How To Cut A Metal Can For Jewelry and Crafts
While walking through a local craft fair my daughter and I had seen jewelry and keychains made from recycles aluminum cans. We decided at that point we wanted to know how to cut a metal can for jewelry and crafts.
Want to attract butterflies to your backyard? Provide a yard that offers everything they need.
Old Vehicles Rural Elegance and Timeless Grace: These county fields harbor a unique blend of rural elegance and timeless grace. Vintage tractors, retired pickup trucks, and classic automobiles stand as silent sentinels, paying homage to the hardworking spirit of Wisconsin’s agricultural heritage. Each vehicle, now adorned with the passage of time, exudes a quiet dignity … Read more
Vintage flair collection holds vintage items from the past. Why do we love antiques so much? For some, antiques hold sentimental value, for others, there’s a certain charm to the old-time ways of living.
Antiques allow us to directly feel in contact and be a part of a far deeper past than our own lifetimes include. When you understand the thinking behind the building and design of the artifact, you add those thinking processes and appreciations of the world to your own.
This bird cage is amazing. Plant your overwintered geraniums in early spring and by midsummer the entire bird cage is flowing with greens and flowers.
Wisconsin Birds
This page will be a running list of all my small Wisconsin birds. The birds can be found in your yards, gardens and around the woodlands areas.
Collection of images of old tins, signs, advertisingAmericana that feature early artwork. – the memorabilia and marketing that made some companies flourish and others fail.
Americana encompasses not only material objects but concepts and historical eras which are popularly identified with American culture. The objects advertise and carry symbols associated with the culture and history of America during certain eras.
For we know that the culture of America is always growing and changing. Concepts, wording, and graphics that were once used in the past, would certainly NOT be acceptable in today’s ever-changing world.
Lavender Sugar Scrub
Why pay high retail prices for lavender sugar scrub you can make at home? Once you purchase a few ingredients you can make this heavenly smelling scrub for yourself or give as gifts.
How to Make Scrabble Tile Photo Necklaces
I found a Scrabble tile necklace at a craft show that I HAD to know how to make them for myself. They used a photo on their pendant and I thought that the photo pendants would make cute, personalized gifts for my family and friends.
I set out to find out how they were made.
Enjoy pineapple upside down cake in a single serve, cupcake form. Pineapple upside down muffin cakes are moist, delicious and a healthy alternative because they do not use any oils!
Ah, summer! The garden is thriving and we all want to preserve our fruits and vegetables as long as we can. One of our favorite vegetables is beets. Fresh, roasted, boiled or canned, no matter how you slice them up, we enjoy them. Today’s job, pickled beets canning and preserving them.
Onion Soup Mix – Dry Mix Recipe
I am not sure how much I spent on a popular, name brand onion soup over the years. Until, I was given this recipe from a friend.
I was excited to purchase the ingredients to try the mix for myself. Thankfully, I did. The recipe makes 2 cups of mix or the equivalent of 8 envelopes at a 1/3 of the cost of the name brand mix.
How do you care for houseplants when on vacation? There was a time when I would hire a house and pet sitter for our home.
If you purchase the ingredients below (around $10.00) will you have a little over a year’s worth of houseplant food recipe, Not to mention the healthiest plants you have ever had before.
My dilly dally herb garden pot. The sign reads: Take some thyme to dilly dally in my herb garden This year I decided to place all my herbs in one pot. With the exception of dill and lemongrass. Everything is in one convenient pot.
Shower jellies are one of those “why didn’t I try this sooner?” projects. They’re fun, simple to make, and they’re a great way to turn a few garden herbs (or carefully foraged plants) into a practical, plant-inspired self-care item.
This version uses a basic gelatin base, then adds a gentle botanical infusion so you can make seasonal variations with plants you already grow—like mint or chamomile—or plants you harvest responsibly.
Old Wheelbarrow Planter Have a wheelbarrow with a hole in it? Give it a second life as an old wheelbarrow planter! If the hole is too large, just place a piece of metal over the hole and cover the bottom with plastic. Fill with dirt and get planting Until next time friends. Take Care! AFFILIATE … Read more
Today’s post is all about how I make milk jug greenhouses and start my seeds.
When you are searching for ways to start your seeds for the season, many people are not sure how, or even where to start.
This DIY cold frame garden box was designed for garden boxes in areas of the country that receive frost. You can plant your vegetables earlier in the season and maintain them later in the season as well.
I try to keep myself busy with a multitude of home and garden projects during the winter. This year, I wanted to test a theory a friend passed along about overwintering geraniums.