Our charming little town has a free music series called Fridays by the Fountain. A few friends and I went to it on Friday and listened to Angela Easterling perform. Check her out, sort of folk/country artist. We enjoyed it. While we were there I noticed someone had put a broken old chair by the dumpster. As I was investigating and checking it out, the lady who placed it there told me if I wanted it I could put by her store until the music was over. Score! I told her I thought it could make a pretty planter and Thanks!
Some old white spray paint and a plant from the clearance rack at Lowes was all I needed to give this sad chair a happy home in my garden. I love it!
From Goodwill, I found a cup&saucer I planned to make a birdfeeder out of and a brass candelabra I thought I could use for a lightpost.
The birdfeeder $1.50 is super easy to make. Simply epoxy the cup to the saucer, attach a way to hang it, and add birdseed. I made one for my sister-in-law too. She and my brother are huge coffee drinkers so it should work perfectly for them.
The lightpost was about $11 total. I had black spray paint and glue/epoxy on hand. Candelabra $3 at goodwill, Solar lights $2 each at Big Lots. The post is from the tiki torch post that broke last year that used to be attached to the pool deck. I think it's a darn good light post for $11! Works for me.
