Art room organizer

I have been working on the yard, plants and things have been coming to me from craigslist. I have not taken any pictures of my works. I have many plans and some of them have taken me inside to weed, sort and clean up and out my art room. I have found a wonderful way to keep store and organize my art stuff. Cydne had bought one of those jewelry boxes that looks like a set of dresser drawers, it has been sitting in the hallway with a piece of driftwood on top of it. So I swung it around the corner into my art room and how great it is.

The top opens where I can keep cutting tools safe and secure from small hands and the little drawers hold all sorts of things. the small dividers keep it all in order. "everything has a place and everything in its place" keeps things from getting lost, and for people who don't have and art room it would be very handy and they don't take up much space. Ours came from a garage sale, what a great find.

Bottle Fish

This is a bottle fish and a great way to use leftover  kitchen supplies and other household items. This is not mine, but it is a great idea starter.

List of some of the items used

1. grater
2. bottle 
3. stapler
4. tv cable wire
5. forks
6. candle holder
7. glass bottle bottoms
8. just to mention a few.

 I was given these cement edging they were not in the best of shape, old and worn. This is not an original idea I saw it done online. I made a template out of cardboard and sprayed the feet placement on the stones. Then painted the rest by hand. I didn't want them to all look the same.

 The ones standing up are finished and the others are in different stages of painting.All together I have enough for a 20' walkway in my front yard.

Here are the finished elephants just waiting to hold back the shells in the planters. I will hit them with a spray clearcoat to help preserve them. This was an easy project and loads of fun. My outside workshop is beautiful. under the trees with filtered light and cool breezes a bottle for my stick incents keeps the bugs away and the song birds give my heart a lift. LIFE IS GOOD.

The Building of the Leekin Lena

 It always starts with and Idea. The past two years we have not used the hot tub that sit on the back deck. I want to turn it into a fish pond. I have been looking at stones and all of the normal kind of ponds but juat could not come up with the energy to get out there and work on it. that usually means it is not the RIGHT idea.

 I moved the tub to one area of the yard and then Cydne said she thought it should go next to the arbor. So here she sits. I was walking by and the thought hit me, she looks like a boat. Well that was it I LOVE Tug boats and have been looking at the mini tug sites. I am not in the market for a real one but I can build a mock one.

 Gathering up some of the items to be used. The plastic barrels cut up easy and make a great source of moldable plastic. I use only food grade. these came from a resturant  and hade fruit juice in them.

 Pieces of plywood that were once used to board up the windows for hurricane season, Leftover molding from a chair rail and screen given to me form a friend.

 With the helping hand of Cydne the job moves right along.

 This PVC frame has steel rods in side of it and the 2x6 is notched to fit over the pipe. so the Wheel housc can be lifted off of the hot tub in case of bad storms of cleaning of the pond. Yes I will clean out the dirty water and the bottom of the hot tub as I go.

 Fitting the blue barrel plastic on the front. with some sunny days and the help of a hair dryer I will shape it before it is hooked down. smoke stack ready for placement. 5 gal. bucket lids used for port holes.

With a clear fiberglass roof and pool noodles around the front and back she is starting to take shape.

The finished "Leekin Lena"

 Her she is from a distance, we have added fish and some rocks.

 I just loved this project except for the pond pump she is 100% recycled materials.The waterfall and spillway will support the herb garden planted in the arbor. The boat is done but now we will be adding lights and a Wharf in front of her with a mock pier. anyone know where to find dock post???

List of recycled Items.
Most of them picked up on the side of the road.

1. Hot tub from a friends yard
2. Blue barrel from the rubble that was once the Kingfish restaraunt.
3. Port holes made out of 5 gallon bucket lids
4. Tires from 2 big wheels thrown out after Christmas.
5. Screen from Pat
6. pvc pipes
7. molding scrapes
8. roof is fiberglass
9. Swimming noodles on the front and back of the roof.
10. fishing rod from dumpster.
11. Paint from Cindy's when she was moving.
12. Rubber ducks from a thrift shop.
13. Coffee and Imagination.

Putting myself in the scene this past Christmas.

 With all of the people arriving for the census and tax collection I have decided to set up a small pot selling shed. I rented this small shed. The location is great it is right in between the Inn and the stable.

 I bought some bread from a local woman and her son.

 Everyone is coming into town the shepherds and some of the flocks are also here. There was alot so singing going on. It was so beautiful and the light here is so good that I was able to stay of and paint all night long the music seemed to come right down from the heavens.

Ok so some rich guys are coming into town and they will surely buy some of my pots.

herb gardens

 Coffee and Tea pots are great gifts, Put a few holes in the bottom for drainage. Herbs like mint in the top with some spanish moss to cover the dirt. Or sit them around your porch, out side your front door. When the wind blows the sweet smells on the breeze will remind you of the country.

 Pallets... They are everywhere. Look for the ones that are not pressure treated. Plastic bags between the layers keep the dirt in place. Herbs that like more water go down towards the bottom.

 Now these make Great gifts. Not really practical but very cute. The spoons are flattened out and names are added. Scribbles fabric paint works the best.

 This works with the large plastic bottles but if you have a glass cutter the big belly wine bottles really make a much nicer display.

Now the gloves are strange, I know this is not for everyone. White wire from coat hangers Loop around the glove cuff and then two loops to hold it on the line. A cable is used, not a clothesline.