Sweet gum tree crafts

Sweet Gum Trees I have talked about sweet gums before in this little blog's short life. I was admiring a large sweet gum on our p...

Those spiny balls, seed pods, dropped by your sweet gum tree can actually be put to good use. This is a guide about uses for sweet gum balls.

My sister in law always has a beautiful table arrangement for Christmas and I wanted to try to copy her sweet gum balls decorations. Her mom makes them with all of her children and grandchildren and maybe great grand children now. It's pretty simple, just gather up some Sweet Gum balls which are pretty readily available in the South. Stick toothpicks with glue into the little holes, and let dry. Then, spray paint and while the paint is still wet sprinkle glitter on top to make them sparkle…

The Atta Girls have lots of craft friends. On occasion, we will ask one of them to share their handiwork with you. Here’s a post from our friend, Amanda, who is quite the whiz at making wreaths. “If you’re from the South or have ever visited the South, there’s a chance you’ve seen little, brown,...Read More

If you have been reading this blog for a while you will know that there is one thing that I am not so fond of in my Georgia Garden. Sweet Gum trees! Arg, just to say that name makes me cringe. The trees themselves are okay because they can be pretty in the fall and provide shade in the summer. One thing I detest in them is this one bad habit they have. Can you see that habit in this picture below? Seed pods (Gum Balls) all over the driveway and in my landscaped grassy areas of the yard. Arg…

Make a winter wreath using seed pods from a Sweet Gum tree.

You know, the super magical thing about the internet is that it can make you the bearer of almost instant knowledge on just about anythin...

You know, the super magical thing about the internet is that it can make you the bearer of almost instant knowledge on just about anything. This comes in handy when you hang out with kids. The 'aha, I never knew!' moments are exhilarating. For instance, yesterday I finally googled 'tree with spiky balls.' Yeah, I giggled a little inside at the search terms. However, the search is long overdue; we've taken hundreds of walks in our neighborhood and have run into the same patches of 'spiky…

Those spiny balls, seed pods, dropped by your sweet gum tree can actually be put to good use. This is a guide about uses for sweet gum balls.

Disclaimer: The instructions I offer here in this post (and in all my posts about herbs and home remedies) are what I use personally at home. Of course the standard disclaimer goes: I am not a doctor and don’t prescribe medicines or herbs, this is just what we have done here for generations with great results. Here […]