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This ranks up there as one of the coolest things I've seen on here all year...if not THE coolest! It is really fantastic! I will never pass up another pennant, I will never pass up another pennant, I will never.....

Patti

Love this one, too!

Your pictures could be on a postcard - love the sepia tones!

Patti

I cannot believe the imagination of all of you out there in junk world.

This has got to be one of the most unusual and clever ideas I've seen on here yet and it's just beautiful!

Thanks for sharing!
patti

THis project is perfect for me since I just cleaned and sorted all of my sea glass (I'm anal that way)

This is just beautiful and I cannot wait to try it!

Thanks so much for the post!
Patti

These are great - you've got quite an imagination there! I've seen some of these but my all time favorite has to be Night of the Living Dead ...it's so old now and the scary effects are so funny now with all the reality in movies these days. It still gives me the creeps, though!

Thanks for the post and what a fun thing to wake up to!
Patti

These are terrific - great imagination!

Patti

Very cute! You're too brave - I would have been afraid of the saw with rust flying everywhere! I wish there was a class around here called "Power Tools for Women"...or even some men! I would just love to know how to use these tools and feel confident using them. I jerry-rig everything!

Great re-do and thanks for sharing!
Patti

Wonderful post Part 1 and 2!

That light cover is screaming to be used as a crystal ball for the fortune teller at Halloween - just put a skull or a fake rat or some eyeballs or or or.... under it and voila!

This is really getting fun trying to figure out the whys and whats of collections! Maybe a book is in the making, Sue?!?!

Patti

This is cool ~ could also be used for a photo, but I like this idea - more of the unexpected.
Thanks for sharing!
Patti

Great idea - that's thinking outside the suitcase!!

NO idea what the answer to your question is - maybe cardboard?

Thanks for sharing,
patti

I, too, am a "round" ~ I just pointed this out to my sister last week-end and we were laughing about it. She is so much an "angular" ~ liking things with a diamond shape! It's funny how we even were comparing our jewelry and there they were - my rounds and her marquise shaped rings! I'll have to check Google to see if I can find out what this means??!~?~?

Love your collections. I'm off to fine tune some of my stuff so thanks for the inspiration~

patti

Having worked for Ma Bell for many years, I think this is just the coolest thing! I wish I would have saved the many phones that came through my storeroom ~ some were from the 30's and were extremely heavy - you could use them as a weapon or hammer!

Unfortunately, they were all property of Ma Bell - not throw aways like they are today! Oh, to know then what I know now! I could've probably smuggled a few out!

THis is super creative and I love it. Can't wait to find one and do this! Thanks for sharing

Patti

I cannot believe this ~ it's sooooo cool! Who would ever think that crusty old paint brushes and pails could be turned into an elegant lamp?!?!

I'm amazed and painting over this ~ oops, I mean panting!!

Patti

Your shrines to Mary are beautiful - I love the Miraculous Medal on the bottom - very simple yet elegant.

Thanks for sharing,
Patti

Great display and I love the clocks! Very interesting!

Halloween is fast becoming the most decorated holiday - I'm starting to believe it and have got my whole downstairs ready! I personally cannot wait for the Trick or Treaters! They're tooooo cute!

Love your display and it can stay up all fall! Another plus!

Patti

Jim, You've got some wonderful vintage Halloween decorations there - some Beistle die-cuts and some great noisemakers, also, I think! Check them out on ebay and you'd be surprised what they go for now! Your little hanging could be worth a haunting sum!!

I've got the same hanger and was just fiddling around with some of my die-cuts and skeleton hanging things and voila! Here you were and I'm off now to do just that with mine!

Thanks so much!

Patti

Hey Junkers! How about posting IN WHICH STATE these events are? There's all these great events going on and I don't know if I'm even close enough to get excited! I'm in Maryland, by the way, and we don't ever have anything like this here!

Thanks and please - STATE your STATE !!

