I haven't been on here for awhile so I thought I'd post. This morning when I was going out to the garden to do some tidy up work I spotted my little wire fence garden edging that I found in the trash last year.
Someone threw out a whole bunch of it and I was getting things ready for a sale, so I took some shipping crates, the kind that come with new appliances) and painted them out in soft colors and then attached a piece of the fence on each side, kind of like a little gate or a shutter on a window effect. I made a little country gingham check valance to put on the back at the top so it shows through to the front like a valance on a window and I added eye screws and picture hanging wire to hang the finished product on the wall. I made 4 total.
These turned out so well. So no camera here, and no cell phone. But I wanted to throw this craft out there in case any of you are still selling crafts. This would be a good craft for a garden shed, kitchen, or entry hall. You can put wooden clothespins that have been dyed with coffee stain on them to make a memo board. I added pegs, (I handcrafted those pegs) to two of them to make coat/hat racks. One of them I decorated by adding old flatware to the front to hold dried flower bundles, or kitchen gadgets. They all turned out so well and it was a breeze to make them.
So the next time you see someone throwing away the little wire garden edging don't let it go to the big landfill. Turn it into something useful. Peace & Plenty.
