OH, NOW THIS EXPLAINS MY DILEMA. I KNEW there had to be a deepness of the message that piece screams. This is absolutely a heartwarming piece, and now I see the meanings. NT. Lordy, child, if I could have what you have in your head and heart when I create something, I'd call myself an artist. The project touched my heart, and so does the story behind it. Bless all your hearts!!! and your creativity.

I installed shelves into my hall closet and have bins for everything. Labeled them with whatever is in it, toothbruses, paste, mouthwash. Make up was put in one, and I was saving the old large makeup kit for yard sale. Happened to think one day, that old makeup kit would be a good place for my jewelry pliers, pieces and parts for making and repairing jewelery. Now, if I could just remember where I put it. Found a small footstool with lid, changed it into a sewing kit. Found three long skinny storage bins, fit perfect inside to hold spools of thread. Scissors in one, others with needle threaders, thread cutters, small razor knife, etc. Works great, and so much more storage than small kit I had before. Also was able to store old hanks of embroidery thread. They work great for buttons and making closures for bags without one, add a loop of embroidery thread,( all 6 strands) and button to other side. All done, no muss no fuss. I pick up old notebooks and folders at yard sales, use them for project folders or storing important papers, use magazine holders for all the notebooks, and it is all in handy reach on shelf. even have special one with page protectors showing all my cut outs of excercises from a magazine,just flip to one I plan to do, and can page mark them for different days of week, what body part they focus on, etc. clothes pins, paint with different colors, add name with sharpie marker, and everyone has their own "important paper" pin. can also add magnets to stick on fridge. I use two magnets on my sliding screen door to keep from walking into it, just back to back. Also have some on my kitchen window, fruit and vegetables, my kitchen theme, keeps birds from flying into window and scaring the life out of me! Hung an old door knob with plate outside in my carport, holds wipe off board and marker for friends to leave me a note if I'm not home. have a small rolling plastic cart with drawers, topped it with topper of round table, and cloth with glass on top. Those little round cloth tables were so cute, but I needed extra storage space, can't see the cart. A two drawer file cabinet is the right height for the same thing. And serves as a table next to my favorite rocker. Love all your great ideas, hope I've given you some new ones.

Use part of it for a project pillow cases, or something, and then keep the remnants (hemmed or otherwise) for use as 'window' rags. For 100% clean streak free windows, I use straight alcohol, and my window rags. If windows are particularly dirty (from dust, bugs, and webs on the outside) I spray and clean them twice, using 2 different clean window rags. I don't like using newspapers, and don't care to buy paper towels for windows, mirrors, and the older glass TV screens. Sue

yard and aarden ornaments reusing old shovels, and tool parts creating metal frames to hold a wood top, box or basket for holding items to organize in the house Making pot rack kind of hanging mason jar holders for out of doors in the yard, for plants or candles S hooks to hang plants hooks to mount on the wall for clothing in a mud room handles for a cabinet trunk-like hardware for corners and handles, edges for a box for coffee table or storage stakes for plant ID, use paint on flat part at the top to write label on cut a kitchen stainless handle in 1/2 in the center, add length to it and you have a long custom handle. There are so many things you can do! Picture is to use for more ideas! Good luck! (my grandfather was a blacksmith and I used to 'help' him in the shop when I was young.