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DIY Garden Markers – Printable Garden Markers – Cheap Garden Markers

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Let the gardening begin! I have some seedlings started, and all I had to mark them with was popsicle sticks and a permanent marker. It was not very pretty. I always wanted to have pretty garden markers, so I decided to make my own. Not only did I figure out a gorgeous way to make DIY Garden Markers, but it was fun too! Follow along with me and I will share where I got my supplies for cheap and how I made them.

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First, you may need to go shopping to pick up a couple of items. I got almost everything I needed from the Dollar Tree. The beautiful baker’s twine you see in the photo, yep that’s from DT! I have used that twine for many of my projects. It’s a personal favorite. If you can’t find this twine you can substitute with regular twine. Check out more Dollar Tree gardening supplies, I made a list!

DIY Garden Markers

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Supplies:

First let’s talk supplies. What will you need to make the DIY Garden Markers?

  • Modge Podge – gloss or matte will work. Found mine at The Dollar Tree.
  • Scissors
  • Twine –  Found mine at The Dollar Tree.
  • Sticks – Find sticks and cut them the length that is most useful to you. You want them at least 3/4 – 1 inch around.
  • 1-3 Glass Gems Bags, found mine at The Dollar Tree. They need to be medium sized.
  • E6000, to glue the glass gems onto the wood. It is capable of gluing glass, and wood together.
  • Small Sponge Brush – Found mine at The Dollar Tree.
  • Glue Gun – Glue Sticks – Found mine at The dollar Tree.
  • Garden Marker Printables: The last item you will need to make these beautiful garden markers is the printable that I made. You get over 40 vegetable labels, over 15 herb labels & a blank sheet to add any of your own designs! Check out below on how to grab your DIY Garden Marker Printable now!

 

Grab all three sheets of the DIY Garden Markers —>   Print Garden Markers

Or grab just the Vegetable sheet of the garden markers —>  Print Vegetable Sheet Only

If you would like a free printable kinda like these you can find a couple here. Though, there are not any titles just an illustration, and less to choose from. They are cute though!

DIY Garden Marker Tutorial

Make sure to brush glue on very thinly or the dye on the paper will bleed. I had a problem with the tomato, I tried it 3 times but it bled each time. I will try to fix the problem, in the meantime keep it in mind. I will update if I figure out a solution.

  1. First, plug in the glue gun, and set it aside somewhere safe away from kids, animals and flammable items. Then, cut out the circles along the dotted lines.DIY Garden Markers - Printable Garden Markers - Cheap Garden Markers | Crafty Garden Markers - Glass Gem Garden Markers - Garden Marker Tutorial | http://homesteadwishing.com/diy-garden-markers/ | Homestead Wishing, Author Kristi Wheeler | diy- garden-marker, printable-garden-markers, cheap-garden-markers.
  2. Brush a very thin coat of modge podge on the flat part of the gems.DIY Garden Markers - Printable Garden Markers - Cheap Garden Markers | Crafty Garden Markers - Glass Gem Garden Markers - Garden Marker Tutorial | http://homesteadwishing.com/diy-garden-markers/ | Homestead Wishing, Author Kristi Wheeler | diy- garden-marker, printable-garden-markers, cheap-garden-markers.
  3. Lay the circle face down into the modge podge. Glance on the rounded side and make sure you can see the image and text. The picture will look much clearer after the glue has dried. Now glue on top of the paper, on one side, and again a very thin layer of modge podge!DIY Garden Markers - Printable Garden Markers - Cheap Garden Markers | Crafty Garden Markers - Glass Gem Garden Markers - Garden Marker Tutorial | http://homesteadwishing.com/diy-garden-markers/ | Homestead Wishing, Author Kristi Wheeler | diy- garden-marker, printable-garden-markers, cheap-garden-markers.
  4. Quickly, put the two sides together. Make sure to line up the pictures.DIY Garden Markers - Printable Garden Markers - Cheap Garden Markers | Crafty Garden Markers - Glass Gem Garden Markers - Garden Marker Tutorial | http://homesteadwishing.com/diy-garden-markers/ | Homestead Wishing, Author Kristi Wheeler | diy- garden-marker, printable-garden-markers, cheap-garden-markers.
  5. For this next couple of steps, make sure you have the twine out and unraveled a bit, and the glue open and ready to use. Grab one of the sticks, and put a dollop of glue on the end. I found it helpful to also add a little bit of glue from the hot glue gun, because the E6000 takes a while to set and using the hot glue with allow you to let go of it more quickly and lay it down to dry completely.DIY Garden Markers - Printable Garden Markers - Cheap Garden Markers | Crafty Garden Markers - Glass Gem Garden Markers - Garden Marker Tutorial | http://homesteadwishing.com/diy-garden-markers/ | Homestead Wishing, Author Kristi Wheeler | diy- garden-marker, printable-garden-markers, cheap-garden-markers.
  6. Quickly, set the gems in the glue. DIY Garden Markers - Printable Garden Markers - Cheap Garden Markers | Crafty Garden Markers - Glass Gem Garden Markers - Garden Marker Tutorial | http://homesteadwishing.com/diy-garden-markers/ | Homestead Wishing, Author Kristi Wheeler | diy- garden-marker, printable-garden-markers, cheap-garden-markers.
  7. Hold the glass gem in the glue for a for minute to let it set. Lay it down and don’t disturb it for about a day.
  8. Add a thin layer of glue around the edges of the gems, to help keep out water. If water gets in there the paper inside will dull and bleed out the dyes in the ink.
  9. Next, I added the twine by using a drop of glue from the glue gun, and then wrapped it around and around. Then, glue the end. I usually tried to start and end on the side to help conceal the ugliness of the glue. I also squish the glue down, so that it is not beady. It looks less inconspicuous this way.DIY Garden Markers - Printable Garden Markers - Cheap Garden Markers | Crafty Garden Markers - Glass Gem Garden Markers - Garden Marker Tutorial | http://homesteadwishing.com/diy-garden-markers/ | Homestead Wishing, Author Kristi Wheeler | diy- garden-marker, printable-garden-markers, cheap-garden-markers.

