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Decorative Garden Towers
May 11, 2009
11:03 pm
Pete
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Hit the local Goodwill today.  Was a very bad, bad Pete.  But got a lot of new junk for $7.  Can't wait to use the polka dot dessert plates!

Found a couple of sort of bud vases with larger bottoms.  Like the idea of using wine bottles because of that larger flat surface upon which to glue the other treasures.  What I found today were sort of a good compromise.

This project wasn't supposed to cost anything!

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May 12, 2009
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By the time I got a planter and miracle grow potting soil for the Begonia's I got for Mother's day I spent like 30 dollars! Well, I got to the cash register at Target and found out what I thought was the regular price for the planter WAS the sale price,good grief!

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May 12, 2009
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These plants better thrive!!Laugh

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May 12, 2009
7:49 am
Jayne
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Pete said:

Hit the local Goodwill today.  Was a very bad, bad Pete.  But got a lot of new junk for $7.  Can't wait to use the polka dot dessert plates!

Found a couple of sort of bud vases with larger bottoms.  Like the idea of using wine bottles because of that larger flat surface upon which to glue the other treasures.  What I found today were sort of a good compromise.

This project wasn't supposed to cost anything!


I can't wait to see your creations.

May 12, 2009
8:21 am
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I made my Tipsy Pots, and have a small piece of rebar left to make a smaller version too. Sun http://gizmoquilts.blogspot.co…..-pots.html

A tip about the Tipsy pots – put rocks under the base to stablize the whole structure (husband thought it wobbled too much).Happy Flower

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May 12, 2009
8:52 am
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Pete said:

Hit the local Goodwill today.  Was a very bad, bad Pete.  But got a lot of new junk for $7.  Can't wait to use the polka dot dessert plates!

Found a couple of sort of bud vases with larger bottoms.  Like the idea of using wine bottles because of that larger flat surface upon which to glue the other treasures.  What I found today were sort of a good compromise.

This project wasn't supposed to cost anything!


Okay, so you had to settle for "next to nothing" — but what treasures that will outlast your memory of the $7. By the way, I've never left Goodwill after spending $7 or less. I'm a sucker for glass — pretty much glass anything, with depression glass at the top of the list, but anything that strikes my fancy — I'll find a use for it.

May 16, 2009
9:14 am
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Here are some more garden projects: http://www.marthastewart.com/p…..readcrumbs

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May 18, 2009
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Pete,  thanks for the link, I just love the blue pots!!!

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May 18, 2009
10:11 am
GeorgiaZ
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A couple of sil's bottle trees. This one is old Dr Pepper bottles.

And this one all clear antique bottles.

May 18, 2009
10:22 am
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I thought I took a pic of her hanging pots to show you but cant find it.

She took 3 sizes of clay pots, a 10", 8" & 6". Put a washer on the end of a chain and put it up thru the bottom of the 10" pot. Then up thru the 8" and then the 6". They are hanging on the porch eve. Just like you would stack them to put on rebar in the flower bed. Kind of tilted, very cool with hanging plants out of them.

May 18, 2009
10:26 am
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Oh those would be neat too! I have an area that I wanted one in, but it's cement there, this would fit perfect!  oh yea, add that to the list I need to get accomplished! Laugh

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May 19, 2009
2:35 pm
GeorgiaZ
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Here you go Pete, make you some guys for your yardens. I love them!

May 19, 2009
3:16 pm
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Oh, my!!  Those are terrific!!  Got a couple of places those guys would fit right in!

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May 19, 2009
4:54 pm
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I love 'em!  Yes

May 20, 2009
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Where did you find those??? I love assemblage……..I made my scarecrow last year with hinges, nuts/bolts, and old garden rake, hanger, flannel, and an old boot………

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May 20, 2009
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I dont know Cindy, I click here and browse and read and then click there and after a dozen or so clicks I have no idea where I am or how I got there. Very frustrating when you want to see something again. I think I started with googling "found object art".

May 21, 2009
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Like the scarecrow, and love the little 'guys'.  I just love unique yard art.  Is this not also called 'outsider art'?

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May 21, 2009
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Pete
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Never heard that term, Jeanie, but it's a good one!

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May 21, 2009
6:38 pm
GeorgiaZ
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Yeah I like that too. Better than me calling my stuff "all that cr*p in the yard"

May 22, 2009
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google outsider art, it's very interesting, some may call it primative.

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