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Garden Painting Projects
While I haven’t made much progress on the garden because of the wind, I manged to get the table and chairs repainted. I’ve decided to use the purple from the table on our bathroom vanity as well. I...
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Teacup Birdfeeder
Here’s another project I saw on Pinterest and wanted to reproduce. The main thing to note is that the original project used Melamine (hard plastic) plates instead of glass, ceramic/porcelain. These...
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Sweater Scarf
I saw this scarf on Pinterest and had to steal it. I love this scarf and I’ve made several already. They’re so easy, you don’t even need a sewing machine. At least, I never use them. You need: A old...
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Glass Garden Totems
These aren’t new, but I haven’t really had time or space to make them before. Now that I have a yard to decorate and I’ve planted roots, I can start doing things like this. I started with clear since...
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Colored Garden Totems
I finally got enough pieces together for my green and blue garden totems. I love how they add color to the yard without adding more plants to water (we live in a drought prone area, so conservation is...
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Just a quickie
This is a quick little project I’ve been meaning to do since last October. Super easy, just get a teacup and saucer and glue them together, add a hanger and you’ve got a birdfeeder. It’s also...
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Kitchen Island Redo
It seems like these blonde wood islands are everywhere and almost everyone hates them, but they’re cheap. We’ve had this one sitting in our greenhouse filled with board games for a couple years and it...
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Glass Birdfeeder
This project is about as easy as it gets, but it might take a little while to find the right components at the right price. I found this avon covered powder dish at our local thrift store and the...
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No Soliciting Sign
We have politicians come by and have had overly entitled Jehovah’s witnesses (they let themselves in and left pamphlets on the table) among other neighborhood issues (aka our meth addicted neighbor...
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Soda Bottle Planters
I thought these were adorable: I didn’t have any proper paint, but I mixed some of our leftover exterior paints to make colors for our kitties. I planted some green onions I grew from kitchen scraps...
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Happy Mother’s Day!
Happy Mother’s Day to all the mommas out there, including the ones with fur-babies! Hootie and Lucy haven’t presented me with anything as of yet, but I suspect they have something up their sleeves. My...
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Fairy House
I saw this project on Pinterest and felt like I could upgrade it. Great project for kids with the markers and stickers, but I wanted to break out the hot glue gun and use natural materials to make it...
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Ladybug Feeder
I used a busted bamboo wind chime so I only had to shape one side and drill a couple holes. Mine is a bit shorter than the original project but I think it’ll still work. Here’s what my project...
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DIY Oriole Feeder
I don’t have any oranges at the moment and I think the Orioles have already gone farther North but I’m ready when they come back when the weather gets cold. I’ve been using garden wire to hang orange...
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Bee Waterer
Everybody knows (or should!) that bees are vital to our food production and survival and most people have heard that they are in trouble. Bee populations are in decline, so we need as many bees as...
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Garden Hedgehog
I saw this on pinterest and thought it was cute. I’d have liked to put cactus or something spiky in it but I had perslane so he’s kind of a Rastafarian hedgehog. It was super easy, I’ll have to make a...
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Up-cycled Gazing Ball
I found this globe on the side of the road, it looks like it came off a street lamp or something. It’s plastic and yellowed and pretty ugly. I wanted to make it into a gazing ball with this mirror...
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Laundry Sack Potatoes
I had some extra potato plants this year and a broken mesh laundry hamper so I did a little experiment. They did really well until they got to the top of the hamper. One morning I found them toppled...
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