garden craft Archive

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

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

Have you ever heard of seed bombs? I’m so obsessed with the idea! In fact, I just made some for Mother Nature Network. Click here for the complete tutorial!  Anyways, seed bombs are little balls of dirt and clay filled with seeds. What you do is throw them into empty lots or places that you’d

As if you didn’t know, gardening is one of my family’s “things.” Actually, it’s my son Kai’s thing. So, I teamed together with Onlinelabels.com and designed these garden markers to help Kai organize his seeds and to add a little bit of ornament to his garden. Check out Kai’s garden here.  To make these fun

Years ago when I was the Lifestyle Editor for Parenting magazine, I created this oh-so-cute garland for the backyard. It’s so colorful and happy. I need to do it again. I got the idea from Tibetan prayer flags. Here is a link to parenting.com for complete instructions. Here is a quick how-to: 1: Cut canvas