I admit it. I'm craft challenged. My entries in this category will most likely be few and far between. However, I will endeavor to create creative/beautiful items out of my garden abundance. (If you don't succeed, try try again.)
This is the first, I hope, of many projects using dried, cured gourds from the garden. I used a Cucuzzi Gourd ‘Lagenaria siceraria’ to make a sort of autumn cornucopia. I initially I chose to grow Cucuzzi gourds because they are edible when young and more disease resistant than squash. I let some grow large so I could experiment with gourd curing and crafting.
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These lavender wands are great to stash in drawers to keep things smelling fresh or to include along with a gift to friend.
Cut 6-8 lavender blossom stems as long as possible. (I would have preferred the stems of my lavender wand to be longer, but there were so many bees by my lavender plant, I high-tailed it as soon as I could.) Remove the leaves along the stem and tie… Read more