There's something about the second day curls that just looks and sits better than the first day. Typically on the first day, the curls are too tight and too fresh- well, there's a trick to have the "second day curls" on the first day! Follow the instructions below and try it out!
Step 1
Make sure to have freshly washed hair so your curls hold longer.
Step 2
Divide your hair in layers.
Step 3
Clamp a small strand into your curler. We typically like to use about a 1"-1.5"curler.
Step 4
Roll it up to as high as you want your curls to go. Remember to curl your hair OUT, not IN! Hold it there for about 10-12 seconds
Step 5
Keep your hair clamped in the curler, but start unwinding your hair all the way until the end of your piece.
Step 6
Twist, twist, twist! Twist the entire curler so your strand is twisted and then let go.
Step 7
Repeat the same step all throughout your hair, but remember not to brush it out or run your fingers through! Keep it still for as long as possible and let it cool down.
Step 8
After curling all of your hair, run your fingers through so it has that natural curl/wave look. Brushing it out with a brush can give you a different look and all of your curls will end up in one big chunk so we recommend brushing your fingers through!
...and that's it!
What are some of your hair tricks? Share your secret with us at secret@thesororitysecrets.com
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Inexpensive ‘Sea Jewels’ for DIY Projects For those who love a good DIY, you’ll know that free craft materials that look incredible are rare. One of the exceptions is sea
Use colourful glass to create a magical Garden Stone I live near the beach and one of my favourite hobbies is collecting sea glass. These pieces of broken bottles and
Creative Sea Glass Ideas Finding Sea Glass can be an addictive hobby and before you know it you could have jars filled to the top with beautiful pieces of coloured
Colourful Sea Glass Stepping Stones Sea glass can have romantic origins — it could come from old victorian bottles or broken glass from a shipwreck. Most of the time it comes from
Often times watching a video of a project can be so much more helpful than a series of still images. I’ve continued adding to my YouTube channel today with a
Candle Light shines through the Sea Glass Not counting the wonderful hours you can spend collecting sea glass on the beach, this diy project takes all of about ten minutes
Pieces of glass buffered and softened by the sea Last year, while on my way out of the Manx Wildlife Trust Shop, I spotted a new display of beautiful sea-glass
Salvaged ! The 32 Shutter Challenge ~ repurposing shutters in the garden Salvaged! The 32 Shutter Challenge
I had pretty much given up hope on pulling ivy in part of our back garden and resigned myself to just making it look halfway decent with garden accents. Then, last year a neighbor gave me ten shutters and I made two raised garden beds from them. It really worked, a way to garden even in a fifty-year-old ivy bed! I was hooked! So, last fall the whole area was weed whacked and smothered in mulched fall leaves from the mower. This spring, the ivy was mostly at bay and I started to dream of another garden. Serendipity! Another neighbor offered me their thirty-two old wooden shutters and The 32 Shutter Challenge began.
Raised Beds For Free! The first two raised beds in The Shutter Garden.
We built a raised garden bed from wood and corrugated metal roofing panels. Eight feet wide and long, this garden eliminates the problem of tree roots and poor soil! Click on the raised bed to get all the particulars.
Raised Garden Bed
Three shutters now function as the garden arbor entrance. Click on the arbor to get more information on its construction!
Painted Shutter Arbor
Fourteen of the shutters became The Shutter Garden’s fence. To see how it was put together, just click on the picture below!
Dress the fence with birdhouses, garden tools and planted containers!
The finishing touch was putting together a potting bench using four of the shutters. Click on the picture to get more details and see how it was made!
Painted and ready to use ~ Shutter Potting Bench
Here’s the “Before” picture, a huge patch of English ivy and the first two raised beds repurposed from shutters.
The “Before” picture ~ a huge patch of English ivy!
And, the “After” picture! Here’s The Shutter Garden with all the pieces put together! From a huge bed of ivy to a vegetable garden!
The Shutter Garden The Shutter Garden Birdhouse Ladders dressed up with vines & flowers! The Garden Lady tends The Shutter Garden A wonderful sign painted by a dear friend says it all! Planted Heart Basket The Head Gardener! Garden sign and wheelbarrow at the ready! Original article and pictures take ourfairfieldhomeandgarden.com site
I was so excited to get a review copy of Terrarium Craft: Create 50 Magical, Miniature Worlds , probably more excited than is considered ‘normal’. Flipping through the 50 projects, there was clearly lots of inspiration. After a brief introduction on materials and techniques, Terrarium Craft stunning photography showcases forest, beach, desert, and fantasy terrarium ideas.
