Welcome Beecharmer2! This is such a fun forum with the nicest of people! If you look on the GardenJunk homepage, you'll see "FAQ" at the top of the page. It tells how to make some of the cool projects you see on the forum. There's one for marbles on bowling balls...same idea as pennies. I'll post the link below. I haven't grouted mine but I bet someone else will speak to that. This was my first bowling ball. So easy and FUN! When you do a bowling ball, have a container you can sit it in. I used an old heavy pan. The GEII is a silicone sealant. I found mine in the glue department at Lowe's. Have fun! Post a picture if you create a Bowling Ball masterpiece!!! Kirk Here is a link that might be useful: Bowling Ball Creation

We have a few banner signs that we got from produce promotions in Plymouth, IN that say things like "fresh vegetables" and "fresh Produce". We hang them up on the back side of our metal carport that is also our location for our farm stand. You can see the banner from the highway where we're located. We are fortunate that my Dad's field goes up to the highway, so we hang one on the fence there too. We have an "A" frame plywood sign that we made ourselves at the end of the driveway. It has strips of industrial self stick velcro applied to it. We have the fuzzy part on the sign and the loopy part on the words. We have laminated words with the other part of the loopy part of the velcro on the back that we stick on the sign. Like if we have corn, "corn" is on the sign. If we have cucumbers, that's on the sign. The self stick part of the velcro worked for the first year, but now we just used a staple gun to attach it because the glue finally gave way. As soon as we sell out of something, the words for that item comes down. That way people don't have to pull in if we're out of something. We see people stop out front(not a busy road) and read the sign, and then pull in.(People said they really like this!) We do our stand on the honor system if we're gone or busy since it's back off the road, and we get the same people all the time. But there are more every year it seems. If we're not too busy or at home, we come out and wait on people, and if we happen to be gone, most people are ok with the system here since they know us from the times we do come out and talk to them. I advertise on facebook, I have a business page. I also make sure to tell people that we have a stand when I go to the farmers market. Sometimes now when people miss the market or just don't live closer to us, they come out now, they've told me. Also there is some kind of website through the state that you can advertise on for free I'll look and see if I can find the address. I know at least a couple of people came because of that ad. Hey I found it, link below. Here is a link that might be useful: indiana marketmaker

Yeah....canola oil will work....but tung oil is better. I know some "junkers"...people who buy stuff to garage sale out....who spray their piece with Pam. But canola and pam never really really dry....and they get dust stuck to them. Tung oil is meant to be used on furniture....and I think it has a drier in it. An alternative would be spray on lacquer....but you want to be sure you get it into all the groves or you will get rust again. An oil you brush on is best. As for the steel wool....use fine...it will scratch....but by using the fine, the scratches will be....fine!! Dip the steel wool in Brasso or BarKeepers Friend with a bit of water and scrub at those dark spots. I have a pair of mid 19th century brass push up candle sticks that were black as pitch....they had been in a fire.....they are now wonderful polished brass. Keep at it....it will happen and 10 years from now you will remember what a pain it was to clean up!!!

Cute dog! It might be an old bottom to a lamp, with the wiring being fed through the holes down through the two wings. Turn it over and peer through the bottom, is it hollow? Are there threads in the holes we can see on the pic to accommodate a screw in support for a socket?