garden Archive

Harry Potter Flower Pot
September 29, 2017
I haven’t been posting lately…so sorry. I’ve been busy creating for companies and working on my fine art: www.kellyjoyladd.com But, I’m back!! Here is one of my favorite new projects that I created for Pop Sugar because I’m such a Harry Potter fan. For complete instructions head to PopSugar.com. Do you love Harry Potter? I’ve

5 Gardening Hacks You’ll Really Dig
June 12, 2017
You know my little boy Kai loves to garden. In fact, he recently created a gardening club at his school. I’m so proud of him and his passion. He watches a lot of youtube videos on gardening hacks. Here are a few of his favorite, which I wrote about for PopSugar.com. To get more info:

Easy DIY Herb Garden
April 25, 2017
Here is the easiest herb garden you’ll ever make. All you need are: jars soil rocks seeds or starter plants labels (you can find them here.) Instructions: (For the full tutorial, visit blog.onlinelabels.com) Step 1: Fill your jars 1/3 of the way with rocks. Step 2: Fill the rest of your jar with soil. Step

Herb Salt Recipe + Free Printables
July 12, 2016
If you know us, you know that we LOVE to grow herbs and veggies in our garden. Here’s a fun recipe to make using your home grown herbs. HERB SALTS! I’ve been using mine for everything. I mostly use the chive salt, occasionally basil and not yet the rosemary. It’s so hot outside that I

DIY Kitchen Scrap Garden
June 21, 2016
On any given day at my house, you’ll find scraps veggie scraps in a bowl of shallow water growing. I recently wrote this article for Momtastic.com that explains how to do it. It’s pretty simple, you chop off the bottom of some veggies, put them in water and voila, a new plant starts to grow.

DIY Self-Watering Garden Planters
May 9, 2016
I recently recreated my first blog post ever for Momtastic.com. This was the beginning…it felt so long ago. I remember making this on the porch in the summer, sweating. I still shoot everything on my porch. Love the natural light. It’s just so dang hot out there. Ahhh….don’t you love summer in Florida? I’m in love

Make Your Own Leaf-Pressed Clay Gift Tags
April 29, 2016
Here’s a easy gift to give as hostess gifts. Just make a batch and keep them in a drawer for when the time is needed. Then when you’re going over to a friend’s house for dinner or a friend moves into a new space, simply wrap one of these gift tags around a Mason jar,

Make this Earth Day Craft – Seed Mason Jars!
April 22, 2016
What are you doing for Earth Day this year? Kai and I going to take a gardening class at our local botanical garden! It’s a class about taking care of your summer garden – and in Florida, because it’s so hot, you have to know what you’re doing. In all reality, I don’t know what I’m

How to Transform a Disco Ball into a Groovy Planter
April 20, 2016
I’m so in love with this planter that I made for Momtastic.com. (Click here for the complete tutorial.) It’s so simple. Did you know that most disco balls are made from hollowed out styrofoam? I didn’t until I accidentally broke one a few years ago. Then I started brainstorming options for cool spring planters. I

How to Make Mini Succulent Cork Magnets
April 15, 2016
Here’s a little secret, I don’t really drink wine very often. My parents and aunt and uncle, however do! They drink the fancy stuff. I prefer fruity drinks. But there is one thing about wine that fascinates me – why do people always save the cork? My mom has bags of them. So does my