Take a junk fiend such as myself into her local restore and this is what I end up with!!! Grab some silicone glue, a few doorknobs, napkin rings...whatever else comes to mind...a glass light fixture and voila'! Cloche's happen!!!
Thanks for looking! :-)
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lovecrafting
Member
Those are FABULOUS! I have several cloches but I think I like yours better.
paintwife
Member
I love them all. Been looking for glass door knobs lately, now I'll need a few more than originally planned. Great job!
lovecrafting
Member
Love the writing on the duct tape too! We always referred to it as "redneck chrome" LOL
kewl
rebeljunker
Member
Wow!!! I LOVE this, you are so clever! I buy glass light fixtures at my local thrift store for 25-50 cents. I have used them as candle holders, garden candle holders, but have never seen this before. This is great, now I can go and buy more!
rebeljunker
Member
Wow!!! I LOVE this, you are so clever! I buy glass light fixtures at my local thrift store for 25-50 cents. I have used them as candle holders, garden candle holders, but have never seen this before. This is great, now I can go and buy more!
they are great!!! the glass would be easy to find...little glass s knobs on top would work too....
ann
www.magpiecottage.blogspot.com
Great idea. Love them all. TFS
Breznlin
Member
Wow - these are just lovely! Now I have something else to add to my shopping list....these would be great to use anywhere as well! Thank you for the idea.
those are too cool!! silicone adhesive and some odd glass never looked so good! hunted down your blog, but no recent stuff on there...do ya'll have a new one? "I can fix anything...where's the duct tape?" show us more! *elaine*
Oh - thank you all for the compliments!!! I have been having a ball with those (which translates into they are taking over any and all flat surfaces in my house! LOL)
misselaineous - thank you for hunting down my blog! I am trying to learn how to do web-design, blogging while crafting my heart out so please have patience - I am still getting it going (and hopefully SOON!!!)
lovecrafting - can i borrow your "redneck chrome"? I LOVE that!!!
Thanks Again to all! I have more "red.neck Chic" on it's way!!!
Have a great day!!!
lovecrafting
Member
You certainly may use that expression to your hearts desire. I love the cloches and now have a reason to look at all of those glass parts I have been passing up for lack of ideas. Thank you so much for sharing!
I was thinking maybe the candle stands I bought to just use the metal stands to hold bowling balls/gazing balls might make great bell jars. They're rounded on the bottom, you could add a glass knob or anything easily to it. Set it on a saucer to make a fairy jar. Right now I can't remember where I put the glass, but I did give the candles away on free-cycle :D
Kudzu
Redneckchic, I just noticed below your very first photo the piece of duct tape with your project description. HOW ABSOLUTELY HILARIOUS!
Why thank you chiccottagejunk - I am out to "duct tape the sophisticated". LOLOL It's SO much fun!!! Have tape, will travel!!! :-)
gigi
Member
speaking of duct tape...i just saw my first mailbox taped to it's post yesterday on my way home! :)
(they live on the very main rt. and probably got tired of replacing/fixing it!!)
whoever came up w/the idea to make duct tape probably never dreamt it would be used for soooo many things!!
(one of my very favorite uses...gotta say the making of prom attire)
On the GW site someone had a duct tape ornament...
LOL you can't beat duct tape!!! Gigi - do you make the attire? If so - you HAVE to send pics!!!
These are fantastic! I've always wanted one to replace the plastic one over my cheesy hula girl souvenir (see photo). Now I know how to make one. Thanks for sharing a great idea. I always like the bonus of a good junk find also being practical. If I can make just one more thing non-dustable, I will consider it a huge plus. I'd like to make a bunch of these.
~gloria
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Happy Tuesday!
gigi
Member
sorry redneckchic...i didn't make the prom attire...they usually run a contest each year and honor the winner with $3000 here's a site: www.stuckatprom.com/contests/winners.asp?ContestPID=1
honestly, the kids did awesome work....some you'd never know was duct tape but they say they're miserably hot to have to wear for any amount of time! :)
Holey crow! Gigi, these outfits are incredible. And yes, they do look like they'd be awful to wear. But, I'd do it for that much money, wouldn't you?
Back in "the day", when mini dresses were in and paper dresses were in the news, I got the bright idea to make a dress out of the left-over wall paper from my bedroom. (The beginning of my frugal recycling ways!) Blue stripes with big white daisies. Yes, it was the late 60s. Extra points for all you who guessed correctly.
The wall paper was a little stiff, in that it was one of the textured kind and really thick. This did not deter me in the least. And after an evening hunched over my trusty Singer, I produced one swell-looking mini dress. Getting it on and off was a bit tricky, it did not bend. I had to have someone stand on a chair and slide it down over my up-stretched arms, then hop off the chair and pull it down into place. This was back when girls still wore slips, so that helped it to slide down easier.
However, once I had it on, I had to be prepared to stand at attention all day, or for as long as I could bear wearing it. Not able to bend, there was no sitting down, bending over, or twisting too far around in either direction. And it was scratchy around the arms and neck.
But the neatest thing about it was if I stood up against my bedroom wall and lined up the stripes just right, I could make my body disappear. Nothing but my arms, legs and head sticking out of the wall. Ah, good times. Wish I had saved it. Or at least taken a picture. But I didn't. What a shame.
Thanks Gigi, for the memories.
~gloria
Groovy!
LOLOLOL you now have me eye-ballin' my wallpaper...thank you radioflyer!!!
Thank You Gigi too - those look so neat!!! I haven't gotten that creative with the duct tape yet - but it is still early days, so you never know!!! heehee
I used the glass candle holders I mentioned, and made one fairy under glass so far. Nothing like what I imagined since I wanted to glue a glass like knob on top. And the next one will go on a glass saucer or silver bowl or something.
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gigi
Member
i think these would be great for a girls party...either they could make their own or the host could make one for each girl.
Great! Extremely clever.
KudzuKween I love how it turned out.
Love the cloches!!! Very well done! Redneck chrome? I love that too. I made a great holiday card and napkin holders out of duct tape last year. We need to have a duct tape contest...I might even make a whole mailbox out of duct tape!
Fun post!
Peace,
Ki
AWESOME IDEA!!!! I think I'll have to do this.
Kudzu - you have me looking at fairys everywhere I go! LOL Those are tooooooo cute!
awsome,i can;t wait to try one of these.....
sami
I just loved your idea - simple, chic, elegant - people amaze me! Would look pretty with a nest and eggs and a few feathers under one or a big shell. I'm partial - I collect spheres, shells, sea glass, stones, architectural items, eggs, and feathers. My colors are cream, white, beige, robins egg blue, pale blush. This is on my to do list - THANKS! Jennifer
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