by lucypiwow 08 Feb 2014

I LIKE THE RUBARB LEAVES CAN YOU TELL ME PLEASE HOW YOU DO THEM..I WOULD APPRECIATE IT THANK YOU,,, LUCY

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by lilylady 08 Feb 2014

I think it came out on pinterest, but has been awhile ago

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by mycarole 08 Feb 2014

Well,first of all we mix our concrete in a wheel barrel. My husband has his recipe down pat now. Before, the recipe was "hit and miss" and many bowls cracked either because the weather was to hot, or other reasons. We have a long table (in the garage) and we have sand on it. We make little hills with the sand cover all the little hills with a plastic. Then we take the leaves and lay them face down on each hill. We proceed to put the mixed cement on the back. Then we wait a week for the curing. Once they are cured, we remove the real leaf, wash the bowl, and my husband uses a grinder to remove rough spots. Then it comes to my department (lol) where I sand with a fine sand paper and paint them. How's that? Do you have a picture in your mind as to the process? Carole

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by jrob 08 Feb 2014

CAROLE, JUST SO YOU KNOW, LUCY HAS PROBLEMS WITH HER SIGHT, SO WE ALL WRITE TO HER IN CAPS. I KNOW SOME FOLKS THOUGHT WE WERE YELLING AT FIRST.

by jrob 08 Feb 2014

You were sweet to share with her.

by bevintex 08 Feb 2014

before you do anything you had better plant the rhubarb, lol

by hightechgrammy 09 Feb 2014

That was so nice of you to explain how to make them!

by lucypiwow 09 Feb 2014

THANKS FOR THAT INFORMATION . I LIKE TO DO CRAFTIE THINGS....NOW THAT REMINDES ME OF WHEN I USED TO COLLECT LEAVES (MAPLE IN FALL FOR THE COLLER AND OTHER LEAVES ) PUT THEM DOWN TO DRY I DAY,,,THEN I MOG POGED THEM AND HUNG THEM TO DRY ON A MAKE SHIFT CLOTHES LINE,,,WHEN DRY O GLUED THEM ONE BY ONE ON A WEARTH ...PEOPLE BOUGHT THEM ALL THE TIME ,COULDENT KEEP UP,,,,, I LOVE DOING THEM,,,, AND THIS SUMMER I WILL TRY DOING THE RUBARB ... NICE CHRISTMAS GIFTS....THANKS AGAINE....LUCY

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by muffy 08 Feb 2014

Here's a YouTube video on how to make them into stepping stones the principle would be the same.
Muffy :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BE...

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by bevintex 08 Feb 2014

youtube in one of the first places I look for tutorials.

by mycarole 08 Feb 2014

I'm with you. Youtube is great to learn. That's how we learned to make them, the problem is no one gives their recipes so it's all trial and error with the mixing. Some mixing that we followed made our bowls too heavy. Carole

by lucypiwow 09 Feb 2014

THANKS GUYS I DID YOU TUB. AND NOW I REMBER I HAVE A RECIPE IN MY CRAFT BOOK...MEMORY IS GOING GOINE GONE....LOL LUCY