Although I have never really upcycyled anything, MaryJanes new DIY magazine that I just received has the wheels turning!

We had a rusty old shoe rack that was about to get tossed. I put it on the deck with some cute potted herbs. Looks great! I get so much inspiration from Mary Jane to look beyond the intended purpose of things.

Oh I love everything about Mary Jane….e magazine is definitely treat. I have “restored ” furniture by painting it and ggiving it new life. And junk gypsies, wow, love the creativity !

We turned an old headboard into a garden sign

Love this magazine after reading it I am inspired to make some changes to my life. After seeing the cute things done with canning jars I decided to go for it and came up with some cute things!

I am always dragging some a project from a yard or estate sale. I love getting new ideas from Mary Jane farms.

My husband & I were cleaning out one of the storage sheds on our property. He came out holding a tool called a cultivator with no handle. We decided to make it into a hanger for towels or something and hang it somewhere. He sanded it and painted it flat black and put a old short handle on it. It looked so cute but old. We decided to hang it in our gazebo where hot tub is & hang towels on it… It works great! Thanx for your magazine and website.

found an antique dynamite box, with beautiful finger jointing. Plan to fill with
exciting, explosive Christmas gifts for my 40 year old “baby”

Pretty much anytime a plate, bowl, piece of pottery or shiny object breaks, I will save it to use in a mosaic later!

Old Yoga mats, can be used for liners in the bottom of a closet, also cut out for coasters.

Used old hood ornaments on deck posts. Makes my deck relaxed and original.

I own a lovely littke All Natural Lavender Farm where we grow Lavender and Produce All Natural Bath and Beauty Products as well as Hand Crafted Jewelry and Gifts often made from Vintage Upcycled Items. I have been suscribed to MaryJanesFarm Magazine for a couple of years now and gifted my (Free Subscription) last Christmas to my daughter who has been living her dream as a Singer-Songwtiter in Nashville for 5 yrs now.
I have put many of the Recycle Project Ideas to use during this time but the most current project I am about to begin is a Pallet Tray found in my most recent issue with a Pallet and some old found objects. I LOVE MaryJanesFarm AND I LOVE Junk Gypsies, have several episodes saved on my TV System to watch over and over.

My daughter brought in old barn board from a corral, sanded and decoupaged it, and had our carpenter cut old wooden rolling pins at 45 degree angles. She plans to fasten them to the board as seen in a Mary Jane’s Farm magazine, and mount it on our kitchen wall to use for hanging up tea towels.

We have extremely soil here and since I have balance problems, we use scavenged pallets to create safe walkways around our property.

I haven’t up-cycled anything lately but I love all the ideas for redoing old trailers of which I have and want to do plus I love reusing things instead of filling the land fills.

Old pig panels from the pen make great garden climbers for cukes squash and tomatoes. Just stake them up and guide the plants . Less bending over for us older gals

I found an old rusty piece of tin pipe out in the back yard. I’m using it as a sign on my chicken coop. The rust holds chalk like a blackboard!

I used an old door and some left over cedar post as legs to make a couch for my back porch. Everybody loves it

Dec-Jan 2017 is my 1st issue. Great variety of content. Love the Junk Gypsies.

I have finally found a magazine that I love cover to cover. I collect anything and everything. Recently I re-purposed old fashioned tomato cages into a lamp.

I had been thinking for a long time about upcycling. After reading a few issues of MaryJanesFarm I was inspired to take my thoughts and put them to action. I recycled two old twin bed box springs and very large food cans (saved by the workers in my school cafeteria) and turned them into planters. The bed springs are on my fence, all spray painted, and the cans fit into some of the slots on the springs. I spray painted the cans in different colors to add spots of brightness. I finally got them up in August so will have to wait until next year to see the cans full of flowers and herbs but every time I look at my upcycled creations I smile.

Your magazine is full of brilliance. Just a few examples I’ve taken from your magazine includes upcycled t-shirts into skirts, old rusted cookie sheets into chalkboard, and my Christmas tree trunk into a front door wreath…all because of MJF. Thanks!

Love to bicycle as much as possible. Love to go to library book sales for books, go to thrift stores for clothes and other stuff and hate to throw this vs away that still has some use to it. My favorite is to take greeting cards received, cut them up and make new cards out of them. Would love to make boxes with them and yarn, but haven’t the instructions

I cut the legs off a chair and cut the seat down to 6″ then hung it on the wall for a shelf. It’s perfect!

