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Posted by
imjustsam 6 (
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Sat, Jul 9, 11 at 21:24
| Last fall I started making some birdbaths out of my zucchini leaves. I started with a hosta leaf, but was pretty disappointed with the result. I think they would have been better with giant hosta leaves. Anyway, I spray painted them, but didn't like them too much. This summer I pulled them out to the backyard and started playing with some watered down paints to get into all the cracks and this is the result.
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RE: Leaf Birdbaths
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those are awesome sam!
Love the colors. The darker in the veins is beautiful.
Zuchinni leaves is a wonderful idea.
Kathy |
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| Now those are some leaves I wouldn't rake up! What gorgeous colors and I like the addition of color to accentuate the veins. Great job! |
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| Now you are inspiring, sam! Beautiful watered down colors! And Zucchini leaves! TFS! Jeanne S. |
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| I LOVE the veins! They are so detailed. I love them! Nice work! |
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| Those turned out just beautiful! What a great job you did with the painting. WOW. hugs, Karen |
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| These are beautiful! What great colors! |
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| Not much to say but --- Just awesome !!! |
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| Those are gorgeous! What mix did you use for the casting? |
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| @ Laura, I went the easiest way possible for the mix. I used a combo of portland cement and all purpose sand. Nothing fancy, just like my cooking, any more than 3 ingredients just gets too hard for me. hahahaha |
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| They will look beautiful anywhere in the garden! Jan |
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- Posted by 9bark 3bto5a BC (My Page) on
Mon, Jul 11, 11 at 9:39
| Gorgeous! The purple one is my favourite! |
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| Those are absolutely wonderful. I love them all. Marylee |
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| WOW !! plz look at this sit..is this how you did it?? http://www.squidoo.com/garden-crafts-birdbath |
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| @boston3381, that is pretty much right on how I did it. Mine is not that giant though. Those sunflower leaves were awesome. Like I posted before, I used portland cement instead of the acrylic patch that was suggested on that site. The lighter patch may be a good idea if your leaves are realy huge. Some people used the hypertofu mix as well. |
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| fantastic - you did a great job both forming them and painting them - it is on my to do list - TFS ..... Lynne |
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| Those came out great!!! I've been making some latex molds so that I can make them in the winter when there are no real leaves available. I am definitely going to add zucchini to my list. - Dottie |
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| I was weeding & mulching today ... & this is my leaf birdbath...a big one...but I bought it some yrs back & leave it outside (cause it is heavy) but I 'flip' it over in the winter. Wanted to show you this because the artist used 'horseshoes' for handles...he also had some reinforcement of the cement in the center bottom. 
I also bought these welded kind of 'palm leaves' last yr from the same artist...I love 'em ...birds use this leaf as a birdbath. Jeanne S.
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RE: Leaf Birdbaths
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I love the leaves!
I first saw them on this wonderful site.... WWW.littleandlewis.com |
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