My New Door Hanger

by Karen Hurst

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Hello. This is my first project posted here. So please forgive me...but I just had to share. My door hanger. My daughter gave me an old plastic sun clock, the glass front was missing. It's been sitting a while waiting for me to figure out what I want to do with it. My best friend found what I call hen n chicks in her flower bed when they moved into their new place. She gave me a few. I decided I wanted something different on my front door unlike a wreath plus spring is almost here YEA!! So. Here is my clock upcycle into a planter door hanger.

First I removed the screws on the back that would hold the glass. And took off the clock component

Tiny screws taken out. Front face removed. Clock component removed

Then drilled holes in the bottom for drainage..

I had a coco replacement basket I bought on clearance last year and cut it a bit larger than the ring that was screwed on that use to hold the glass in. I had some pebbles and stones left over from another project

Layed the stones and pebbles in where I thought they may need to be and covered the area with felt to help keep the potting soil from blocking the holes

Tiny piece of felt I had from another project under the rocks

Cut and pressed the coco basket into the ring and around the screw holes

Front look of the coco press3d into the ring

These poor babies needed a new life and home. I replaced the front ring screwed it back together just as it was. It's holding in place well.

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Pat Ruge on Feb 23, 2018

What a unique idea, Karen, looks great. Just hope you saved the hands and face of the clock - you will find something to do with them later. I buy old broken clocks just for these items. Trust me.

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- Karen Hurst on Mar 12, 2018
  
  Thank you.. I didn't save the face. There wasn't a glass face/cover. And the part with numbers was a thick piece of vinyl or something glued inside. The tiny hands were like little arrows and bent. I did keep them for another project. (maybe 1 day I will use them)
  
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KattywhampusLOL on Mar 10, 2018

WOW! Karen, I never would have thought of doing something like that, and it looks terrific! So glad you are posting projects. I can't wait to see what you come up with and pick your brain (eww THAT sounds disgusting doesn't it? LOL but you know what I mean) ;)

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- Karen Hurst on Mar 12, 2018
  
  Aaawwww thanks.. I have a million idea's... It's just getting them to come out the way I want them to..LOL. I do have several things I've made using pallets. Biggest project is my tiny back yard (I rent) and it had a falling down wire fence. Now its all wood pallets. Also my little chicken pen is pallets. 3 benches and table, Bird feeder and veggie garden are parts from pallets. I'm working on a pallet coffee table now.
  
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- KattywhampusLOL on Mar 12, 2018
  
  OH TO BE ABLETO PHYSICALLY TEAR THEM DOWM AND REBUILD THEM INTO SOMETHING FACTASTIC LIKE THAT! I have tons of ideas for pallets too but not the physical ability to tear them down (maybe to rebuild them into something but not to tear them down). The man who lives behind us here surprised us last summer when my sister and I woke up and found about 124 pallets in our south yard (not only does my sister own the house we live in but the yard plots on each side of her home too). We both had heard noise during the evening but didn't check on it because we thought the man across the alley from us was just having yet another loud and rowdy party with his tons of loud and rowdy friends. HAH! That taught us to always get up and check if we hear something that shouldn't be going on in the middle of the night. HE HAD MOVED THOSE PALLETS ONTO OUR PROPERTY WITHOUT PERMISSION rather than moving them into his own yard where he holds his parties! He told us he was going to use the wood to rebuild his burnt out house before winter comes around, and whatever is left over he is using for fuel to stay warm. She sked him to move them to his yard. He refused. The police and some other authorities got involved, and finally in November the pallets were moved --- into the double garge of a house next to him that had been vacated (they filled the entire garage). His problem is done, but we are still dealing with the damage he did to our lawn, and we know court won't solve it as he has no stable income -- oh well --- I sure would have charged him RENT IN THE FORM OF PALLETS if I would have had the ability to tear them down so I could use them LOL ;) Karen, have a ball with your energy and creativity. I'm in your corner kiddo ;)
  
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- Karen Hurst on Mar 13, 2018
  
  It's a job for sure, taking apart pallets. I'm not physically able to do it myself. But I have a saw LOL. Some of the pallets are just cut in half. Or painted and placed in an upright position. Which is how my fencing is around my back yard.
  
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- KattywhampusLOL on Mar 13, 2018
  
  oh Karen! LOVE IT! I have hopes of getting a reciprocating saw soon, and that should be able to be a big help :) HAVE FUN GIRL!
  
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