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Plant Markers:
These markers are made of tiles, wire,
marbles, and beads. The wire is 7-stranded copper wire from the
electrical department at Home Depot.
Each marker takes around two feet of wire, which at $.09 per foot, costs 18
cents. The tiles are pool tiles. I called a tile place and asked about buying small
numbers of individual tiles for an art project. The owner's son said to
come in - he had sample boards of pool tiles that had been discontinued and
he had been saving them for just such a purpose. When I went in, he
gave them to me for free! Pool tiles are the perfect size and
particularly ornate, perfect for a high-quality project. I had checked
a large craft store, and the tiles
there were mostly for mosaics - too small. But they had beautiful glass
beads, which were by far the most expensive items I used, but well worth
it. They also had a bin of interesting polished pebbles in many colors,
and packages of flat, colored marbles. At Pier
One, I was able to find more flat marbles, as well as irridescent
round ones. The only tool I had to buy was a pair of round-nose
pliers. At an art store, I
found gold paint pens, a small paintbrush, and top coat varnish for
ceramics. Back home, I gathered the rest of my tools: a small flat
screwdriver, a small pair of wire cutters, and a pair of needlenose
pliers. Also useful, but not necessary, was a spool of copper beading
wire I already had. (When you need a single strand, you can just
separate it from the 7-stranded type.)
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