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WUVIE wrote: The shower is calling, but I just couldn't help but to post one
last message to share my excitement.
For years I have longed to have a Bottle Tree. Every time our
local grocery store carries colored glass, I begin consuming
the beverage and bam! They take it off the shelf. As a result,
we don't consume enough of anything to make a tree, and the
idea has been sitting on the back burner for a long time.
A rediscovered desire to work with mosaics and bottles prompted
my passion about a month ago. Nonstop trips to the recycling center
have provided ample supplies, so when I found a fantastic pole in
hubby's junk pile, it was only right to do the recycling thing all the
way around!
As I sit here, I can see the bottle tree out the window, or at least
the pole. Using post hole diggers, I dug about a foot deep, stuck
in the pole, tossed in concrete and made sure it was level. Now
comes the waiting, waiting, waiting.
I'll be hammering in long nails around the pole to form branches, and
since the bottles are just sitting on the tree upside down, it won't take
anything heavy duty.
As soon as I have it finished I will take pictures. The fun thing about
this tree is I can change the bottles around, change colors with the
seasons according to the colors of the bottles, etc.
I'm having entirely too much fun with all of this 'trash'.
