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glamourpuss
U.P., MI
(Zone 5a)
July 05, 2009
09:01 PM Post #6782294
| Hi Everyone,
I have been accumulating various items to use in my garden and thought I would share some photos. Some of them are works in progress.
Thanks for taking a peak
Very long
This is a chippy painted pole that I am thinking of making into a totem on top
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glamourpuss
U.P., MI
(Zone 5a)
July 05, 2009
09:03 PM Post #6782301
| This is a very old very heavy cement swan I bought for $1 at a garage sale 
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glamourpuss
U.P., MI
(Zone 5a)
July 05, 2009
09:05 PM Post #6782310
| This is my new rose garden it has a angel, a candle holder and vases with flowers along the top 
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glamourpuss
U.P., MI
(Zone 5a)
July 05, 2009
09:07 PM Post #6782318
| another view 
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glamourpuss
U.P., MI
(Zone 5a)
July 05, 2009
09:09 PM Post #6782337
| This ia made from a recycled pedestal, a metal platter and a $5 estate sale statue with white rocks. 
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mcrochet
Marilyn Glen st. Mar, FL
(Zone 9a)
July 05, 2009
09:10 PM Post #6782344
| I love that purple flower in first pic. Is it a clematis of some sort? Beautiful thing.
Like the idea of the vases on the lattice too. |
glamourpuss
U.P., MI
(Zone 5a)
July 05, 2009
09:12 PM Post #6782354
| a shabby chic candle holder 
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glamourpuss
U.P., MI
(Zone 5a)
July 05, 2009
09:14 PM Post #6782365
| yep it is clematis and here is a closeup of the vases 
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glamourpuss
U.P., MI
(Zone 5a)
July 05, 2009
09:16 PM Post #6782377
| My freecycle birdbath, they even delivered it :)
It had a hole in in so I decided it would be a perfect planter.
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mcrochet
Marilyn Glen st. Mar, FL
(Zone 9a)
July 05, 2009
09:17 PM Post #6782380
| I really like that birdbath |
glamourpuss
U.P., MI
(Zone 5a)
July 05, 2009
09:17 PM Post #6782398
| I bought this chair at goodwill this morning for 99 cents.
I think I might paint it purple or white but I'm not sure yet.
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glamourpuss
U.P., MI
(Zone 5a)
July 05, 2009
09:19 PM Post #6782405
| This blue moon face was gold and at the dollar store I painted it blue and it looks perfect in my blue garden 
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glamourpuss
U.P., MI
(Zone 5a)
July 05, 2009
09:20 PM Post #6782407
| I found this elephant at goodwill |
glamourpuss
U.P., MI
(Zone 5a)
July 05, 2009
09:21 PM Post #6782413
| oops elephant! 
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glamourpuss
U.P., MI
(Zone 5a)
July 05, 2009
09:23 PM Post #6782424
| I got this pink table and black vase at goodwill this morning, I scored! 
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glamourpuss
U.P., MI
(Zone 5a)
July 05, 2009
09:24 PM Post #6782434
| I bought this plant stand at an estate sale, vintage 1950's/60's 
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glamourpuss
U.P., MI
(Zone 5a)
July 05, 2009
09:25 PM Post #6782440
| My mirror experiment, I like it~ 
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mcrochet
Marilyn Glen st. Mar, FL
(Zone 9a)
July 05, 2009
09:26 PM Post #6782447
| wow on the plant stand! |
glamourpuss
U.P., MI
(Zone 5a)
July 05, 2009
09:27 PM Post #6782451
| Last one~Mirrors close up 
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sammut
western sydney nsw
Australia
July 05, 2009
09:32 PM Post #6782476
| Thanks thate was a beautiful tour around you garden .
