DIY Plant Pot #2

DIY Plant Pot #1

To share my plant starts with friends or for the Friends of the Library sale.   Plants really raise money here, especially tomatoes.  At our elevation in Oregon, Mother's Day is the start of outdoor planting.

Seed Savers Gift Box

Cement Craft

I stumbled across this great book at the Internet Archive. It's aim is to provide craft skills in school and solve the problem of pottery and tile making without a kiln. Portland Cement is the medium but the skills are the same as potters. The tile making is very interesting and easy to do at home. Also of interest are slip techniques in cement. Published in 1922. Pedro Joseph Lemos, Professor of Decorative Design, San Francisco Institute of Art.

Newspaper Seed 6 Packs

When I was with the Friends of the Scappoose Library seedlings were our best sellers at our spring booksale. This tip would have helped to save us from a shortage of recycled pots. Brought to you by Little House in the Suburbs. Check out her printable Garden Planners.

Outdoor Mosaic Quilt Sculpture

Update April 24, 2015
This  project is no longer shown on her site but her current work is interesting.  I think she is using a synthetic stucco material.

This sculpture project by artist Faith Schexnayder was my favorite episode of HGTV's That's Clever. Faith carved the shape from dense foam, spread on a layer of cement mixed with fiberglass fibers and then created the mosaic. Faith also makes all kinds of outdoor sculpture, signs and props with this technique. Not all get the mosaic treatment and it was the foam and cement that captured me. There is a tutorial online for this quilt and Faith keeps a website for her business, Flatfork Studio. My favorite section of her site is the Architectural Carving done in foam and cement.

Skeleton leaves

Another method at esprit cabane.

Projects from the Singapore Science Centre

This is a great idea for a group of kids. Make ice-cream in baggies.

Skelitonize/bleach leaves