My Sister's Keeper

 My sister visited last week.

There's a large antique store in town that we enjoy browsing

and she picked up this basket "keeper" for part of my birthday present.

(I said I liked it.

She doesn't just pick out random strange looking things at antique stores.

She says I'm hard to shop for,

so I helped her out.

We do that for each other sometimes.
It's fun.

Do you do that with a friend, too?)

I had an idea for this in my kitchen.

I didn't like the way this picture of our farm from the 50's looked.
I decided I'd rather hang it somewhere else,
so I was trying to think of an idea for something else in this spot.

 My husband's aunt gave us an antique wooden bowl full of old wooden utensils.

It sits up high in my kitchen,

where the utensils couldn't be seen.

 I wanted a way to display some of them.

 I have some glass canning jars with the wire closures and rubber seals.

I don't use them for anything,

so I decided to try to use one of the tops in my wire basket arrangement.

I got the image from The Graphics Fairy.

It is glued in with Gorilla Glue.

 I had some old heavy metal wire,

so I made a loopy flower shaped design and wedged the glass top in it,

so that I'd have a way to hang it.

 I found some heavier plastic from something I bought

and roughly traced the size of the glass lid.

 I then cut it out, and had to trim it way down...

 and then just slid it in place over the picture.

There was no need to glue it.

 I then wired everything into the basket and hung it beside some other antique utensils.

 Nothing is glued

(besides the picture in the glass)

so if I tire of it,

it won't be hard to rearrange.

 I have a small collection of old jars,

so I wired one in it,

put some water in it,

and cut some spider plant babies to ad some greenery.

I like my cooking lady.

She looks like a knowledgeable cook.

Maybe some of her distinguished presence will rub off on me in my kitchen.

 I like the way it transformed this busy corner into something a little more vintage.

Thank you for my wonderful birthday present, Tammy!





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