DIY Owl Garden Edger

I have been having so much fun working on little projects. I have always loved artsy creative activities, but just didn’t really do any of them for lack of time and energy.

My goal is to beautify the yard this year. I’m tired of everything getting overgrown and otherwise looking unkept. I have some ideas for sprucing things up and I’ve been hitting Pinterest for inspiration!

I want to add a few garden decor items this year. I added a wind chime and I love to hear the soft music. We fenced in part of the yard and it’s fantastic to have a safe area for Little Miss Sunshine to run around in.

I found this idea on Pinterest of making an owl out of a garden edger. Little Miss Sunshine loves owls, so I thought this would be perfect to make!

It was really simple.

All you need are garden edgers, a pencil, small paint brushes for little details, and paint that will hold up outside. This includes your color choice for spray paint for the body of the owl, yellow, white, and black. The black and white can be mixed to make gray for the feathers.

First, you spray paint the edger block. I used Rustoleum. I did this the night before I planned to paint the owl so that the spray paint had plenty of time to dry.

After that has fully dried, you can use the pencil to draw the owl onto the edger. I used a picture I found on Pinterest as a reference. You can see my rough sketch below.

I started with painting the yellow on the eyes and the orange beak. From there I moved on to the gray in the feathers, the black in the eyes, the white on the feathers, and then the white on the eyes. Basically, just wait for the paint to dry a bit before adding colors right next to one another that could mix and look messy. You will see smudges on my owls—a result of attempting this project with two toddlers.

This was the final product!

I spent more time on the blue one and was hurrying through the pink one. I love how they turned out though—they’re not perfect, but they’re really cute anyways!

These are my friend’s owls—love the eyelashes!

What a fun project!

Do you have any cute projects like this that you’ve completed lately or hope to do soon?

Things I Love Thursday

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Welcome to another edition of Things I Love Thursday!

 

LOL

source: Pinterest

I don’t think this requires an explanation. Too funny!

Produce from our garden

These are our first tomatoes from our garden this year, we’ve had a few peppers already, and these are the first blackberries that I’ve gotten to before the birds! Hubby and I cleaned the blackberries and ate them immediately—they were so juicy and sweet.

 

Peanut Brittle (a few bites!)

This may have been the first time I’ve eaten peanut brittle in any month other than December. But, alas, this was the best peanut brittle I’ve ever eaten—honestly! This was another goodie that Gourmet Gifter sent me to try out. The peanut brittle has been closely monitored to only be eaten occasionally and in moderation. No worries.

 

How They Blog Podcast

I have been listening to episodes of this podcast every chance I get. I have learned a lot about blogging and discovered new resources by listening to Kat’s wisdom and the tips from her guests. She hasn’t recorded a new episode for a long time, but her old episodes are great. I highly recommend checking it out!

 

Cereal

© Marilyn Barbone via Fotolia

Cereal is pretty much my favorite food ever and I could eat it for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. I usually only buy cereal that has practically no sugar, like Cheerios or Rice Krispies, but somehow I slipped into a bad cereal habit! I’ve acknowledged I have a problem and that I need to change. The first step is admitting it. So Hubby and I agreed—back to our healthy cereal again. As much as I love you, my dear delicious unhealthy cereals, I will have to say goodbye.

 

What are you loving this Thursday?