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I had so much fun trying Miracle-Gro last year that I had to share their new project with you.

Have you heard about The Gro Project  from  Miracle-Gro ? The Gro Project is a new way for gardeneers to share fun garden projects with one another. Awesome projects include the Toyarium, Ukulele Garden, Origami Garden, G.Y.O.B. and the Thrown Down.

The first project that I would like to try is the super neat looking Origami Garden.

Needed Supplies:

scissors and Glue
cardboard
a sturdy rope (such as polyprop rope)
metal ring for hanging
a small plant
Miracle-Gro Moisture Control Potting Mix
Miracle-Gro Shake 'n Feed Plant Food
 

To make the holder you simply use the origami template to draw a polygon on a piece of cardboard and then cut it out. After that fold the cardboard as instructed and glue the overlapping pieces together. Follow the macrame instructions to knot the hanger while the glue on your holder is drying. Then fill a light pot with potting mix and add your plant to it. Once your origami planter is dry, place your potted plant in it. Easy, yet detailed instructions (with photos) for making both the holder and the outer macrame section are available on the Scotts' site.

It's always a great idea to visit Miracle-Gro online. It features a large library of articles and videos with expert gardening tips and online tools. You can utilize these to help solve common garden problems and find the right products to keep a healthy and beautiful garden.
 

I totally recommend following the Miracle-Gro Pinterest page. It's a great place for gardeners to come together and share gardening stories and tips with each other.

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This post is for The Film Experience’s Hit Me With Your Best Shot series. This series concerns choosing a shot from a current film that has been chosen and sharing why it’s your favorite shot and/or in some way important to you.

The Talented Mr. Ripley was released in the late 90′s. While I don’t think that the 90′s are a particularly important time for movies in general it was important to me. It was in the mid 90′s, as a pre-teen, that I realized how much movies meant to me. Prior to that I wasn’t old enough to care about any movie that wasn’t just pure fun, a drama like this wouldn’t have appealed to me. Luckily I grew up.

The Talented Mr. Ripley is a long, yet fascinating film about sociopath Tom Ripley (Matt Damon) who is adept at studying and mimicking others. He uses this to his advantage when during happenstance he meets a rich father who hires him to bring his fun loving son who has traveled abroad back to the US. The man assumes that he went to school with his son due to what he is wearing and sensing an opportunity he doesn’t disabuse him of the notion.

He studies up on the son, Dickie Greenleaf’s (Jude Law), interests to figure out how to endear himself to him after arranging a faux meet cute. The only thing that I really find silly about the film is that Damon isn’t really considered one of the beautiful people (hence he wears glasses, ah!).

At any rate, there are many important moments in the movie. However Tom often seems to wear a blank expression during key moments, which are what I often go for. Despite this it was still difficult to choose a scene.

I chose the above scene as at this point in the movie he is going back and forth between playing Ripley and playing Dickie Greenleaf. To me it seems as if he’s looking in the mirror to see which he is playing at.

I also almost chose this last scene which is amazing but probably pretty obvious.

and just for fun…

gratuitous, shirtless Jude Law

If you are an Amazon Prime member you can watch The Talented Mr. Ripley for free, otherwise you can rent it from them by clicking here.

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Hit Me With Your Best Shot: Moulin Rouge
Hit Me With Your Best Shot: Beauty and the Beast
Hit Me With Your Best Shot: Bring It On
Hit Me With Your Best Shot: Edward Scissorhands
Hit Me With Your Best Shot: Peggy Sue Got Married
Hit Me With Your Best Shot: Showgirls

Happy Mother’s Day!

Yes, it’s Mother’s Day so I couldn’t help but think of this hilarious SNL video from 2009, starring Andy Samberg, Justin Timberlake, Susan Sarandon and Patricia Clarkson. You can read more about it on the official The Lonely Island site.

P.S. This is the uncensored version.

4 out of 5 stars

(Note that clicking through and making a purchase via the links in this review or the widgets at the end of the review will yield a commission for missemmamm.com)

This Raspberry Fields gartered bustier was provided to me free of charge from EdenFantasys in exchange for an honest review.

Packaging
This bustier comes in a simple plastic packaging. Two tags are attached. The first is a standard tag showing a model wearing it. The other mentions that a proceed of Coquette’s Spring/Summer collection will be going towards The Save the Ta-Tas Foundation to fund breast cancer research.

Sizing
This bustier comes in sizes small, medium, large, xl and 1X/2X. I usually wear a size large in Coquette clothing so I chose a large in this. According to the Coquette size chart a large should fit someone who wears a size 12-14 with a C bust that is 38-40″, a 28-32″ waist and 38-42″ hips.

This bustier closes up the back with 17 eye hooks. It also offers four different closures width wise, like a bra may. The actual unstretched measurements of this bustier closed on the tights hooks is 28″ bust, 26″ underbust, 26″ waist and 29″ hips. On the widest hooks the unstretched measurements are 29″ bust, 28″ underbust, 28″ waist and 32″ hips. There are also non-detachable garters on the front of the bustier which are about 9″ long.

I wear a size large or 10-12 in women’s clothing with a size 36C bust. I had to wear it on the widest closure for it to fit comfortably. I’m not used to doing hooks up the back of a bustier. I’ve only had pull on, lace up or zip up ones in the past. To put it on I had to hook it all of the way up and pull it over my head. As with the Wetlook halter top dress, I found the cups of this bustier to be a bit large. However I would not size down on it because it definitely would not fit me in the waist if I did so.