Patti

Great collection and yes, I am also a collector of old clocks - didn't start out that way, but as I went from one yard sale to another that day, they all had a clock and a collection was born!

Yours look great ~ love the display!

Peace,
Patti

This is just way too cute ! How perfect for a kids room, also!

You get the trophy for most creative junking this week, in my book!

Patti

This is wonderful - I've seen the wall hangings made from cut-up license plates and they are in the thousands of dollars! This one would be also!

You make the best stuff!

Patti

I think hanging small potted herbs and some small votives would be cool ~ or, prop it up or lean against the fence with a vine to climb up and over and around the hooks - that would be cool. Definately don't throw it away! Just come up with something before Friday and you're good to go! He won't remember after that if he's anything like mine!

Good luck with it and can't wait to see the post with your creation!

Patti

Tom should be singing "He's the Man" instead of She's a Lady! This lamp ~ "It's not Unusual" ~ but really, it is sooooo unusual and it's perfect!

Your home must be lit up like a Christmas Tree with all the wonderful lamps you come up with!

Bravo ~ again!

Patti

These are great! I'm an East Coast girl (Maryland) so really like that we're representing! They are perfect side tables and I also like how they have a little opening on the bottom - you could put a little vintage globe there or a glass thing-y there maybe?? Whatever, they're perfect!

I cannot believe how tidy your work area is - all those cubbies marked with what's inside! Wonderful!

Thanks for sharing!

Pati

I'll be looking for one of these on ebay and at the yard sales and thrift shops NOW ~ this is just way too cool!

Patti

That boy is adorable and his work is wonderful!

How great it is for you to mentor them by encouraging their creative side ~ especially now when many kids only want to play video games and watch TV.

Kudos to you and the boys! Thanks for sharing.

Patti

Now this took some dedication ~ I see these junk pianos at all the yard sales and people are begging for someone to take them. They say they take up too much room and they need the room for an office!

The oak is also lovely ~ you did a great job ~ this would sell around here for big big money!

Thanks for sharing,
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Awesome!

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The shiny one reminds me of a hubcap! Very cool!

Thanks for sharing ~ I think I need to do a clock ~ hmm, what can I use?!?!?

Patti

My entire powder room mirror area is done in vintage hand mirrors and I love the look, but now, I think I need to add some bling to them!

So much better than the builder grade square mirror that comes in all houses!

Thanks so much for sharing - what an awesome idea! This just goes to show that greatness can always be improved upon!

Patti

I'll be down that way for the Yard Crawl in August and will definately stop in to bring you my umbrella that I just cannot sell at the yard sale or ebay and I just cannot give to Purple Heart. It's a gorgeous green number with ruffles and gems - you'll love it and I'll love seeing you place!

Where, exactly is it in Winchester? My dad used to live in Middletown, so we were up that way alot. It's nice to have someone on here that's on this side of the states!
Thanks for sharing your wonderful idea!
Patti

Love these crates and the colors are awesome! But, is that a "regular" lamp I see?!?! Love the simple, yet elegant, display of croquet ball also! Way to go - AGAIN!
Patti

These sculptures are a real TURN ON !!!

I recently found 4 at a yard sale and was thrilled; now I see that I have a LONG way to go to say I have a collection

What a conversation starter!

I love it! Thanks for sharing and keeping up the awesome posts! I look so forward to seeing what you come up with!
Patti

Will you marry me? My hubby can't even put in a light bulb!

Just kidding, but this is fantastic! You really should get these into the marketplace somehow...here in D.C. this would sell for mucho bucks!

Thanks again for sharing and your painting is really wonderful, too!

Patti

Love this - he is really neat looking!
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A W E S O M E . . . . . AGAIN!!

Love love love it

Patti

These are sooooo cool!

I've been having a ball making button bouquets since seeing a post on here and NOW I have to start making these! Can't wait for Thrifting Thursday to check out the silverware...

WOnderful post

Patti

Can't wait to get my thermos -es?? out of storage this spring!

