Love the crochet idea. I've used towels over paint cans and heavy felt over an exercise ball. I also like the shoe rack idea.
My next cement project is going to be making large flowers with the cloth/cement. I don't see why not and cement stains well so I think I can get some color in them.
But now I'm going to be searching around for old doillies, they might make good "flowers" too come to think about it.
Here's a pic of the "exercise ball" planter . . . really large, a good two feet across!
