I love your hat & the tools for the garden!! Those long handles are great!! Not sure how I got on this post. It said blackberry cobbler & I just hope you put the receipe on your blog sounds great!! Did you make those tools like that? Jan

I can now post pics on my blog..I don't know what happened, but I had the problem before.

Sorry Jan, that's my mix-up over inability to post photos yesterday on my blog.. So I posted a photo of the bird house made from a straw hat a bird finally decided to nest in.
I'll post a link for recipes for blackberries
http://www.homestead-farm.net/RecipeBlackberry.html

Those tool handles I did make myself from old spindles cut down in size, and I made holes for leather hanging straps. It's also an example of fake rust, using red oxide primer and sprinkling cinnamon on it while it's still wet.
That's a fake bird I glued there 3 years ago, lol! The real bird is in the hat!

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Love that, and it's so good to see you "back at it" Cherrie !!! :-)

~tenderlee

Shabby Adorable Cherry!!!!!

Absolutely adorable!
What is at the back of the hat to make it a house? That's such a cute idea. Is it on a porch?
Just love your garden tools too. :) ~JoAnn

What a great idea(-: I love having birds nest near by(-: I love your spindle tools too. Those are so sweet!

Thanks ya'll :D I can't remember who I copied this from....here is how-to's copied from my blog-
A few years ago I saw someone post a photo of a birdhouse they made from a straw hat, and I just had to have one myself. I collect those old straw hats, there's something about them I love. So I have lots of them and I could make a birdhouse for myself. So I cut a small hole in the crown for the bird to fit through, and found an old butter tub and some waxed raffia. I used an old hole punch and made holes all around the rim of the butter tub, and then "sewed" the butter tub to the hat with the raffia. You can use an old bobby pin or piece of wire as your needle; anything that's gonna fit through the weave of the straw hat. Add a piece for a hanger,too.