How DO you spell thermos in the plural?!

Great job and thanks for sharing!
Patti

You really should sell these things - you do such a wonderful job and these could not be touched here on the East Coast for less than a few hundred dollars! Seriously!!

Thanks for sharing!

Patti

F A B U L O U S ~ again!!

Patti

Way cool!

I also would like details on cutting these instead of my fingers!

THanks for sharing

Patti

FINALLY something I can go to that's doesn't involve flying! Not tooooo far from me in Maryland ~ a day trip at the least and nice weather (hopefully) also!

Sounds like a great place to go to ~ Hope I see some JM stuff from the likes of Damon, Jim, Catbishop and Jenny!!??!?!

Thanks for sharing the info,

Patti

Very modern and futuristic!

Love it and would love to see posts of the office re-do.

Thanks!

Patti

Great conversation piece - I love collecting "things" that you can put other "things" in ... does that make sense?

Of course it does to you people!

Thanks for sharing!

Patti

Perfect!

Like father, like daughter, it seems!

Nice work, Vicky!

Thanks for sharing!

Patti

Ditto Georgia - Love the glider!

We also have a hanging 3-tier basket but ours is filled with "koolie" cups for the beverages!

THanks again for sharing!

Patti

I will never live in a house without a screened-in porch - we are out there all spring & summer and would try to stay in the fall if it wasn't so cold!

Ours is named "The Trap Porch" and we have a weathered sign hanging above the door to let anyone who enters know that once they go out there they're "trapped" becuz they will NOT want to leave or go inside!

My hubby hates that I won't fix the door from banging (he keeps trying to put up "stops" to muffle the sound) but I just keep taking them down and banging away!

Your porch is lovely - enjoy! Thanks for sharing!

Patti

I collect old shoes so now I know what to do with some of them - I'll put some pics of the grandkids in there!

Great display and thanks for sharing!

Patti

These are wodnerful finds and you are soooo lucky to have a place to go to and pick through - it's freezing here! OK people - enough! It's too cold here for flea markets and even when it's nice, there's nothing to go to unless you want to fight the traffic and travel 1-2 hours!

How does one go about starting flea markets? I know we have some great places to host them, it's just I wouldn't know where to start! Any ideas?!

I'm in the Washington, D.C. metro area - close to Baltimore and Annapolis.

You got some great items! Thanks for sharing!

Patti

I'm not a cat lover but I DO love love love this! The Viewmaster is perfect for the face ~ I need to look for them on my Thrifting Thursdays!

Another great project from you (even tho Ron did it!)

Thanks for sharing!

Patti

Great find! I see tables, folding screens, room dividers, bars, wall hangings, all kinds of stuff! Wonderful things to come, I'm sure!

P.S. Love the new icon - but you're a guy!!

Patti

This is very pretty and could go in a lot of rooms - it looks sorta futuristic, too, and would be fabulous in a mid-century modern room!

Nice ~ very nice ~ work!

Thanks for sharing!
patti

Very, very nice - I really like the way you layered all of the linens on it - that really makes it all the more wonderful!!

Great job! My thrift shop thinks it's an antique shop now so you got a great deal, too! The only thing mine charges $1.99 for is $1.00 Store items!

Thanks for sharing and lets see more!

Patti

She is wonderful !!

I have many girlfriends who would love to own her ~ you need to make more of these!!

Tooooo cute! Thanks for sharing.

Patti

I still can't find this - I've checked Target, CVS and Giant (my local grocery store) - I can try Border's tomorrow and I sure hope I can find it!

I once had a friend named JOCELYN ~ maybe this is another way to spell it? I think the I is just there to support a missing letter since it's so much smaller than the others...Anyway, great sign !!

Patti

They look like chair backs - they'd look really neat as side pieces to a book shelf if you could figure out the logistics of that...
Maybe a towel rack or apron rack or something to hold vintage fabrics if turned horizontally??