After reading the book cover to cover, I was so inspired to try some projects I have all but put my seed starting on hold and transformed my corner window grow-op into a terrarium building site. Air plants, succulents, shells, rock and found objects abound as terrariums are a nature lover’s doll house. For my first project I fashioned a woodland-inspired terrarium out of a salad bowl, moss, Aeonium, Sedum, Bromeliad and a tiny felted owl.
DIY Terrarium Project Salad Bow Terrarium
Materials:
Glass salad bowl
Indoor cactus soil
Polished river stones
Branches, lichen, found objects
Plants:
Aeonium
Sedum
Bromeliad
Spanish Moss (epiphyte)
True Moss (bryophyte)
Instructions:
Salad Bowl Terrarium (Large)
1. Fill the bottom 1/3 with cactus soil (note: the book suggests using sand or moss balls to plant your terrarium, but I don’t mind the look of soil and I’m not worried about drainage because I’ll carefully. The book’s projects do look cleaner with the sand so it’s all personal preference).
2. Place true moss around one side of the bowl. Shake soil gently off the root ball of the aeonium, sedum and bromilad. Dig little holes in the cactus soil and place plants. Back fill with soil and place moss around plants on the moss side. Add some river stones to the other half to cover the soil up to the moss level.
The final result is a quirky terrarium that reminds me of days waking thought the woods with the dogs, hoping to spot a real owl like these, and collecting gems from the forest floor.
Terrarium Aeonium Bromiliad Sedum in a glass bowl
There are a few other projects that I’d like to try from the book, like suspending plant roots in a moss ball inside the terrarium, but for now I best get on my seed starting or I’ll be very sad and/or broke come heirloom tomato season.
If you have tried a terrarium, or plan to try one, please let me know. I would love to see photos of this very personal art form.
Original article and pictures take gardentherapy.ca site
Rusty Garden Art Gallery including orbs, kettles, bee skep, and decorative birds
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Rust in the Garden
Definition of Rust
rust
noun
a reddish- or yellowish-brown flaky coating of iron oxide that is formed on iron or steel by oxidation, especially in the presence of moisture.
synonyms: corrosion, oxidation
What is it about oxidized iron that makes it look so perfect in the garden?
I’m sure garden art started many years ago by circumstance. Long before there were landfills and we could send unwanted or too-far-gone items “away”, they were stashed in the yard, left to deteriorate over time.
But, of course, there have always been creative people with artistic impulses, and it would be rather irresistible not to turn that old metal bed frame and a bunch of rusted tools into some fabulous creature or ornamental statue for vines to grab onto. If it’s going to be there anyways, might as well make it spectacular.
Today, most metal garden junk is welded (something I wish I could do), but no matter how you make it or get it, it’s clear the love of rust lives on.
I’ve gathered some favourites from my garden and garden tours.
Want to buy some? I get lots of emails asking where to buy these items. If I know a source, I always list it by the image. Otherwise, it’s just something I saw on a garden tour and do not know the source.
Rusty Garden Art Ideas
Classic Garden Orb
Rusty garden art orb at the The Garden of Rust at empressofdirt.net.
Woodpecker
Here’s a different rusty woodpecker on Amazon:
Metal Bee Skep
This one is in my garden. The bee is from a golf ball craft project. You can find the instructions here: DIY Golf Ball Garden Buggies.
Rusty ornamental bee skep at the The Rusty Garden Art Gallery empressofdirt.net.
Rusty Flower
Rusty garden art flower.
Bike Parking
Rusty bike in garden with ferns
Rusty Welcome Sign
Not a great pic, but it’s a sweet piece.
Rusty welcome sign hanging from garden shed.
Rusty Mermaid
Rusty mermaid as garden art.
Rusty Fish
I love this fish. He’s perfect over the dry pond. the garden art cattails are sweet too.
Rusty garden art fish.
