Doorknob Photo Holder

January 29, 2016 By Karen Creel

I went to a new antique and salvage store in Chattanooga called the Refindery. Most of the things there I would love to have had but the prices were a little out of my reach. (You get spoiled when you go to flea markets and can pick up things less expensively.) In addition to antiques, they also have a STORE full of salvage materials.

When I passed by a bin full of old doorknobs the rusty ones caught my eye. They cost less than the brass ones, but I like rusty better. I bought seven.

I brought out some old rusty wire and twine and decided to make a doorknob photo and business card holder.

I started by wrapping the wire around the doorknob.

And bending the wire into shapes to hold the photo or card.

I finished the wire with some twine to make it look a little neater.

And added my business card and a picture of me at 18 months.

Easy peasy!

Happy Crafting,

Karen

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I’m not sure when my fascination with junk began, but gardening was in my blood from an early age. I remember my grandmother could throw a few seeds out and have the prettiest flowers. Sweet peas were rampant beside the front porch. I can see her now, bent over pulling weeds, and I find myself doing the same thing anytime I’m in the yard. My dad was raised on a large farm, and even though he moved away, and we always lived in the city, he had a garden. He had me help him plant a garden in May before he died in August. So you can see, gardening just comes naturally to me.

I can’t explain the love of rusty and all things chippy, but I have dug through more barns and sheds than I would like to admit to bring out a rusty wagon or old chicken feeder.

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