I just love a cloche around anything! 
I've made so many through the years, each one just a little bit different than the next. 
Today while cleaning out the shed, I ran across a roll of wire fence. 
I was about to throw it in the garbage and then had an idea!
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Today I'm doing a little sprucing around the yard starting with the outdoor shed. 
If I'm being truthful I'd really like to repair the rotting wood and paint the shed but that's a huge job and I have to get the Mr. onboard first. 
So for now I'm giving my shed a quick little makeover starting with some vintage windows I had hung on the side. 
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Happy Mother's Day! You all may know that I love making things I see on the internet with my own spin on them. 
Today I found something on one of my favorite sites that I was sure I could make myself in one way or another. 
I am so pleased with the results and I can't wait to use it on my outdoor table this summer!
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A while back I cut apart a wooden crate. 
Truth be told I was out of wood and needed some to make a table riser. The vintage writing on the crate made a great riser! 
I really wanted to do something with the leftover pieces since they were distressed, vintage and had writing... all the things! 
Today I put the pieces together and created a unique planter for my garden.
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Last year I bought an inexpensive metal fire pit for our backyard. You see them all the time on Facebook Marketplace too.
Fast forward to this year, we purchased a new fire pit so I had the old rusty one to either sell or upcycle. 
You guessed it... I'm upcycling it! 
This old fire pit made the best backyard stand planter!! 
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Today's project is a fun one if you're thinking of getting your garden ready! It isn't too hard to do either. 
All you need for this project is a brick and some paint. You can use paint sticks or paint and a brush!
These bricks are adorable and will look amazing in your garden! 
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Do you know what a garden hod is? If you don't, I didn't either. 
I called it a basket, a basket to gather vegetables from the garden. Or a basket for eggs from the chicken coop.
As soon as I figured out what it was I was ready to make one of my own and with the pieces I found on the side of the road... today was the day! 
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If you've been following along for a while you know I often get inspired by things I see online and make them with my own spin. 
I encourage everyone to do that giving credit where credit is due of course. 
Today I saw the cutest can that holds twine and I knew it would be an easy project using a recycled can. 
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We need garden markers right? I mean do you remember where you planted what? 
I think most of us that do a small garden only use markers for decoration, at least I do. 
Today I'm making some very inexpensive and easy garden markers that use no special machines or stencils. 
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Did you ever see something online that you thought was absolutely beautiful and you want to try to make it yourself?
That is what's happening here today. I saw this beautiful vintage green chippy crate with a handle in the center. It was just a photo with no markings of where it came from. 
I knew now my mission was to make one of these beautiful crates and use it for flowers in the garden. 
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One of my favorite things to do is to try to replicate something I've seen. 
I do it often with my own twist. Recently I saw an herb box I just loved and I wanted to make my own version of it. 
There was one part in particular I knew I could replicate by repurposing something I already had on hand. 
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Recently I saw a wire basket that held garlic in an online store. 
I thought it was adorable and very do-able too! 
I wanted to make something similar to hold a small terra cotta pot so I grabbed my supplies and got to work. 
See how it went....

Here's a quick one for the garden! 
You all know how I like to repurpose old signs and turn them into new projects...
Well today is no different. While searching for scrap wood to build a birdhouse stake for a potted plant, I ran across a scrap of an old sign I could use. 
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Here is a very cute idea for recycled tin cans. 
You may have seen this project before but how cute if you made a bunch of them, one for each of the herbs?!
I'm starting with just one but it is cute enough, and easy enough, to make more! 
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When I set up my potting bench for the spring I realized I had a lot of terra cotta pots in all sizes. 
Then when I saw different configurations for herb gardens on Pinterest, I realized had just the supplies I needed!
Three terra cotta pots in 3 different sizes were almost all I needed to create a gorgeous herb garden for my deck! 
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Score! Driving down the road this morning and I saw out of the corner of my eye, a large cement thing. 
I turned the car around for a closer look and sure enough it was cement. 
A cement fountain that must have broken over the winter because all that was at the curb was the top. 
Now look at it! ...

I've been spending the days working out in the yard now that Spring has sprung!
I'm repurposing old garden decor by giving things a new coat of paint or even completely redoing them. 
Today was one of those projects. 
When I found that my garden trellis had broken over the winter I decided to give it a new life. 
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I've always loved the look of a cloche on a plant. 
I've made a few in the past and today while getting my backyard ready for spring I decided to make another one. 
This time I'm using hardware cloth because that's what I had on hand. 
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Recently I moved my potting bench from one end of the yard to another. 
It looks amazing in it's new spot so I gave it a makeover. I had several new DIY ideas for the table that would make my potting bench work for me. 
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It is almost time again! Ready get set... garden! 
Yes, in the northeast US it is finally time to think about planting... yes "think" about it.
Along with "thinking about" gardening and planting comes a whole lot of Spring clean up and prepping. 
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