The Occasional Gardener: Ideas + Aesthetics + Inspiration from the Garden

Grass Sleeve


A $30 grass laptop "folder" from ABC Carpet & Home | Hollister H Hovey

Stone Leaves


Last year I hammer printed plants and flowers onto fabric. Yesterday I tried it on some stones and I really love the result. It works best with smooth light colored stones. I used a rubber mallet instead of a hammer ........resurrectionfern

Handmade Soap


Process: Handmade Soap with BeyondThePicketFence | Etsy

Plastic Fantastic



Found object sheathed in knitted plastic bags by Anne Cecile Rappa via Dezeen

Sandals by MLeak

How to make Plarn


More Plastic Bag Crafts
| Craftzine


Make a Messenger Bag out of Trash Bags
| Make

Rustic Wedding


Lauren and Andrew's diy rustic wedding | iDiY via craftzine

left: place cards made from eucalyptus discs

right: chipboard invitation wheels made from two circles of untreated, recycled chipboard diecut and letterpressed to look like an old planting wheel with redwood rings on it.