Miracle Grow in a bottle! Nasty boxes no more! The earth laughs in flowers!

I love SPRING time when it is time to clean up, clean out and get all your planting equipment in order. What I don’t like is the wet or tore up boxes of  products to make it all happen. I got a bottle at a garage sale for a 1.00 and decided to  recycle it and make it my Miracle Grow container. It was pretty plain so I  jazzed it up a bit with things I already had on hand.  I can change the quote on it whenever I like. It looks great on the porch instead of an ugly box and adds to the decor now. This product isn’t cheap and won’t be wasting it anymore trying to scoop it out for treatment of my plants. The color showing thru the bottle just happens to match my porch color theme.  So be on the look out for our “prize” miracle grow  bottle.  HAPPY  GROWING.

Supplies: a bottle with a seal of some kind. jute, bendable wire, chalkboard sticker, chalk,miracle grow, funnel of some sort and keep the scoop from the box and attach it so it is removable for use. 

This bottle will hold an average box of miracle grow you could use the cardboard from the box to make your funnel.

Don’t you hate it when your box gets wet ( and it will) and it is just a mess? Here’s the solution

Yeah the boxes always look nice when they are new!

Who says you can’t reuse a 1.00 garage sale bottle and make it pretty again!?

Time for another recycle jar project! Dog treat container!

I learned from my Dad to never let a good container

Any color or theme for fabric and supplies

Jute in the house!

Dog themed supplies

Completed recycled pet treat jar.

go to waste. I hate throwing away good jars but let’s face it some of the labels are either ugly or a pain to remove. I keep our dog’s treat in them but wanted something to show they were for the dog. The jar had a stubborn label and I get tired of removing all of them. So with that said let’s cover it up and make it unique. I keep a box of scraps for projects like this. It included some scraps of paw print fabric from a previous dog coat I made for him last winter. Burlap is a good choice too because it is cheap, versatile and comes in many styles and colors. Just look around and see what you already have. Also I always have jute of some kind on hand. I braided some to add to the lid to give it some character and a good grip. Stamping is fun but sometimes I forget I have them so out that came too. 🙂 I didn’t have to purchase anything new for this project. 

Do you keep jars and recycle them?

Wicker Rocker Chair Estate Sale Bargain

I bought this rocker at an Estate sale for 5.00. It was in excellent condition. I wasn’t sure just what I wanted to do with it for a while. Then I got some color inspiration and went for it. Actually it made me redo all my chairs on my porch. I wanted something a little bright and fun.  When I can I love to sit on my porch and take pictures of the birds, butterflies and other wildlife in my backyard. This reminded me of my first bargain when I was 13 and thus the name of my blog. Have you up-cycle an estate sale bargain lately?