A while ago, I came across something called garden totems on a gardening site but it wasn’t until recently that I decided to make some. I’ve been thinking about ways to use my mothers glass and flatware items and decided to try and make a couple of them yesterday.
What I did was gather a bunch of items (bowls, dishes, candle holders, etc) and arrange them. I used clear GE Silicone 2 to attach them and let it dry overnight. I then added some decorative pieces (an earring for one and marbles for the other) as a finishing touch.
One of them will be a butterfly drinking bowl for the new butterfly garden we’re starting. That’s the taller one in the picture-the one with the bowl on top. We’ll add some small rocks, dirt and water for the butterflies to enjoy. The other one is a garden angel and she’ll also go in our butterfly garden.
The ones I’ve seen around the web were a lot taller but I wanted to keep mine shorter so there’s less chance to break.
I think my mother would have loved them.
Thank you.
The butterflies have been drinking from their “water bowl” for the last few days. 
What a beautiful idea! I love the drinking bowl. When my MIL passed away, I kept an angel that we’d gotten from one of the flower arrangements outside amongst our flowers,near the birdbath.
Very sweet.
Those are really neat! Now I’m going to rummage through the back of my cupboards for inspiration