Now you get to enjoy all of your hard work. These DIY Garden Markers are a beautiful way to mark your little seeds this spring. I hope you enjoy them as much as I do! Don’t forget the Garden Maker Printables! Grab them while they are still available!  Buy Now

Grab all three sheets of the DIY Garden Markers   Print Garden Markers
Or grab just the Vegetable sheet of the garden markers —> Print Vegetable Sheet Only

DIY Garden Markers - Printable Garden Markers - Cheap Garden Markers | Crafty Garden Markers - Glass Gem Garden Markers - Garden Marker Tutorial | http://homesteadwishing.com/diy-garden-markers/ | Homestead Wishing, Author Kristi Wheeler | diy- garden-marker, printable-garden-markers, cheap-garden-markers.

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    • Updating this comment, since many people are having issues printing…

      If you have issues printing or downloading that would be a software/computer issue.

      You will need the proper software that will allow you to open/download/print PDF’s. I found free software for my kid’s laptop several years ago for PDFs. I’m not sure what’s available these days.

      If you have issues getting to the free printables page, I can help! Send me an email through the contact page to let me know about your issue! Sorry that I cannot help with computer or software issues!

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    • I’m so sorry Deneen! I did send over an email to you.

      Updating this comment, since many people are having issues printing…

      If you have issues printing or downloading that would be a software/computer issue.

      You will need the proper software that will allow you to open/download/print PDF’s. I found free software for my kid’s laptop several years ago for PDFs. I’m not sure what’s available these days.

      If you have issues getting to the free printables page, I can help! Send me an email through the contact page to let me know about your issue! Sorry that I cannot help with computer or software issues!

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        • Not being able to print a PDF is an software/computer issue.

          If you don’t have software to view/open/download/print PDF’s you might be able to find software to fix the issue. Several years ago, I found free software for my kid’s laptop. I’m not sure what is available now, but you might could do a search in the app store, or maybe see if you have software but maybe it needs an update? If that doesn’t help you might can try to ask a computer wiz guy/gal to help you remedy the issue.

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  3. Hi Kristi, I just signed up as well and can’t seem to print of anything. I love your sight and look forward to spending time on it. I have a small family farm that I have inherited and I’m looking for ideas to make it a really cool family farm again. I hope to be a useful contributor as well as a user of the sight.

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    • I am so sorry that you experience issues with the printables!

      If you are able to access the free printables page but you cannot view/print/download them, it is a software/computer issue.

      You will need software that will allow you to view/print or download the free printables. Several years ago, I was able to get free software for my kid’s laptop. I’m not sure what is available now.

      If anyone is experiencing issues getting to the printables page, use the contact area to send me an email and I would be happy to help you! Sorry that I cannot help you with computer/software issues!

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  4. Hi kristi! The marker idea is Awesome. I can also relate with doing the popsicle sticks and markers , and have tried numerous other ideas which didn’t work to well either. I’m definitely going to try this one. They are soooooo cute! Thanks
    Debe

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  5. To solve the tomatoe bleeding problem I printed the tags in grayscale. I then used colored pencils to shade in the tomatoe and it’s stem. The result was gorgeous, it looks like it came from an antique seed package. Thank you for the cute craft!

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  6. What a lovely way to dress up and label a garden. I’m so charmed by these markers. Congrats, you’re featured this week at the #ThisIsHowWeRoll Link Party.

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  7. What a fun idea! I know when the monsoons hit here in the mountains of AZ, my labels usually can’t even be read. This would help with that. Pinning to try. 🙂

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    • We have had several storms here, and most of mine are fine. I noticed one them seems to have faded just a bit. It could just be that there wasn’t enough glue or something, i’m not sure. I am pretty happy with them overall! Thanks for stopping by!

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  8. Do you have flower printable?- we made a butterfly garden for the local library and would love to have the flowers labeled.

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  10. I subscribed to your website and I was wondering if the vegetable garden markers are still free on subscribing? Really looking forward to it 🙂

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