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Bloom No green thumb? No problem, with these clever garden-related crafts. From "Creative Juice" episode DCRJ-103L

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Cathie Filian and Steve Piacenza turn a new clay pot into a rustic-looking antique.

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Rustic Pots

Rustic Pots

Materials:

1 quart plain regular yogurt (not nonfat)
paintbrushes
12" terra-cotta clay pot
sphagnum moss
hot-glue gun and glue sticks
old cookie sheet

1. Place the clay pot on an old cookie sheet.

2. Paint a thick coat of yogurt onto the pot (figure A). You can paint an all over design or use smaller amounts of yogurt to achieve highlights (figure B).

Figure A

Figure B

3. Place outside for 20 days and watch the magic begin. Within 20 days you should begin to see brown and green highlights forming (figure C). Depending on humidity levels in your region, this step may take a few days longer.

4. Hot-glue moss into a decorative pattern onto the aged pot (figure D). Gluing around the base and trailing up the sides creates a rustic, aged look.

Figure C

Figure D

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