Garden Markers Tutorial

Yesterday I blogged about my fun garden markers I created.  Well, today, I thought I'd create a tutorial in case some of you wanted to make some too.

Materials:  (1) wooden kitchen spoons, (2) spray paint, (3) pictures of fruit and veggies in your garden - I labeled mine before printing, (4) Mod Podge, (5) foam brush, and (6) polyurethane sealer.

Step 1:  Spray paint wooden spoons.  I purchased mine at Wal-mart.  They came in a set of five or six for about $2.

Step 2:  Using a foam brush, apply pictures to spoons.  Add several coats of Mod Podge.

Step 3:  Spray polyurethane sealer.

Step 4:  Label your garden.

Happy Gardening!

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Robin Egg Wreath Tutorial

This weekend, I put together a Robin Egg Wreath.  It literally took about 5 minutes, so I'm slightly embarrassed to create a tutorial.  However, I'm going to give it a whirl.

Step 1:  Collect the following materials (plain wreath, one strand of fake flowers, zip ties, fake bird nest, fake robin eggs, glue gun, and scissors).

Step 2:  Using the zip ties, attach one end of the strand of fake flowers to the wreath.  Twist the remaining end around the rest of the wreath, and secure the second end with another zip tie.

Step 3:  Trim the zip ties.

Step 4:  Attach the bird nest by sliding the zip tie underneath part of the nest and securing it to the wreath.  I attached the nest over the other zip ties I already used to attach the fake flowers.  This helped to hide all the zip ties.

Step 5:  Trim away the zip tie.

Step 6:  Hot glue the robin eggs to the nest.

Step 7:  Hang on your front door and enjoy your new wreath.

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Tuesday's Tutorial

Last Monday, I featured these adorable bird nest decorations.

The idea for these bird nest plaques came from the catalog Country Door.  As promised, here is a quick tutorial of how to make them.

Step 1:  Purchase 2 wood plaques.

Step 2:  Paint the outside of the wooden plaques.

Step 3:  Cut music sheets to fit slightly inside the 2 wooden plaques.  Several people have asked...I found the music sheet paper on E-bay.

Step 4:  Ink the outside of the music sheets to give them a semi-antiqued look.

Step 5:  Using Mod Podge, attach the music sheets to the plaques.  Let dry.

Step 6:  Using a paper towel, lightly apply a brown paint to the sides of the plaques.  With a clean paper towel, wipe off excess paint.  This will continue the semi-antiqued look.

Step 7: Hot glue bird nests to the front of the plaques.  I purchased my bird nests (instead of making them) from Wal-mart.

Step 8:  Hot glue the bird eggs to the inside of the nests.

Step 9:  Paint the bird nests a light blue to match the outside of the plaques.

Step 10:  Using a stencil brush, blot brown paint onto the blue eggs.

Step 10:  Display and enjoy!

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Tuesday's Tutorial

Last week, I featured my funky and chunky rings (made with $4.50 worth of materials), and I promised a Tuesday Tutorial.  I'm slightly embarrassed to be creating a tutorial because it is so easy.  Oh well.  Here is the scoop.

STEP 1:  Collect these materials (1) pendant, (2) adjustable ring base, (3) super glue.  My pendant came from Michael's for $3.99.  They have a huge selection, so I would certainly recommend trying them if you have one nearby.  While you're there, pick up a pack of ring bases.  Mine was a pack of 8 (with different finishes) for $3.99.  Then, you need your basic super glue.  I think mine was called "Krazy Glue."

STEP 2:  Apply super glue to the back of the pendant.

STEP 3: Place ring base over the super glue, and hold in place until it dries (less than 2 minutes).

STEP 4: Wear that beauty and smile for all the compliments you receive!

Tuesday's Tutorial

Last week, I posted one of my favorite projects to date.

As promised, here is the quick and simple tutorial.

**Sorry, I forgot to take pictures of each of the steps.

STEP 1:  Download, print, and cut out the attached drawing of a deer head.  Click here is the drawing.

STEP 2:  Iron some sort of adhesive to your chosen fabric.  I used Wonder Under, but freezer paper would work too.

STEP 3:  Trace and cut out the deer head from the adhesive paper and fabric.

STEP 4:  Peel the adhesive paper away, and iron the deer head onto the onesie.

STEP 5:  Using a coordinating thread, straight stitch around the deer. 

STEP 6:  Add a bow to one of the deer head antlers.