Dandi Gentry's January project progress
Remember our Challenge last year? Well, it was such a huge success that we’re doing it again!
We all know how hard it is to get through the winter without much gardening to do. We can do it TOGETHER with this creative January Challenge!
Many of us have a file of garden ideas or have wanted to do a project they’ve seen here on our page. Look through your file or in our albums and pick one you can do inside or outside in good weather…So..
Join us! Read carefully:
Step#1 Choose any garden project you’ve wanted to do.
Step#2 Decide to do it now and post your intentions, by naming your intended project.
Then…. TWO photos
Step#3 Sometime THIS month, post a “How to” photo of the materials you’re using.
Step#4 Sometime THIS month, post a photo of your Finished project!
Sooo, first step: Write a post on our Wall OR in the comments here, naming your project AND the words, “January Project Challenge”
Ex: Sue Langley Purple Painted Birdhouse Ladder, January Project Challenge
OK, I’m off to look through my own idea file! ~~ Sue
Check back here to see who’s doing what!
Your projects will be listed below:
Winona Spinks Challenge accepted! … Making a potting bench
Jayne Chalk paint chairs
Marie Niemann Plate flowers
Violet Buss Painted rocks
CaTrina Denaro Cascading Watering Cans
Kim Trudo Project TBA
Sue Jordan Bird and squirrl feeder
Sandra Hogan Birdbath from recycled spindles/Birdhouse
Nancy K Meyer Barnyard bloom. Trellis with blue bottles, of course. A stacked planter with galvanized.
Elaine Laster I plan to make an embroidered clock.
Zee Mink-Fuller A clay pot ‘personality’ and maybe more
Dandi Gentry A rooster coop with a painted front..
Colleen Weaver upcycled glass bird feeder or a glass dish flower. Probably both!
Marion Bonner Mini mosaic stained glass gazing balls from Bocce balls
Jeanne Sammons Something out of barn wood
Becky Norris Mosaic gourds and rocks, Stained glass project
Pamela Braun Redo iron garden cart, make it a bar/ serving cart and metal hanging bird cage
Dawn Johnson Ladder project with birdhouses and flowerpot
Daniela Hildebrand Create a word with tools, chalkboard hand saws /key holder and trellis for some climbers made from snow tire metal tracking system
Teri Smith Turn small dress mannequin and make it into a lamp
Toni Visconti Garden Door- for the birds
Natalie McPherson Upcycle a bowling ball for the garden.
Charlotte Ann
Now,…below in the comments, commit to a January project you have wanted to do, by naming it or describing it in the comments below. Your name and project will be added here. Have fun!
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Joining in - of course!
OK, let us know which 5 or 6 projects you're doing, Sue. hahaha
Challenge accepted ... Moving "make a potting bench" to the top of my project list. (Burleson, TX).
Thank you! It'll be fun!
To finally redo a couple of chairs (chalk paint and recover the seats) that have been sitting in my basement to a few years. I even have all the supplies!
Awesome project,...we love the look of chalk paint and chairs in the garden are the perfect 'plant stand'
I'm going to make a plate flower or maybe two! This will warm up my creative juices for the new year!
Fun project,...easy to do indoors in cold weather and fun to find a place for in the garden in Spring!
Yes and boy is it cold here! I have all the supplies and a warm basement to work in.
I have been painting rocks and using all kinds of bling to make them jump out at you and say, Here I Am.
Will this be your new project for the challenge? Thank you!
My Januarry Challenge Project is...Cascading Watering Cans
Wonderful to think of this eventually in your Spring garden.. OK!
I accept the challenge even tho all my "crafting materials are packed away in anticipation of moving in near future. I will find something to create, I may even have to go hunting! Aww, that's a shame, lol
OK,... let us know! Good luck with your move...
I would like to try making a barn yard bloom. Something else with blue bottles, of course. And maybe a third project, a stacked planter. Lots of ideas run through my mind !
This will keep you busy, for sure! It's especially fun to try something new that you've admired somewhere or thunk up. :-)
I plan to make a clock.
OK,..looking forward to what you come up with!
Thinking about making a clay pot personality along with all the tons of other ideas on my Hawk's Creek project board. They dance through my head like pink elephants... All vying for my attention:-)
OK,...gotcha down. This is the very reason, too, that it's fun to actually PICK something! Thank you!