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What do you have in the planter to hold the flowers in place?
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Hi! I didn’t create these beauties, so I am not sure how they are constructed. However,
if you click on the link to my Pinterest page, there are several DIY instructions available for you there.
Thanks! https://www.pinterest.com/cntrydesignhome/garden-of-glass/
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Would like to know where u get the curved stem/rebar?
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Hi- I didn’t make this, but I believe they just used straight rebar and bent it. You need a special tool for that
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Wonderful! Love them!
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I know-they really are so beautiful!
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LOVE your flowers, Lorraine! I have a ? about the poles and attachment method. What type of material is the pole? Is it threaded on both ends to attach the back to the pole and the knob in the center? Do you hammer your pole in the ground before attaching the flower? I prefer the screw method, but glue as well for added support. I’ve tried using the copper plumbing bells but then you have to disassemble the back to hammer the copper tubing into the ground, then reassemble, so it’s a pain! Please share your pole assembly process with me and thank you SO much for all the good advise. You are quite an artistic lady!
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I buy a 10 foot conduit, then cut them in 30 inches each, I drill with 6 mm dimond bits and use metric 4 machine screws that are close to 3 inches in length that are threaded all the way up. you can use something called loctight before you screw the crystal knob, if you want it to not come apart but if you do make sure you don’t change your mind about taking it back apart because once you squeeze a very small amount into the screw hole on the back of knob before you screw it together it is very hard to unscrew it again. also after I finish my flowers, I buy 2 sizes of rebar, one foot and two feet. I hammer the rebar into the ground just untill it is solid (maybe 3 inches) then I put my pole over the top of it to display them, the smaller for the minis and 2 foot for the larger ones.. My new website is on FaceBook, just put Flower Plated & More in the search bar.
Lorraine
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Wow! This is amazing!!
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Beautiful flowers! I can’t wait to make some. I LOVE your idea to use a crystal knob on the front!
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To drill the glass, you need a dimond tip drill bit, which you can purchase at home depot for 15.00 or ebay for a whole lot cheaper. I use a drill press for smaller and hand drill for large things. I anker the smaller on drill press with rubber bands to keep it from moving around. Make sure tou mark you spot with black marker where you want the hole. Then pour some water on plate.Then slowly press the handle untill down as you don’t want to go to fast. You can feel hoe fast you want to press it but don’t be afraid. Make sure you have a small bucket or something underneath to catck the water and piece of glass, then you should be able to drill right through. My plates I drilled are on Pinterest under my name..Lorraine Hartnagel check them out.
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thanks so much for sharing this information Lorraine! Definitely will check out your Pinterest page!
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Is there a secret to drilling holes in glass plates? Thanks. Joan
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I am not sure, as I have never done it myself. But there are lots of pins on my Garden Glass Pinterest Page if you want to take a look there. I do know, from watching so many episodes of DIY on HGTV, that you need to use a glass drill bit and put a piece of tape over the hole you are drilling to hold it in place. Good luck! Send me a picture once you are done : )
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another thing I use are wing nuts on the other end so I can tighten the whole thing. my website is Flowerplates.com I hope it’s working now.
Lorraine
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Thank you so much for sharing this information! I am sure that many readers are interested in trying this themselves!
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I would love to know how to attach the stem to the glass flowers…I so want to do this
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Sorry- can’t help you there!! Perhaps Pinterest?
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I don’t use glue on my flower plates I make. I drill holes in them them I use long metric screws and the attach them to the poles I also drill holes in. The final part is using a crystal drawer knob screwed on to the front.
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Thanks for the information! I had no idea how they were attached strongly enough to make them last in the garden.
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