Material Care & Information
This chemise is made of 90% nylon and 10% spandex. It is supposed to be hand washed and hung to dry.

Experience
Upon receiving this bustier I was surprised at how well made it appears to be. This bustier features padded cups, plastic boning, detailed stitching and beautiful lace. It’s not exactly perfect for my body though. It is designed to pull you in at the waist, which is nice. However I don’t have much of a waist so after wearing it for a while it caused my hips to jut out a bit unappealingly.

I wore it out while running errands with the matching panties. You can see how it looks above with just the panties, a pair of jeans over it or with jeans and a shrug sweater.

I also wear a C cup and would say that the cups on this would work better for a D. I didn’t feel like I was completely filling them out, even when after adjusting the tie at the neck. That’s another issue. I wish that this closed with something a bit sturdier. The string that you tie at your neck to keep this up seems to be a bit flimsy in comparison to the rest of the piece.

All in all I find this bustier to be beautiful but not perfect for my body type. I think that it would look great on someone who is a cup size larger than me with a smaller waist.

You may also enjoy:
My Pretty Woman Chemise-a review on EdenFantasys of another piece from this line
Comfy, beautiful floral panty-a review on EdenFantasy of the matching panty from the same line
Fashion Review: MIB 3 Dress

P.S. Don’t forget that when shopping from EdenFantasys you can always use my code EX4 for 15% off of regularly priced items.

$32.99Raspberry Fields gartered bustier Bustier by Coquette Material: Lycra / Microfiber / Lace Buy from EdenFantasys

This product was provided free of charge to the reviewer.

$8.24Raspberry Fields panty Sexy panty by Coquette Material: Microfiber / Lace Buy from EdenFantasys

$19.49Raspberry Fields cut out chemise Chemise by Coquette Material: Microfiber / Lace / Stretch Buy from EdenFantasys

4 out of 5 stars

(Note that clicking through and making a purchase via the links to the dresses located in the review, the Men in Black 3 DVD link or the widgets at the end of the review will yield a commission for missemmamm.com)

Deciding on the Purchase
Last summer the Darque Desires Fetish Wear by Coquette line was released. It is full of super sexy wetlook pieces. Since then I’ve bought quite a few pieces. I originally only bought separates though. I was worried that trying to buy one of the dresses would end in disaster since it can be difficult to find a dress that fits correctly on both the top and bottom of my body. I kept coming back to the Wetlook halter top dress though. It just screams sexy.

After watching Men In Black 3 for the third time late last year I just knew that I had to get this dress. It totally reminds me of the dress that Nicole Sherzinger wears in the opening of the filming (as seen below). Technically her dress may be a bit more reminiscent of the Wetlook dress with molded cups but that one just looks too long for my 5’4″ frame.

Packaging

This awesome dress comes on a plastic hanger from Coquette with a clothing tag (featuring a model in the dress and care instructions) attached that is covered in plastic.

Sizing
This dress comes in sizes small, medium, large and extra large. I usually go with a size large when purchasing a Coquette piece. However after reading the past reviews on this dress about the cups running large I decided to go with a medium. SMichelle’s review was especially helpful.

I wear a size large or 10-12 in women’s clothing with a size 36C bust. That is why I would usually buy a large from Coquette. However I did size down and was super happy that I had done so. This dress in a medium seems to fit more like the Coquette sizing for a Medium/Large, which should fit a size 10-12 with a C cup, 36-40″ bust, 28-32″ waist and 38-40″ hips. Be advised that when you get this you will think, “oh no, this is too small!”. That’s how I felt when I saw it on the hanger. The original, unstretched measurements on the dress prior to my wearing it were 30″ bust, 26″ waist and 28″ hips. It stretches a lot though.

Material & Care Information
This dress is 80% nylon and 20% spandex. The inner tag says that it is to be handwashed only and hung to dry.

Ignore my “model” pose. I was a bit tipsy.

Experience
I ordered this in late December. When it showed up the weekend before New Year’s Eve I just knew that I had to wear it out for that holiday. I hadn’t originally planned to go out for NYE 2012/2013 but I was having a bad couple of weeks prior and it definitely seemed preferable to staying at home being annoyed.

when I tried it on the first day I found it easy to wiggle into. However the night that I was to wear it out I did need a little help getting it on because I was annoyed and drinking which led to being sweating (I know, ew!). Once on the dress stretched to fit wonderfully and accentuate my figure. This dress just pulls on. It doesn’t have any zippers or anything that you need to bother with when putting it on. The halter style neck ties at the back of the neck. I’m not crazy about this because the tie is very thin in the back so I think that it may eventually wear thin. Even with going down a size the bust still doesn’t scream “look at me I have cleavage”, unless I bend around different ways.

I found this dress to be just as comfortable to wear as my other pieces from Coquette’s wetlook line. I was easily able to dance all night long in this dress without becoming uncomfortable.

I haven’t worn this dress since New Year’s Eve just because it’s so flashy. So it is a bit difficult for me to find an occasion to wear it on. However I highly recommend it to anyone who wants to feel sexy and sassy for the night.

P.S. Don’t forget that when shopping from EdenFantasys you can always use my code EX4 fo4r 15% off of regularly priced items.

You may also enjoy:
Fashion Review: Second Skin Skirt-also from Coquette’s wetlook line
Fashion Review: Tell Me About It, Stud Wet Look Capris-also from Coquette’s wetlook line
Fashion Review: My 1st Bandage Dress

$37.49Wetlook halter top dress Mini dress by Coquette Material: Nylon / Spandex Buy from EdenFantasys

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