My first glass totem

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  1. toni

    toni Mistress of Garden Junque Staff Member Moderator Plants Contributor

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    I made one a couple of years ago with different coffee cups but it was destroyed in one of the hail storms a year or so ago.
    This one I will definitely be bringing inside anytime hail is in the forecast.

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    First glass totem ( photo / image / picture from toni's Garden )
     
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  3. Jerry Sullivan

    Jerry Sullivan Garden Experimenter Plants Contributor

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    How intriguingly unique. Did you glue the glassware together or is it delicately assembled?

    Jerry
     
  4. toni

    toni Mistress of Garden Junque Staff Member Moderator Plants Contributor

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    It took me a couple of weeks of arranging and rearranging the pieces to get the look I liked. They all seemed to appear on the shelves of our favorite thrift store on the same day in just the colors I had decided to look for....I think they were just waiting for me to show up.
    It's all glued together with Loctite Clear Silicone.
     
  5. Frugalkate

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    Very nice! Good job!
     



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  6. marlingardener

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    Toni, you also have an artist's eye. That is a lovely totem!
     
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    eileen Resident Taxonomist Staff Member Moderator Plants Contributor

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    The colours go so well together and you've created a really lovely totem Toni.
     
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    cherylad Countess of Cute-ification Plants Contributor

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    Super-duper fantastic Toni! Something that lovely, I think I'd be afraid of setting it outdoors at all!
    Makes me want to try to build one... but then again... I'm sure it would pale in comparison to yours (and the others I've seen here).
    Beautiful!
     
  9. donna in nc

    donna in nc In Flower

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    beautiful great job wished I could find colored glass around here plenty of clear
     

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