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05-23-2007, 12:38 PM
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Making your own business
Not being someone who's comfortable spending my dh's money on my own "wants" I've been checking into various ways to make some spending money and still be able to stay home. I belong to a site that consists of gardening fanatics like myself, and have started playing around with a craft they're doing to help defer the costs of their plants etc.
What they're making are Garden Totems, and they're very addictive once you get started! I'm just wondering if anyone here has seen them in their area, or if you might have one? I've not seen anything like this in my area. Garden totem pictures
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05-23-2007, 01:20 PM
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Not sure which are the totems...LOL I'm such a dork! Is it the ones with 2 or 3 levels? They are pretty.
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05-23-2007, 02:03 PM
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Totems can have only one or numerous levels. They're all different, all made with items that have been repurposed, and often consist of glass, ceramic, etc.
Here's another site that gives good examples: http://www.valleyeasttoday.ca/evergr...dds/totems.htm When I first saw totems, I was unimpressed... after having seen them tucked into a garden and peeking out with sparkle and flash my mind was changed. The items pictured sell for $25 - $65 at flea markets, or off the persons front lawn.
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05-23-2007, 02:35 PM
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The garden totems are really cute!! I think that if you could put a candle in them it would look really nice too!!
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05-23-2007, 02:59 PM
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There you go Diana! You'd be a natural with ideas like that! Each one is unique to the person who made it and can include whatever ideas your mind can think up and find a way to apply. I have several ceramic bunnies I want to work into some of mine. LOL
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05-23-2007, 03:27 PM
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People stick all sorts of decorative things in their gardens around here, didn't know they were called totems. I've never seen any quite like the ones in your photo's. People here use glass balls, figures, metal objects of all sorts. Looks like a really cool project!!!! Let us know how it goes!!! The glass ones are really pretty.
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