Today’s “Geek Craft” might not be the usual conventional type of craft. However, it is pretty resourceful. A Fairy Garden is a miniature garden complete with structures and actual living plants. It is designed to give your green thumb a place to tend year-round and to lure fairies and with them, good luck, to your … Continue reading Fairy Garden in a Broken Pot
Time for me to post one of my own crafts tonight: some garden gnomes I refinished into Gene Simmons and Peter Criss of KISS. Both of these guys were used and pretty worn when I got my geeky little hands on them. I used some Super Sculpey to smooth out some areas of Peter’s blousey … Continue reading KISS Garden Gnomes
With the coming of March, my mind turns to starting my container garden. I love working in the dirt, planting seedlings and then cooking with the lovely veggies and herbs that I watched grow. It’s a labor of love for me. Last year, the concept of garden art fascinated me and I’ve spent several months … Continue reading Gardening Mario Style
This week’s treasury is brought to you by the classic and always awesome garden gnome.
I’m putting together an eBook of garden gnome crafts and would love to include your project. If you’d like more information, go to http://shaynerioux.com/fabpub/folklore/ and respond by December 13th. I hope to hear from you! Shayne
Imagine my happiness when I was buying some books at my favorite Powell’s for Cooks and Gardeners (in SE Portland) on Tuesday, and saw this huge, super amazing Yoda-with-a-leashed-dinosaur terrarium in the shop window! Megan Walsh and her Powell’s co-workers made this Star Wars-meets-Land of the Lost world inside a large antiqued glass box with … Continue reading Star Wars Terrarium at Powell’s Books for Cooks and Gardeners