Lots of possibilities! Thanks for sharing again!

Patti

You find the most awesome stuff - where is the auction where everyone throws away so many useful things?

These would be beautiful hung from the ceiling in a room !

I also agree that a swap / sell would be fun - I constantly pick up things that are really not my style or my collecting thing just because I KNOW that someone somewhere would really really like it - I now have all kinds of little bits of "stuff" I'd love to give to someone who would really appreciate them!

THanks for the ideas! I see you're in Chestertown, is that Maryland by any chance?!

This shows that you care about the buyer - it always adds a nice. You did a wonderful job and I'm sure she'll be thrilled!

Thanks for sharing and I look forward to more posts!

Patti

AMAZING !!! You are super talented ~ and such an original thinker!!

I look soooo forward to your posts - do you keep all of these things for yourself or do you sell someplace?

Thanks again
Patti

This is gorgeous and you are very lucky to have a hubby who is handy ~ do you rent him out? Mine is very good at folding laundry...

Patti

You are a genius ~ I cannot wait to see what you put up ~ I'm still looking for the floor scrubber space ship to see how it will turn out - I was in love with that one even b4 you did anything to it!

Keep up the good work and happy junking!

Patti

WIll I ever be able to throw anything away again? Hubby wonders why there's never any trash in the can anymore!!

These are absolutely wonderful! You done good, ladies!

Patti

Jenny's things should be in a gallery somewhere! I love it and you are very lucky to have her - and the wisdom gal!

Patti

I'd love to find some of these old springs - this is really cute - I want some for my "flower BED" !!!

THX 4 sharing and welcome!

Patti

Wonderful - of course, you have to keep the old patina and name him RUSTY the ROBOT!

I cannot wait to see him finished and look forward to all of your creations! Thanks so much for sharing!
Patti

WOW ~ that's all I can say!!!!!!!!!!!

Patti

Definately an umbrella stand/coat rack and I think they also used this to hold canes or walking sticks! Toooooo coooool! Love it!
Patti

My New Year's Resolution is to try and make a lamp from something - these are wonderful...my favorite is the hat and purse, but I really like the bowling pin, too ~ hmmm...that Jenga would go great in my game room...
Thanks for sharing!
Patti

Now I know what to do with all my vintage Christmas tree stands and I have a year to find the rest! Thanks so much ~ I love, love this one! Merry Christmas!
Patti

I think Pottery Barn or one of those more upscale places sells a lamp very similiar to the surveyor's lamp at a very high price! Yours are beautiful and all the more precious because you made them! How clever ~ why not post the How-To's for us?
Thanks for sharing and Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas!
Patti

These look beautiful - your wire is different from what I used recently - do you twist it all the way down? Is is 19 gauge? I love doing these and the color combinations are so fun to make! Keep up the good work and Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas!
Patti

This is perfect! I actually own a bracelet that';s very similiar to this except there's no middle piece (spoon with initial)...You certainly could sell these and they'd do great! What a wonderful job and again, your Doby is very lucky!
Thanks for sharing,
Patti

I'm with Italianpeasant on the doll (they scare me), but I do love the lemon touches and especially the Real Lemon holder - I always thought they could be used for something and now I can see / imagine it! Thanks for sharing!
Patti

Wonderful ~ I do have a large set of hinges ~ all rusty and chippy and very old ~ I guess I'll have to try this! I'm glad I wasn't there cuz I'd be in the ground now having died from a heart attack after seeing that mouse :(
Thanks for sharing!
Patti

Wonderful job and this is soooo clever and unique! I love it and the quote is perfect...thanks for sharing and have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas!
Patti

Great job ~ now you've inspired me to do a display with all of my vintage clocks and another with my collection of white pottery...I was just going to leave all of that alone, but... And I thought, also, that I was done with the decorations for this year! Thanks for sharing and have a Merry Christmas!
Patti

I think this is adorable - but, I had a hard time making out the narrative - please use a larger font! Thanks!

