One person's garbage is another person's planting container

Containers come in all different shapes and sizes, just head down to your local nursery or hardware store and you will see many examples.  You could puchase them, but why not be different?  Instead of purchasing a plant container, why not make one out of a recycled item?  Perhaps you have an old pair of sneakers you were going to toss in the garbage, or what about that old dresser that has been wasting away down in the basement?  You can use almost anything and make a plant container out of it, the sky is the limit.  With a little imagination and ingenuity you will have one of a kind plant containers that will be the envy of neighbor hood and keep one more thing out of the landfill.  Here are some samples to help give you a few ideas......