I wanted to share today some more garden art I made. It’s my Painted Glass Garden Art project. This is a great upcycling project since it’s made from glass pieces bought at thrift stores.
Supplies Needed:
Threaded rod
Coupling nuts
Spray Paint
Glass pieces
E6000 Glue
Glass Paint
I hit the thrift stores on the hunt for some interesting shaped glass pieces. You will need two pieces-a small one and a larger one. Here are the pieces I found.
I painted my first piece with the glass paint and I didn’t like the sheerness of it. So I went to the garage and grabbed my spray paint stash and started spraying my pieces.
Once the paint was dry I embellished my pieces using the glass paint.
Once that was dry I glued the center piece onto the plate with E6000.
Then I took my coupling nut and glued it on the back of my plate.
And screwed in the threaded rod.
NOTE: if you are using a heavier plate buy a thicker threaded rod. They have lots of different sizes.
Here are the pieces I made!
Do you put art in your garden?
If you’re looking for some other garden art projects check these out.
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So pretty! Makes me want to hit the thrift shop.
these turned out so pretty!! what a great idea 🙂
You are so creative!! These are so cute!!
Love all you do but especially the glass garden art. I've always loved colored glass but those are so pretty. I'll have to try this myself. Will be scouting out pieces at thrift stores. These are so great.
Ooh, clever! Liking it! Thanks for linking at Shine on Friday!
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awesome!
Too Cute! I'm pinning this project! Thanks for sharing on Mondays Pin Hop!Shelly- cohostminettesmaze.blogspot.com
Cute idea!!
Some really pretty ideas! Thanks for sharing!
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cute!!!!!http://www.craftsalamode.com/2013/05/what-to-do-weekends-21.html
What a unique idea. I love decorating my garden with unique items. Thanks for coming by and partying with me!RobinFluster Buster
These are adorable! Love them!
Love it! What a great idea. I would love for you to share this on my Friday T.G.I.F. linky party 🙂 @ http://www.mamasblogcentral.com
Gosh. At the moment my garden looks so boring and colorless. Even though i am a paint nerd but i never stumbled upon such a wonderful idea. I love colors and i love to paint. Damn, its the time to visit the thrift store!!!!
Yeah garden gnomes and statues makes every garden an interesting place to dwindle and relax. Rest assured it could be the best place to stay especially if with water fountain around the area.
Hi
Love your yard art. I wish we had warmer weather to leave it out longer. Is the e6000 glue weather proof water resistant and sun resistant so the art does not fall apart?
Thanks
Cheri
I tried the E6000 glue on the back of the plates with the same materials but the peeled right off
I’m sorry! I used the E6000 with absolutely no problems. What about trying gorilla glue??
I have used gorilla construction glue with great success.
I’m having trouble with the E6000 pulling away from the attachment on the rebar , anything else to hold it to the post ? It’s like it’s too rubbery and the weight eventually pulls it away 🙁
Hmmm…. I haven’t had that issue. I’m sorry you are struggling with it. What about trying gorilla glue?? Or my husband just said try the gorilla crazy glue. I hope that helps.
How long do they hold? I have done the same thing, but use silicone for outdoors. I have some that hold up to a year and others less.
Patty mine have held up a couple years.
This is a good tip especially to those new to the blogosphere.
Simjple but very accurate info… Many thanks for sharing this one.
A must read post!
Such a beautiful glass art for garden design. I really like this glass design idea. Thank you for sharing this amazing ideas of garden designing.
I thank you so very much for sharing your story and for wanting to help other women achieve their goal and explore their inner beauty. Also doing those beautiful flower plates. There are some I’ve just absolutely love them. Thanks for your help. I appreciate it so much and I will try to make my first one hopefully we can connect again, my email address, I will put it in. Thank you so much. I will be doing some flower plates for my phone Yard…
Please reply with the size threaded coupling nut you used so I may gauge what size to use
with heavier combos
Thanks in advance. Patti
Patricia, unfortunately I don’t remember as I made those years ago. Sorry!