Anyway, this is just tooooooo cute. The Santa on the far left intrigues me - what is it? Is there also a pennant next to him? And I love love the shovels!

This is by far my favorite Christmas display so far! Thanks for sharing!
Patti

Great idea ~ I see these boards all the time at GS and thrift shops ~ next time, I'll pick one up!
THanks for sharing!
Patti

It looks more like an electric chair!

I've got 2 little grandboys - hmmm, wouldn't THAT make a great time out chair!

Really, though, I think it's wayyayyyyyyy cool and I for one would have absolutely purchased it!
Thanks for sharing,
Patti

It is addictive, isn't it? I've got to make a bouquet for my 3 sisters and 3 SIL's, so I need to get started...it's just that I have a million other things to do and only want to do these~ they are THAT much fun! Yours look great and I really like the bottles. I added some crystal beads to some of my containers to make them more stable and I really like that addition - just one more thing to look at. Maybe Sue should make the next contest about button bouquets since we're all on the band - I mean button - wagon!
Thanks for sharing,
Patti

Extremely clever and oh so cute...I love her! THanks again for sharing!
Patti

I take any leftover you don't want! I say more is more is more when it come to these lovely ornaments. There's just way too many ways to display them ~ you can never have enough!

Be still my heart! I have the exact same perfume bottle and tin sitting on an old round mirror, (with my new button bouquet, thanks to you!) but yours is FABULOUS with the bubble mirror! I want one! I almost bought a 3-tier tray just like this one at the thrift store Thursday, but they wanted $80.00! Sometimes they go too far, but if I'd seen this post first, I may have splurged!

Very nice - I, too love to display my jewelry since I hardly ever wear it! The silverplate pitcher is beautiful and I love the angels. Thanks for sharing!

This is just fantastic and I'd bet it would cost hundreds at a shop someplace ~ my dad was a printer and I, too have a thing for all print-related things! This is awesome and looks great next to the chair...thanks for sharing.
Patti

Great story! Thanks for sharing and the display looks wonderful!
Patti

My vote is for the rake - I love it! Also, love all the other ideas - it really is amazing what you can do with some wire! Thanks for sharing.
Patti

Love the Scrabble board and now I know just what to do with the one I have packed away! Talk about "borrowing" ideas! Love the pulley thingy too ~ I'll be using that this spring on the deck! Thanks for sharing.
Patti

Can I be your friend, too, so you can send me one for Christmas?! LOL! Or, will you tell me how to make them (what guage wire, etc.) My girlfriends would all love, love, love these and I do too! Thanks so much for sharing.

Hi ~ Could this possibly be an old Holy Water fount? I had one sorta like it with the bottom piece for holding the water ~ anyway, it's cool! It's kinda hard to make out the graphic elements on this, but if they look holy at all, maybe that's what it is! Great find! Thanks for sharing.

I'm green with envy! Hang it on the wall and maybe paint the area behind it a lighter color than the wall to really show it off and make a statement! Wonderful find!
Patti

They say you eat with your eyes first also, and these sure do prove it! The glasses could also be filled with small ornaments and then turned over on the plate to add some additional color or sparkle. I'm starting on my Christmas table now and you've inspired me! I saw some glass plates at the Dollar Store ~ hmm, with my odd glasses this will be wonderful! Thanks for sharing!

Extremely cute ~ love it and the use of all letters from a magazine ~ keep it up and keep sharing!

This is great! I cannot wait to try this with all of hubby's golf course pencils that are laying around everywhere but are too short for me to use! He'll love this hanging in his "man" room! And, I think I'll make another one like yours for my teacher daughter! Love this idea!

What a fabulous idea ~ hope you don't mind me stealing it! I have a thermostat, a doorbell, and a double light switch on this small foyer wall ~ and they're all over the place! Can't wait to find some good junk for this - hmmm, maybe some old brass doorbells, light switch plates...ahh! Thanks!