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Unsually garden oddments

savemoney
savemoney Posts: 18,125 Forumite
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edited 28 April 2010 at 8:36PM in Gardening
I got a couple of oddments in garden

Love some more especially dragonfly/butterfly garden oddments

Whats yours? picture if possible

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Got the frog from B&Q 2 years ago 1st year the glaze came off so ended up painting it

Pig cant remember but I put boat vanish on it last year to preserve it

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  • alanobrien
    alanobrien Posts: 3,309 Forumite
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    Here's a few i made earlier just for the fun of it :) there's more but i dont have photos

    My space Invaders
    spaceinv.jpg

    Gumbo
    gumbo-1.jpg

    This one started off as an Easter island head and ended up looking like Eric Cantona :rotfl:
    The kids named him noshgobble....no idea why
    noshgobble-1.jpg

    This one in my favorite, took a while to carve
    idol-2.jpg

    and finally this one which was the first i tried
    gumgum.jpg

    and of course my anti squirrel bird feeder :)
    assembly.jpg
  • Kevie192
    Kevie192 Posts: 1,146 Forumite
    :-o Those are amazing!!!

    Do you sell them?
  • alanobrien
    alanobrien Posts: 3,309 Forumite
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    Kevie192 wrote: »
    :-o Those are amazing!!!

    Do you sell them?

    Thanks for the kind comment, no i dont sell them (to be honest never considered them good enough) i carve them for fun, the detail isnt great (up close) because the base material is fairly course but its a relaxing pastime and nice to have something bespoke in the garden.
  • elantan
    elantan Posts: 21,022 Forumite
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    they really are fantastic .. do you take orders ? have been looking for something specific but cant find anything anywhere
  • brogusblue
    brogusblue Posts: 547 Forumite
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    Wow.. They are superb .. would love a couple in the garden ..
  • Jei70
    Jei70 Posts: 281 Forumite
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    Savemoney, I really like that pig! What size is it, roughly?

    Alanobrien, very artistic! What do you carve them from?
    Cogito, ergo sum.
  • savemoney
    savemoney Posts: 18,125 Forumite
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    edited 29 April 2010 at 9:21PM
    wow thats amazing Alan, nice job there

    Alan you say its rough but looks fine to me cant expect it perfect for outside use given materials you use. Think you may have a sideline there if you take it up, probably local due to weight
  • savemoney
    savemoney Posts: 18,125 Forumite
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    I would say its around 24cm at a guess

    It was just bare wood which I then vanished to protect it

    No idea where it came from as it was a gift to OH from MIL


    Jei70 wrote: »
    Savemoney, I really like that pig! What size is it, roughly?

    Alanobrien, very artistic! What do you carve them from?
  • DKLS
    DKLS Posts: 13,461 Forumite
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    Those space invaders are fab, If your not selling care to share how you did it? (I would happily £30/40 for one of those)
  • Love the space invaders and other carvings, amazing!
    Ahhhh.... lemony fresh victory is mineee!!!
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