http://www.karensgardentips.com Practical tips to help you get the most out of your garden. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:19:11 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.karensgardentips.com/crafts/how-to-make-a-christmas-star-ornaments-from-sticks/ http://www.karensgardentips.com/crafts/how-to-make-a-christmas-star-ornaments-from-sticks/#comments Thu, 08 Dec 2011 10:00:32 +0000 Karen http://www.karensgardentips.com/?p=15610 Read 'How to Make a Christmas Star Ornament from Sticks' at http://www.KarensGardenTips.com.

Outside our kitchen window are several bird feeders that attract a variety of our feathered friends that we enjoy watching as they cavort and eat their favorite seeds and other treats. In addition to several different feeders there, we have a birdbath, small [...]]]> http://www.karensgardentips.com/crafts/how-to-make-a-christmas-star-ornaments-from-sticks/feed/ 0 http://www.karensgardentips.com/crafts/how-to-make-a-flower-from-a-lemon-lime-and-strawberry/ http://www.karensgardentips.com/crafts/how-to-make-a-flower-from-a-lemon-lime-and-strawberry/#comments Thu, 01 Dec 2011 10:00:20 +0000 Karen http://www.karensgardentips.com/?p=15601 Read 'How to Make a Flower from a Lemon, Lime, and Strawberry' at http://www.KarensGardenTips.com.

When company is coming over you may want to dress up a tray of hors d’oeuvres or appetizers. Sure, parsley will add some color and texture but how about something with more pizazz? Perhaps some flowers made out of fruit. Sounds [...]]]> http://www.karensgardentips.com/crafts/how-to-make-a-flower-from-a-lemon-lime-and-strawberry/feed/ 0 http://www.karensgardentips.com/crafts/how-to-make-a-garnish-basket-from-a-butternut-squash/ http://www.karensgardentips.com/crafts/how-to-make-a-garnish-basket-from-a-butternut-squash/#comments Tue, 28 Dec 2010 10:00:38 +0000 Karen http://www.karensgardentips.com/?p=9655 Read 'How to Make a Garnish Basket from a Butternut Squash' at http://www.KarensGardenTips.com.

When preparing for a party or just an informal family gathering it’s fun to dress up the food with an eye catching garnish. Adding a little extra touch like a garnish makes everything more festive and shows your guests that they are [...]]]> http://www.karensgardentips.com/crafts/how-to-make-a-garnish-basket-from-a-butternut-squash/feed/ 0 http://www.karensgardentips.com/crafts/how-to-make-a-pine-cone-tussie-mussie-for-a-christmas-decoration/ http://www.karensgardentips.com/crafts/how-to-make-a-pine-cone-tussie-mussie-for-a-christmas-decoration/#comments Tue, 21 Dec 2010 10:00:44 +0000 Karen http://www.karensgardentips.com/?p=9563 Read 'How to Make a Pine Cone Tussie Mussie for A Christmas Decoration' at http://www.KarensGardenTips.com.

I enjoy Victorian style decorations for Christmas and one of them is a tussie mussie to go on the door knobs throughout the house.  I used to make them of fresh flowers but had to do so the day before [...]]]> http://www.karensgardentips.com/crafts/how-to-make-a-pine-cone-tussie-mussie-for-a-christmas-decoration/feed/ 0 http://www.karensgardentips.com/crafts/how-to-make-an-easy-inexpensive-indoor-christmas-wreath/ http://www.karensgardentips.com/crafts/how-to-make-an-easy-inexpensive-indoor-christmas-wreath/#comments Tue, 14 Dec 2010 11:00:07 +0000 Karen http://www.karensgardentips.com/?p=9383 Read 'How to Make an Easy Inexpensive Indoor Christmas Wreath' at http://www.KarensGardenTips.com.

