11 Upcycled DIY Plant Markers

Who's ready for Spring?

Are you longing to play in the dirt?

I love to add unique elements to my garden.

For instance, these spoon plant markers that I shared on the blog a few years ago...

And, don't forget my fork and cork plant markers...

Check out my curated board of upcycled plant markers on Hometalk to get a jump start on creating your unique garden.

I hope you'll find some inspiration

 to add an artistic flare to your garden!

Fairy Dust

This project was a collaboration 

between myself and my daughter, Carrie.

I had purchased a set of these cute little bottle pendants that have a cork in the top. My plan was to tear the word, original, out of a dictionary and put it in one of the bottles.

So, I tore it out and then brought out a bottle of glitter.

All the while, Carrie is watching and I could see the wheels turning in her brain!

She flipped through the dictionary and tore out the word, fairy.

Then she circled the word, fairy, with a fine tip Sharpie...

She handed me the piece of paper and said, "here...this will be much cuter!"

I poured some glitter into the bottle, rolled up the piece of paper to fit, and placed it down in the bottle...

 Carrie added a little bead charm to the bottle...

Carrie was right..

the fairy dust is much cuter!

I think we make a pretty good team!

I'm working on another fairy dust necklace that I am excited to share soon!

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Wine Cork Keychains

I have seen quite a few cork key chains on the web and decided I would make some. After all, I have NO shortage of corks.

Most of the ones I have seen just use the cork as is, but I decided to stamp my corks to add a design. 

This would make a perfectly fine key chain, but why stop there when you can add beads & charms to it?

Here are a few I made using beading wire, charms, & beads...

After I made a few, I thought of an easier way. Instead of using wire and crimp beads, why not use stretchy cord?

So, I gave it a try. It went much quicker!

To get started, you first need to stamp the cork.

I found that the easiest way is to lay the cork down and roll the stamp across it.

 Next, you will add an eye screw to each end. I screwed the eye screw in part way, then unscrewed it, and added a little super glue and screwed it all the way in. It may be fine without the glue but I'm being overly cautious.

Then you will add a split ring to one end.

Next, cut a piece of the cord approximately 8 inches long. Take the stretchy cord and fold it in half to form a loop...

Push the loop through the eye screw that does not have the split ring attached...

Take the loose ends and pull them through the loop to form a knot...

Tie a knot in each cord about a half inch or so down from the

eye screw...

Add beads and charms and tie a knot to secure them...

Use a toothpick and add super glue to all the knots.

When the super glue is dry, trim the excess cord.

 I love this cork stamped with music notes...

This cork had a cute owl on it and I had some owl charms so I didn't feel I needed to stamp the cork with a design...

If you are not a wine drinker, you can buy corks at beer and wine making supply stores. They have plain ones as well as some that have pretty designs already on them.

But, hopefully you have a friend who isn't crafty and will be happy to save their corks for you!

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Fork & Cork Plant Markers

Last week I reminded you of the spoon plant markers that I made last year. At the end of the post I said how I was working on some new ones. Well, here they are...

I bought the forks at the Goodwill for 25 cents each.

I used a hammer to flatten them out so my prongs would be straight.

I used a wood burner to put the names of the herbs on my corks...

Then I pressed the forks into the corks...

I wrapped twine around the top part of the fork handle securing it with E6000...

Tip: use a chip clip to hold the twine in place until it dries...

I added a bow just above the wrapped twine and there you have it... fork & cork plant markers!

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