OH WOW! Those are awesome. I really love the Merlin Chair. I think he will be perfect in your garden. you are very talented when it comes to painting. I could never get the faces that perfect in a million years.

I can't wait to see pictures of them after they are placed in your garden.

~Micki~

Oh, lucky you!!! I keep hoping I'll find treasures like those, but so far nothing like those beautiful gnomes! Well, I did find one concrete wizard, he's on my deck in his natural state. Let me see if I can find a pic of him ...

OK, here's a pic, but not a very good one. He originally had a "crystal" ball (concrete) and it got broken off on the way to the flea market. That's how I got him for $5. I need to glue a marble or some kind of pretty orb onto his left hand. Does anyone know if GEII works on concrete to glass gluing? Any suggestions on what kind of glue to use?

Great restoration of the gnomes Cait, and a beautiful job on Merlin. $1 was a great price, just wondering what postage cost? Was the seller in Aus? Anyways, he was worth the postage with the great selling price!

~tenderlee

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You did a great job with your color...They look great...

what fun! Love them all.
I think probably some kind of mortar would be best with concrete. Thin set probably.
kathy

LOL!! I was gonna ask, "WHAT the HECK are you guys still doing up??" But it's me who's up late... nearly 1 AM now and I need to git to bed cuz I'm getting s l e e e p y!!

Micki - I can't wait to have a weed-free area so I can set up my Gnome Garden. Started clearing the debris today but it's gonna take awhile. Huge mess in that part of the yard.

Tenderlee - try the GEII. Worst that'll happen is the marble will fall off. I think your wizard guy is ADORABLE!!

I LOVE these concrete gnomes. Unfortuantely, it is not very often I see them, but when I do I snatch 'em up. I paid $5 each for them and they are well worth it. I felt so lucky when I got them.
They NEVER post concrete things on ebay in Australia. Someone in Queensland (very far away from me - I'm just outside of Melbourne... like the distance between NY and Fla - was selling 3 concrete gnomes and I BEGGED her (via email) to mail them and that I didn't care how much that would be and she still said NO! So I couldn't bid on them. I was so ticked off. The guy selling Merlin lived about an hour's drive from my house. I bought other stuff from him, too, really cheap prices b/c he wanted to get rid of stuff. Maybe I'll get around to painted those and show ya'll.

Now I'm off to bed. NITEY NITEY!!

Gosh! You gals are quick! Thanks Levita & Kathy!
And now I really AM gittin' t' bed :D

Ohh I love all the colors!!!! And you did great witht the faces. I can never get a face right!!

I'm in awe of your talent. Love those gnomes. And what a change it made when you painted the wizard.

Cait,

Your painting skills are excellent. I too like to repaint things then I can give them an antique wash if I need to age them. I couldn,t even see the little brown rabbit until you repainted them. You are good, girl-l-l-l-l!!!

tenderlee,

I would use GE Sil. II as well because it dries clear. Imagine what that glue was originally designed for. Caulking around doors and window frames (wood, metal, fiberglass, glass ect). Many of those windows and doors are set into concrete/brick buildings. Love your statue!

Susie

Wow! I would have left them as they were, but after seeing your painting skills, no way. Great job.
Go ahead and use the GE silicone. It will do the job.

Wow Cait! I love your painting jobs! Your gnomes and Merlin look all gussied up! They will look fantastic in your Lady garden! Thanks for sharing them with us!

Oh...I love your colorful gnomes!! They're adorable!!

~Sandy~

Cait! Those look great! I miss You so!..It's going to take me forever to catch up, I needed some motivation..so I came here..I knew it would be the right place! I know I have missed out on sooo much! I have some project ideas in the works..so you maybe be seeing me post more often...I have a sort of Crafters ADD and can't keep up with my projects and myself and ideas! So many ideas for one person to do alone...will you consider moving to the states and crafting with me?..LOL...Miss ya!

Beautiful paint job, cait1. I like their happy faces, esp. the short one. He was a little scary in the before pictures.
Vickie

WONDERFUL * W O N D E R F U L *
* * * W * O * N * D * E * R * F * U * L * * * !!!!!
Oh Ms Cait !!!!!!!!!!!
You and all your AMAZING Gardens & Ideas &
T A L E N T S !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You are really something !!!!

You Go Girl....

Thanks for sharing the pics !!!!!
When are
you and I going to move back to T E X A S !!!!

Let's meet up there soon................

I'm freezing here in this FROZEN TUNDRA !!!!
I miss my SUNSHINE ~~~~ Texas !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
waaaaaaaaaah !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

God Bless !
SusieSunshine
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THANKS EVERYONE!!!

Barefootin' we've all been missing YOU!!! So great to see you join in the fun again!!

Susie Sunshine - the other day DH was looking at the lookout tower on the mountain we can see from our house. He said it looked different. So I googled it to see if there had been any changes made and someone did a you tube movie about it. And the music they chose? "Yellow Rose of Texas"!! Was that a hint or what?!

Here is a link that might be useful: Mt St Leonards lookout tower walk

Oh Cait I loves your Gnomes. I would like to have a little gnome grarden

You know, I think so many people - myself included - like garden statues to have that aged, faded look because we could never paint them well to save our lives! You did an awesome job on all of them! They will look wonderful in your garden.

Oh Cait:
T H A N K Y O U !!!! Thank You ! ! !
* * * T * H * A * N * K ~ ~ ~ Y * O * U ! ! !
I listened to the link...........
Mt St Leonards Look out Tower walk ! ! ! !
The pics were awesome...
and
the MUSIC >>>>>>>>>>> Welllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll
what can I say....
I just sat here and cryed my
Big Brown Eyes out..................
It made me soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo HAPPY !!!!
It brought
back SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
many memories to me..........

When I was born in Odessa Texas...
My Dad started singing .....
the YELLOW ROSE OF TEXAS... to me....
and sang it to me everytime he saw me...
till he
died when I was 8 years old....

THANK YOU CAIT !!!!!!!!!!!!
I really needed that today...
I am sooooooooooooooooooo DANG Homesick
I can barely stand it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

& watching the St Leonard Look out towerwalk
with the Beautiful Green trails and Mts....

W O N D E R F UL !!!!!!!!!!! cause
ALL I have Seen since DECEMBER 1st 2008 is

W H I T E SNOW !!!!!!!! Tons of it...
Feet of it... and that's all I will see
for several more months...

so I BOOKMARKED the Tower Walk...
and I hope to watch it quite often !!!!
It was EXTREMELY Kind of you to
think of me...
I think of you often &

I REMEMBER YOU OFTEN
IN MY PRAYERS !!!!

GOD BLESS !!!
Your Garden Junk Buddy
SusieSunshine

*** HURRY Back so we can both move to TEXAS !!!!
YEEEEEEEEEEEEE HAW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Barefootin ... LOL about the Crafters ADD, I can relate, and it's one of the reasons I come here!

Thanks to all of you who gave me the good advice on gluing the crystal ball onto the wizard ... now to find the perfect crystal ball for his little hand (stump lol).

Oh, and Cait, if I could paint like you, my wizard would be painted up right now! You bring your pieces to life with the paint!

~tenderlee

Cait...just darn adorable! They will have a happy home! Jeanne S.