garden decor ornament..vintage dishes!

I recently saw a garden stake that I absolutely loved! It was a=made from old pottery, glass vases, berry dishes and such..each garden stake this lady was selling for around 20-30 dollars, depending on the cost she had invested into the project..the ones using colored vases were the prettiest as they reflected the sun  through the glass the best.  what is nice about these is that they slide onto a metal pipe for winter storage in a safe place.  I made a crude drawing of one that was put together using clear vase( walmart type) on the pipe, a pressed glass plate, a wider colored vase with a bclear glass berry dish over that ( upside down) and then a glass door knob. she used a pottery water resistant type of glue to them that adheres outside well. I want to make one of these..any suggestions for the glue???

From the bottom up...you will need a 4 ft pipe, either steel or copper

Next comes a plate..use clear glass, colored or white pottery or china plate glued to the bottom of the upside down bud vase. the bud vase is one I have seen at walmarts.it is a clear glass and the opening slides over the pipe

examples of plates used.

She had a porcelon angel sitting on the grandmas fan as a topper  instead of

the glass door knob over the berry dish

Then came the colore glass vase..some were clear glass and others were pottery. these were upside down and glued onto the plates.

 Berry dishes were also used,  and turned upside down onto the colored or plain vases.

Incidently , she also made cake plates by turning the  above stemmed berry dishes upside down and

 gluing glass plates to them  

then came either an angel, glass know or glass bead or some unusualy topper...for the year ornament. I gave you the ideas, but you would need to see what you had on hand to creat  one of these...they are very pretty!

here is the diagram i drew out to show the construction part. 

Hope you enjoyed this tute!

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J&P Coats TC history

J & P Coats - Trade Cards - 
A little bit of history

In the early 1800’s James Coats opened a cotton thread mill. The cotton thread produced by the mill had initially been created by Patrick Clark who developed a method of twisting cotton yarns together to produce an exceptionally strong thread. This thread was able to replace the more traditional material of silk in everything from needle sewing to looms.



In 1830 James and Peter Coats took over their fathers’ mills and by 1840 they were exporting substantial quantities to America. By the late 1860’s the Coats had a factory in the USA. It was not until the mid 1880’s that a new 6 cord thread was developed which was suitable for sewing machine use.



Throughout this time J & P Clark advertised using Trade Cards. There are many different sizes, shapes and styles that J & P Coats used on these cards. A few of these cards contained illustrations by Kate Greenaway.



J.P.Coats used 17 different known Kate Greenaway images in this set. There is also an 18th card but it was not known with the J.P.Coats advert. The cards exist in 7 different color variations with no one design having more that three color variations.

Fall Banner Swap 2010

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Haunted Putz House

After getting interested at P&R Delphi's Putz house swaps, I decided to try to make a haunted mansion. My idea is to put it into a bird cage I found at a flea market this Spring., add some  creepy trees and moss, tiny lights, pumpkins,  witch etc..the embellishing will be fun once i get going.  so far, this is  the putz  mansion I made. I was thinking I need to age it some though..any suggestions?

free pattern sites

Free Pattern Sites

Primitive Betty's

Sassafras Hill Primitives

Cash Strapped Crafting

anniescupboard

Homespun From The Heart

Tennessee Ridge Primitives

Moonchilds Primitives

HOMEBERRIES

TipNut

Kentucky Primitives

Wood n' Whimsy

R&K Creations

Country Sampler

Pattern Mart

Cloth Doll Supply

The Cats Pyjamas

PatternPage

I Love Teddies

Victoria Sampler

Made By Deb Peterson ( Brandyanne)   she states..."It is fairy clipart printed on cardstock and then cut out in a somewhat wavy shape- you need a small piece of styrofoam- very small so it will be in the front of the jar- mine is bent forward because my styrofoam was too large- cut a small notch in the styrofaom for the image to fit in- use hot glue to attach the graphic- cover the styrofoam with spanish moss- then altrenate layering potpourri and the lights- rubberband a doilt around the top- tie ribbon around it to hide the rubberband and plug in!"

Garden Sun Catcher Challenge

We are heading up a new challenge for crafters to use outside in the yard and garden...a sun catcher on a stake.
 Pictures of your entry are due to me (primcyn@thewisp.net)  May 1st...Sun catcher stakes for a garden...You can use any old plates, glass bird, door knobs, colored jars,  beads, anything you can "salvage" and place on a stake to attractively display outside... repurposing is fun  so  let's see things  you all come up with!  (winner will receive a hand crafted, embroidered,  and quilted seed bag with  several packages of flower seeds tucked  inside...see below)  .)  send all entries to me at the given address  and we will do a secret ballot  after the 1st of May.  I am seeing lots of ideas on the internet searches...so get inspired and think Spring!!  The sun catcher can  be one to add to a favorite potted plant , hung from a hanger or a stake in your garden.  Have fun with this one!!.