Primitive Bunnies in a Garden

Happy Earth Day!

It is almost time to start my garden in the backyard again… in the meantime, I just finished a primitive garden vignette. It is a pair of grungy bunnies in a cabbage leaf garden along with carrots and turnips. Click the images to enlarge them.
primitive bunnies in a cabbage leaf garden

primitive summer garden with extreme prim bunnies

The cabbage leaf is made of heavy muslin with a stuffed stem and some wire sewn between the leaves to form spines that help the leaf keep its shape. The leaf was painted in multiple shades of green, coffee dyed, and grungied up with cinnamon. The bunnies, carrots, and turnips are made of muslin stuffed with natural fibers. Each was painted, stained, sanded a few times over and dusted with cinnamon. The bunnies have sewn black eyes and noses, sticks for legs, and vintage cotton batting tails. The garden is a Kentucky Primitives design and was really fun to make! They are for sale on Old World Primitives now.

To circle back to Earth Day: I started a compost pit in the yard this year to celebrate Earth Day. Composting recycles organic household waste back into the earth, returns nutrients into the soil, and reduces the amount of organic waste going into garbage dumps and landfills. Compost also makes great garden fertilizer!

12 thoughts on “Primitive Bunnies in a Garden”

  2. Hello stephanie. Thanks for stopping by and saying hi. 🙂 I love your new bunny set….very primitve..it’s great.

    Happy Earth Day to you!

    I just realized that I never did the tag you gave me……sorry about that!!! I will have to remember to do it…i’m so bad with tags!!! I must work on that 😉

    Have a wonderful day
    smiles,
    Doreen

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  3. Yaaaayyyyy for Primitive creations! 🙂

    I love your things…would hate to pick a favorite! I can tell you’ve put in tons of hours into each and every item you’ve created. Very beautiful work.

    Also…Yaaaayyyyyy for composting! Don’t you feel great doing it? 🙂

    Thanks for stopping by my blog and for your awesome comment!

    Itaya

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  4. Thank you, everyone!
    Doreen – No worries about the tag, I have one I need to get around to myself. 🙂
    Itaya – We had a compost heap when I was a child and it does feel good to get back to it again! I think I might be feeding the neighborhood bunny too. 🙂

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  9. Ahhhh, these bunnies are simply adorable!….. How sweet they are 🙂
    And good for you to start a compost bin…. I need to do the same!

    Happy Earth Day everyday!
    ~ Johanna

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