Making your own business

Tink · 05-23-2007, 12:38 PM

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

Janet · 05-23-2007, 01:20 PM

Not sure which are the totems...LOL I'm such a dork! Is it the ones with 2 or 3 levels? They are pretty.

Tink · 05-23-2007, 02:03 PM

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.

DianaB · 05-23-2007, 02:35 PM

The garden totems are really cute!! I think that if you could put a candle in them it would look really nice too!!

Tink · 05-23-2007, 02:59 PM

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

Marilyn · 05-23-2007, 03:27 PM

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.

highlans · 05-24-2007, 07:09 AM

Have never seen any thing like these over here but I love them, would be good as pressys for people who have every thing.

AngieDoogles · 05-24-2007, 01:34 PM

Oh Tink. Those are cute! Looks like you've found a fun hobby. I hope you are able to profit from doing something you enjoy!!

DianaB · 05-25-2007, 08:22 AM

Tink, I was looking at a Country Living magazine yesterday and ran across something that I thought that would interest you. They had taken a globlet and turned it upside down and (I'm sure it was glued) placed a plate on top of it. They used a ceramic plate, but you could use a glass plate too. You could serve so many things from it! Really cute! With all of the shabby chic style it was something that would fit right in with that decor.

Tink · 05-27-2007, 08:22 PM

cleartotem.jpg This is a clear totem... my first effort to make one. The patterned glass really sparkles in the sunlight.

birdhousetotem.jpg This is my blue birdhouse totem. I love the color!

greentotem.jpg My green totem with the articoke top really compliments the pink flowers surrounding it.

hennchicksboot.jpg My child size cowboy boot with hen & chicks growing in it.

Janet · 05-28-2007, 06:42 PM

I think they are really nice Tink. You did a good job. Did you have the materials on hand or did you have to pick some up? Ya know, I'm just not sure I would ever want one. I don't know. I do know one thing, you'd have to run like the dickens to get it out of a hail storm....lol

Tink · 05-29-2007, 06:32 AM

LOL Janet, I think you're right!

I "kind of" got my first order for one yesterday. My cousin was here and she asked me to make one to donate to a benefit auction. As she said, It could be a good way to get them seen and do a good deed at the same time. lol

DianaB · 05-29-2007, 08:20 AM

Oh, Tink, they're really cute!! I think that as you keep going you'll come up with even more ideas for it!! Very nice!!! (You could make one with a small saucer and a wide candle on top to use indoors!)

AngieDoogles · 05-29-2007, 08:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Tink

LOL Janet, I think you're right!

I "kind of" got my first order for one yesterday. My cousin was here and she asked me to make one to donate to a benefit auction. As she said, It could be a good way to get them seen and do a good deed at the same time. lol

That's awesome! Good luck!

Janet · 05-29-2007, 12:05 PM

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Originally Posted by DianaB

Oh, Tink, they're really cute!! I think that as you keep going you'll come up with even more ideas for it!! Very nice!!! (You could make one with a small saucer and a wide candle on top to use indoors!)

That's a great idea. I think I would probably like one better in the house instead of in the garden.

05-23-2007, 12:38 PM	#1
Tink Donating 4WT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Rural Wisconsin Posts: 3,707	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 __________________ 'A simple way to take measure of a country is to look at how many want in.. And how many want out.' England 's Prime Minister Tony Blair'

05-23-2007, 01:20 PM	#2
Janet Moderator Donating 4WT 18K Club Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: INDIANA Posts: 21,624	Not sure which are the totems...LOL I'm such a dork! Is it the ones with 2 or 3 levels? They are pretty. __________________ To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven. ECCLESIASTES 3:1

05-23-2007, 02:03 PM	#3
Tink Donating 4WT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Rural Wisconsin Posts: 3,707	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. __________________ 'A simple way to take measure of a country is to look at how many want in.. And how many want out.' England 's Prime Minister Tony Blair'

05-23-2007, 02:35 PM	#4
DianaB Moderator Donating 4WT 13K Club Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Kansas Posts: 16,069	The garden totems are really cute!! I think that if you could put a candle in them it would look really nice too!! __________________ ´¨) ¸.•´¸.•´¨) ¸.•*¨) (¸.•´ (¸.•` ¤ Diana Baker ✞ You and I are friends....... Always remember that if you fall I will pick you up...... After I stop laughing!!!

