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| I made this to sell with some of the herb seeds I grow. I had purchased some teacups and saucers a while back because I thought there was something I could do with them. They sat here for awhile, and then I thought I could glue the cup to the saucer for easy "travel," and I drilled a hole in the cup so it actually drains onto the plate. Now I'm going to do the others. My first thought was to use it as a quick and temporary jewlery holder in the kitchen. I take my rings off to do the dishes and thought I could sit it on my garden window and toss them in there until I was done washing them. I'm sure there are tons of ideas for these beauties. Anyone else have ideas for them? Alicia |
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| Alicia, go to the" Garden Junk forum" & search for "teacup ideas" they just had 1 on recently where gal made bird seed holders & had some glued on their sides(with the flowers showing on the top. She showed them with bird seed in them. I think there is a teacup chandelier & some other ideas. We recycle everything so it is very interesting site. Mostly older retired folks looking to use what is around so doesn't go in landfill. Jan |
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| Go to "Birdfeeder by Aussie mum Feb.7,13 "post (about 9th post down) & go down below the birdfeeder of glass-very cute & there are a number of teacup ideas with or without birdseed as I good start then find "search box & type in teacup ideas for more. Jan |
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| Soap, candles, hen and chicks, loose change, small plants, Lots of things! :) |
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| I love china teacups and you've received many good ideas for repurposing them. On Martha Stewart's site she shows using them in a drawer for small items of jewelry. Not a great space saving idea but it looked very pretty! I've made and sold many 'tea-lights' from glass punch cups or glass cups and saucers. The punch cups don't come with saucers however they are often available at yard sales or I used any clear shallow bowls instead as in the pic below. This is the best pic I have. For use in the garden these require copper fittings to be super-glued to the bottom of the saucer and a copper pipe attached to it (crush the bottom of the pipe so it inserts easily into the soil). They look great when placed in the garden with tea-lights glowing. I used them around my patio.
Many people seem to use these as birdfeeders but I've never done that as all it would take is some rain to make it a moldy mess. |
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- Posted by craftygardener (My Page) on Fri, Mar 8, 13 at 16:13
| I've got some ideas for tea cups and tea pots on my site. |
Here is a link that might be useful: craftygardener.ca
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- Posted by craftygardener (My Page) on Fri, Mar 8, 13 at 16:15
| Thanks luckygal for the punch cup idea. I just posted a question about those on Garden Junk. |
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