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How to make pot creatures.
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eileen
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| Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2005 12:44 pm Post subject: How to make pot creatures. |
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Terracotta creatures are all over the landscape these days.
Assemble your own pot people or pot pets from cracked terracotta containers you have around.
String the pots together with a wire through the drainage holes to form torso, arms, and legs, and use a larger pot for the head.
Because this is a garden feature, you'll want to use plants to finish off your creation.
The pot person shown here holds a bouquet of basil and has hair made of creeping baby's-breath.
The fur on the pot pooch is blue fescue and moss.
Such terracotta treasures are available at garden centres if creating your own seems too intimidating.
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No pictures Elieen.
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| Posted: Sun Jun 18, 2006 3:31 pm Post subject: |
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Pictures? I want to see the pooch!
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| Posted: Sun Jun 18, 2006 4:55 pm Post subject: |
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Me too primsong
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eileen
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| Posted: Sun Jun 18, 2006 6:02 pm Post subject: |
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Sorry folks it was almost 11 months ago that I posted this topic and I've deleted the piccies From my Photobucket account I'm afraid. 
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Primsong
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| Posted: Sun Jun 18, 2006 8:12 pm Post subject: |
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Do you still have them someplace, maybe? *hope hope*
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| Posted: Sun Jun 18, 2006 9:30 pm Post subject: |
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Really sorry everybody but they've been well and truely deleted.
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glendann
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Oh sorry we joined way to late .
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Primsong
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| Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2006 1:47 pm Post subject: |
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I found them! I want to make the pooch. I can't tell what they did for the pooch's ears - any guesses?
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| Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2006 1:57 pm Post subject: |
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I edited the original post to add the images Prim found back into to their original context. Prim you're a star  I'd forgotten how cool those pot creatures were.
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Oh Thank You Frank you do amaze me .I want to do one .The dogs ears look like the top of a broken Terracotta pot with the rim and part down and back up.
We didn't miss it after all .Frank came through Yeahhhhhhhhhhhh for Frank.
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| glendann wrote: | Oh Thank You Frank you do amaze me .I want to do one .The dogs ears look like the top of a broken Terracotta pot with the rim and part down and back up.
We didn't miss it after all .Frank came through Yeahhhhhhhhhhhh for Frank. |
No it wasn't me that came through. It was Prim, she found the images. It should be HOORAY for Prim  (I didn't mean to steal any credit Prim, I promise  )
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Primsong
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| Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2006 7:11 pm Post subject: |
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I'm just happy we found them - google is a marvelous thing. They were part of an older Better Homes and Garden article. 
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Good way to use the broken pots. Just keep slipping out of my hands lol. I had a very large one brake and crack so I layed it on its side and then put moss and a big frog coming out of it. That was years ago. Thanks for the ideas.
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