Hi Snowbunny!.....those are beautiful pieces:) I copied Robolady and made one like hers. I used wire coat hangers, white porcelain cabinet pulls, and some yellow prisms for mine. I set mine out for a birdbath, but I think a candle holder would look so pretty.

jillmcm: ...We have a very nice woods bordering the east side of our yard that we cleared to ground level, about 15 or so feet back, 8 years ago (accept for the trees and larger saplings and burdock ~ which I enjoy and respect too much to cut back). We leveled the area because the previous owners had used it as a dumping site for waste construction material, & it became a haven for poison ivy and the like. In fighting that nasty plant back off the ground and trees, we all went through a bad time with poison ivy. Worth it. There is now a flourishing old giant umbrella shaped maple [my favorite] & a beautiful holly tree in the back yard, that we transplanted in a prominent place after digging it out of nearly being smothered by poison ivy, as a reminder of that painful/itchy season of endeavor. We, then, just let nature reseed itself in any indigenous way it would, ...while tossing a seed or two in from time to time. Now itÂs thick, beautiful & willful of more space, ...& we are prepared to enhance it with fruiting vines and such...once we get a good list of the MOST effective plants. IÂm thinking wineberry, blackberry, blueberry, sunflowers, buckwheat, Jack-in-the-pulpit, bluebells, goldenrod & some kind of aster ...for starters. There are some cleome, lavender, alyssum, echinacea, coneflower and morning glories there already; I seeded them, ...but probably NONE are indigenous [chuckle] plants. ~You said, "Also, adding a water feature, even something as simple as a glazed saucer with water dripping into it from a suspended milk jug with a pinhole (what I have three of), will bring even more birds in."~ Our water feature is a large concrete bird bath with hanging plants suspended above & to the side; their long branches dangling into the water along the sides of the basin. Sufficient?...or should I install some sort of moving-water device? ~You said, "The only time we've had a mocker in our yard was during a hot spell when they came to drink and bathe."~ Not sure why that notion has gone over my head, ...unless you are speaking of the Northern mockingbird Mimus polyglottos...or the likes of the Blue Mockingbird spoken of in the following poem: http://www.lukecole.com/Birds/Smew.htm Sorry for the wordiness of this post, ...but you have inspired my imagination.

While it's not exactly a teacup, I had this jumbo Cheerios cup and saucer from Christmas a couple of years ago and it was sitting in my cupboard taking up space. Never knew what to do with it. So I made a birdfeeder out of it. All I did was glue the cup to the saucer with that Gorilla Glue, that stuff really sticks and then I glued an old jar lid onto my cut off broom stick and then I glued this to the bottom of the saucer. Worked like a charm and the glue really holds it together. This is the second one I've made. They're really pretty easy. For the time being, I just filled it with water, we have so many gackles around, if I was to fill it with sunflower seed they would eat a bowl a day. Ha ha.

Thank you all for the wonderful compliments! I was not sure if the black grout was okay, but if you all think it is I am more satisfied. Annie: Yes, it is wood, and made by my Dad. I made sure to seal it, and it had been in the weather prior to being mosaiced. Hopefully it will hold up. bamasusanna: Yes, they are daylilies. I love them and my whole front has them in that bed that is about 10 foot long. d3bbi: LOL! Yes it is the Ritz for the birds. Thank you all!~: )