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Twigs, rustic salvage and found objects made into garden art - sound like something you like, too?

If it's rusty or rustic, weathered treasures gleaned from thrift stores and garage sales, or hand made crafts from natural materials in the hedgerows and roadsides; these are things that appeal to me - find out what is next...

May 01, 2025

Hypertufa Leaf; make your own leaves for fountains...

Create a Hypertufa Leaf (or two) and use them for fountains, to plant special little alpines or succulents in, or just as rustic garden decor

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Apr 30, 2025

Twig Obelisk - delicate vine support for your garden

How to build a Twig Obelisk for vines to grow on flanking steps, or for fairy lights on your porch; upcycling never felt so good...

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Apr 29, 2025

Craft Storage Cabinet - do it yourself resource center

DIY your own Craft Storage Cabinet using upcycled kitchen cabinets...

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Apr 28, 2025

Twig Fan Trellis; classic plant support with a rustic twist

Create a Twig Fan Trellis; a classic design, reinvented with a rustic twist for a unique and unusual garden focal point; create lots of these using the easy instructions...

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Apr 27, 2025

Rustic Clipart; twigs, hillbilly clip art, mandalas and more

Rustic Clipart runs the gamut from simple twigs to decorate your blog or book as a divider, to much more complex complicated mandala designs; find out how to get yours

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Apr 26, 2025

Felt Pet Replica - model of your pet in wool felt

What a great way to immortalize your pet in a custom made Felt Pet Replica...

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Apr 25, 2025

Rustic Garden Chair; a romantic & intriguing seat for your garden

Every garden needs a Rustic Garden Chair or two; seating areas to overlook a pond or in a quiet corner for reading, or just to listen to the wind in the trees, windchimes, birds singing; how blissful!

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Apr 24, 2025

9 Favorite Hypertufa Projects; memorable, appealing & unique

Here are my 9 Favorite Hypertufa Projects; some are tiny and quick to do, others are more detailed and finicky. All have succeeded beyond my wildest dreams...

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Apr 23, 2025

Antique Glass Insulators - collectible, vintage glass

Collectible Antique Glass Insulators have been around for ages; they grow in value every year

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Apr 22, 2025

Hypertufa Fissures; crags, crevices and cracks

Creating Hypertufa Fissures to plant hardy succulents into is a fun way to copy the cracks, crevices and craggs of a rugged mountainside; a home for hardy alpine plants...

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Apr 21, 2025

Mushroom Solar Lights; use your crystal and glass dishes and vases

Make your own Mushroom Solar Lights with a few basic ingredients; salvaged glass or crystal dishes from the thrift store and a recycled solar light and you have a unique accent

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Apr 20, 2025

Earth Day - make your garden art recycled and reused

Earth Day is coming up; what will you do to help Mother Earth? How about making some garden art out of junk and trash?

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Apr 19, 2025

9 Spring Projects - I've been busy

Looking back, I've been busy with these 9 Spring Projects that I've been working on...

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Apr 18, 2025

Rustic Garden Structures; what will your next project be?

Use a Rustic Garden Structure to give a charming ambiance to your garden; use branches and twigs, rustic salvage and upcycle them into unique and unusual garden projects...

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Apr 17, 2025

Rustic Painted Doors - make your door unique

Make a unique opening for your dwelling or shed; Rustic Painted Doors...

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Apr 16, 2025

Cold Porcelain Acrylic Painting - colors you love in this craft

Tips for coloring your craft...Cold Porcelain Acrylic Painting

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Apr 15, 2025

Rustic Garden Signs Gallery - get your favorite garden sign ideas here

Add humor and interest to your garden, and really put your special stamp on it; this Rustic Garden Signs Gallery has lots to choose from...

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Apr 14, 2025

Mandala Designs; complicated kaleidescope pictures

Simple patterns repeated over again to make a complicated kaleidescope picture; use these Mandala Designs for embroidery, coloring or for meditation

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Apr 13, 2025

Driftwood,twigs,sticks,vine, and lots of junk !

Birds on a fence to trigger some creativity

I am searching for ideas , something to get my creative flow going ! It's like writers block ! I live in a rural area in MO. on an acre and a half ! So

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Apr 12, 2025

Oil Can Planter - upcycling and reusing

Here's a funky bit of garden art diy, making an Oil Can Planter from a recycled tin can...

