DIY Projects
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How to make a Botanical Pumpkin
Last year I took an everlasting wreath class at a local flower farm. It was my first time working with dried flowers and I was surprised by the colors and variety to choose from. Shortly after taking the class I went to a flower farm and cut many varieties of flowers to dry at home – strawflowers, gomphrena, celosia, amaranth, paper daisies, poppy pods, craspedia, dusty miller, etc. This year I was inspired to make a botanical pumpkin – it took 15 minutes and I really like the end result. It’s fun to be creative in a new way and I suggest you give this DIY project a try. Important…
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Create Your Own Gorgeous Seashell Wall Hanging
When I was a child I would go to “summer camp” at my Gram and Gramp’s house (my Mom’s adopted parents) and we would paint walking sticks, build bridges over streams, walk to the railroad tracks to look for rail spikes, and make seashell wall hangings. My grandparents traveled to Florida regularly so my Gram had a large seashell collection that we could pull from for our arts and crafts activities. Last summer I decided to make a seashell wall hanging for our new house – it was super fun and I absolutely love the end result. Here are step by step instructions if you want to make one yourself…
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How to make a Botanical Pumpkin
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DIY Mirror Refresh
I picked up this oval mirror on our Buy Nothing group a couple of weeks ago and started to think about all of the different fun colors I could paint it. My daughter and I headed to the local hardware store and purchased a sample size quart of Benjamin Moore Neptune Green. Below are step by step instructions on what you need and how to do your own DIY mirror transformation project. Supplies: Foam paint brush (I needed two since my daughter and I did this together) Paint color of your choice Painter’s tape Newspaper or paper to cover the mirror (optional) Sand paper – I used 300 grit Damp…
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How to make a Botanical Pumpkin
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Expanded Garden Project 2021
One of our goals for 2021 was to relocate our garden into a bigger space to free up the current garden area for the greenhouse we plan to build later this summer. Below are the steps we took to prepare the area for the new expanded garden – you could follow these same steps if you wanted to do a DIY garden yourself! Step One: Identify the area for your new garden – this should be an area that gets plenty of sunlight. It does not have to be level, although, that is ideal. Step Two: Clear the area of any growth or grass. The grass can be dug out…
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How to make a Botanical Pumpkin
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DIY Bonfire Pit
We transformed an overgrown section of forest into a special bonfire area for our family and found it was the perfect place to hangout with friends mid-pandemic. This is a super easy project that we did in a day for very little cost – you can follow the easy steps below to make one for your space. Supplies: 36 concrete pavers (https://www.homedepot.com/p/Pavestone-8-27-in-L-x-5-51-in-W-x-2-36-in-H-Heritage-Plaza-Rectangle-Buff-Concrete-Paver-300-Pieces-94-8-sq-ft-Pallet-60667/310128176) Weed mat (optional) Mulch (optional) Small rocks Medium rocks (optional, we used these: https://www.homedepot.com/p/MSI-Grey-Island-Beach-0-4-cu-ft-1-2-in-Bagged-Landscape-Rock-30-lb-bag-LHDPEBQGREISL30/311710886) Step One: Locate a level area to place your bonfire. Clear all of the ground cover from the area – or you can just place a weed mat over the ground to smother it.…
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How to make a Botanical Pumpkin
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Build Your Own Chicken Coop & Aviary
I am blessed to have a husband who is quite handy and is willing to tackle projects indoors and out. When we moved to our new home we knew we wanted to build a chicken coop and found plans online to use as a template. This coop currently houses six chickens, two ducks with a small pond, one mini rex rabbit, and four parakeets (yes, they can live outside year round and they have a heat pad and nesting boxes that are enclosed). Step One: Find a relatively level area to build your coop on and lay out the footprint of the coop. Step Two: If you’d like a concrete…
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