We've got sycamore trees in our yard, beautiful trees but they drop a lot of limbs. Now and then a limb is big enough to play with. Did some garden whimsy today. First day it's been cool enough to get in the shop for a while.

 

 

They are a take off on some ornaments I did last year. I knew then I wanted to do some of these for the garden.

Really cool! I hear attracting gnomes is good for the yard as they eat cicadas  

1 hour ago, lew said:

Really cool! I hear attracting gnomes is good for the yard as they eat cicadas  

gnome kidding?

Those are way cool.  I'm thinking of making gnome ornaments for Christmas this year.

Love the creativity!!!!  

We got a bunch of single gals here in town, send those bad boys over.

 

https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/kentucky/fairy-doors-newport-ky/

 

Thanks, Steve and, Keith. Great ideas for unique gifts. 

Edited June 15, 20215 yr by Gene Howe

Love that, only problem here is, seems gnomes are hard to find out here in our heat, how do I get them to come out of hiding?

1 hour ago, John Morris said:

Love that, only problem here is, seems gnomes are hard to find out here in our heat, how do I get them to come out of hiding?

 

Entice them with a cool treat!

 

Used to be a LARGE tree sitting here....what are you supposed to do with a HUGE stump..

You rent it out, of course....

Last report the gnomes are holding out for indoor plumbing and AC 😎

Paul

I like whimsy. Very nice! 

Great idea Steve. Planning to start on some Gonks when I get back into the shop.

1 hour ago, Gerald said:

Planning to start on some Gonks when I get back into the shop

Ok I'll bite, what are gonks?

Very cool Steve.

3 hours ago, Gerald said:

Great idea Steve. Planning to start on some Gonks when I get back into the shop.

 

Thanks Gerald, I think I will make some of those to go along with these "houses", they need each other.

On 6/15/2021 at 6:54 AM, John Morris said:

Love that, only problem here is, seems gnomes are hard to find out here in our heat, how do I get them to come out of hiding?

Vodka might work.  That's how I attract Christmas elves for my whole stuffed reindeer with elf stuffing recipe.  

 

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This is from a Facebook group called It's all Tina's fault. There are a great many designs for these. Some make hat and body separate and some do it as one piece.

 

Try this video: