Looking 4 coffee pot character post & site suggestion

14 years ago

I've just toured through all of your FABULOUS albums! Thanks for all the ideas!

One site I forgot to bookmark, someone had ladies & more made w/ upsidedown coffee pots. These were ceramic pots. The spouts were noses, painted eyes & mouths. Anyone direct me back? Ran a search, didn't help.

I tried to Google for this too, and happened on this site:

http://www.funinthemaking.net/category/reuse-coffee-pot/

I don't think it's been posted, some other cute ideas too, not too much garden, but the Perk the Fisherman really stood out. Hope you enjoy.

I seldom come up w/ a unique creation myself, but give me one & I can RUN it into 50!

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giggles1
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14 years ago
OMG!!!!!!!!
If you thought Perk was cute... here's tons more!

Still looking, I stumbled onto this site:
http://coffee-pot-people.blogspot.com/search/label/Coffee%20Pot%20People
I know what everyone will be in search of now!
Is this one of the GW members?
excessfroufrou
14 years ago
OMGoodness is right they just go on and on. After seeing these creations, I don't feel I have any creativity going on. This lady turn anything into a work of art.
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concretenprimroses
14 years ago
Amazing! Thanks for the links.
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smickerdoodle
14 years ago
Those are too much fun! Now I am going to have to start collecting things to make those too!
laurastheme
14 years ago
AWESOME!! I don't remember seeing any coffee pots like that at TS, but I'll be looking more closely now.
luckygal
14 years ago
Thanks, Giggles, I've bookmarked those. I'll be looking around both for awhile. I like those garden cloches from large glass bottles also (http://www.funinthemaking.net/category/garden/).

I've been looking for a coffee pot for a lamp, now I need more for garden decor as well!

Connie, the Coffee Pot Lady is really something, isn't she!
beck_wi
14 years ago
Oh my. Its so hard to pick one as a favorite. tfs.
luna_llena_feliz
14 years ago
I have some old coffee pots ... now if I could only paint eyes ...
nonacook
14 years ago
I found her site some years ago. But I think it was before blogs!LOL
I love it, but never tried to make anything because a lot of it was ceramic teapots, and I could not find any here.
This year was the first time I found them, and they are small-the kind that sits on a matching cup. I do have a few coffee pots, but can't make up my mind if I want to keep them to paint on, or use one or two this way. Anyway, I spent entirely too much time there, and one other site that was posted yesterday! GRIN!! Time is short with my plans to leave next Friday-LOL!!!! Lots to do.
concretenprimroses
14 years ago
Luna I bet you could paint eyes! If you aren't confident, draw them first (or find a cartoon eye and print on computer) then cut a stencil. I cut words out of computer paper (printed from computer) and stencil them on rocks, so making a stencil doesn't have to be complicated.
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okie_deb
14 years ago
Well thanks to you ladies I drug DH to the thrift stores Saturday. Bored to death after a while he went outside to the car to listen to tunes. I didn't mind I kept on looking to find a metal coffee pot. I found not 1 but 2! One is aluminum with a short style nose and the other is silver and has a long curved nose style. I was thrilled!
I now will need to find some glass items to make her body with. I did find some of the 'hair' wire type pieces but didn't buy any but will go back Monday and grab at least one of the 3 that were there.
I also while looking gathered up enough glass for 4 plate flowers and got them all 4 glued up. I need some dark colored center stones though. I looked at the hobby shop and at Wally World and neither had any dark colors. They only had pale colors that don't show well on my pieces. Grrrr!
I want to thank you ladies for making a great weekend for me with you ideas!,,,,Debbie
giggles1
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14 years ago
We have a local farmers auction / flea mkt every Wed. JUST LAST WED, there were 2 metal coffee pots no one took. I'd debated, but I've been hunting teapots and plates with holes. Sure enough, don't I find this just 2 days later!!!
BUT, my deck is already FULL of free junk I need to use up. That was why the ceramic coffee pot lady interested me, I have 3 of those pots.
Connie just shows, NOTHING is "junk" that can't be reused. Boy, I can only imagine what she could do w/ all the "junk" that gets left at my auction!!! I'll take pictures Wed and post - DON"T HATE! lol
I could be RICH if I just had the time. While I'm 30+ miles from Buffalo, NY, all the towns around there & here have the Garden Walks & contests... I've thought I should change my items to appeal to them! Free materials, peaceful crafting, winter approaching, if I can make $$$... sounds good to me!

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