05-23-2007, 02:59 PM	#5
Tink Donating 4WT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Rural Wisconsin Posts: 3,707	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 __________________ 'A simple way to take measure of a country is to look at how many want in.. And how many want out.' England 's Prime Minister Tony Blair'

05-23-2007, 03:27 PM	#6
Marilyn Donating 4WT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: South Texas Posts: 4,907	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. __________________ Marilyn If anyone would like a free Bible Study CD or book entitled "Searching for Truth", PM me with your mailing address and I'll send you one. "And you shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free." John 8:32

05-24-2007, 07:09 AM	#7
highlans Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: london uk Posts: 462	Have never seen any thing like these over here but I love them, would be good as pressys for people who have every thing.

05-24-2007, 01:34 PM	#8
AngieDoogles Donating 4WT 4000 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 6,509	Oh Tink. Those are cute! Looks like you've found a fun hobby. I hope you are able to profit from doing something you enjoy!! __________________ "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." ~MT

05-25-2007, 08:22 AM	#9
DianaB Moderator Donating 4WT 13K Club Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Kansas Posts: 16,069	Tink, I was looking at a Country Living magazine yesterday and ran across something that I thought that would interest you. They had taken a globlet and turned it upside down and (I'm sure it was glued) placed a plate on top of it. They used a ceramic plate, but you could use a glass plate too. You could serve so many things from it! Really cute! With all of the shabby chic style it was something that would fit right in with that decor. __________________ ´¨) ¸.•´¸.•´¨) ¸.•*¨) (¸.•´ (¸.•` ¤ Diana Baker ✞ You and I are friends....... Always remember that if you fall I will pick you up...... After I stop laughing!!!

05-27-2007, 08:22 PM	#10
Tink Donating 4WT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Rural Wisconsin Posts: 3,707	My garden totems and more. cleartotem.jpg This is a clear totem... my first effort to make one. The patterned glass really sparkles in the sunlight. birdhousetotem.jpg This is my blue birdhouse totem. I love the color! greentotem.jpg My green totem with the articoke top really compliments the pink flowers surrounding it. hennchicksboot.jpg My child size cowboy boot with hen & chicks growing in it. __________________ 'A simple way to take measure of a country is to look at how many want in.. And how many want out.' England 's Prime Minister Tony Blair' Last edited by Tink; 05-27-2007 at 08:25 PM.

05-28-2007, 06:42 PM	#11
Janet Moderator Donating 4WT 18K Club Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: INDIANA Posts: 21,624	I think they are really nice Tink. You did a good job. Did you have the materials on hand or did you have to pick some up? Ya know, I'm just not sure I would ever want one. I don't know. I do know one thing, you'd have to run like the dickens to get it out of a hail storm....lol __________________ To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven. ECCLESIASTES 3:1

05-29-2007, 06:32 AM	#12
Tink Donating 4WT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Rural Wisconsin Posts: 3,707	LOL Janet, I think you're right! I "kind of" got my first order for one yesterday. My cousin was here and she asked me to make one to donate to a benefit auction. As she said, It could be a good way to get them seen and do a good deed at the same time. lol __________________ 'A simple way to take measure of a country is to look at how many want in.. And how many want out.' England 's Prime Minister Tony Blair'

05-29-2007, 08:20 AM	#13
DianaB Moderator Donating 4WT 13K Club Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Kansas Posts: 16,069	Oh, Tink, they're really cute!! I think that as you keep going you'll come up with even more ideas for it!! Very nice!!! (You could make one with a small saucer and a wide candle on top to use indoors!) __________________ ´¨) ¸.•´¸.•´¨) ¸.•*¨) (¸.•´ (¸.•` ¤ Diana Baker ✞ You and I are friends....... Always remember that if you fall I will pick you up...... After I stop laughing!!!

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