This is the only one I found in public domain.




Take a look at all of these for some terrific ideas!
https://www.google.com/search?....

Thanks Becky Boo! Are we SURE that's in public domain? Cause if it isn't then Trish will be all over my you know what.
Where did you find that one? I'll have to be able to prove it to Trish.

And you're so sweeeeeet.

I will be right back with the link.

http://www.columbiamagazine.co...

Found it. But does that mean it's public domain?

http://www.columbiamagazine.co...

I typed in Google images: public domain painted rain barrel and that is what came up. They also have a place to share it so it seems ok.
OR I can run out to the store and buy a rain barrel and paint it for you tonight! :rofl:

I have a friend who painted one: let me get permission to use hers

crosses in the wind, Ann.
It appears to be to me. However, do you want those faces in the teeny tip of the day?

Hey, if you can get a photo of your friends then we won't have to worry about a thing. And you get the acorn for the photo. Works for me!

cool. Maybe I can eat the acorn. hungry! I just posted it to Facebook...one of my artists friends will respond.

Cool! Plus the photo will be a lot better just being of one barrel cause that tip photo is teeny.

What a team we make eh?

Team A&B

Ann, I am sending it to you via t-mail!!!!

It's sooooooo purty! Just wait till you guys see it in the tip box! BOO PAINTS!

GordonHawk said:yikes... for my safety.. I'd prefer to take away the mullions.. bits that hold the glass in place.. and remove the glass intact.. I believe if you broke it out .. you'd have bits still stuck around the edges.. waiting to grab you .. all the years it would sit there as a trellis.. they are made to be removed for glass replacment.. or in this case just removal
there's always a chance to attack it with a hammer if you have trouble removing it..

Good idea Gordon. I wasn't thinking of mullions.

rcn48 said:Here's another tutorial from the same blog that made the glowing orbs for the garden.
http://www.theartofdoingstuff....
I know some of you must have been collecting some of these glass globes? You can usually get them for $1.00 at Goodwill, etc. and sometimes even less! These were designed as bird feeders but I'm wondering if they could be used as birdhouses?

I was thinking..... I wonder if that glass would be a little slippery for the little birdie feet to grasp well when they land. Soooo..... I wonder if it would be a good idea to put maybe some electrical tape or some such just at the landing portion so their feet won't slip?

yes.. the longer you can work with it before turning it into a million razor sharp tiny pointy knives the better it is for you.. so much less to worry about.. although I know everything there will be rusted together siezed up and perhaps painted over.. it is still worth it to work some magic there... spend some time and remove it in one piece.. might be a good place to use some liquid wrench or spray oil a few hours before you go working on it to loosten the screws up some.. I did a glass replacement a few months ago.. and although not easy to remove the screws..they did finally loosen up and started working their way out.. it was easily an 80 year old door.. [ maybe more ] parts of it were rusted through.. and I augminted the missing parts with spray foam injected into the cavities.. cut.. sanded and painted to become the pristine new door.. with new glass...

I painted my own rainbarrel last year. I'll get a photo and post it tomorrow. It was actually very easy to do.

GordonHawk said:yes.. the longer you can work with it before turning it into a million razor sharp tiny pointy knives the better it is for you.. so much less to worry about.. although I know everything there will be rusted together siezed up and perhaps painted over.. it is still worth it to work some magic there... spend some time and remove it in one piece.. might be a good place to use some liquid wrench or spray oil a few hours before you go working on it to loosten the screws up some.. I did a glass replacement a few months ago.. and although not easy to remove the screws..they did finally loosen up and started working their way out.. it was easily an 80 year old door.. [ maybe more ] parts of it were rusted through.. and I augminted the missing parts with spray foam injected into the cavities.. cut.. sanded and painted to become the pristine new door.. with new glass...

Yes, 45 year old doors. The screw clips that hold in the glass are definitely "oxidized" (to put it mildly) I simply can't move the doors at all until I get the glass out.

Looking forward to seeing the rain barrel.

Me too, Sally!

When the tip posts, we can all go share lots of painted rain barrels!

I am totally in love with these! The link shows you great photos of a step by step.





http://growandresist.com/2010/...

cool. thanks Becky.