Elaine |
glamourpuss
U.P., MI
(Zone 5a)
July 05, 2009
09:45 PM Post #6782521
| Thanks everyone, that was fun~ |
the1pony
Pony in Lakewood, WA
(Zone 8a)
July 05, 2009
10:04 PM Post #6782602
| Awesome! I love your garden, what a nifty place to visit. Thanks for the tour. :) |
Samigal
(Pegi) Norwalk, CA
(Zone 10b)
July 06, 2009
03:23 AM Post #6783389
| I agree with the others that was a wonderful tour of your garden and treasures. I fell in love with you 99 cent chair and the plant stand is wonderful. Everything is great and thanks for the tour. Our Good Will is always so expensive, but I guess I better find a widder variety of thrift stores to visit. Really like the mirrors on your fence. I have to get busy now so everyone doesn't get so far ahead of me. |
glamourpuss
U.P., MI
(Zone 5a)
July 06, 2009
06:36 AM Post #6783543
| Thanks samigal, our goodwill has a colored tag half prce sale every week. They pick a color and everything with that color is half price that week. Than every Sunday everything with that color is just 99 cents. Thats when I shop!
Also it seems that our goodwill has adjusted their prices to be more reasonable since the economy has been going downhill.
Our St Vincent dePaul store is cheap cheap cheap and they get some great stuff but it goes quick. |
glamourpuss
U.P., MI
(Zone 5a)
July 06, 2009
06:42 AM Post #6783552
| Thanks the 1pony, I glad you liked my garden :) |
toniwill
Natural Bridge, VA
July 06, 2009
09:21 AM Post #6783973
| Love that plant stand--did it come with the pots?
Where in the UP do you live, Glam? I have in-laws in the Soo, and go up there every August.
Toni |
beclu727
Dacula, GA
(Zone 7b)
July 06, 2009
09:27 AM Post #6783997
| I was wondering the same thing. DH went to MI Tech and we lived in Houghton for 18 mos. back in our misspent youth.
Beautiful garden, love the clematis and the rose garden. |
digger9083
Dahlonega, GA
July 06, 2009
09:48 AM Post #6784092
| Becky , I can't believe you misspent your youth . LOL . Glamour , you have some fab.finds . I have some of that lattace . Now I know what to do with the full sheete , I made a fence around my compost pile and lined it with roofing shingles to keep the compost from falling through . also used more pieces to surround an island of trees to keep the dogs out of plants . digger |
planolinda
Plano, TX
July 06, 2009
10:12 AM Post #6784207
| i like the bird feeder with the hole for drainage! perfect for your mini garden! |
toniwill
Natural Bridge, VA
July 06, 2009
11:53 AM Post #6784709
| Digger, I also have inlaws in Dalonega. Small world. Lovely area!
toni |
planolinda
Plano, TX
July 06, 2009
01:05 PM Post #6785005
| oh we went there for a winery wedding last year--i love that area!
and enjoyed the group of fiddlers that gathered on the town square too
are you a transplant? |
digger9083
Dahlonega, GA
July 06, 2009
06:50 PM Post #6786224
| Yep , I'm a transplant from north Texas . Kinda , My mom says on her mothers side , my Line goes back to a woman that died on the Trail of Tears . Her 2 children were carried on to Oklahoma and i'm supposed to be a decendent of one of the children , but I've never looked into it . I have no names or any way to check it out . All Moms family is gone now . digger |
digger9083
Dahlonega, GA
July 06, 2009
06:54 PM Post #6786234
| Toni , dmail me with names and I'll make a call . That would be fun , and I might already know them . How cool ! and plano , dmail me and we'll have coffee your next trip . digger |
Little_Squirt
Wayne, NE
July 06, 2009
10:24 PM Post #6787147
| Very nice stuff- have you ever planted blue lobelia around your swan or put blue rock/marbles around it to look like water? I like your vases attached to the lattice. The only thing I've ever thought about attaching to lattice is big butterflies, Your garden has given me inspirations!! THANKS |
digger9083
Dahlonega, GA
July 07, 2009
07:23 AM Post #6788121
| Hey, squirt , thy a mirror or two . Looks fab . digger |
glamourpuss
U.P., MI
(Zone 5a)
July 07, 2009
07:37 AM Post #6788137
| Hi everyone,
yes, blue marbles sounds like a good idea. Yes I am a yooper, I live in Escanaba.
