Sunday, May 4, 2008

trash to treasure crafts

the picture is an old memory jug...pretty valuable in the antique world....the scotties on top date it to probably the 40s....i dont know how they applied it.....


mosaic work is something i like but never get around to....i have lots of ideas and the material is everywhere..and so cheap.....like the beautiful chipped dishes in my half price room....
. nice ones here...
http://brook-thehomethatlovebuilt.blogspot.com/

i wanted to make big garden pieces with mosaic...full of cool natural stuff...shells, rocks, maybe glass..... big pedestals or birdbaths!!! or large planter boxes... it would be neat...
and i love mr flannerys suggestion below in the comments.....

you can see really fun t to t crafts here... http://www.greenbeanworkshop.blogspot.com/
and here... http://www.robomargo.com/
and dont forget http://www.tamponcrafts.com/

...i colllect tramp art....made from old cigar boxes by tramps...and maybe traded with nice housewives for pie or a chicken...its so expensive i have had to curtail my desires....

2 comments:

Mr. Flannery said...

Ann - I have been thinking of turrets for years. There are many unused Butler Building steel round grain storage buildings around here. I think that a silo or other round storage building could be a nice way of achieving the turret that you covet.

Patricia said...

So, did you go out and find a good condition silo? We could all have a Pink Party and paint it, what else, PINK.

Many a truth is said in jest--sprial staircases, easy to put in windows, hmmmmmmm.

Pat