After the mushrooms

When you make a dinner that requires a can of mushrooms and you purchase canned ones rather than fresh, what do you do with the can?
Well this is what I did with it.
First I covered it with some scrapbook paper then glued on some images of old seed catalog covers that I got from The Smithsonian Institution Libraries.  I brushed on some mod podge, used a little stain to make it look old and then sprayed it with some clear acrylic sealer. I even let it dry in between each step.

This looked like it needed a flower growing in it but not having a green thumb I knew I wouldn't keep anything alive for very long. Fake works better for me. If you are going to have fake flowers you may as well have fake dirt too. I cut a circle from cardboard to fit just inside the can and covered it with my fake dirt.

 Can you guess what my fake dirt is? Instead of dumping out the coffee grounds after I made my coffee, I dried them out and then mixed them with glue. I spread that on the cardboard circle and let it dry. Wallah! Fake dirt. Yeah I know I missed a few spots but this was pretty much an experiment to see if it would work any way.
Now all I need is a flower growing in my mushroom can. Another jumbo quilled flower with a cute little flower button glued to the center.

I may not have a green thumb but I think this would qualify as a green craft project.

The garden bunny's storry

Today it is the garden bunny's turn to tell his side of the story. Not really so much about his dealings with Duke but more of a little of his history.

He was born about a dozen years ago right here at my house. And like any rabbit, if there is one there's bound to be more. I couldn't even tell you how many of these guys I ended up making. It seemed like it was a couple weeks that I had a pot on my stove filled with tea and tube socks. Yes, you read that right. He was made from tea dyed tube socks. The body is a 2 liter pop bottle and the head is a Styrofoam ball. Small wood pieces were used for his facial features. Eyebrows were drawn on with a marker and his cheeks and inside his ears were painted. Finished off with a few raffia whiskers and a bow around his neck.

He also carries with him his trusty garden bucket made from an old mushroom can with a wire handle. The bucket holds his purchased garden tools and a couple plastic carrots. I made these at Easter time but he usually sits out for most of the summer since he's not really an Easter bunny.

Since Easter is approaching, and over the weekend I drug out the Easter decorations, I'll be posting some Easter cuteness for the next few days.