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TJinMT
True Blue Farmgirl
211 Posts
TJ
Billings
MT
USA
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 Posted - Jun 04 2010 : 3:14:23 PM
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I'm painting and decorating my little half-bath off our master bedroom and need to keep things as inexpensive as possible... and came up with the funnest idea last night!
I love empty seed packets, and often use them as bookmarks. Well I'm using lavender walls with sage green trim, and the lightswitch cover is old and discolored... so I thought, why not try decoupaging a pretty Lavender seed packet over the plastic cover?? It fits perfectly! Fun, huh?!
~TJ
"You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me." -CS Lewis |
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Cindy Lou
True Blue Farmgirl
2325 Posts
Susan
Lonsdale
MN
USA
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Posted - Jun 04 2010 : 3:18:41 PM
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Sounds great! That's farmgirl creativity all right. I've seen old seed packages decoupaged on boxes and things, maybe you could add other touches.
"Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?"
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Calicogirl
True Blue Farmgirl
5216 Posts
Sharon
Bruce Crossing
Michigan
USA
5216 Posts |
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TJinMT
True Blue Farmgirl
211 Posts
TJ
Billings
MT
USA
211 Posts |
Posted - Jun 04 2010 : 5:36:04 PM
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Oooh, I like the idea of decoupaging onto other things in the bathroom too, maybe make a tissue box cover and stuff? With our limited months of gardening here in Montana, it would be a neat way to extend the bliss of lavender season...
"You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me." -CS Lewis |
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clothedinscarlet
True Blue Farmgirl
1333 Posts
Siobhan
Battle Creek
MI
USA
1333 Posts |
Posted - Jun 04 2010 : 6:11:14 PM
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Very cute idea!
Farmgirl Sister #1110
Siobhan - AKA Liza-Jane (my farmgirl name), wife to my best friend, Trent, and mommy to Camden (11/28/05) and Bennett (7/11/07). and Truman (7/28/09) |
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smiley
True Blue Farmgirl
650 Posts
lea
pea ridge
arkansas
USA
650 Posts |
Posted - Jun 06 2010 : 07:40:09 AM
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| Thats cool. I found some fabric at the thrift store and made kitchen curtains with it. The print is gardening tools,seed packets and vegies all randomly arranged on a bright yellow background. Its not really curtain material but I love it. |
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TJinMT
True Blue Farmgirl
211 Posts
TJ
Billings
MT
USA
211 Posts |
Posted - Jun 06 2010 : 11:50:43 AM
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That sounds like the neatest fabric!! We just went by the fabric store on our way home from church (DH was off hiking so we could work in the "chick" stop - grin) and I couldn't find anything with seed packets/gardening/at all on it... weird! I did find a neat cream with little tiny lavender flowers on it though, which I think will look so cool!! I love fabric. I could get weird about fabric!!! (grin)
~TJ
"You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me." -CS Lewis |
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Catherine
True Blue Farmgirl
166 Posts
Catherine Ann
Temple
TX
USA
166 Posts |
Posted - Jun 09 2010 : 1:26:55 PM
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That is such a great idea! I have a whole stack of seed packets from this year's garden that I couldn't bear to part with, now I have an idea for at least a few of them.
Thanks!
Blessings,
Catherine
http://lovelivingsimply.blogspot.com/
Judge each day not by the harvest you reap but by the seeds you plant. ~Robert Louis Stevenson
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TJinMT
True Blue Farmgirl
211 Posts
TJ
Billings
MT
USA
211 Posts |
Posted - Jun 09 2010 : 3:02:50 PM
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What is everyone's favorite brand of seed, as far as packets go?? My mom had a Renee's Garden packet that was really neat... I ended up just buying a Plantatian's Products packet (blue columbine) because I couldn't find Renee's here locally, although I know I've seen them before. I've even seen batches of empty packets on Ebay!! There should be ALOT of things to do with them, wouldn't you think?? Not that the things are necessarily leaping into my mind, but still...
I do like using them for bookmarks!
~TJ
"You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me." -CS Lewis |
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lara916
True Blue Farmgirl
170 Posts
Lara
Washington State
USA
170 Posts |
Posted - Jul 01 2010 : 09:42:48 AM
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What a cute idea!
Lara #327
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Sarahpauline
True Blue Farmgirl
672 Posts
sarah
Ringgold
GA
USA
672 Posts |
Posted - Jul 01 2010 : 11:49:07 AM
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Great ideas, you know seed packets would make a cute border as well, pasted onto the walls. You could find some free antique seed packet prints online and print them out and use them too. We did this back about 15 years ago but with veggie can labels in the kitchen. It turned out really cute, and it was great because we were so poor. Farmers almanac covers are so neat too, I always think I should do something with those.
Oh Mr Darcy!
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Edited by - Sarahpauline on Jul 01 2010 11:49:39 AM |
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TJinMT
True Blue Farmgirl
211 Posts
TJ
Billings
MT
USA
211 Posts |
Posted - Jul 01 2010 : 12:32:16 PM
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Oh how fun, what a great idea to do veggie can labels in the kitchen!! I've been using my big veggie cans lately to plant succulents in and hang from my garden fence... punch a couple of drainage holes and there ya go. Of course they have to be hand-watered but they're really cute out there!!
"You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me." -CS Lewis |
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Sarahpauline
True Blue Farmgirl
672 Posts
sarah
Ringgold
GA
USA
672 Posts |
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shelbyc
True Blue Farmgirl
72 Posts
shannon
murdale
british columbia
Canada
72 Posts |
Posted - Aug 08 2010 : 3:09:12 PM
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| I love the idea of vegetable can lables in the kitchen! Quite a few years back, I did vegetable seed packages in the kitchen, and flower in my bedroom. I think I brushed a thin coat of Mod Pog on them too. |
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TJinMT
True Blue Farmgirl
211 Posts
TJ
Billings
MT
USA
211 Posts |
Posted - Aug 09 2010 : 07:16:22 AM
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An update on my veggie cans-as-planters in the garden... a nice summer storm this weekend ripped the labels off! Of course I hadn't done any type of covering on them, so I rather expected it. Is there an outdoor Mod Podge??
Clean food cans make great containers, don't they?? They have those plastic cat-food covers that fit over some of them too, to make it enclosed. If you can smooth down the can-opener edge, they're really handy as pencil/pen/crayon cups!
~TJ
~TJ of Green Willow House
"You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me." -CS Lewis |
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Violets November
True Blue Farmgirl
342 Posts
Violet
Exeter
California
USA
342 Posts |
Posted - Aug 17 2010 : 9:14:10 PM
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Awesome idea and I bet it's the perfect size too! No outdoor ModPodge, but, Mod Podge it several times with glossy Mod Podge. Then spray it with Krylong Acrylic spray. If you don't want a glossy finish, use satin or matt Krylon.
~Violet~
Farmgirl Sister #1669
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Bear5
True Blue Farmgirl
13055 Posts
Louisiana/Texas
USA
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Posted - Aug 18 2010 : 3:55:26 PM
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Cute idea. I'd love to see a picture.
Marly
"It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth- and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up- that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had." Elisabeth Kurler-Ross |
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momdrinkstea
True Blue Farmgirl
180 Posts
Elizabeth
Ozark
AL
USA
180 Posts |
Posted - Sep 06 2010 : 3:46:24 PM
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For outside use, you can seal with clear polyurethane.
I used this on terracotta pots that I painted with
those little acrylic paints, sealed them inside and
on the outside over the painting. Works great!
"Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better." -Albert Einstein |
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