75 DIY Garden Projects to Make Your Green Space Awesome!

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By Bonnie Getchell

DIY Home + Garden

Published on April 12th, 2014 |
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Looking for DIY garden projects to make your green space awesome? We have you covered!

Throughout Garden Week we’ve shared incredible DIY garden projects here at CAGW and on all of the sites that participated! We were blown away by the creativity and ingenuity of each project posted, and we hope that you were too! To end Garden Week with a bang, we’ve put together 75 of the best DIY garden projects in a mega round-up. All of the garden creativity you’ll need this spring is right here at your fingertips!

Outdoor Decor

1. Upcycle a metal tin into a chalkboard planter

2. Turn an old crib into an upcycled garden trellis

3. Upcycle an old chair into a colorful planter

4. DIY card catalog drawer garden planter

5. DIY concrete mosaic

6. Turn an old bowling ball into a garden ornament

7. DIY tiki torches from old glass bottles

8. Turn old bricks into a vertical planter

9. Grow a miniature succulent garden in a light bulb terrarium

10. How to: painted stones for your garden

11. Whimsical yard art from recycled plastic pots

12. Kitty planters from plastic bottles

13. DIY pallet garden walkway

14. A portable pallet fence

15. Create a decorative plate wall for your porch or patio

16. DIY chandelier bird feeder

17. DIY wire spool and metal tub coffee table

18. Make a chandelier planter

19. Dresser drawer planter

20. DIY bundt pant planter

21. Upcycle an old shutter into garden art

22. DIY garden boot strawberry planter

23. How to make teacup planters

24. $10 DIY one hour upcycled firepit

25. DIY pallet garden organizer

26. Turn a lamp into a birdbath

27. Make a totem pole from recycled materials

28. DIY tin can wind chime

29. Create tire planters

30. Turn a plastic pumpkin into a sheet music planter

31. Vintage suitcase turned garden planter

32. DIY floppy disk planters

33. DIY tie planters (use recycled grocery bags instead of plastic bags)

34. Decorate an outdoor candle

35. Painted tire planters (use low VOC spray paint, if you can!)

36. Upcycle a dresser into a planter

37. All natural graffiti made from moss

38. Dry wall tape terra cotta pot

39. Cute recycled planters that you can make with your kids

40. DIY seed bomb wedding favors

41. Biodegradable plant pots from coffee grounds

42. How to care for your garden furniture

43. DIY bird feeder from an old glass soda bottle

44. Build a solar street lamp for your backyard

45. DIY hanging garden tins

Gardening Tips and Tricks

46. Where to buy seeds and what to look for

47. 35 garden ideas to keep you growing

48. 5 beauty herbs and how to use them

49. How to make an upside down tomato planter

50. Build a honey bee habitat from scrap wood

51. DIY wood pallet garden

52. DIY drip irrigation for under ten dollars

53. Make your own natural or recycled pots for plants and seedlings

54. How to get started with raised bed gardening

55. DIY garden markers

56. 5 simple DIY plant markers

57. DIY gardening: how to build a worm compost

58. Homemade insecticidal soap

59. How to regrow your lettuce

60. 5 homemade fertilizer recipes

61. CD plant markers

62. DIY seed starting mix recipes

63. DIY hanging herb planter from a mesh produce bag

64. Knowing your first and last frost or freeze dates

65. Compost 101: don’t garden without it

66. Planning the ultimate heirloom garden

67. Keep snails away from your garden with copper

68. Top 15 food plants that grow in the shade

69. 5 tips for having a Green Diva spring garden

70. The DIY compost bin that you’ll actually want to use

71. How to plant spring garlic

72. DIY gardening: build a rain barrel

73. Mini greenhouse from a plastic bottle

74. How to grow herbs in a container garden

75. Test the soil in your garden

What are your outdoor plans for this spring? Which DIY garden projects do you want to try? Share your plans with us in the comment section below!

[Photo credits: Garden Scene via Shutterstock; Colorful bicycle carrying flowers via Shutterstock; Gardening tools via Shutterstock.]

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Bonnie Getchell Hello! I’m Bonnie — a craft nerd, musician, writer, furniture and vintage lover, crafter, and diyer!

If you would like to learn more about me, I also have my own blog, Revolutionaries, where I write about more craft projects, furniture redos, and my faith! You can also find me on Google+, Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

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Reduce, Reuse, Redecorate: 50 DIY Map Projects for Your Home

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By Bonnie Getchell

DIY Crafts

Published on March 13th, 2014 |
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Do you have any maps in your craft stash? You can reduce, reuse, redecorate with these incredible 50 DIY map projects!

With all of the awesome technology we have today, maps seem to be a thing of the past. While we won’t be using maps to get us from point A to point B, we can definitely recycle them into awesome projects for our home! Grab your maps from your craft stash or find some at your local thrift store, and check out these incredible DIY map projects that are sure to inspire you:

1. Map lampshade

2. Make map bunting — if you can, use hemp twine!

3. Make your own map shoes

4. DIY map dining room chairs

5. Make map paper chains

6. Vintage map decoupaged pots

7. Map gift wrap

8. Use maps to line your dresser drawers — just switch out the sheet music with maps

9. Create a map topped table

10. Make a map wall

11. DIY map wallet

12. Cover thrifted picture frames with maps

13. Cut up a map and then frame the pieces

14. Glue a map to an old window

15. DIY map coasters

16. Make a map Altoids tin

17. DIY wood pallet map

18. Add a map to the back of a vintage clock

19. Turn a large map into a TV frame

20. DIY map pendant light

21. Recycled road map cork board

22. Map covered buffet

23. Map wall paper

24. Update old birdhouses with maps

25. Vintage map wooden blocks

26. Make map paper beads

27. Woven map basket

28. Line a suitcase with vintage maps

29. Map and burlap soup can pencil holders

30. Map page roses

31. DIY map feathers

32. Map jar lanterns

33. DIY map wreath

34. How to make a map gift bow

35. Jenga block and map key chain

36. Fish scale map art — use eco-friendly scrapbook paper, if possible.

37. Upcycled map jewelry tray

38. Mod Podge map bracelets

39. “Home Sweet Home” map art — again, use eco-friendly scrapbook paper, if you can.

40. How to make envelopes from maps

41. DIY map tree

42. Use maps to mat your photos

43. Thrifted map cabinet

44. DIY map clock

45. Map covered shoe boxes

46. DIY origami globe garlands

47. Make a map tray

48. Half marble map magnets

49. Create a map gift bag

50. Vintage map box

Which map project is your favorite? Do you have any DIY map projects? Share them with us in the comment section below or on our Facebook page!

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Bonnie Getchell Hello! I’m Bonnie — a craft nerd, musician, writer, furniture and vintage lover, crafter, and diyer!

If you would like to learn more about me, I also have my own blog, Revolutionaries, where I write about more craft projects, furniture redos, and my faith! You can also find me on Google+, Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

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