trash to treasure crafts I made

trashydj

13 years ago

tin man

2 liter soda bottle flower

birdbath and yogurt cup flowers

soda bottle top windsock

beer can wind spinner

plas canvas windspinner

steamer basket sunflower

glass totem

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kayjones
13 years ago
You have great ideas!
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concretenprimroses
13 years ago
Ohh I love the sunflower made from the strainer.
Kathy
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Roselee, Bags of mulch in the back? Ha! That's' another one that DH hates to hear. He'll drive the whole load to the back alley before he even touches them. They must have grown up in the same locality... like 'waaay' up north, lol. Jolana, "... as many plants as we wanted?" Now, that's a really great thought! The sun sails are so pretty. I've always seen them, but I didn't know they had a such a pretty name. It's so lyrical... like 'Sun Sails in the Sunset.' Okay, I'm a little off... :-)) This post was edited by sunnysa on Sat, May 24, 14 at 10:01
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Hi Sal. I didn't think it would work either, as they have a slight curvature, but they did! I just made sure, when I folded them in half at the start, to really really press/rub the fold line and made that one tight. The vinyl verticals are 84 inches long, I believe.. the stars are packed away... but They are as big or a little bigger than the pillow, and I just measured it at 16"! It took 4 slats to make one star... they are 3D on the back too.. the back looks just like the fornt in this pic...
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:) several of the smaller nurseries around here started the same way- and at least one of them still looks like it, specializing in natives saved from the bulldozers (and then bought at a premium by the people who move in three years later) I'd way rather see my money go to them than Home Despot, that's for sure!
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I do this on a small scale. I love working on all sorts of projects, from furniture to funky clothing/purses, etc. But my apartment is too stuffed as it is. Every year there is a neighborhood wide yard sale on a Saturday in May, and I haul a ton of stuff out to get rid of it. My prices are stupid low -- because I really want to get rid of stuff. I get the fun of finding things, doing something with them -- then I don't have to live with them! I just wish, wish, wish I had some storage/work space. It keeps me from working on larger pieces of furniture. And this neighborhood is sooooo obliging about throwing out near perfect pieces.... One question I have, for those who've done this often; how do you handle taxes? An attorney friend told me that you don't have to declare income from yard/garage sales because the assumption is that you are selling at a fairly significant loss, but when you pay little or nothing for the raw elements, and sell at a reasonable profit -- do you declare the income? Best of luck with your sale, Margo -- and I hope you have many more in the future!
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sunnyca_gw
13 years ago
Wow! Lots of fun ideas here. My GF will love the strainer sunflower, I will have to look for 1. Then it can go in her garden because the sunflower clock I repainted for her garden went in her house she loved it so much she went & got new clock works for it. I think the strainer would be great addition & love the dragonfly on it. We made some of those so now 1 will have a home! Your tin man is so cute, might try that myself! TFS Jan
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concretenprimroses
13 years ago
I came back to look at the tin man. So many of the cans I get now can't be opened on the bottom which I need for making knitting knobbys (my latest "thing"). But I could use them on a tin man!
Kathy
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trashydj
Original Author
13 years ago
ty all I am working on alot more things I will post when I get them done I finished up a watering can made from a fabric softner bottle a jello cup and a strip of soda bottle turned out cute
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idrive
13 years ago
The tin man is my favorite!
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oldcrafty
13 years ago
They are all cool ideas THANKS for sharing
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kathi_mdgd
13 years ago
Love all your ideas in both posts.I make soda bottle spinners as well from the 2 or 3 ltr bottles.I'll have to go and look for my picture and show you.
Kathi
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minnie_tx
13 years ago
What Fun
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nonacook
13 years ago
I have always liked the 'tin man' and
I love the steamer sunflower.
Things from plastic are alway good.
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scorelinequeen
12 years ago
wonderful garden art.
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bookjunky4life
12 years ago
How do you make the 2 liter soda bottle flowers? That is gorgeous!
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neesie
12 years ago
I love the tin man too - and I have an old fashioned funnel just sitting in my garage....What do you use to attach the cans together?
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llanago
12 years ago
My neighbor has a tin man and I just fell in love with him. I would love to make one. Guess I need to have all my friends that cook start saving some cans for me.
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