What a wonderful and creative idea! I can't wait to see it when it is filled in! I love her hair!

Well, that is definitely creative! She'll probably be very cute when the thyme spreads too.

Sorry, I couldn't get it to come up, my Firefox may be blocking it. Sounds cute! Jan

Here she is...too cute...hope you do not mind me posting the pics...Mary

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Thank you Mary for posting the pics! I seem to be able to only post them correctly 2 out of 5 times...and this wasn't one of them!

Care to share how to put the pics in the post...???

What a wild idea. I can't wait to see her filled out. Love the hair.
Grandmathyme, you copy the html code in photobucket, its in the box below the pics in your album, or off to the left and down if you are looking at just that pic enlarged. (in that case just clicking on the code copies it - you will see a little box that says "copied". for some reason in album view you have to right click and copy but not in the single image view.) Then just paste it into your post on a new line. It will just be code until you preview. I don't know what the other codes are used for. I believe there are 4 of them offered. Or if you want to copy an address/link, past it in the Optional Link URL box which sometimes doesn't show up until you preview.
Good luck,
Kathy

Thanks Kathy...I'll try and post a pic later today to see if I can do it!

Thanks for posting a pic, Mary, she is really cute!! When she fills in she will be adorable, might have to put a little "pot" with flowers in it in her "hands"(center front of her)LOL Jan

she reminds me of a 'topiary' girl, at a florist store in Tumwater/Olympia...on the corner.
every season, her 'dress' gets changed for the occasion ..
guess it's going to be May Day soon for her.

Artistry in Flowers if anyone else is local...

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their's looked the same, when they first started her out..a number of years ago..in fact, you have more plants on the one you made, than this one did....

How cool is she? The flamingo up against her skirt reminds me of a poodle skirt.

This one would drive my neighbors nuts...I wonder how long it would one of them to comment. lol

Is that cute! Love the idea. Be sure to post a picture when she is fully grown.

I love, love, the topiary girl. I wonder what they used for the body. I think it can be done with chicken wire and spagnum moss can't it?

I love thyme girl!

I have seen just a head planter made with a doll head too and I have been wanting to make one but I don't know what my GW does with all their baby dolls because there are never any!

Love topiary girl!

I bet if you google around you can find ideas on how to make a big one like that. Last year some time I was looking for pics of "garden gals" on google and saw some big planted girls like that. They were stuffed with hay I think, and their skirts planted, with a flowery bonnet and holding a basket of flowers. Also theres a picture of a couple of them in some big garden, special made frames and all.

when they first built "Topiary Girl" body, I think I remember that they did stuff the body, once an armature was welded together.
it was in the shape of the skirt, so it was just a matter of filling in the skirt with pockets of plants.
since it's a florist shop, there's never a shortage of plants to stick in for the duration and simply unplug them.

I should have thought to have taken pictures of her, as the seasons and years have gone by.
it takes a post like this, to get busy and think of that.

maybe if I remember, I'll stop in one day and see of they have an album with the changes.

is "Thyme Girl" going to be having a 'wardrobe"??

Becky

>>is "Thyme Girl" going to be having a 'wardrobe"??

She's an experiment of sorts...to see if I can get the thyme to fill in her entire skirt and end up looking like something. If that works out, I might try something besides thyme next year.

When I order flowers, it's always from Artistry in Flowers because they do beautiful work...but I don't get to see their flower lady often because I usually order via phone! She IS quite a sight though!