awesome silverware windchime

15 years ago

you have to check this out....My daughter was at the Earth Day Festival last week in Davis, CA and she told me how much I missed. Anyhow one thing was an awesome windchime made of silverware...cuz she knows how much I love them. I have a few but heres a new design...might have to try this myself...

Here is a link that might be useful: silverware windchime

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cindee11461
Original Author
15 years ago
here are two more

Here is a link that might be useful: more silverware windchimes
toomuchglass
15 years ago
Now who would think of that ??? It's awesome !!!
There are sure some creative people out there .
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i use beading wire and crimping beads, i don't know offhand what size, and use crimp beads to hold them. i make silver ware wind chimes and this is what i use for them they hold up great,makes a bit neater piece of art using the wire and crimping beads, and ones i made last year the wire looks like new. i ve also found the fishing line gets weak and breaks too soon too somewhere i have photos of my wind chimes made of old silver plate trinket trays, with porcelain roses glued to it and jewelry wire, and glass beads. i use extra crimp beads on the hanging wire
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I love it Too Much! I have been trying to figure out ways to avoid drilling too. As much stained glass work as I do, I can't believe I didn't think of this idea before! I am so glad that you shared this! Soldering like this is easy guys! You have to get a soldering iron and the lead. You just have to hold the soldering iron to the lead and hold the lead solder to the iron until it heats up enough to melt it...Oh don't forget to put a little flux on before you do it...and it will do the rest for you...the rings you can make yourself by wrapping the tinned wire...get it the same place you get your lead came, solder and soldering iron...at a stained glass supplier. Wrap the wire around something that is round and the size you want your rings as many times as the number of rings you want. Then cut with wire cutters and you will have rings. Put the open place on the ring where you are soldering it to the plate and it will close the ring up so nothing can slip through the little slot. Sorry for jumping in to answer the questions for you Too Much. I just wanted everyone to have as much fun as we have doing things like this....and save them the drilling too!
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I've never seen them shaped like mushrooms,sounds interesting. I tried to click the DIY link and kept getting "timed out", I'd love to see and get some more ideas. Here are some I've made from silver-plated utensils and trays, beading wire,old glass prisms and glass beads.
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When I made one a couple years ago, I used a tiny drill bit to make a hole in the handles and attached a ring in it. I wore out a couple of bits doing it though. I also flattened my silver which was a lot of hard work. It's been hanging out on the front porch for about 5 years and has really weathered well, considering that I had no idea what I was doing when I made it. Cheryl
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luna_llena_feliz
15 years ago
Never thought of the idea of using a teapot like that! Very pretty! Thanks for sharing!
Bright199
15 years ago
I like the way she only used the bowl of the spoon. Wonder how they cut the handles off.
snowbunny_wi
15 years ago
OMG those are so cute! I came across some old silver spoons and forks but passed them up since they were $1 ea. I bet I could go back and get them though. Now to find an old teapot.
ladytexan
15 years ago
This is bad!! and this is so neat at the same time.

I have been a lurker for some time. After checking email, this is my first destination. This site is so great and I've gotten so many ideas.

Right now I am buying and saving glass to begin some totems.

This thread is bad because - I'm finally having that yard sale to get rid of so much of the things I have accumulated over the years that my children don't want and is just something for me to have to work around.

One of those things is a big box of silverplate pieces, trays, compotes, etc, and 4 silverware boxes of silverplate - some of this kinda good - some not.

I was all set to start pricing this when I saw this thread - so now back into the 'I'm gonna' department for these.

These are so great and as soon as this yard sale is over, I'm going to make some.

Thanks everyone for being so generous with the tips, pictures, and ideas.
kudzukween
15 years ago
Those are great, I've seen this site before when I was checking out things to make from spoons :) Here's a few of my silver wind chimes......LadyTexan, I'd hang on to those silver plated trays! Try your hand at mosaics or wind chimes with them.

Here is a link that might be useful: my Album-things I made
ladytexan
15 years ago
Those spoon pendants are lovely!!

Oh dear, another 'I'm gonna'.

I can't think of what to call it, but are those spoons filled with the plastic stuff that you simply pour?

In the back of one of the upstairs room are a 'few' boxes of old jewelry, and lots and lots of beads I have rescued from old clothing, etc.

Oh, all the silver stuff is going back into the storage building - hopefull I'll sell enough stuff out of it to have room to actually see what I have.
rosebush
15 years ago
Kudzuqween, those spoon pendants and bracelets are lovely! How did you make them? My grown daughters and I are trying to do a DIY Christmas this year, to save $$. They would make perfect gifts!
Rosemary
jeannespines
15 years ago
kutz - glad Rosebud bumped this up...I am always in AWE seeing your spoon pendants and bracelets...they are just AWESOME! Jeanne S.
sunnyca_gw
15 years ago
Kudz,1st time I've seen your album,you have done so many lovely things! What a treat! Thanks! Oh, I noticed the sugarbowl windchime sold for $66. Really like the spoons cut off & adding shells & beads!! Welcome ladytexan, hard to stay away when you want to join in the fun!!Jan
kudzukween
15 years ago
Thanks for the compliments, Ya'll :D I make the wind chimes by pounding silver-plated spoons and forks flat. You don't have to flatten them if you don't want to, they still make a beautiful sound. I drill the holes in the handles, and either use a small silver plated coaster or tray and drill holes in that to hang the utensils from, or I use 2 silver plated forks and curl the tines of them, and wire them together, to hang the utensils from the curled tines. I use beading wire and crimping beads to hang them up, and a glass pendant to hang from the center.
Boy, I hope that makes sense, I'm on my first cup of coffee :D
For the spoon bracelets and spoon pendants, I cut them with a small bolt cutter, this is one of my favorite tools...it cuts nice and smooth, that's how they got the spoon bowls cut like that.
I use 2 pair of pliers to bend the spoon handle for bracelets. For spoon bowl pendants, I leave a small piece of the handle to curl under to hang it with, if that isn't possible, I'll drill a hole to attach a jump ring to hang it with. I add little things, pictures, words, beads, dried flowers,glitter....and I use Clear-Cast resin. I buy it at Michaels, and you can use a coupon to buy it. It costs about $20 regular price, and you only need a small amount to fill a lot of spoons or bottle caps.
I hope this helps!
Kudzu/Cherry

Here is a link that might be useful: Kudzu's Blog
akup_a
15 years ago
Cherry: You do beautiful work. Thanks for sharing your creations.
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rosebush
15 years ago
Thanks, Cherry!