Blog Swap with Scraps and Scribbles

Hey All! I have an exciting treat for you today, it's a blog swap with Courtney from Scraps and Scribbles!! Check out her adorable tutorial below and show her some love by visiting her adorable blog. Who knows, you just might run into me over there... :o)

Hello and happy Wednesday to all of you lovely Red Heads Craft More Fun readers. I'm Courtney from Scraps and Scribbles and I'm tickled pink to be guest blogging over at Red Heads today. This is my very first blog swap and what a better place to start than here on Courtney's blog. Isn't she just amazing?! And I love her name ; ) Just a bit about me: I'm a stay-at-home mom to one wonderful little boy. He's almost 18 months and keeps me very busy. When I'm not chasing him around the house, I like to craft, cook, sew and take photographs. I've been married to my sweet husband for close to 4 1/2 years and it's been great! He is truly the love of my life. We love spending our weekends exploring the great outdoors or having a nice lazy day at the beach here in Florida. If you're really curious, you can found out more about me on my blog : )

Silverware Garden Markers

Today I'm sharing with you how to make your very own garden markers from old silverware. I've been seeing these popping up everywhere and decided to put my own spin on them. It's a cheap, easy and fast way to dress up any garden! To make yours, you'll need:

Various assorted silverware

Drawing paper

Fine-tip permanent marker

Mod podge and brush

Glue stick

I found a whole bunch of silverware at Goodwill for $1 a bundle and I got 4 HUGE bundles (I've got some other silverware-related projects I'd like to do so I stocked up.) I started by going through my silverware and choosing the ones I thought would work best. I used 4 spoons and 4 forks.

Then, I traced around the top part of one of the spoons on the drawing paper

to give myself a rough idea of how big the labels should be.

Then I wrote out the label (I actually ended up not using this one, so if you don't see it and get confused, you know why.) Then I tore the paper around the word, leaving a small border and glued it onto the spoon.

Or in this case, fork. See I left enough around the word so if I needed to trim it down a little bit more, I could. I then painted on a thin layer of Mod Podge. This seals it and keeps water from ruining the paper.

Let the Mod Podge dry completely, which should take about 20 minutes.

Then stick them in your garden! And that's it! They're really fast and easy-which is how I like things. This is my little herb garden that I've got going on our balcony.

Hope you've enjoyed this tutorial! It's been a pleasure visiting and I hope you come by and see me over at Scraps and Scribbles!

Love, Courtney

Thanks for the adorable idea! You have inspired me to unleash my inner green thumb!

Blog Swap with Life as Lori

I am so pleased to announce that today we have Lori from Life as Lori on Red Heads Craft More Fun. Lori is uber-talented and I love reading her blog. Speaking of which, when you are done reading Lori's awesome tutorial here, *spring* over to Life as Lori to read a little something from yours truly! Take it away, Lori...

I'm so excited to be here at Red Heads Craft More Fun! I love all of Courtney's craft. Thank you so much for having me over. It's nice to meet all you crafty people!

Hi, I'm Lori from Life As Lori!

I am a wife, mother, daughter, sister, friend, co-worker and probably someone just like you or someone you know. I have been married to my husband Steve for 12 years. My daughter, Emily is 13. She plays basketball for her school, hangs out with her friends and acts like most other 13 year olds! Oh, and somehow, when I'm not working or mothering or friending, I'm the Assistant Basketball Coach for Emily's team!

I love puttering around in my yard and since I started blogging about a year ago, it seems my inner craft bug has decided to creep out.

Enough about me!!!

I wanted to share with y'all my two Easter topiaries!

I bought all of my supplies from Michael's

2 small styrofoam balls

2 sticks (I bought a pack of 8)

3 packs of sparkle Easter eggs(I love all things that sparkle, my dog's name is Sparkles)

2 small hydrangea

2 Easter buckets

glue gun, screwdriver

I painted my sticks brown and then I pushed the ball on the stick.

Take your glue gun (I don't know about you, but I love mine. ) and start glueing the eggs on the styrofoam ball.

It's O.K. that you can still see some of the styrofoam. That's what the flowers are for.

I used a small screwdriver to push the flowers into the styrofoam.

I put floral foam in my bucket and placed the topiary in the foam. I added a ribbon and Easter grass to cover up the foam.

Now you have two Easter egg topiaries! These were really easy and I think they turned out great!

I host a party on Thursdays, called Get Your Craft on Thursday!

Please stop by and join my party! Thanks again Courtney for having me over, it's been fun! Hope to see all of you real soon! Lori
Thank YOU, Lori! I think Sparkles and Tulah should meet! Tulah has been eyeing a sparkly collar, that matches the sparkly Easter eggs, maybe she will find one in her Easter basket this year!
If you haven't been over to Lori's blog, hop over there now, and be sure to come to her Get Your Craft On Party every Thursday, it is always a great time! Speaking of which, I am heading over there now. Ta ta!!

Blog Swap Tomorrow

Hey y'all! Tomorrow is a big day! It is one day closer to Spring and that means Spring Crafts!! I am excited to announce that I am going to be blog swapping with Lori from Life as Lori. Please *hop* over there to check out my Springy Craft! You're all invited!!