Rusty Wheel
Rusty Stoves, Heaters, Fireplaces Rusty antique stove in the garden Rusty fireplace on patio
Bed Time
Yes, brass does not rust, but it does get a good patina over time.
Rusty Garden Art Gallery including orbs, kettles, bee skep, and decorative birds Rusty Garden Art Gallery including orbs, kettles, bee skep, and decorative birds
Shovel Bird
Rusty shelf, birdhouse, hardware, and tool box at the The Rusty Garden Art Gallery empressofdirt.net.
Rusty Shelf, Birdhouse, and Hardware
This display of rustic items was on a garden tour I attended several years ago. Love the hardware and tool box!
Rusty shelf, birdhouse, hardware, and tool box at the The Rusty Garden Art Gallery empressofdirt.net.
Rusty Garden Bells
I remember a version of these being popular for front doors years ago. This one is on a garden stake.
Rusty garden art bells at the The Rusty Garden Art Gallery empressofdirt.net.
Bike Gear Trellis
Rusty Garden Art Gallery including orbs, kettles, bee skep, and decorative birds
Rusty Garden Birds
A new garden art piece that has rusty very nicely indeed.
Rusty garden art birds at the The Rusty Garden Art Gallery empressofdirt.net.
Licence Plates and Old Tools
This is a scene from the same garden where I saw a fun ‘Hairy Potter’ potting bench, where Harry was apparently a mad scientist. It’s one of my favourite junk gardens ever. The artist is off-the-charts creative.
Rusty licence plates and old garden tools at the The Rusty Garden Art Gallery empressofdirt.net.
Question Time!
Are you on Team Rust or Team Paint?
I love a rusty patina, but I do paint when the lifespan of the item is in jeopardy. I painted this coal burner and use it as a waterfall by my little garden pond.
Rusty old coal burner at the The Rusty Garden Art Gallery empressofdirt.net.
Rusty Garden Bird
Another contemporary garden art bird. I’d love to display one in a barbwire nest.
Rusty garden bird at the The Rusty Garden Art Gallery empressofdirt.net.
Rusty Old Copper Kettle
This kettle has been in my family for years. If you love old watering cans, also see Watering Can Garden Art.
Rusty garden art ideas including orbs, bee skep, kettle, old tool creatures at empressofdirt.net
Rusty Garden Orb
This one was also on a garden tour. I love the simplicity of it.
Rusty garden orb at the The Rusty Garden Art Gallery empressofdirt.net.
Rusty Old Tools
Trust me when I say you will probably never see a larger display of old tools! I’ll show the whole thing in an upcoming post. There must be 2000 tools on this shed wall.
Rusty tools on shed wall at the The Rusty Garden Art Gallery empressofdirt.net. Rusty tools on shed wall at the The Rusty Garden Art Gallery empressofdirt.net.
Metal Garden Art Dog
This crazy looking guy is outside a junk/antique shop called McRatterson’s Collectables and Antiques at Kinmore, Ontario. The whole garden has some very clever junk ideas.
Metal guard dog at the The Rusty Garden Art Gallery empressofdirt.net.
Junk Store Wall
Rusty Garden Art Gallery including orbs, kettles, bee skep, and decorative birds
Garden Junk Pipe Men
These are made from old tin / metal pipes. They’re super simple but so cute.
Rusty pipe men at the The Rusty Garden Art Gallery empressofdirt.net.
Welded Tool Art
These are so fun. I love the creative minds that see old tools and metal junk and see what they can be transformed into. You can see more details here: Garden Art Made From Old Tools
Rusty metal tools made into cute creatures at the The Rusty Garden Art Gallery empressofdirt.net.
Vintage Wheel Garden Bench
Rusty Garden Art Gallery including orbs, kettles, bee skep, and decorative birds
Rusty Knight
Rusty Garden Art Gallery including orbs, kettles, bee skep, and decorative birds
Rusty Urn
Rusty Garden Art Gallery including orbs, kettles, bee skep, and decorative birds
Rusty Sap Buckets
These are in my garden:
Rusty sap buckets
Rusty Pinecone
I really love this one. It fits my obsession with spirals in nature.
I hope you enjoyed this glimpse into the world of rust in the garden.
~Melissa the Empress of Dirt ♛
Original article and pictures take empressofdirt.net site
