Some Goodies and a Garden Art Challenge

If you’ve been following me for a while you know that making garden art from repurposed items is among my favourite things to do. I love having whimsical pieces around the yard to make me smile.

Well, I recently received a garden art challenge from my friend Donna from Distressed Donna Down Home.

When she told me I was receiving a package from Horror Monster (her craft stash) I have to admit I was just a teensy bit scared, but I was a whole lot excited.

The package was filled with silver tone keys, key rings, and bunches of small and large conchos, and she challenged me to use these things to make garden art.

Well, when a rust goddess gives you a challenge it’s probably a good idea to accept… so of course I did.

As far as I’m concerned Donna is bloglandia’s Queen of Tags, and she sent me a lovely set that she made with pretty nests stamped on them… wrapped in a pretty hand torn fabric ribbon.

Just perfect for spring.

And as if that wasn’t enough, there were a couple of Frozen Charlottes in a sweet little hand stamped box.

In the past when I’ve seen them on Donna’s blog I thought they were a little bit creepy, but in person they’re actually rather sweet. I’m now a frozen Charlotte fan.

Thanks so much Donna. I love them!

Now on to my challenge.

What does a girl who loves to make garden art do with keys and key rings? Well, she makes wind chimes of course.

For this first key wind chime I used a sweet little silver plate candy dish…

a round glass dish and the lid of a glass heart box…

parts of a vintage silver tone necklace, a vintage chandelier crystal…

and some of the silver tone keys and key rings.

For the second wind chime I used a lovely silver plate petal shaped candy dish…

a crystal ring holder…

more of the silver tone keys, parts of a vintage loop necklace…

and strands of small glass beads from a vintage hanging candle holder.

I’m constantly collecting things to repurpose into wind chimes, and I love the look of silver or silver plate and clear glass or crystal together.

In the sunshine it really sparkles!

In case you’re wondering I used Marine Goop, a very strong adhesive and what I use for all my garden art projects, to glue the glass pieces onto the silver plate pieces.

These are just two of the projects to come out of the bunch of fabulous goodies that Donna sent me. I’m working on more, and I’ll be sharing them as I get them done.

Thanks so much Donna. You’re a wonderful blogging friend, and I hope I rose to the challenge and did Horror Monster proud.

Thanks so much for reading and until next time,

keep on keepin’ on!

XOX