A Dabbling Crafter Tutorial

Glass Plate Garden Ornaments

Garden Ornaments, Bird Feeders, Bird Baths, Cupcake Stands,

Centerpieces…Use your imagination!

Supplies

Various Glass Ornaments & Vases (I got all mine for less than $2.00!)Epoxy Glue (5.00 for an entire bottle, but you will only use half)Rubbing AlcoholPlastic Gloves

Total for Project: Under $5.00

Directions

Step One: Play Around

If you’re like me, you’v

e collected your glass pieces over a period of time. You

probably didn’t have a specific design in place when you started to pick things

up.When I was looking for items, I made sure I looked for both flat (serving plates)and tall pieces (vases, ice cream bowls, cups, candlesticks). I also found someglass insulators from old trains and used that in one of my pieces. (So think outside the box!) I have an infinitely for milk glass so I also included that into themix. Think old china too. Estate sales and garage sales are fantastic places tolook.Once you have all your pieces, start playing around with how you want to

stack them. Keep this in mind: you are going to want to, if you’re able, create a

place for a stake to go from the ground into the first item you stack. This will

make your piece more stable and allow you to go even taller. My stacks didn’t

quite work out that way.