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Farm Implement Repurpose

July 10th, 2012 in member junk     
NDJunkGirl Andrea Miller, contributor
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Heres the clip...the bottom part turns.  The clip is pretty big, and I thought, very cool!
What could it be used for?  Hmmmm
Back on the farm, this curved iron piece caught my eye because of the holes and the fact it was rusty!  My former farm boy hubby said it is part of a feed grinder. I thought it was something I could use to hold up our over grown daisies.  
But, when I got this home, I realized the curved piece would be neat holding wine bottles.  The clip would be a perfect embellishment...the wine cork just happened to slip perfectly in this piece.  I adhered it with Liquid Nails.
If youve never used Liquid Nails before, try it sometime...it holds most anything and dries clear.
After a spray of semi-gloss poly and drying time, it was a matter of slipping on the clip and adding the bottles - this repurpose is all done!
Photos taken outside, since its been so nice out...
Or, it could be set on its side as well to hold bottles.
This repurpose will be sold at my booth at JunkFest on Saturday, September 8th in Carrington, ND.  Check out the bog at www.junk-fest.blogspot.com for more details!
Photo: Andrea Miller
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Two farm items found on a recent country visit yielded a fun repurpose!


Pattern or design used: My Own Design - Andrea Miller
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Comments (9)

junkermidge writes: WAY cool!! Love both pieces individually, and especially as a repurposed project! So clever.
JunkerMidge Posted: 1:52 pm on July 15th
gadgetsponge writes: Super ideas with those finds! Glad you sealed that perfect patina. This should fly off the shelves in no time at the show. Posted: 7:30 pm on July 10th
LloydsLandingofSears writes: One of my finds last month was something similar - I know it's a part of something for farming, and it's silver with holes running across in a row, but mine only has one row of holes. I thought I'd turn it into some kind of base for a stand to hold my garden stakes in a display at some point, but that's not final...I like what you've done! ~Mary~ Posted: 2:48 pm on July 10th
chippingcharm writes: Ah-haaa...another great wine idea Andrea!! I'm sure it will sell fast at JunkFest :) Laurel Posted: 1:09 pm on July 10th
georgiamoon writes: Andrea, I love that rusty iron piece! It is amazing. What great ideas you have come with. That would come in really handy where I live..on a vineyard! Wish I could find one of those. I guess I'll just have to keep my eyes open!
Thanks for the great project.
Georgia Posted: 11:57 am on July 10th
Bec4 writes: What a fun piece, anything wine makes me smile :)! Posted: 6:51 am on July 10th
JunkArchitect writes: I really love this, Andrea. This may sound a little nuts but I save empty wine bottles from really special occasions. We all sign and date the label...crazy huh! This would make a great sculptural piece with all the empties sticking out.

Jim

Posted: 6:11 am on July 10th
SweetMelissa writes: Loving this! But why are those bottles of wine still full? Maybe I need to come over for a visit! Posted: 6:06 am on July 10th
EmmasNookandGranny writes: Rusty farm junk and wine -- it doesn't get much better than that!!! ~Marge Posted: 5:46 am on July 10th
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