Projects Etc.

When I got off work Saturday, I made this wind chime/lantern. The silverware was from an antique market in Roswell, Georgia. I found the lantern at TJMaxx. It was quite simple to make. Since my dad is better with a drill than I am, he drilled holes around the rim of the lantern and through the tops of the silverware. I threaded twisted wire through the holes, making sure the pieces of wire were different lengths and made this chime.



Sunday afternoon I stopped by an antique market in Columbia to pick up a few tins for clock-making. I got a Barnum and Bailey's tin and this Greek looking one also. The clock mechanisms came from Michael's. My boyfriend drilled holes in the tins and after a suitable amount of elbow grease, two lovely clocks came to be. Perhaps I should sell these babies sometime.



Yesterday the crafting went on, and I went to a thrift store for an old drum lampshade. Not only did I receive a free shade, but scored a pink bench for $10. Could be a nice kitchen stool of sorts. The back was a bit tattered, and once I had removed the splintered wood, I cleaned the piece and painted the back. Tada!


Here are a few more things that have found their way into my keeping:

($7 antique market)

($3 yarn sewn picture, His House Thrift)

($24 handmade Indian stool)

And since I do not have to work today, I am going to spruce up that drum shade with old fabric.