I seen Your magazine into my TSC store and fell in love! I love recycling and you have great ideas. The piano you recycled was great!

I am greatful for my kids and the kids I work with. They remind me daily that it is okay to live in the moment sometimes. That there are times you do not have to take things so seriously and to just laugh about it. To let your imaginatiton tell a story for fun and not be bogged down with facts all the time. We have whole life to learn things so make time for the fun things in life.

I am grateful for my husband and all the hard work he does so that I can stay home and raise my son, rather than have someone else or a daycare raise him. This allows me to teach him what I want him to learn and I don’t miss out on a single moment or milestone. To me that is the most important thing and I will be forever grateful for this opportunity.

I read your post yesterday and I had trouble coming up with the one thing I wanted to write about! I am fortunate to have so many things I could list. I am so thankful for my new life in Virginia in the third act of my life. It really is never too late for a happy ending but sometimes you just have to set the stage yourself!

I’m grateful for the beautiful fall day!

I am grateful for my husband and that I get to be home with my daughter. Being able to be there for her every day and watch her grow has been amazing. It’s definitely been hard financially but we make it work. I love being a mom, best job ever.

I am so grateful for my niece. My sister adopted her from China. My husband and I were fortunate enough to be able to go and experience life in another country. We are so fortunate to live in the United States 🇺🇸She has been a blessing to our family.

I am grateful for the honey bees busy on our basil plants. It has been years since we seen any in our garden.

I’m thankful for my family.

We laid my father in law to rest last week . I am so grateful to have known him ,& to have been his daughter in law . He was the kindest, sweetest, most gentlest man I have ever known or will ever know . He battled Parkinson’s disease for over 20 years with such dignity right up till the end .

I am grateful for friends and family, good health, happiness, and love.

I am grateful that I have many friends to support me as I grieve my Husband’s
passing. His love sustains me every day.

I am grateful for tossed away treasure I can repurpose

I am grateful for my hands and the gift of making people feel good about themselves when I fix their hair.

I am so very grateful for our very young grandchildren!! Their grandpa + I can protect them, pray and care for them—we can love and cuddle them and reassure them we will keep them safe, when they are scared watching their divorced parents fight in front of them, resulting in repeat police visits. This journal would be a blessing for them, to write even the small things that are secure + beautiful in their small lives/world!!

I am thankful for God bringing a new daughter in law in our lives, and so thankful for our 6 year old grandson.

Today I am grateful for the sunshine and the chance for a new beginning with my husband of 40 years.

I am grateful to be retired, to have no debt so that my modest needs and a few spontaneous outings, whenever I want, are taken care of by Social Security, and that I don’t have to draw down my retirement funds, to enjoy making altered books in which to record my daily “gratitudes” and that, despite emphysema, I can still travel.

I AM GRATEFUL I LIVE IN A FREE COUNTRY!

I am grateful for my 9 month old son! He brightens up not only my day, but everyone in the community. Love his smile so much!

I am grateful for 37 wonderful years of marriage!

I am grateful for time with my family. Time is so fleeting and it is easy to get caught up in the “tomorrow”, but focusing on the NOW is where I need to be…

though I am sad because he’s no longer with us, I am grateful that God gave me my son for 43 years. i think about him every day and miss him so much. thank you, God, for my son.

I am thankful for good food, good advice about food, and our good health. Thanks for all you do- keep up the good work!

I’m grateful I have been able to provide a healthy stable life for my sons.

Continually grateful for a new morning with a new chance to grow closer to the Lord

My fav is Starlit Quilts in Washington State. She’s a shop owner full of wonderful fabrics (including a new line of yours coming soon) and does custom and machine quilting!

My favorite woman-run business is Meadowlark Heritage Farm! She sells amazing goats milk soap!

Anna from Sisu Designs Yarn Shop!! My favorite place to shop!!!

Mermaid Attic in Amherst Ohio has every thing woman. As you walk in you are always greeted with a smile and conversation. Most likely you run into someone you know and walk out with a smile and a glow.

I love the junk gypsies, they are so inspiring and empowering to women with their unique creations and inspirational messages !

Well, obviously, it is Mary Jane’s Farms! I also love Susan Branch and Mary Engelbreit.

My favorite woman run business is “Vintage Me” in Yakima WA.

