Use a Dollar Store bowl to make a brightly colored cement bird bath. I’ve mentioned before, I’m a birder (bird watcher) and I made this Squirrel Proof Bird Feeder for the birds, but I was feeling like something was missing, a bird bath! A colleague at work was talking about how she watches the owls and hawks splash around in…
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A step by step, very detailed tutorial on how to make these adorable wine cork planters for wedding guest or party favors. I made these wine cork succulent planters for my own DIY rustic wedding. They came out beautiful! Years later, many guests are still talking about how much they loved them. That’s why I created the ultimate guide with…
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Adorable concrete wine cork planters! Make a mould and create as many multiples as you’d like of these cool succulent planters. I came up with the idea to make concrete wine cork planters because we were getting ready to go to WORKBENCHcon. WORKBENCHcon, if you haven’t heard of it, is a conference for woodworkers, interior decor, concrete and any kind…
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Open bottles with this refrigerator mounted bottle opener. Catch multiple caps with a super strong magnet! We wanted to make these bottle openers as a thank you gift for some friends and family who provided some extra help for our rustic wedding- if you want to read about our DIY wedding story, you can see it here. They went the…
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MAKE YOUR OWN GIFT TAGS WITH CEMENT TO ADORN PRESENTS WITH. ADD POPS OF COLOR BY PAINTING THEM WITH RESIN. I have always wanted to make my own gift tags and while making the DIY Cement Ornaments, I realized they would also make great gift tags. Since I was planning on wrapping my gifts with brown craft paper this year,…
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A tutorial for a DIY cement vase shaped like a cone. Use this vase year round and decorate seasonally. Day after day I had been staring at my baren fireplace and was trying to figure out what to put there to jazz it up. I felt like it needed some sort of tall floral accent. I’d rather not go out…
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Make a beautiful blue wall mounted wine bottle vase for your home. At Christmastime, we were getting a tree, and the store we got it from had small pallets behind it. We asked if we could take a couple and they were happy to give them to us to not have to deal with them. I can’t even remember which…
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A Christmas DIY for making cement ornaments for your tree, in well under 2 hours. Okay, so I really needed a super quick and easy project with all the craziness of the holidays coming up, and I’m jam-packed with upcoming projects. And this one truly is only five steps! So if there was ever a beginner cement project, it’s this…
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How to make easy rustic wedding pallet signs for your wedding, using a repurposed wood pallet. This ended up being one of the things I enjoyed making the most for the wedding. For our wedding, my then fiancé (now husband), and I used pallet wood to make our rustic wedding signs. They came out great and added another fun element…
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