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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...
Make your own Patio Blocks out of soil cement using this innovative method; create a unique garden focal point to add character to your landscape
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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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Fruit Wood Twigs are one of those things that just keeps on giving; apple, pear and peach trees need pruning every year; take those twigs and make them into crafts
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Although not quite Hypertufa, this Soil Cement Bird Bath has very similar techniques; build this diy garden craft...
Continue reading "Soil Cement Bird Bath - a garden art diy craft tutorial"
Cold Porcelain Acrylic Painting - tips for coloring your craft...
How to Build a Twig Fence; learn how to make a rustic garden fence out of branches and twigs, to add charm and character...
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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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How to Make Metal Look Old; techniques and tips for artificially aging metal for rustic garden crafts; learn about patina, verdigris and how to make tin look aged
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How to Break a Clay Pot for a Fairy Garden - DIY Tips
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Immerse yourself in the Craft Tutorials e-Book, and learn how to make unique and unusual garden art and upcycle found objects to create funky accents...
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Quick! I need some Christmas decor - here's a Prim Flour Scoop diy tutorial for ya...
Got the urge to shed some light on it? Why not make a DIY Lantern?
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Building Rustic Furniture E-Book; DIY and Craft Tutorial Manual...
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If it's to do with birds, chickens or other farm type stuff, it belongs on the Eclectic Eggporeum; this started out as my chicken house, and has evolved to be much more...
Continue reading "The Eclectic Eggporeum - Bird Themed Vignette"
The Eggporeum Autumn Display; vintage harvest time, with a rustic twist...
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Boot Hill needed some Rustic Garden Signs to point the way to the best places to see; hand painted on some salvaged lumber to evoke the old west...
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These Hypertufa Toadstools are a little different from the run of the mill mushrooms that you might see...
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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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Wildcrafting Safety is mostly common sense; what to take when you go into the woods for a wildcrafting expedition and how to stay safe...
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Rustic Garden Signs add so much humor and interest to your garden, and really put your special stamp on it; this Rustic Garden Sign Gallery has lots to choose from...
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Paint your Rustic Garden Signs with funny quotes and whimsical sayings to embellish your rustic garden...
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This Rustic Chalk Board combines three of my favorite things; upcycling, diy and rustic paint techniques...
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Make your own Tiny Country porch - this series of diy tutorials will give you lots of great miniature decor...
Continue reading "Dollhouse Miniature Projects - make your own tiny porch"
Build a Rustic Potting Bench and enjoy your rustic work area; barnboard, twigs and some easy techniques will get you started...
Continue reading "Build a Rustic Potting Bench - find out how here, and get plans"
Salvaged Galvanized Bucket - yet another life...
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Tin Can Buckets add lots of primitive country appeal to your decor; make at least one...
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The Eggporeum got a good spring cleaning; refreshing the display and adding some new and interesting junk finds gives it a new look...
Continue reading "Eggporeum Spring Cleaning; dusting off the cobwebs"
Hypertufa Pots add so much to a grouping of those special little hardy succulent plants, moss or other miniature garden plants...
Continue reading "Hypertufa Pots - special containers for hardy succulent plants"
Use these fabulous Latex Molds for Hypertufa diy concrete garden crafts; tutorial and lots of detail...
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How to Make Hypertufa Look Old; rustic garden art tutorial...
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Setting up your hypertufa studio is not rocket science but there are few things to take into consideration...
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Curing Hypertufa correctly will give your project a better chance of surviving frost, rough handling and other abuse; learn some tips and techniques to properly cure your rustic project...
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Making Textures in your Hypertufa crafts is simple - use whatever is to hand to give rustic patterns to your creations...
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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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There are lots of things you can use for Forms for Hypertufa; some of them are right under your nose...
Continue reading "Forms for Hypertufa - a collection of pages all about molding"
A Hypertufa Container filled with tiny alpines, delightful miniature succulents or even moss and ferns makes a lovely little focal point; a grouping of them is even better!
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Protect your garden from weeds with some whimsical garden art; Hypertufa Grots...
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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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Create a Hypertufa Wall Pocket; an ideal little hanging weed pot for succulents; unique focal point to display beside a door or gate, filled with tiny hardy succulents
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Got a yearning to start Hypertufa Gardening, but don't know where to start? Get the Hypertufa How-To Manual here...
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Find your favorite Rustic Craft; salvaged, recycled and unique trash to treasure garden art; using twigs, driftwood and other natural materials for benches, twig furniture
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Twig Lattice Fence is a distinctive and 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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Choose the perfect Rustic Garden Fence Designs to protect and beautify your garden; whether it's a classic style, reinvented in twigs, or more in the country style, there are many to choose from
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Create a Twig Palisade Fence for a vertical accent in your garden; these are a great way to add depth and height to a smaller garden, and the result is the feeling of being in a forest
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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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