Women Farmers

One of my favorite women owned business is Buttercup in Nehalem Oregon.She makes some of the best soups around and her homemade ice cream is a surprise treat

My favorite women-run business is Farmhouse Frocks from the Oct/Nov issue of Mary Jane’s Farm! I absolutely love their adorable products! They are a great example of female independent and self-suffiency.

My favorite woman run and operated business is Thistle Farms, survivors of prostitution, trafficking and addiction who hand make skincare products from natural ingredients. Every product bears witness that love is the most powerful force for change in the world.

My favorite woman run business is Goat Boy Soaps, the owner operated business in New Milford, Connecticut has the most fantastic goat’s milk soap.

Lisa Streett-Liebetrau who founded Camp Koala, a non-profit who provides support for grieving children through day camps, 3-day camps, workshops, etc., located in Central Pennsylvania.

Bunnies – Children’s Clothing. 100% Cotton overalls and dresses for kids and babies. Sold at craft faires and quilt shows. No web site yet but you can always call or email. But it’s the most fun to see all the fabrics in person

I am not exactly sure how I got my first issue. I think I got a free trial for it in the mail…. either that or I bought a issue at my local tractor supply.
Either way I Love getting my magazine every other month!! Been about 2 years now

I discovered Mary Jane’s farm in my quest to find the perfect camping trailer. I had settled on a T@B trailer and when I saw the T@Bitha model that Mary Jane designed, I knew it was the one!

I was looking through the Giant Eagle magazines aisle for Mother Earth News when I saw this lovely magazine just sitting there all by her lonesome! Of course, I picked it up and read it to my mom while she shopped, and she bought me a subscription for an early Christmas present!

It’s been awhile ago–I think I got a promotional in the mail. So glad I was introduced to the magazine.

My mom purchased a subscription to Mary Jane’s Farm for my sister and I several years ago. I’ve been enjoying each issue, cover to cover, ever since!!

Brand new to this site just picked up Farmgirl DIY. Have seen Maryjane farm a time or two but only browsed them.

I was in a bookstore a few years back and spotted your magazine cover. In a heartbeat it was grabbed and drooled over with a latte. In fact I was so messy, it had to come home with me. Your Farmgirl groups fascinated me and I have enjoyed my subscription ever since. Thank you!

I was introduced to the magazine by a friend that is very crafty. Just an all around good women’s magazine.

I had to think way back…my mom got me your 1st book for my birthday; she said, I saw this, and knew you’d love it. and I was hooked. I have most of your books (someone borrowed the stitching book, and I forgot who…) and have most of your magazines too, even back when it was more a catalogue for your products. love it!

Was taken by your magazine about three years ago when I was searching for a fun magazine to peruse with a cup of something hot and a cozy spot to relax!

I saw your magazine peaking out from a bunch of others at the grocery store one day (years ago!). I bought it, read it and subscribed immediately. 🙂

I worked at an apple cannery in Sebastopol, CA. My boss went every year to a food show in the Los Angeles area. One year about 7 (?) years ago, he came back with one of your magazines. I immediately fell in love with it and subscribed… Since then I have given numerous gift subscriptions and most of those ladies have subscribed. As long as I can afford your subscription, I will get MJF!!! I usually read every word and still have every issue. I just cant part with them… Thanx soooo much!!

I think I received a free issue, I was hooked. I look forward to each and every issue

I was visiting in Texas when I discovered Mary Jane’s Farm in a quilt shop. They had copies of several back issues as well. I bought 3, and returned for the rest before I left town. That was 3 years ago and I’m a subscriber now!

I was introduced to your magazine by my MIL several years ago. She’s 89 now and in poor health, but until 2 years ago she was still gardening, cooking, and decorating from nature. We have shared over 25 years of crafting and making. She and I made baskets, knitted, quilted, and baked together.

I found my first magazine at my local farmers supply store when I was purchasing dog and cat food for my pets. I had seen Mary Jane’s products in a department store but that was the first time I had seen the magazine.

I was looking for craft ideas magazines and discovered Mary Janes Farm and purchased one and loved, then subscribed.

I friend gave me a copy to look at one day on a road trip to quilt shops. I found it very interesting and got my own subscription

During the Recession as I was closing my shop I got a phone call asking if I would like to carry Mary Janes Farm. Well, that wasn’t going to work out but the magazine sounded like fun. So I started to read it and now I subscribe.

