Hombre garden tags

The plant markers that I made a few years ago are still good but they get hidden by the plants as they grow so I wanted something new and taller this year...

so I made up a bunch of garden tags using wooden tags that are the size of giant popsicle sticks or miniature paint stirrers that I got at HobbyLobby. The only other thing I used were cheap acrylics and a permanent marker...

I started by painting one end  straight from the bottle, then without cleaning my brush I added a second color in the middle, blending a bit with my finger, then adding more of the second color till I got to the other end....

 Then I added simple patterns in white...

 

 And last I wrote on them with a black permanent sharpie...

 

 

I am really loving the way they turned out!

 

 I would love to know what types of garden tags you use....

and here's a link to the original garden markers I made two years ago... 

been making and eating pickles from my cucumbers this summer.......

I was scared of canning at first...

it made me nervous, 

it seemed like a scary process before you know what you are doing...

now it seems so simple.

time consuming, but simple!