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Take another little piece of my junker's heart windchime

junkermidge, member

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Come on, come on, come on, come on and take it! Take another little piece of my (junker's) heart windchime. It's made using a Janis Joplin album and pieces of junk treasures.

I included keys, spicket knob, funky wrench, spindle, vintage jewelry, buttons, #9 (I won't need it later, I'd never turn any Beatles album into a windchime), spoon, spring, doorknob, a hinge, and the Scrabble tile letters H,E,A,R,T.   

Stevie Wonder's "Songs in the Key of Life" album became "Keys in the Song of Life" Windchime. 

Future windchime.  I know the answers are "Blowing in the Wind", but what objects will be blowing in the wind?

Come on, come on, come on, come on and take it! Take another little piece of my (junker's) heart windchime. It's made using a Janis Joplin album and pieces of junk treasures.

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When the record challenge was issued, I passed the news on to my family and asked for their thoughts on what musician I might be.  The only concensus reached was John Denver.  So, clearly they didn't understand the premise since it was pretty obvious the answer should be Janis Joplin.  Her voice! Her soul! Her passion! Her screaming!

And then Candy challenged us for windchimes projects.  So much junk inspiration, so little time -- so I decided to get two for the price of one, I'd use albums to make windchimes.  And maybe I'm not the Janis Joplin of the music world, but I could be of the junking world. The junk soul!  The junk passion! And sometimes the junk screaming! So naturally I had to make a "Piece of my Heart" windchime using pieces that are close to a junker's heart -- keys, vintage jewelry, silverware, etc.

My second one was a no-brainer.  I came across Stevie Wonder's Songs in the Keys of Life -- come on, did I have a choice?  I was trying for a third one since I had a cowbell, but I couldn't find any drumsticks or Blue Oyster Cult (MORE COWBELL!).  But as I was shopping, I did find a Bob Dylan record that I quickly snatched up.  That will be my next one.  I'm just not sure which objects to use.  Does anyone have some ideas?  ....  I guess the answer to that one is ...well...  

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Comments (6)

susyn writes: This is MY kind of garden windchime! I love what you put together! Posted: 11:10 am on May 31st

csudderth writes: Wow--these are way cool! How clever to make the mobile theme reflect the song title.
Christy Posted: 4:10 pm on May 25th

suewhitney writes: You rock girl! You are way more of a Janis Joplin than a John Denver! Nice work on both of your chimes.

Take care,
Sue Posted: 1:30 am on May 25th

alicemom writes: What a hoot! just for the "record" I love them & the stories!
smiles,
Alice Posted: 10:37 pm on May 24th

StrangeCargo writes: You obviously had too much fun, and your description of your experience here is way too funny! Your windchimes are clever, cool, and inspiring! And always remember: you can never have too much COWBELL!

Thanks.

Ken Posted: 6:50 am on May 23rd

JunkArchitect writes: Hey Noreen, your “Spirit in the Sky" birdhouse is the coolest record project so far.
The wind chimes came out great too. I really like the one with the keys.

www.junkmarketstyle.com/item/9152/spirit-in-the-sky

Jim Posted: 10:26 pm on May 22nd

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