HUGE supporter of Tractor Supply Co and spend my personal time off browsing the store. My sister and I are crafters, quilters and homesteaders. Mary Janes Farm is AWESOME!!! A great deal of info, insight and inspiration. WOOOOO HOOOO!

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE it Mary Jane!

Please keep up all the good Chicken (and the egg) stuff/info/recipes. Oh YEAH!

I believe I got an ad in the mail it Mother Earth News.

I received a card in the mail for a trial issue. When it arrived, I enjoyed it so much that I ordered a subscription. I love the variety of articles and ideas.

My mother in law would buy MJF magazine and I would read them when she was finished. Not wanting to miss one I got a subscription. I still have every issue! They’re too good to give up LOL!!!

I was at a ladies group meeting and one of the ladies introduced us all to Mary Janes Farm. I subscribed, my sister subscribed and I bought my mother in law a subscription!

I saw my first issue of Mary Janes Farm in a Tractor Supply Store. Let’s just say that I’ve been hooked ever since.

I am interested in what they are interested in. As a grandmother, I see how confident they seem when they show me how to do something. They know they are smart & very cool when we get done!

The only way that has worked in my life filled with 9 sisters, friends and neighbors
is to be strong, smart, fierce, brave, courageous and confident within my self. What we see is what we copy. My beloved mother was all those attributes. I have a young neighbor who whines a lot. I believe a copy of ‘Kazoo’ magazine would fill a spot within her tiny heart. Julie has only been on earth for 7 years and has a lot to learn, discover and embrace. Sometimes I put fun items in her mailbox and sign, “From the Shopping Angel”.

what an awesome giveaway 🙂 I am the grand mother of a 7 y/o precious little girl. Its so important today to teach to be strong and confident while focusing on education. But then theres compassion, understanding and even humiliation. Theres always that outside influence that you have to counter act. Positive loving reinforcement is my number one lesson to her 🙂

My inspiration to young girls is when they look up to me while doing something with passion, courage, confidence whether it be at home, farm, homeschool, and social events in which they participate and be a part of whatever that empowers them with the right set of life skills being passed on through combination of traditions and experiences.

Hopefully I am surrounding my girls with strong women. Then again knowing they are watching me makes me strive to be stronger

I am one of freestore ct. We glean from farms and take throw aways from markets restaurants and farmers markets and create usable food. My grandDaughter came up with compost jelly. We took apples pears peaches and berries and turned them into a mixed fruit jam. It is our most requested jam. I am so pround of her efforts to make sure no family ever goes hungry

I am the proud grama of three wonderful grand-daughters and I enjoy getting them excited about gardening, sewing and reading by doing related activities with them. We have a history of strong women in our family and I will keep on showing these girls how to become and remain so.

My granddaughter loves to read, she is homeschooled by her mom, who takes her to the library every two weeks for 35 new books. She is small and strong. , learning gymnastics and
Krav Mgrav. She loves to make a fairy garden in the woods by her house.where thousands of wild flowers she planted are blooming from seed. She helped pick 90 pounds of strawberries last summer for jam. She is interested in plays, and told me she loves going to the” theatre”. She gives many hugs, and stands up for herself with her two older brothers. She is awesome. She would love this magazine.

I have a great granddaughter soon to be 5 and also having 2 great grandsons that I found
it easy to find all kinds of things for them to have and learn from. So I went shopping, like you, looking for some magazine for my little girl to have for her own and all through I haven’t seen the magazine I know it will be wonderful. I was in the Capital of our State and went into a very popular book store only to find they did not carry it so I am bound and determined that this magazine is going to find its way into my city and little girls I
hope will have a chance to see it and they will know that anything is possible if you read, dream big, and now she has a baby sister that she can lead into into a better world.

Is this where we enter for the free issue?

I have tried to show my girls to be strong and independent through my own actions. We have a small farm, and my hisband isnt aleays home, so when something needs to be done, we ususally figure out a way to do it, like unloading huge bails of feed from the truck, or fixing animal hitches with what we have laying around. I try to involve them, by using their ideas or their muscle!

