Upcycled Found Markers For Your Garden

Hi friends,

I'm excited to hold out collaborating alongside unopen to really talented blogging friends inwards what we're calling, the Creative DIY Team, bringing you lot lots of abode as well as garden DIY ideas that you lot tin flaming contain inwards your ain home.

For this month's challenge, HERB - GARDEN PROJECTS, I've decided to brand EASY- UPCYCLED Garden Markers.

At the terminate of this post you lot volition honor the links to the other projects my friends guide maintain tackled.

My long fourth dimension dream of having a vegetable garden inwards my ain backyard got fulfilled final month.

Well, my boy was the 1 giving me lots of encouragement. ;) We worked together on cleaning as well as setting the bed, you lot tin flaming see the progress correct HERE.

The plants guide maintain been growing, as well as he's helping me guide maintain tending of it. But, I knew unopen to flora markers were necessary for him as well as his sis to improve position each plant.

The principal cloth used for these garden markers were java loving cup lids. Yep, I guide maintain a practiced stash of them.
My hubby uses the cups, simply he doesn't involve the lids so, I've been collecting them, as well as other than this project correct HERE, I've been at a loss alongside what to create alongside them.

My persuasion was the super easy...

"Let's write the flora names on the lids, stick a slice of woods on the dorsum on them as well as that's it!"

But, oh oh, it was difficult to read those names because of the engraved markings on the lids.
Hmmm, perhaps, if you lot create it at the top as well as bottom it works fine.

Though, the picky inwards me couldn't tolerate that. I constitute inwards my stash self-adhesive chalkboard sheets as well as cutting out circles to comprehend the problematic area.

Using a Permanent Chalkboard marker (aff,) the letters were written on them as well as fifty-fifty unopen to doodles were drawn all around.

My immature lady was the 1 lending me a mitt alongside a regular hole punch. Two holes on each lid at the top as well as bottom.

Two coats of clear poly were applied to the lids inwards lodge to protect the labels.
Then, ¼" wooden dowels were passed through the holes.

And into the garden they went!

We've had lots of pelting as well as the labels guide maintain been belongings actually well.

Well, I don't fifty-fifty worry virtually that... I guide maintain enough of supplies! :)

Any other ideas on how to upcycle those lids? Let me know inwards the comments below.

For to a greater extent than DIY - HERB GARDEN Projects brand certain to click on the links below to take in the beautiful projects my friends guide maintain created:

Herb Fairy Garden @ Cozy Little House