Category Archives: DIY home and garden craft projects

I can’t get enough of DIY garden craft projects and especially those that are inexpensive and involve repurposing items already in your yard. Come see what I have been up to! You can also see my DIY projects on Hometalk.

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  Make a Sussy (A small gift, given for no particular occasion other than love and friendship, usually not wrapped )

  Posted on January 6, 2019 by Barb in DIY home and garden craft projects, Recycled and repurposed items as garden art

  Do you save extra toiletries from your travels and wonder what to do with them? Create a little “Sussy” (definition : A small gift, given for no particular occasion other than love and friendship, usually not wrapped). What a nice way to lift a friend or neighbor’s spirits spending a little time and not a […]

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  DIY ~ Make Music Sheet Christmas Trees

  Posted on November 25, 2018 by Barb in DIY home and garden craft projects, Home decor, Recycled and repurposed items as garden art

    Recently, I saw some little Christmas trees made with just paper, a wooden dowel, a spool of thread and some buttons. I couldn’t find directions, so I fooled around and figured them out for myself. Here’s what I came up with so you don’t have to reinvent the wheel yourself! Aren’t they just as […]

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  Bed Springs Trellis

  Posted on July 25, 2018 by Barb in DIY home and garden craft projects, Recycled and repurposed items as garden art, Things that inspire me in the garden

    Trash pick’in happens unexpectedly! Sometimes I find the best stuff just cruising along minding my own business. Like this wonderful crib-size bed springs piece that was sitting out there leaning against a trashcan on my shortcut to the hardware store. Couldn’t just leave it there, now could I? So I hauled it home and […]

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  Cheesecloth Uses in the Garden ~ practical and recyclable

  Posted on June 1, 2018 by Barb in DIY home and garden craft projects, Things that inspire me in the garden

  Looking for a gardening material that is versatile, low cost, durable, reusable and can be composted? Try cheesecloth! With a multitude of uses, cheesecloth is handy to have around as you tend your garden. The #1 source of cheesecloth of all grades, bleached, unbleached and colored, is Cheesecloth.com . They provided me with a wonderful sample […]

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  Chalk Paint Magic ~ There’s Money in the Basement!

  Posted on January 28, 2018 by Barb in DIY home and garden craft projects, Home decor, Recycled and repurposed items as garden art, Things that inspire me in the garden

  True confession time!! I frequent local garage and estate sales and buy “projects” that I never seem to get around to. Do you, too? At the time that I buy them, these odds and ends seem like diamonds in the rough. Later, I realize that there isn’t any perfect spot in the house or I […]

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  Free Houseplants ~ Starting Begonias from a Leaf

  Posted on November 12, 2017 by Barb in Bringing the garden inside, DIY home and garden craft projects

  Does your friend have a beautiful Begonia that you would love to have, too? Ask her/him for a leaf with stem and start your own plant for free!     Just plunk that leaf’s stem into a jar with water and refresh the water once a week. Put the container in a window with lots […]

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  Decorate for Fall Naturally!

  Posted on October 22, 2017 by Barb in DIY home and garden craft projects, Home decor, Things that inspire me in the garden

  How do you decorate for Fall without spending a lot of money? Go natural! Find a good farm stand or farmer’s market nearby and purchase just a few select items to mix with your own garden abundance. For these window boxes, I only used one large ornamental Kale, one medium-sized pumpkin, four interesting colorful gourds […]

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  Wheelbarrow Water Feature

  Posted on September 23, 2017 by Barb in Bird sanctuaries, baths, feeders and more, DIY home and garden craft projects, Recycled and repurposed items as garden art, Things that inspire me in the garden

  Recently, a good friend gave me his parents’ vintage metal wheelbarrow! It was just what I needed to put together a water feature that I had been dreaming about making for awhile. If you have an old wheelbarrow that is water tight, consider making a Wheelbarrow Water Feature from it. Less mess and maintenance than […]

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  Flower Fairies

  Posted on July 19, 2017 by Barb in DIY home and garden craft projects, Things that inspire me in the garden

    Want to have some fun with the kids or grandkids or just amuse yourself on a summer day? Make Flower Fairies to leave around gardens for folks to find! Use a dried poppy seed pod or two and some acorns and fine-tipped permanent pens. Draw little whimsical faces on each one and, then the […]

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  Lamps with a Gardener’s Touch

  Posted on July 4, 2017 by Barb in Bringing the garden inside, DIY home and garden craft projects, Home decor, Recycled and repurposed items as garden art

  I’ve had a couple yard sale lamps on the potting bench in our garden room for sometime now. My intent was to find some wonderful shades to replace the stained and torn existing ones. But, do you know how much lamp shades cost? Especially the cute gardening themed ones, that I thought I wanted, were […]

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