Finally moving to an acreage w/baby on the way, my now 5-yr old daughter has had the beautiful opportunity to lean how to garden, can & preserve food, raise chickens, & learn about a more sustainable life. I’m thrilled to give her this chance to enjoy God’s beauty around us in nature~

I have a friend Michelle who I used to play roller derby with. She took it upon herself to take her personal time and dedicate it to a group of young girls to create a Jr. Roller derby league. She brought these same strengths to teach these girl to be strong, smart, true to themselves and others and boy did she teach them to be fierce. She gave and taught these girls confidence that some of them never had an ounce of. I admire this strong woman for the time she dedicated to these young girls to help them develop some great strong characteristics desperately needed in today’s world. A mission to empower these young women, an absolute success!

I would love to give this gift to sisters that live here on Isle au Haut. They were in my Sunday School class and would simply love this magazine. These girls are grounded and were home-schooled for one year but now are attending a one room school house. The eight year old (Gabby) is a lobstergirl with her Dad. Thanks so much for offering this one-year subscription. Best Holiday Wishes and lots of hugs!

I have always tried to teach the girls in my life to be “smart” in doing with and for others as well as in books or mechanics or farming or whatever they were interested in. there are many kinds of smarts, and no one can be top notch at ALL of them, so just do your best to be the best YOU you can and want to be. My seven year old granddaughter still believes she can do anything and is willing to try almost anything. Many of my junior high students had lost that confidence in their own abilities. It was my job to give them opportunities to be successful and amazing! Our young women need the examples of successful women from an early age, and the opportunity to find things they can be successful at. Hopefully this magazine will provide both. Hugs and loves to all of you.

I have a young daughter who is smart and pretty shy. This magazine sounds like a good quality magazine that would be good for her. I don’t buy any other kid magazines besides the kids national geographic because there is so much trash in other magazines that send the wrong messages to our young ladies. This magazine looks very nice! I would love to check it out!

I would love to try this magazine with my 14 year old granddaughter. She is developmentally delayed and is on about an 8 year level. She is very artistic and also loves her chickens. I think this mag will be very good for her.

Being a Girl Scout leader gives me a chance to show girls how to be courageous and strong individuals. As women and girls, we need to build each other up instead of tearing each other down.

It sounds like a great magazine, that my active independent Grand Daughter would really enjoy!!

I ha e a 8 year old grand daughter that I am teaching to be grounded cooking crafting gardening and car of animals.

Several times during the year I try & have my 3 nieces & 2 granddaughters in to my home to sew, cook & craft. God blessed me with 2 grandmother’s in my life that taught me to cook, sew, & alot of different crafts so it is very important to me to pass that on. I feel that it is my responsibility to help keep these life’s lessons along with putting God first in our families. These precious little gals are where it all starts. I know that each one of them will grow up to be responsible young women who continue to put God & their families first in their lives. They are beautiful young women inside & out. Thank you Lord for our sweet family!! Thank you all at Mary Jane Magazine for all the great info in your magazine.

One of my granddaughters, age 9, has been brought up to tell the truth, about everything. Even if it means she will be reprimanded, truth is always the best policy. When she hangs out with me, I try to tell stories of how wonderful it is to tell the truth, but being careful to keep others feelings in mind. She can be too honestly brutal, I’m attempting to help her keep truth and feelings in check. Helping her is helping me, everyday on our farm. She loves it. Truthfully!

I’m sure my niece would love it. I like to teach girls skills in 4-H to give them confidence.

We back my daughter 100% in ANY interest that she has. Girls are no long set onto a single path and their skill sets should reflect that. Now my daughter climbs trees, hikes and camps, plays with make up, paints and helps in the garden. She talks about going to the moon and being a doctor. I remind her that as long as she is happy, I will be there to help her with what she tries for.

I work in an special education program in our local middle school. The teacher and I have a young lady that was originally ‘labeled’ at a lower IQ level. This is our third year with her and the teacher and I have encouraged her to never let anyone take away her power and to do the very best she can. She has had that ‘label’ removed and is such a joy. She is a very confident young lady!!

Congratulations to all the winners! Enjoy your fantastic goodies from MJF.

My favorite junk find was for my husband. A motor-head, always tinkering with something in the garage, he would complain about all of the towels he had to wash and dry. I found an old style towel wringer for him that he wall-mounted in his garage and still uses to this day. I’m pretty sure that find saved our dryer.

i repurposed mason jars,plumbing clamps and scrap wood into hanging wall storage/vases

Congratulations Melly! Enjoy your new Bright Blooms Quilt. I loved reading your summer memory.