Make a Home Garden Journal

If you're someone who has trouble when you used fertilizer on your plants or when you watered them, it's time you got yourself a garden journal. This will help you keep track of your greenery... 

 

What you'll need:

• A large diary
• A ring-binder
• Colored tabs or divider

 

Design matters

Gardening is a stress-release activity. So, make sure the pages are light, colourful and fun. Each section can have a vibrant heading, information spaceholders and borders. You can add photos of your own plants to decorate the pages.

Info to include

The journal has to keep a track of all your plants — when you bought and planted them and how to take care of them. Write each plant's common name as well as its botanical name, its light and water requirements and a record of seedlings and cuttings. 

Your thoughts

These are self-notes: your problems, experiences as well as garden victories.

Where to Buy

Ideally you should be able to find the products from stationary shop. Or you can order one Gardening Journal from Amazon

 

Resource:  Easy Homestead

 

Repurpose and Reuse - Turn Books Into Picture Frames

Frame Up!

Repurpose a book with a beautiful cover but damaged pages into a frame for a favorite photo.  Using the Tomboy Tools Quick Changing Utility Knife or a crafts knife, carefully cut a rectangle from the front of the book.  To create a mat, cut a few inside pages into a rectangular hole that's a bit smaller than the cover hole.  Secure the pages to the cover with glue.  Then tape a photo in place. 

Be creative - choose a fave photo that relates to the book title!

Like Scrapbooking? Think Tomboy Tools

Like scrapbooking? Did you know Tomboy Tools has some great products to hold your materials and accessories and to help you with your scrapbook projects.  Check them out:

• Auto Bag - Great for holding paper trimmer, scissors (or Tomboy Tools Garden Snips), etc.  You will want to buy a large plastic container for the bottom of the bag to hold your brads, eyelets, buttons, etc.
• Garden Snips - They work better than most scissors!
• Needle Nose Pliers - Great for wire, jewelry, etc.
• Sanding Block - It has different angles that are great for getting into the small spaces of chipboard...and you can rinse and reuse!
• 8 oz. Magnetic Head Hammer - Works well for setting eyelets or texturizing metal sheets, flattening bottle caps, etc.
• Mini Hacksaw - Use for dowels, small twigs & other adornments
• 1-1/2" Angled Paint Brush - Great for painting paper

Those are just a few of our tools...we have more too! Thanks to Tomboy Tools Consultant, Joy Norris, for her great tips and ideas!