Something Blue...

Here is a simple project I did to create a little light in a once lonely garden.

In my travels I came across this water from Saratoga NY in these blue glass bottles. The blue in these bottles were just too nice to put in the recycling bin... I just HAD to create something out of them.

I started with stuffing the bottles with lights. I used outdoor mini white lights. I found that if you have a 6 pack handy, you can stuff some lights in a bottle and then start putting them in the 6-pack holder and move onto the next bottle. Once all the bottles you are planning on putting in the garden are finished, it's time to start "planting" them. Take thin bamboo sticks (thin enough to go in the bottles) and stick them in the garden and kind of measure how long you need. Then take it out and cut off what you don't need. Place the stick back in the garden and use a wooden mallet to make sure it's in there good. Place all of the bamboo sticks in first and then start placing the bottles on top of them. You will have to figure out your own spacing for the look you want.

From there it's open to much more creativity, so go wild with it or as subtle as needed.

Red~
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Bottles stuffed with lights using a 6-pack holder to transport.

Bottles displayed during the the day.

Close up

At night

Bamboo Lattice

I have a confession... I think I'm a little obsessed with bamboo and making things out of it. I posted my simple split bamboo edging a few posts ago. Then I noticed that my small little lattice was not going to cut it in size for my wisteria plant. So, I decided I would make my own lattice out of... yep... BAMBOO. :)

To be honest, I started just splitting bamboo and creating as I went. I wish I took pictures every 5min as I was creating so you could see the process. But here it is. I designed it as a heart shape and then expanded from there.

Materials:  Bamboo shoots (split of course), put together by clear zip-ties and hemp rope, then anchored in the ground with tiki torch metal stakes (you can find them at Home Depot)

Feel free to ask any question and I'd love to see what other people have done with Bamboo.

Red~  

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