Friday, July 30, 2010

Lampshade Birdbath

Remember this?
It's a glass shade






We recently bought this stand for $13



It is now this



I used  dry clear silcone



pliers  prisms and rings



I attached a prism to the 
bottom loop of the pearl



I squirted silicone glue around the hole 



and put the pearl bead down in it to seal



I applied some silcone on the legs






once set where I wanted it
I applied silcone around
both the glass and on the metal arms

I attached prisms to rings and rolled them on the arms



we secured it in the ground with these hooks












From the porch



from the road



shade $10
stand $13
metal hooks $5
Prisms, pearl, jump rings and silcone I had on hand
Total cost $28
The shade I had is huge
and you can get smaller ones
at yard sales for $5







32 comments:

  1. Jo that is an absolutely gorgeous birdbath! I love it.

    Hugs XX
    Barbara

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  2. Oh I love this!! It's just beautiful!!

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  3. I love that! I just hung one of those in my studio, but have another and I have been contemplating what to do with it. Hmm. You have the wheels turning. Thanks for the inspiration. Connie

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  4. This is just gorgeous! I am truly impressed with your vision. Wow!!

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  5. What a great idea, thanks for sharing! I'm impressed, have a great bloggy day!

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  6. Jo, you are so clever! This is a gorgeous birdbath. You've turned into a regular junker- I love it. Your flower bed is so pretty. I need help, bad! I still have an empty bed in front of the house. The neighbors must think we have lost our minds. LOL
    hugs, Sue

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  7. What a great idea! Love the prisms you added. Looks great in your yard.

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  8. Garden jewelry...so very beautiful. Love the stand you put it on, brilliant!

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  9. Your birdbath is gorgeous, and a wonderful way to repurpose those items! I love the addition of the crystals. Bet the birds love it too! Saw you over at Metamorphosis Monday.

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  10. Jo, this is so creative! I love the idea. Thanks so much for sharing.
    Sharlotte

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  11. VERY CLEVER!! I love how this turned out...well done

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  12. What a delightful project...it is the prettiest bird bath I've seen!

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  13. That is so cool! I love bird baths.

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  14. Just Beautiful & FUN!!
    Great job, & great idea... Mind if I use it? :) (the idea :)

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  15. Super PRETTY, thrifty, and CREATIVE! wellllll donnnne! Thanks for linking it! Jenn

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  16. That is beautiful! You are an artist! I love it.

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  17. Now THIS is inspirational! Thank you for such a clever, fun, and PERFECT transformation. I love it when people teach me to look at things in a whole new way! Great post, thanks for the inspiration!

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  18. Beautiful! I hope your birds enjoy their pretty new bath.

    Christi @ A Southern Life

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  19. Very neat. Those are some lucky birds.

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  20. That is the cutest, craftiest idea for a bird feeder, EVER! I'm sure you have some super cute ideas for wrapping gifts, too! If you get a chance, stop by my Pretty Packages Party and share some of your talent! Its all week long, so pick up a button for a little reminder!
    www.blackberryvine.blogspot.com
    smiles!

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  21. very lovely.

    i can see that you are developing creatively, just browsing through your blog!

    well done.


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  22. A very elegant and practical solution. Beautiful, too. Really good tutorial, thanks!

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  23. Oh I really love this. What a great idea and thank you for the great tutorial. I'm your newest follower. Please stop by my blog and take a look around. If you see anything that sparks your creativity, then I invite you to follow me in return. Also -- I'm having a giveaway -- a paint sprayer.

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  24. That is just really pretty, I love it!

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  25. You know that I love this project. I wanted to let you know that I included it among my August bookmarks post on my blog. Thank you for the inspiration, my friend.

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  26. Adorable!
    Pam
    http://pam-lifethroughmyeyes.blogspot.com/

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