Adding whimsy to the garden gets to be addictive. Several years ago I made some mosaic toadstools out of pot saucers and old tiles. The tiles were a freecycle find and the half marbles were left over from other projects.
The large toadstool uses a 22 cm. (9 inch) saucer from a flower pot and an empty blue bottle. The smaller toadstool uses a 15 cm. (6 inch) flower pot saucer and a smaller plastic blue bottle.
![whimsical toadstools at craftygardener.ca](https://craftygardener.ca/wp-content/uploads/mosaicmushrooms5.jpg)
The broken tiles and marbles were glued on using Crafters Goop and when dry I used a waterproof grout. Poke the bottle necks into the ground and place the saucer on top for a cute whimsical toadstool.
![whimsical toadstools at craftygardener.ca](https://craftygardener.ca/wp-content/uploads/dishroom5a.jpg)
One year I made a “dishroom” … so called because it was made from an old pottery dish that had been painted and turned upside down on a tall clay vase. The dish was painted with a few layers of acrylic paint and then sprayed with a fixative. When it totally dried it had a crackle effect.
![whimsical toadstools at craftygardener.ca](https://craftygardener.ca/wp-content/uploads/mosaicmushrooms2a.jpg)
They were all grouped around a little yellow step ladder in the fence garden last year. The base of the big blue one was actually the base of the dish at one time.
![whimsical toadstools at craftygardener.ca](https://craftygardener.ca/wp-content/uploads/mosaicmushrooms4a.jpg)
The old birdcage got planted up towards the end of the season and became a succulent planter. But just like those mushrooms that keep popping up in the garden after a rain storm, I never know where my whimsical toadstools will be located from year to year.
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