Thrifty Gifty #8—Framed Thrift Store Silver/ Recipe Holder

Jan. 14: Joining 100 Ideas Under $100 at Beyond the Picket Fence.

So, I have a list of ideas for this series. For some of them, I know exactly what I’m going to do, and some of them are very vague. I also, for the most part, did not work ahead for this.
This means that several times I’ve been trying to come up with and execute a project in the evening so I can get it posted for the next morning. This is one of those times.
I knew I wanted to do something with pieces of silverware I have picked up here and there at thrift stores. I wasn’t sure what, and since it was 9 pm, I needed to use only items I already had on hand. Here’s what I ended up with.



I took a thrift store frame and spray painted it black (and yes, it was 40 degrees and raining) and put a pretty wrapping paper behind the glass. I had Craig bend the tines of a fork up, and I hot-glued the fork to the glass.



Now, you could skip the bending part and just leave it as a display of pretty silver, maybe adding a couple more forks of different patterns, or a place setting of knife, fork and spoon.





(Imagine that the fork tines aren’t bent, and that the other pieces don’t have cord tied around them because they hang on my kitchen Christmas tree.)

My original idea was actually to use it to hold a photo, which could be changed out whenever you wanted.



That was okay, but as I was sitting here typing, it suddenly occurred to me that it would make a great recipe card holder on your kitchen counter. And it kind of makes more sense, too.



You should be able to make this for $2-$3, max. It would be nice to give it with some pretty recipe cards, either blank, or filled in with your favorite recipes.

Joining Reinvented's Trash to Treasure Tuesday.