The oval mirror frame would be pretty if you strung beads or small mirrors glued to fishing line or the little half marbles from top to bottom, or even a line of cd's would be nice and shiny! You could place it so it 'frames' a particular plant you want to emphasize. If you are into color, you could paint it a bright blue or lots of colors. Hmm, I may have to start looking for a frame myself, now!!

Welcome, by the way!

I found a rectangular frame on a stand (the mirror was gone) I stapled a very large garden flag with cardinals, bluebirds,etc. to strips of thin wood and then mounted it inside the frame. It is now sitting in my flower and vegetable garden. The flag is made to withstand all kinds of weather and makes a very colorful accent. Hope you find this useful!

thanks for the advice......sounds really good on both ideas.

Welcome Doodys!! Glad to have you join us!! Pulleys are great, aren't they? If you have the ability to attach them to a post or similar, they make good hanging basket holders. You can adjust the heights as needed. I did one last year with old well buckets. Hopefully the link below will work. I've since changed the birdhouse on top, but you get the idea.

Mirrors work well in gardens too...help expand the eye. Do a search here for mirrors...we had quite a few ladies who did mirror projects last fall I think.

Good luck and show us your projects!!

Here is a link that might be useful: {{gwi:139355}}

I have seen where people add a planter inside the frame and it becomes "Living Art". Love your pic Marlene!!!!

Welcome, doodys! Have you happened upon the GJ Inspiration Site ... I've posted a link below...just click on the album you want to view, i.e., "Wood Creations," look at 'em, then click "back to sangaree KS" and pick another album. These are all great pics of GJers' projects that Purplemoon has put in albums for us all... INSPIRATION ALBUM!

Marlene, love your pic of buckets...I did that one yr. also but with rope instead of chain...but smaller buckets...flowers didn't do well, not enough drainage in my buckets & too small. But I love the concept!

Have fun creatin', doodys! Jeanne S.

Here is a link that might be useful: Garden Junk Inspiration Album

thanks everyone.This seems to be a great place for ideas with a lot of help.I will keep on reading and getting inspired by all.Thanks for the welcome.

Welcome to a fun and wonderful forum! I have some old pulleys too and was going to use them as an "extender" for hanging plants. Until I figured out I would have to put a great big hook into the ceiling of the balcony of my apartment! Not sure the management would appreciate that. My pulleys are the kind that are wood with the business end of the pully beneath the wood. I saw in one book where they used that type of pulley for bookends ... which would work because they are very heavy.

As for the mirror frame ... I have seen mirrors used in the garden and they do a wonderful job of reflecting flowers and light. If the mirror is out of the frame, I like calamity_j's suggestion to use it as a frame for a pretty plant.

Whatever you make, be sure to post pictures!

I have a table that my husband made which I covered with 'cola' aluminum.Its whimsical to me and helps in backyard plus Iam almost finish with my first totems...How would I go about on posting a pic?

Hi, welcome. To post a picture go to the very top of the page - just to the right of the green bar is an area for search. Type in posting photos and it will give you many postings of how to do it. Also, when you first log on, if you scroll all the way to the bottom of the page you will find directions. I'm still learning as well so I don't want to confuse you. My problem is that I don't know how to make new albums in photobucket so when I post a picture, unfortunately the whole album comes along and everyone has already seen those. Good luck - Colleen

You just need to create a photo album at Photobucket (the easiest to use in my opinion). They are free. Then when you upload photos to your photo album, when you click on the individual picture you want to post, you will see somewhere near the picture a number of "codes" to use to share your picture with others. In Photobucket there are the following codes:

Email/IM
Direct Link
HTML Code
IMG Code

Highlight and copy the "HTML Code." Then come over here and paste it right into your message box. It will look like a lot of gobbledygook but once you click on "Preview Message," you will see the picture appear right in your post.

To make sure your picture doesn't interrupt your text, click enter a couple of times and then insert the HTML code.

It's easy using Photobucket!

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