Plants
How Do I Grow Carrots?
Growing carrots is not easy. A carrot bought at the grocery store will never taste as good as a carrot picked fresh from your garden. There
23 May 2024
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HOW TO MAKE YOUR OWN MOTHER'S DAY WATERCOLOR ART
Show Mom how much you care with this super easy watercolor art for Mother’s Day! This project goes from start to finish in about 20 minutes. It makes a beautiful gift straight from the heart!
For this project, I gathered a few supplies I had on hand:
- 8×10 canvas
- Pencil
- Carbon Paper
- Heart Cookie Cutter
- Copper Leaf Marker
- Watercolors
- Paint brushes
We lost our images sorry. If you make this, please email us your pictures.
I put a piece of carbon paper under the words and traced them onto the canvas with a pencil.
Using a copper leaf marker, I filled in the traced letters. I would have rather used gold, but I didn’t have that in my supplies. You can pick up these markers at most craft stores.
The heart that I drew was a little dark, so I erased it until it was barely there. That way when I painted over it, I wouldn’t be able to see the pencil outline. This worked really well.
I didn’t use any fancy watercolors. These were leftover from one of my kids from school.
Using random colors, I just started painting mini flowers all over the heart shape outline. Believe me when I say, I’m no painter, but this was totally easy to do.
Framed, this makes a beautiful gift for Mom!
Wishing my own incredible Mom, and all of you Moms out there, a very special Mother’s Day!
Thank you!
Gardening
Common Causes of White Spots on Zucchini Foliage
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Arts & Crafts
Building a Compost Bin Using Shipping Pallets
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Building The Perfect Tomato Cage
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Plants
Exploring the Magical World of Moss Gardening
You can recreate the special feeling you get when walking through a forest covered in moss right in your backyard. This week’s guest, moss expert Annie
23 May 2024
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Gardening
Straw Bale Gardening: Affordable Food Growing
More people than ever feel drawn to gardening because of all the turmoil in our world these past few weeks. Growing your healthy food can be
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