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Hello, my name is Kelly! I invite you to join me as I continue to learn and explore with all things moths, mushrooms, and plants here on grownbythorns.com.
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My Home Pottery Essentials 2025 was the year of pottery for me. I found a new hobby early in the year and began on a journey of discovery that I am still on today. Since starting the hobby, I have…
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Tie Dye with Red Cabbage Nature dyes are a fun way to dye textiles with things you may already have in your home. On this edition of my natural dye adventures I decided to use red (also called purple) cabbage…
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Window Seed Starting I love to garden and grow my own food but one thing I always seem to struggle with is seed starting. I can get the seeds to sprout but not long after that they just never seem…
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To Try in 2025, #1 Take a Ceramics Class 2025 is all about my To Try in 2025 List, a list of 100 different experiences, projects, recipes, and goals I’d like to attempt during…
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Hand Dipped Candles DIY Instead of selecting resolutions for the near year, I decided to make a list of 100 things I wanted to try doing in 2025. I created a spreadsheet to track all the activities, the dates I…
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Paper Bags Gingerbread House Gift Bag DIY As Christmas fast approaches you may be running out of wrapping paper or finding yourself buying last minute gifts. This is a quick and easy way to wrap those gifts using a bit…
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Cyanotype Christmas Cards DIY Holiday cards are one of those things I typically drop the ball on. In the almost 9 years my husband and I have been married I think I’ve only managed to get Christmas cards sent 3…
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Air Dry Clay and Resin Mushroom Ornament DIY Over the last few years for the holidays I have started to focus more on creating homemade gifts, curating gift baskets to include thrifted items, and shopping from small businesses. This year…
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Have you ever heard of the process called anthotyping? Anthotyping, sometimes also referred to as nature printing or ecoprinting, is made by exposing a light sensitive material like paper or fabric to create a positive image. One way this is…
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I first started Grown by Thorns in late 2021. It had been nearly a year in since we had moved back to the United States and I was slowly rebuilding my large houseplant collection stateside. I began Grown by Thorns…
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