Where do you get your rocks?

[Mmathis]

Oh, I thought he looks a little like Mr. Spock. Maybe he's hard at work digging Jim & Bones out of a rockslide on one of those cheesy planets.....

 

[Mmathis]

I've GOT to start taking pictures! I made a rock out of Polymer clay as part of a "scavenger hunt" Christmas present, and it turned out really good! The idea was for the "rock" to be the final item in the hunt. It was hollow with a removable bottom and hidden inside was a gift card. Ended up being about the size of a small canteloupe (sp?). I used some craft wire mesh and formed it into the rock's shape, then started adding the Polymer clay. If you're not familiar with Polymer clay, it's an oven-bake product, though not actual "clay." It's great for small craft projects, and was good practice for making bigger rocks (cement) later on.

 

[krnlmustrd]

I had been watching craigslist for months for free rocks, but they were always too far away. Finally, an ad popped up about a subdivision going in 4 miles down the road and they said people could take all the free rocks and dirt they can haul. It was like striking gold! I've been going off and on for a few months now picking up a few at a time and am slowly filling in the concrete streams that came with my house. I get so excited when I find a good rock, but I pretty much take anything just to get the space covered. Hopefully I can swap out the less attractive/natural looking ones later. Here are a couple before/after. (I still have so much to do...) I'm thrilled with the difference so far.

 

[addy1]

Very nice! great job, love free rocks

 

[kougs]

Dang, those are some big rocks. Looks good, great job.

 

[j.w]

What a nice looking place. Love that stream and those beautiful rocks! What a score! And you say they have more? Wow good deal for you!

 

[sissy]

I did not know there are unattractive rocks LOL A rock is a rock unless it is a diamond .Has anyone seen those large chunks of glass some places are selling or the big green or pink quartz rocks .I asked a nursery about getting them in

 

[j.w]

Well to me there are rocks that are ugly(busted ones that have nobular hunky, gunky things sticking off them) and then so so ones and then there are the good looking ones and then there are the terrific, just the greatest hunky dory ones ever............guess it's all in the eye of the beholder sissy,lol!

 

[sissy]

yeh but the rocks i see he has are all nice looking

 

[Mmathis]

Craigslist, huh? Never thought of that.

I did remember that there are 2 dads in our scout troop who are contractors. Next chance I get I'm going to talk to them about rocks they dig up, if they dig up any around here! Or maybe they know a good, cheap, local source...

 

[j.w]

Yep sissy his are the greatest hunky dory ones!

 

[sissy]

I still my rocks from addy and jw .oops never should have said that huh LOL

 

[addy1]

rock cops coming sissy

 

[sissy]

I have nothing and pleading the fifth .Silence is golden .Oh addy look at recent updates now there is another strange foreign post

 

[krnlmustrd]

Well, I prefer dark colored rocks and get really excited when I come upon them. They just look more natural in my setting, I think. I have a lot of rocks that are too white-ish and make it seem to look like a rock quarry instead of a natural stream. (Part of that problem, though, is that I have a lot of excess concrete I'm trying to cover - so bigger rocks are much better!). I was toying with the idea of trying to take some dark colored spray paint and try to lightly mist it over the light colored rocks to try to darken them. But I wonder if that would be permanent? Or make it look stupid as I'm no artist by any means.