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Apr 11, 2025

Popes Pots Hypertufa; an article by Deb about her hypertufa creations

An article by Deb Pope about her hypertufa creations; troughs, containers and pots all made from that magical mix of concrete, peat moss and perlite...

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Apr 10, 2025

Painting Clouds - it's easier than you would think

Painting Clouds isn't as hard as it looks; the painting techniques I use are really simple - try it!

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Apr 09, 2025

My Favorite Thrift Store Finds - treasures in the rough

Here are some of my Favorite Thrift Store Finds - I love that feeling of glee when you spot something in the recycle center, knowing you can make it into a treasure...

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Apr 08, 2025

Rustic Craft Safety - stay safe, have fun

Rustic Craft Safety can mean the difference between having fun making garden crafts, or a trip to the emergency room; which would you choose?

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Apr 07, 2025

Chalkboard Paint - methods and techniques

Methods and techniques for making your own chalkboard using rustic materials and chalkboard paint...

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Apr 06, 2025

Vintage Watering Cans; galvanized zinc for my junk garden

Collect Vintage Watering Cans to display in your junk garden; these are one of the most often coveted thrift store finds...

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Apr 05, 2025

Garden Art Sign - rustic and recycled

Selling recycled rustic garden decor demands a special Garden Art Sign by way of illustration...

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Apr 04, 2025

Garage Sale Gleanings - buy or sell your own treasures

Treasures from yard sales - Garage Sale Gleanings...

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Apr 03, 2025

Birds Nest Under Glass - diy birds nest displayed with a cloche

Make some DIY birds nests, and display under a glass cloche for a Victorian style display...

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Apr 02, 2025

Faux Birds Nest in a Terracotta Pot - those birds will nest anywhere

Those birds will nest anywhere, even in a rustic Terracotta Pot, with a faux nest...

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Apr 01, 2025

Eggporeum Spring Cleaning; dusting off the cobwebs

The Eggporeum got a good spring cleaning; refreshing the display and adding some new and interesting junk finds gives it a new look...

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Mar 31, 2025

Hypertufa Finials - topping it all off

Simple to make - the toughest part is getting your nerve up to smash the mold off your Hypertufa Finial - a glass lamp globe...

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Mar 30, 2025

Rustic Elephants - every garden needs a pachyderm or two

Every garden should have a pachyderm or two, and these Rustic Elephants sure fit the bill...

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Mar 29, 2025

Twig Handles; use a wiggly twig or root to make handles for baskets

Twig Handles on totes, baskets, creels and boxes add so much charm and character; collect them from orchard prunings, landscape and garden plants, or find them wildcrafting in the woods...

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Mar 28, 2025

How to Make Cloud Shape Signs - garden signs

Tutorial on How to Make Cloud Shape Signs - give your garden something different...

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Mar 27, 2025

How to Make Hypertufa Look Old; weathering and aging techniques

A rustic garden art tutorial...How to Make Hypertufa Look Old

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Mar 26, 2025

Tin Can Buckets for a primitive country appeal

Tin Can Buckets add lots of primitive country appeal to your decor; make at least one...

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Mar 25, 2025

Hypertufa Millstone - my largest garden feature yet

Making this Hypertufa Millstone took a bit of work, and two batches of my regular hypertufa mix to get enough to fill the mold...

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Mar 24, 2025

Hand Painted Garden Signs - witty and whimsical

How to make Hand Painted Garden Signs with witty and whimsical sayings and quotes...

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Mar 23, 2025

Hypertufa Grots; whimsical garden art - protect your garden from weeds

Protect your garden from weeds with some whimsical garden art; Hypertufa Grots...

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Mar 22, 2025

Rustic Garden Signs - whimsical sayings to embellish your garden

Paint your Rustic Garden Signs with funny quotes and whimsical sayings to embellish your rustic garden...

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Mar 21, 2025

Garden Faces; mysterious and intriguing, faces add a human dimension

Many gardens are decorated with funky junk and garden art, but there seems to be a common thread among gardeners; we like to have Garden Faces around us...

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Mar 20, 2025

Faux Driftwood Planter made from Hypertufa

Build a Faux Driftwood Planter from Hypertufa that resembles a piece of weathered wood that you would find on the beach...

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Mar 19, 2025

Twig Lattice Fence; unusual ways to build distinctive garden fences

This is a deceptively simple technique for building a unique rustic fence; with some wire and twigs, you can make your very own unusual garden fence...

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