Fun and whimsy in the Art Garden with funky garden sculptures on a shoestring budget

This plastic form used to be a mirrored disco ceiling decoration which I bought from the Swallows Nest in Gibsons. I thought it looked wonderful in the garden but after two weeks in our wet, chilly climate, all the mirrors fell off in a sheet! Yikes! It was definately not made for the great outdoors!

So, I pulled all the mirrors off, cleaned up the piece and reattached mirrors, some broken china plates and marbles using matierials suitable for our British Columbia climate.

The piece stands about 32 inches high and sends sparkles all over the garden when the sun shines on it.

The torso is covered with Liquitex modelling paste built up in layers and then painted with Liquitex acrylic paints with high lightfast qualities then with epoxy over that. The beads and crystals hang from the waist creating a waterfall effect.

The torso is removable from the base so it can be moved separately or with its base to a more weather protected place for the winter. The box is weighted inside with sandbags.

Sabina at sunset....

Plastic decorative oranges were wired onto the branches of a tree on my driveway. These were just for fun and were very cheery in the winter with bare branches and even more amusing with snow on them. They only survived 2 winters so now I am on the hunt for multi-colored ceramic cups to dangle in there for next year. Luckily these oranges were only from a dollar store.

Why not have some fun? What's the worst thing that could happen if you did have fun with your garden? You can always tone it down later if you need to put it up for sale but meantime, take it in hand and show it who's the boss and remind it that girls just want to have fun!