I like the way your rust technique turned out. Be sure and post a picture if you make a weather vane out of it.

Here is a link that might be useful: Shysue's Album

I like what you did to the angel! This forum, I think, teaches us all to look at everything a little differently. Everyone else would see a Christmas angel, but you saw a garden angel. I love that! Please show us if you turn it into a weathervane.

I love this forum. Don't get here as often as I would like to. There are always wonderful ideas!

I love the angel and the old rake. This gives me some ideas about what to do with my old tools!

Keep the ideas coming!

Phyllis

I think it made a great garden angel, and I love it right where it is. Such a pretty vignette you made!!!!

hugs, Karen

Thanks ya'll! I sprayed it with the primer,then sprinkled cinnamon,and sprayed primer on again. Sure looks red in the pic,but it's more brown! Wish I could cut metal like Linda,lol, I'd make some letters..N,S,E,W...I was eyeballing an old TV antenna(sp),the rods on it might make a good weather vane,it wouldn't actually have to function...thinking,thinking....hmm. Maybe I should have made it a green patina instead, but hey, I could change it to green if I wanted to:) I need to drag the DH in on this project.

Love your angel!! You did a great job on that. You could check Tractor supply for weather vanes. They had some on clearance and I got a rooster one. You could take your angel and put it on top! But it looks great where it is too!!!(-:

Very clever I love the treatment you did.

I do like what you did with her! I did something similar with a Christmas angel that was dark red and rusty, but I made her into a "fairy". Mine had a halo and carried stars and I took them off.

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I used to have an angel just like that Kudzukween. I think I gave it to my daughter...not sure....

I just recently bought some brown primer that looks like rust.

I'll have to look around to see if I still have it or not.

You did a good job.

I like it on the rake! You will have to find a different one for the weather vane-Grin...

Thanks ya'll! Going to a yard sale today that says Christmas decor,we'll look for another! Quidam, I knew I'd seen another angel recently,and I looked and looked for the post! I told my DH somebody just got one like this and painted it lavender,that's where I got the idea when I spied this one at GW :) I LOVE yours,lavender is one of my favorite colors, I love how yours has the strips of metal curling on her dress,and the marbles added on:) A very inspiring group of people here!

Kudzu-if you have tinsnips you can cut metal. You can use flashing or tin cans-coffee can lids work great as do paint cans. If they have ridges flatten with a hammer. Try to use block letters, curves are hard. wind chimes made from flattened tin cans cut into shapes sound great too.

I have that same angel,i painted mine black.I also found another the same size a couple weeks ago but it has a different pose.I need to get it out of the trunk of my car and paint it,then i'll put them facing each other i think.
Kathi

I don't think she looks Christmasy at all. I guess angels blowing trumpets are fitting at any time of the year! lol! I think it looks fantastic! I also like quidam's fairy too.

I think maybe this will have to be my Christmas in July POTM,lol! In case I don't finish my other things:) It USED to be a Christmas-y thing,and it's July,so there ya go!

My DH is going to paint our tin roof, and I told him he needed to sprinkle cinnamon on it to make it look rustic!

you should have seen the look on his face!

mj