I think it would be a darling fairy house. I have several fairy houses that are not 'natural'. One is a "Squash house" and one is a "Pumpkin house" and some are china and some ceramic and some are wood and rock. I think fairies stay where it is comfortable. That one would fit just right in a fairy garden. Janie

Thank you, Oddie :D These are just too cute, and fun to make. I found free images on the web,and print them out. I brush with a little glue and sprinkle glitter on them, usually a clear white or irridescent color so the color of the butterfly shows through. Add sequins if you want, too. Then I cut them out and glue them to the back of the fairy I've made. I use tracing paper to print wings,too, a pretty look. You could use the butterflies from WalMart, I think those would be so gorgeous! Cut out a body of a person, and add a photo of a relative's face,like grandkids or yourself. The jars are harder to find. I used to rely on mayonnaise jars, but they've all gone plastic!! So I used a nacho cheese jar, a popular brand, it's nice and tall. And a pickle jar. And somewhere I saved some starbucks iced coffee bottles. I found out that lighter fluid, like for zippos, takes the glue residue off quickly and easily. Now is the time of year to grab up some of that Easter grass to use as filler....and I swore I'd never have that stuff in my house!!!!!!!!! but it works good. I also used hymnal pages and crepe paper cut in strips as filler, and I bought some sheet moss.

Yikes, I think I would suffer from craft supply withdrawal, if I had to go 60 miles to a Michaels! (Hands trembling a little... nervous twitches...) :-) Well, it doesn't look like you just used what you had on hand-- the wings and lid covers are color-coordinated, etc. And the sparkles on the wings are visible in the photos. I've seen these done with figures made of Sculpy before, but not photographs. Hey, have a great weekend, Jenn http://web.mac.com/thriftshopromantic/iWeb/

Someone on the Harvest forum told me no, at least not after a day or two, as the pH level will have dropped as the cucumbers give up their water -- or else I could dump the liquid and start over each time I add. I don't know a darn thing about pickle safety, but my question is... Assuming you don't remove any early pickles before the late ones are added, why would it matter if the pickles and the brine swap some pH? Would the overall final pH of the combined contents be different if you added one ingredient once every five seconds versus once every five days?