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Leaf Imprint Stepping Stones

June 9, 2012 by Stephanie 3 Comments

Things are pretty crazy around here these days, but I didn’t want to miss writing up a Weekend Project considering I set a goal to put up one garden-related project each weekend. The very first post from October 1, 2011 was a book review on Concrete Garden Projects: Easy & Inexpensive Containers, Furniture, Water Features & More and I showed the end products of two projects I tried from that book. One was these great leaf imprint stepping stones which I made with a friend.

I showed the photos back then but not the full instructions. It was a simple task of picking plastic containers, oiling them, mixing concrete, then pressing a large leaf on the top.

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Using Large Leaves to Cast Concrete Stepping Stones

June 1, 2012 by Stephanie 3 Comments

Using large leaves from your garden to cast concrete is a fun and simple project that will inexpensively create lots of stepping stones. Imagine all the secret pathways you could create!

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Weekend Handmade: Trivets to Stepping Stones

March 14, 2012 by Stephanie 2 Comments

We had a great start to Garden Therapy Book Club with lots of readers visiting and commenting on the recipes from A Green Guide to Natural Beauty + Mango Citrus Body Butter Recipe and Hemp & Honey Lip Balm. The selection is a book that I’ve been very excited about reviewing: Weekend Handmade, by Kelly Wilkinson.

On the jacket, it describes Kelly Wilkinson as a “craft designer and journalist” with projects appearing in many stylish blogs like Apartment Therapy and Design*Sponge. Since the title and cover reminded me of the Weekend Project that I post here each week, I was pretty jazzed to dig in.