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Make Victorian-family yard ornaments from hardboard and paint.
BETTER HOMES & GARDENS Nov 1985 (v.63#11) pg. 106, 186, 192, 196

Artful landscaping. Ideas for including sculpture in a garden. How to turn found items into garden sculpture. Instructions for printing a terra-cotta pot with leaf bas-relief.
BETTER HOMES & GARDENS Mar 1999 (v.77#3) pg. 104

Snappy clay pot turtles. Terra-cotta pots and wooden balls are glued together and painted to make turtle figures.
CRAFTS Jul 1997 (v.20#7) pg. 14

Make decorative concrete lawn ornaments by using hollow plastic or rubber toys as molds. Example shown uses the plastic head of a riding-stick toy horse.
CREATIVE CRAFTS #76 Aug 1980 (v.7#4) pg. 23

Advice on weatherproofing wooden yard figures.
DECORATIVE ARTIST'S WORKBOOK Nov-Dec 1992 (v.19#6) pg. 12

Gazing globes. Garden ornaments to reflect your taste. A description of their history and suggestions for how to use them.
FINE GARDENING #23 Jan-Feb 1992 pg. 30
Added Info FINE GARDENING #25 May-Jun 1992 pg. 4

Accentuate art in the garden. Advice on creating a harmonious home for special objects among plantings.
FINE GARDENING #59 Jan-Feb 1998 pg. 62

Garden ornaments. A look at yard art to create interest and whimsey.
GARDEN GATE #18 Dec 1997 pg. 22

Unique pedestals for garden ornaments are made from wine bottles, car springs, clay pots, clay tiles and PVC pipe.
GARDEN GATE #26 Apr 1999 pg. 41

Recipe for artificially aging concrete garden ornaments.
HERB COMPANION Apr-May 1993 (v.5#4) pg. 5

Hattie the Pot Lady, a whimsical garden character made from clay pots in two sizes, linked by rope. The pot used for head has a face painted on it and is planted with a low-growing herb as Hattie's hair. The pot lady is dressed in a garden apron sewn from scraps of fabric.
HERB COMPANION Jun-Jul 1998 (v.10#5) pg. 50

How to sandblast an herbal motif in a stone.
HERB COMPANION Apr-May 1999 (v.11#4) pg. 40

Garden delights. Ideas for enhancing your yard with special ornaments and landscaping details.
HOMEOWNER Jul-Aug 1990 (v.15#6) pg. 34

Patterns for five lawn ornaments. A fireman, a guardsman, two birds and a knight on a horse. These ornaments are cut from wood and painted in bright colors.
NATIONAL CARVERS REVIEW Feb 1978 (v.9#1) pg. 29

Clay treasures for the garden. A look at their history and tips on using garden art pottery.
OLD-HOUSE JOURNAL Nov-Dec 1998 (v.26#6) pg. 41

Build a gooney bird, a silly-looking lawn decoration.
POPULAR WOODWORKING #87 Nov 1995 (v.15#3) pg. 33

Alien swinger. Lawn ornament consists of an alien-like figure seated in a rope swing.
POPULAR WOODWORKING #102 May 1998 (v.18#2) pg. 46, Insert

Painted wood cut-out squirrel, raccoon and bunny.
WOMAN'S DAY Jun 12 1984 (v.47#11) pg. 112, 144

Garden rooster cut from rough lumber.
WOMAN'S DAY Jun 12 1984 (v.47#11) pg. 113, 144

Cut out this pair of geese from pine and mount on dowels to accent your yard.
WOMAN'S DAY Jun 12 1984 (v.47#11) pg. 113, 144

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