I found this neat idea on my friend
Heidi's blog, and just couldn't resist making a few for Mother's Day. I ended up making myself a couple too! Why not? So the only thing I tweaked was the post. I saw some metal rods right by where I was getting the copper caps at the hardware store, and knew that is what I wanted. They are zinc plated, smooth rods (1/2") and will do nicely for us. Then the hardest part of the craft mission-well, that was finding the darn tea cups! Now I have been seeing these big mugs all over the place and sure thing-when I wanted to actually buy some-I couldn't find any! Well, I did find a few but they were way too spency~ and I just about gave up. I spent an entire day hunting well over 7 or more stores to try to find them-I couldn't believe it~ but isn't that the way it goes? Then the Lord popped "donation store" into my head. So I gave the local Salvation Army a quick call and sure enough-they had several of them~! Whoop it up. So off I went and I had fun trying to mix and match cups to plates. Then I went back for another plate, similar to the house/maroon one because I couldn't get it out of my mind-and I knew it was perfect for my mom. [the blue polka dot one was what I originally wanted for her, I found out it was simply too heavy and I worry it will fall off, or the cap will pop off due to the weight. So, I have decided to use that one as a ground or deck hand railing feeder. In fact, I am giving my MIL the option between 2 (one being the blue polka dot one) b/cuz she has trouble with raccoons in her feeders, so this way she can just pull it in at night. Plus, there are not a lot of areas in her yard where a feeder on a pole could be seen (for her to enjoy watching the birds)...so that is where we are at with these.
I don't have a pic of my mom's here-it is similar but with a boat/bay theme (similar to the house one in the lower right of the pic) with a white cup.
The top one is what I originally thought for my MIL, the watermelon is for me. I just love the whimsical nature of it and am a big fan of watermelons (even tho I am not into the taste of em-I like the colors)
The top one is mine too (for the front yard) I just love it~ and I couldn't believe I found that cup which looks like it was made for it. The heavy weight champion of the group-ole Polka Dottie.
Thanks to Heidi for linking that project, as I was in a bad state of affairs trying to think of something original and unique to give the mums this year. I am planning on making a few more for birthday gifts....this is a very versatile gift!
3 comments:
Your feeders turned out precious too! I loved making them! I'm going to be giving mine to my mom today, as well as a VA Soaps & Scents gift box I bought at convention this weekend! :)
They turned out great Sheri! I made these are well for my mom and SIL's (and me!). I'm glad Heidi posted about them. :)
Those are so cute. I've wanted to make one for the longest time.
We lived in AZ for almost two years. I didn't realize how much I missed it 'till we were there again. Thanks for visiting my blog on the blogwalk!
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