I love wreaths on the windows at Christmas and have experimented with various possibilities over the year. My most ambitious project was making 45 boxwood wreaths one for every window in my Annapolis house. Unfortunately, it was also my biggest failure as the [...]]]> http://www.karensgardentips.com/crafts/how-to-make-an-easy-inexpensive-indoor-christmas-wreath/feed/ 3 http://www.karensgardentips.com/crafts/how-to-make-and-inexpensive-and-easy-outdoor-christmas-wreath/ http://www.karensgardentips.com/crafts/how-to-make-and-inexpensive-and-easy-outdoor-christmas-wreath/#comments Tue, 07 Dec 2010 10:00:19 +0000 Karen http://www.karensgardentips.com/?p=9245 Read 'How to Make and Inexpensive and Easy Outdoor Wreath' at http://www.KarensGardenTips.com.

The homes that have wreaths or other outdoor decorations on their windows always seem to me to look like a scene from a Christmas card and I enjoy doing something too. This year I decided to make wreath for the window using some [...]]]> http://www.karensgardentips.com/crafts/how-to-make-and-inexpensive-and-easy-outdoor-christmas-wreath/feed/ 0 http://www.karensgardentips.com/crafts/how-to-make-a-pinecone-turkey-for-thanksgiving/ http://www.karensgardentips.com/crafts/how-to-make-a-pinecone-turkey-for-thanksgiving/#comments Mon, 22 Nov 2010 10:00:13 +0000 Karen http://www.karensgardentips.com/?p=8886 Read 'How to Make a Pinecone Turkey for Thanksgiving' at http://www.KarensGardenTips.com.

This was good year for pine cones and they are everywhere. I could not resist doing something with them for Thanksgiving and what could be more appropriate than cone turkeys? They could be used as place card holders at the Thanksgiving dinner and then [...]]]> http://www.karensgardentips.com/crafts/how-to-make-a-pinecone-turkey-for-thanksgiving/feed/ 0 http://www.karensgardentips.com/crafts/state-flowers-trees-birds-and-insects-including-butterflies-to-embroider/ http://www.karensgardentips.com/crafts/state-flowers-trees-birds-and-insects-including-butterflies-to-embroider/#comments Wed, 20 Jan 2010 20:22:44 +0000 Karen http://www.karensgardentips.com/?p=3821 Read 'State Flowers, Trees, Birds, and Insects including Butterflies to Embroider' at http://www.KarensGardenTips.com.

When you can’t garden outdoors, needlework involving flowers is a nice substitute.  I enjoy a variety of kinds including crewel, counted cross-stitch, and needle or pettipoint.  With my first grandchild about to be born I was looking about for a project and [...]]]> http://www.karensgardentips.com/crafts/state-flowers-trees-birds-and-insects-including-butterflies-to-embroider/feed/ 0 http://www.karensgardentips.com/crafts/how-to-make-an-apple-swan-garnish/ http://www.karensgardentips.com/crafts/how-to-make-an-apple-swan-garnish/#comments Wed, 23 Dec 2009 14:27:58 +0000 Karen http://www.karensgardentips.com/?p=3585 Read 'How to Make an Apple Swan Garnish' at http://www.KarensGardenTips.com.

If you want to make a spectacular presentation at a festive event, try making this swan. I admit that this is a “Martha Stewart” sort of project but it is well worth trying because the results can be good even on your first attempt. The [...]]]> http://www.karensgardentips.com/crafts/how-to-make-an-apple-swan-garnish/feed/ 1 http://www.karensgardentips.com/crafts/how-to-make-a-cornhusk-doll/ http://www.karensgardentips.com/crafts/how-to-make-a-cornhusk-doll/#comments Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:44:05 +0000 Karen http://www.karensgardentips.com/?p=3209 Read 'How to Make A Cornhusk Doll' at http://www.KarensGardenTips.com.

Read 'How to Make A Cornhusk Doll' at http://www.KarensGardenTips.com. In the fall corn husks are used for various decorations and corn husk dolls are one of my favorites. Of course, you can make them any time of year and you don’t need to grow corn and harvest your own cornhusks; you can easily find them [...]]]> http://www.karensgardentips.com/crafts/how-to-make-a-cornhusk-doll/feed/ 2