HOw To BURLAP BARBED WIRE AND FLOWERS

My coworkers got some neat things for my birthday and I promised I'd show them on the blog. Of course by "me" they actually are really giving them to both of us to enjoy and always ask me to let them know what 2nd Man thinks. 

Burlap farm life wreath

First up, a very sweet person, "T", at my office made this wreath to use either in town or at the farm.  She makes and sells wreaths for all sorts of occasions and sports teams (and is really good at it) and she wanted to make one that was good for us at either place. She found the cow wall hanging and worked around that.  She used burlap and a cool ribbon with a chevron pattern to fill out the wreath.  We love it!

It's on the door at the apartment now but we may move it to the farm.  Not outside of course, we'd end up with birds (or worse, ha!) nesting in it. 

Barbed wire star

Then another very sweet coworker, "S", gave me this really neat vintage barbed wire "star" to hang at the farm.  Now this CAN go outside.  In fact, we already know exactly where we want it on the porch (but I forgot to take it to the farm Saturday!).  She also gave me this branch of flowers are from a bush in front of her house, the smell is amazing.  

I raved about it last year and now...

Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow plant

...she bought one for our very own!

It's called a "Yesterday/Today/Tomorrow" flower.  The flowers change from deep purple to lavender to white, all in three days.  It's already blooming and sitting on the porch ready to find the perfect spot to plant it.  It gets pretty large and the smell can be intense so we'll have to find the perfect spot.  Side note, hers survived just fine in our freeze so that's a good thing.  

Thank you "T" and "S" for your thoughtfulness!