Well you HAVE been busy. Love the totem lady and also the mini bottle tree. I would love to find some of those bottles and make more bottle bugs. My friend love them. Thanks for sharing.

Donna in Florida

well karen
you have been busy
love your lady
and tree keep up the
good work.

Karen,

You made a precious Little Chyrstal Princess!!! I LOVE HER. The teapot totem and matching birdbath are bright eye catchers!!!! Very Summery. The bottle tree pot is unique and also eye catching. LOVE your creations. susie

The skirt is perfect, purplemoon... and I love your birdies & birdfdr...is that for your "Alice in Wonderland" or tea garden? What did you use for bottle stems? And what did you put in the pot to hold them up like that? I like it...and think it would be cool anyplace where the sun will shine thru them! Nice work! Jeanne S.

I love everything! Your Lady Totem is so well put together! LOL
Your colorful totem and birdfeeder are what can I say but "colorful".
Great mini bottle tree!

Sylvia

Thanks, Everyone.
Jeanne, yes the birdfeeder totem will go in that area I call My Secret Garden (thanks to a sign made for me by Luvs saying that). Its the gnome garden, and some of you dubbed it the Alice in Wonderland garden cause of the teapot totems. That colorful teapot and matching candlesticks used with it were found at GW. Then I saw those plates at Dollar Tree and picked up two tho didn't have a plan for them at the time. Also had bought two of the green ones "just because". Then found the colorful vase at GW on a later shopping trip. The little birds came from Michaels Crafts, and the base of the totem is ceramic planter bowl I had for years.

Those bottles are mostly very small. Just about 3" high, except for top two, which are about 6". I bought thin metal rods at Home Depot that were 3 ft long, then cut them to different heights and sprayed them dark green. I glued a thick piece of styrofoam in the bottom of the bowl, added dried moss, and stuck in the bottles.

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Karen, BEAUTIFUL! BEAUTIFUL! BEAUTIFUL! You have been busy...along with getting your gardens back in order after the painting of your house! I visited your photo site and loved seeing all of the things you've been doing in your gardens! YOU ARE SO DOG-GONE CREATIVE! MY INSPIRATION! I love your colorful creations and that bottle bush is calling my name!!! :o) So well done! Bear Hugs! Kirk

I love them all!! I have some glass pieces that I'd love to use to make a totem or something. Thank you for inspiring me.

Karen....what can I say WOW!! I'm redoing some stuff for my garden. Made it ALOT bigger, so front looks cluttered back looks naked. Donna, American Science and Salvage, I think it's called has LOTS of little bottles, some blue ones too, gonna order some for me. They have everything we need. I think I need to join Goodwill Annonymous (sp?) just can't stay outta there. :) So many projects, so little time

Huntermom, if there's a Goodwill Anonymous, PLEASE SIGN ME UP too!!! I'll never get my garage under control if I don't stay out of that place!

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Oh I love them...Wish I could find such things around here...

Karen your lady is so well balanced! The skirt is perfect.
What do you guys mean! I thought this forum IS Goodwills Anonymous!
kathy

Love everything you've done! Those tiny bottles are adorable.

I've found it's almost impossible to finish with totems, there's always some pieces left over and more pieces calling my name at yard sales or thrifts!

You have been busy and really creative. I love it all! Your crystal lady looks fabulous now, and that was very clever to make a bottle bush. I've always love your colorful teapot totem, and now the matching birdbath is just perfect too. Good job, Karen, doesn't it feel great to actually get projects completed? ;o) Luvs

GAWJUS!!!! I'm so jealous that you can find such colorful plates. Went to several charity shops this weekend and NOTHING! I just LOVE that birdbath. And your garden lady is put together perfectly!! Love your mini bottle tree.
But I agree with the buying glass addiction. I have tons of it but never make totems. It's a lunatic addiction!! But I can't stop!!

I'm just getting to see all of the posts from the weekend and Karen...you have really been busy!! LOVE, love, love your garden lady! And your miniature bottle tree is just great...I may have to "borrow" that idea since I have some small bottles myself. And the colors in your teapot totem and birdbath are wonderful!!! Too cool!!

Your lady is so elegant in her best finery. Any garden would be grand to have her sitting in it. Love the colors in your bath & feeder. I really like the potted bottles. One of a kind!
Vickie

Really love the clear lady! She's especially pretty. ~tenderlee

It is all so beautiful, Karen! Thanks for the idea for the small bottles. I got pretty cobalt blue ones from American Science & Surplus and was trying to figure out how to make a small bottle tree. I might have to borrow your idea. I love all your things!

The more I look at the photo of the mini bottle tree, the more I wonder if I should remove the two larger bottles.
Opinions, please? They are twice the size of the others and now I'm just not sure they should be used with them.

I've been busy making totems today. Hopefully I can take some photos tomorrow. I need a red vase to finish one tho. I never see red here for some reason. Anyway, I did a green and crystal totem. Another cobalt (with crystal) totem. One with some lighter blue glass that I found a plate, saucer, and vase all same color. I'm also making some small totems. I had put together several pieces for TOPS of totems and decided I like them just fine as they are, LOL. Mini totems. I can't remember who (my apologies) but one of you did this and put them in plants I believe?

Thanks again for all the kind comments, I sure won't hear any from family on my garden junk creations. LOL.
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