I'm glad everyone like my gardens, I have a big to do list thanks to all you guys. Glass totems, bowling balls,more mirrors, solar lights made out of old light fixtures etc, etc, etc,. So much junque so little time
Sue
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Samigal
(Pegi) Norwalk, CA
(Zone 10b)
July 07, 2009
01:27 PM Post #6789292
| OK Glamourpuss, I have glass for totems, bowling balls, and a few other odds and ends, that means get busy, right?? I'm hoping to get my screening project in the backyard done first. I should say OUR since DH is putting it up and I'm doing the painting. I want a lot of garden art and I get so much inspiration from all of you. Looks like I'm going to be on the lookout for mirrors too now. |
dillansnana
Hemet, CA
July 10, 2009
02:09 AM Post #6800716
| Dear glamopuss, I have a wonderful oval white "wicker" mirror. Wondering what to do with it??? I now have the answer thanks to your great photos. I'll put it on the trellis we just put up on the fence for the passion flowers. Again love your it\deas and photos.
Sylvia |
JuneyBug
Dongducheon CpCasey
South Korea
(Zone 4b)
July 10, 2009
06:47 AM Post #6800976
| I love your yard! Thanks for the photo tour - I've gotten some great inspiration from it! |
glamourpuss
U.P., MI
(Zone 5a)
July 10, 2009
02:38 PM Post #6802876
| Hi everyone,
Glad I inspired you. I have a harge old glass mirror hecagon shape, which I plan on putting behind my pond with a statue in front of it.
I will take a pictur when I get it done.:)
Suze |
plantladylin
East Central, FL
(Zone 9b)
July 10, 2009
03:18 PM Post #6803038
| Suze: I've enjoyed looking at your crafty ideas in your lovely garden! The mirrors on the lattice looks wonderful! I love mirrors in the garden, reflecting the trees and flowers!
I have a few of the white lattice, I think they are each 8' long by 4' wide or something like that. I can't remember what I bought them for years ago but I might just have to see if I can somehow attach them to the side of our huge shed for hanging mirrors!
You have some great treasures there ... the metal stool looks identical to one that had belonged to my mother in law, that we sold at a yard sale years ago! Back then I didn't have an "eye" for treasures, LOL. That little stool would look great painted a bright cobalt blue and sitting in your blue garden!
Don't cha just love found treasures! |
Fadden
Galloway
Canada
July 13, 2009
03:00 PM Post #6814872
| I absolutely LOVED your tour and all your ideas. I am very excited and inspired. I have never enjoyed going to garage sales etc. My daughter loves going and I will tell her I want to go with her from now on. |
Dirt_Road
Janice~ Gulf Coast, MS
(Zone 9a)
July 16, 2009
11:04 AM Post #6826377
| Hmmm, Im need to place some mirrors outside.. :-) THanks for sharing pictures and the purple flowers in the first picture are to DIE for.. very pretty.. |
dillansnana
Hemet, CA
July 21, 2009
04:50 AM Post #6845276
| Guess what, I found another wonderful mirror for my trellis at Goodwill, small very shaply red with white mums, also remembered one I have somewhere(???) blue oblong with red hearts. I'm so excited to put them up! Thanks again for your wonderful pics.
Happy garden decorating, I know I'm that.
Sylvia |
Highmtn
Cliff Dweller, WA
(Zone 8b)
July 21, 2009
08:45 AM Post #6845634
| What fun! Thanks for taking the time to post. I have a real THING for happy faces in my garden! I may have cruise the $1.00 store...lol |
Samigal
(Pegi) Norwalk, CA
(Zone 10b)
July 21, 2009
12:50 PM Post #6846463
| I'm also checkiing on mirrors when I go to the thrift store. I found a tiny round one yesterday, will put it aside until I find more. I may have to look through my stash here to see if I may have some among my trash-treasures. |
the1pony
Pony in Lakewood, WA
(Zone 8a)
July 21, 2009
03:44 PM Post #6847223
| I found a lovely mirror at a garage sale for $1 the other day. I don't have a fence to hang it on, but I think it'll look great on the back wall of the house. I have some other stuff to hang around it that will compliment it nicely. Never would have thought of it myself- thank you, glamourpuss! :) |
