Gardening Bucket

My awesome mother-in-law, Vienna, had a birthday last week, and I wanted to share what I made for her. I was originally going to make this for her for mothers day,
but being the procrastinator that I am, it didn't get done in time!
So it ended up being the perfect birthday gift! Vienna loves to garden,
so when I found this idea over at Ladybird Ln, I knew I had to make it for her.
Here's how mine turned out

Isn't it great?? Carlee from Ladybird Ln put burlap around hers, and then made an adorable gardening belt to go around it. My sewing machine is broken, so I couldn't do the belt, and I thought it would add a fun touch to put the grand kids hand prints on the outside. I'm not going to do a tutorial since Carlee already has an amazing one, but I will give you some tips

First off, you don't have to buy your 5 gallon bucket. My husband works at a grocery store, and I had him ask the bakery if they would give us one, and they were fine with it. These buckets have pros and cons. They're free, but the reason I spray painted mine was because it had a huge image on the side reminding you that kids can fall into the bucket and drown.

Can you see it? This was after two coats of white paint!!
That's why I decided to paint it the blue color.
Another con is that it still had a huge label on it (ours was for butter-cream frosting!),
but I used my handy dandy 'Sticky Out' that I used for this post, and it took it off, no problem! Carlee used a Gamma lid for her bucket, which would have been awesome if I could have found one in time, but I couldn't. So I just used the original lid, and it worked fine.

Here are a couple pics of how I put the cushion together

Do you see my favorite new tool I just bought for myself?!!
Can't believe I've never owned one, but I love it! :)

Then I had my husband screw the seat to the lid.

I traced my kids hands onto fabric, mod podged them to the bucket with
a couple extra coats on top, and painted on the wording.
After it all dried, I covered it with a couple coats of clear sealant.

It didn't turn out quite like I'd predicted, but it's fun none the less.
At least it shows I put effort into making something for her. What do you think?

Thanks for reading!!

Juli

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Are You Ready??

So are you ready for Fathers Day?!  Did our ideas last week help?  Well, just in case you're not ready, I thought I'd share some great ideas I've seen in blogland.  I'm still working on my Fathers Day gifts, because I'm just a last minute kind of girl!!

I found this first one over at Silly Eagle Books

I love having things that are personalized, and this framed questionnaire and handprint are just perfect!  This is definitely on my list of things to do!

This next one is from Holiday Crafts and Creations

My husband is so hard to buy for, so most often he gets a gift card to an electronics store.  I feel bad only giving him a gift card, but what a fun way to give a kind of lame gift!  :)

Take a look at these free printables from Shindig Parties To Go!

Amazing, right?  You could do so many things with those ties!  The possibilities are endless!! Oh, and by the way, her site is fabulous! There are some awesome ideas, so go check it out!

So I had a few other things that I was going to share with you, but this is the third time writing this post, and for some reason it won't let me attach any more links.  So annoying!! Whatev!!

Hopefully these will give you some fun ideas to show your man how much you appreciate him!
Thanks for reading!

Juli