For the Love of Music…

Inspired by a picture I saw in a catalog (like a lot of stuff I come up with) I started shaping a metal coat hanger in the living room (while watching TV) and soon I was too far into it to stop… I attached some cardboard pieces to fill in the notes and painted them. I really wanted to make the measure the notes should be attached to, but that seemed like a lot more work than I wanted to do (I like quick projects.) It was pretty easy and a lot cheaper than buying the set I saw in the catalog…plus you can add to it to create an entire wall of notes…This could make a great gift for anyone that likes music so I thought I would share…

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Bird Feeder

So, I’ve been busy,busy,busy…From my daughter and grandbabies visiting to helping my Mom move and the subsequent rearranging of things around the house to accommodate all the items Mom didn’t want (including a 55 gallon fish tank!) but I think I can now get back sharing all the crazy things I do…This bird feeder was something I had been thinking about since I made a bird house for my Mom at Christmas (using the pine cone petals). I never took a picture of it (I wish I did, now that she moved,I’ll probably never see it again…) Anyway, I hope it inspires someone!

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Coffee Fix

Coffee makers can be a challenge after they’ve been in use for a year or more. Ours is no different…I made a small pot a while back and found the filter had fallen over which allowed the coffee grounds into the pot. I poured the coffee into a pitcher, cleaned out the pot, added a new filter and then poured it back thru the clean filter.This took a bit of time and the coffee had cooled off a bit. So I came up with this little fix-it idea to reduce the time and keep my coffee from getting too cold…

I used a large creamer container, sharp scissors,a hot glue gun and for the holes, I used a wood burner fitted with a bolt ( a nail and hammer could also be used)…

As you can see in the picture, I cut the container at the bend, trimmed down the piece with the cap to accommodate the coffee filter, added a line of hot glue around the bottom and made holes in the cap (I used a bit of sandpaper to get the glue to stay, an emery board would work as well).

Done…now I’m ready for the next time ground have gotten into my coffee!