our Spring has been unseasonably rainy, cold and slow to start! I’m so surprised to see your Tiger Lilies in full bloom! I just have greenery no buds!!! 🥶 I planted lavender last year (2 varieties) haven’t seen it yet but again, slow start I’ll keep u posted on that
Good morning lovely Sue! Yes, my tiger lillies are going crazy we have had so much rain and sun!!!!! Crossing my fingers I do not kill my lavender, lol. I am working on convincing Mr. Romantic to do some DIYS on my channel, he is soooooo good at building and fixing things!!!! Happy crafting and decorating darling Love you bunches, xoxo
The wave pink petunias will come back ! Especially if they have been protected from winter cold ,like in pots instead of the ground! Mine did this from last year!
Olivia, your garden is so pretty and cozy. It was so cute introducing your husband. He is handsome. I plan on decorating my porch, cant wait to put some pretty flowers out there. Loved hearing the owl and the birds.
Nice to meet your other half. What would we do without our loving, making our home decor, gardening & every job we can’t do without our better half? Beautiful couple!
I have a tip for you with your flowers if you put your coffee grounds & egg shells grind them up fine( egg shells) put them in your flowers they will be so pretty also I water my flowers once a week with banana peel water I take banana peels put them in a gallon milk container and add water than just water once a week I sat it outside so the peels break down more. Let me know if you try this tip and if it works for you.
Love watching your channel keep all the crafts coming. 💕💐
I love this so much the lil solar lamp is so cute!Ty for sharing all your ideas,ive been looking for these kinds of ideas!! Have a lovely day your videos really inspire me!! 🍃🚲🎀🌸❀❀🚰❀❀🌸🎀🚲🍃
Good morning beautiful friend! Yay! So very pleased to hear you are inspired! Happy planting and crafting. Big hugs and sparkles, xoxo 🙏🎀☕❤🌷💕🌸💖
It looks so simple and tasteful ,very nice
Omg! I love your DIY outdoor lamp. I will definitely try it.
That first lamp makeover would look great in our gazebo. Loved your video.
Olivia thank you for being so inspiring ! I started watching this yesterday. I pressed pause went straight out and planted a couple flowers I had bought over the weekend. Next day and I just got on and finished and now heading outside again to do some more yard work and decorating. I have that flag as well !
Carol yay! I am so happy for you! Happy gardening! Thank you and bless you so much for visiting me! Big hugs and sparkles, xoxo 😍😘🌻☕
Your garden is looking amazing. Petunias are one of my favorites and the pink ones very pretty. Love the lamp idea also. Very creative. TFS.
Good morning Karen!~ Thank you so much sweet friend! Wishing you a day of the sweetest JOY! Hugs and sparkles, xoxo 🌷🌷❤☕🎀🙏
I had mine come back the only thing the flowers were smaller. Hope your lavender does well.
Love your porch and yard. That solar lamp is stellar. It was so nice to meet Mr. Romantic. You make such a cute couple. 🥰 Blessings and sparkles...
Olivia, thank you for making each one of us feel like family. It was nice to meet Mr.Romatic. Your ideas are wonderful.
Lovely. Enjoyed everything. Nice to "meet" your husband :). I too have a small iron table which is about 30 years old, mine needs painting :) a light bulb went off with your LED/solar light in your lamp---i have some lanterns out back i'm thinking of getting a couple of the LED/solar lights from Dollar Tree and putting them inside the lanterns! Thanks for the wonderful ideas!
Petunias are an annual ...however they do reseed themselves! I've also had marigolds and geraniums reseed themselves and come up the following spring. One other tip ...did you know that you can plant your petunia trimmings directly into the ground (remove the flowers and keep the leaves on the cuttings), if you keep them watered they will root (which takes about one week) and you'll have lots of new petunia plants for free!
What a gorgeous porch and yard! Thanks for sharing!
Very helpful! I'm embarrassed to say that I didn't know I could trim back leggy petunias. Thank you!
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Good morning pretty lady!
Good morning lovely Nancy! I am having coffee with you too darling! Wishing you a day of the sweetest JOY! Big hugs and sparkles, xoxo
Great diys and loved the flowers
Good morning Olivia! It's so nice to wake up to your video watching you doing flower gardening! You and your husband are a lovely couple! Love your lamp so much and the bench planter! Have a blessed day!
Good morning sweet Yolanda!~ Awwww, thank you so much! Wishing you a gorgeous day darling! Big hugs and sparkles, xoxo 🌷🌸💖🌿🎀😍☕
Beautiful yard love everything you have done! Loved the lamp idea !
Good morning lovely Desarae!~ Awwww, yay! Thank you and bless you for your kind visit with me! Wishing you a day of the sweetest JOY! Big hugs and sparkles, xoxo
Hello Olivia! Love your channel and get a lot of inspiration. Tell your Mr Romantic we are glad to meet him and we won't bite! I have a Mr Romantic too, and also pretty shy.
I saw your recover of your sofa yesterday and it made me think of my fav decorate on a dime tip. I use king size flat sheets! You can use them for wall paper, then make matching pillows etc to bring the room together. I wish I had a pic of my bedroom before I took it down. But picture a lovely muted rose large print in pinks and minty greens. Then I put a scarf across the top on some drapery pull backs. I was lucky, I had a piece of fabric that did the job perfectly. Hope you can use it.
A romantic at heart,
Aimee
When I put lavender in a container last year it died. So this year I’m putting it in the ground. So hopefully it will live longer 😬 basil however will grow anywhere 😁 got to love lilies, they are so easy and beautiful! 💓
Yes! I thi k it would be so cool for Mr. Romantic to do so DIY's. I love when my hubby gets involved with my DIYs.
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Thank you so much! Big hugs and sparkles, xoxo
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