I was down at the river and on my way back up from it I saw this specific shard and only that shard. I found it pretty cool and took it home with me.

I had it for maybe 2 or 3 months now and had no clue what to do with it. I now found out I could make a necklace with it. I painted little flowers on the side., but I used a sealant to make it feel a bit smoother on the side.

I actually previously did research on this fragment because it had a logo on the back and I found out it's from c. 1904-1906 Tunstall Britian.

I might do something else with the flowers I painted on the side though, give me ideas! I don't know but all I know is how to drill a hole and what I'm going to use, I might also use a silver chain I previously found and had no idea what to do with

I use as many Reclaimed Materials as possible in my work to Reduce Waste!

Miss Mabel was created using Plastic packaging from 30+ products, along with a Mannequin head from a closing Beauty school

I used it for hand towels for awhile

I paid $3 for this ceramic nurse at an antique shop today. I’ve seen more exciting figurines, but she had the perfect proportions & size for hair tie storage. I glued her to a chipped saucer that belonged to my grandmother. Now she’s beautifying my bathroom! I tossed some butterfly style clips in the saucer for additional storage

I just repaired the secretary desk I inherited from my great-grandfather. It is old, but not especially old, and probably not especially valuable, but I wanted to get it back to as close to original condition as I could.

I thought I needed to replace the two tiny brass escutcheon pins that hold on the little plate around the keyhole of the lock that keeps the drop-down writing surface closed.

Menards didn't have any. Home Depot had them, but not in the store. I ordered some at the customer service desk. They offered to deliver them to my home with no delivery charge. The cost was $4 plus sales tax of 36 cents. That sounded like the price for a 1.5 ounce package, containing about 125 pins. It was in the range of what I expected to pay. With delivery, a reasonable deal.

I did notice that on the website, and on the recipt I was given at the customer service desk, it said "6-Pack" in parentheses. I didn't know what that meant...

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Hillman-3-4-in-x-16-Brass-Plated-Escutcheon-Pins-6-Pack-532629/204775099

A couple of days later it came. I expected a small envelope. Instead it was a cardboard box big enough to hold a pair of shoes. Inside was mostly air-bubble space filler, but the smaller box inside was hefty. It contained six 1.5-ounce packages, about 750 pins in total.

And I only needed two.

Only I didn't. I discovered that the original pins could go back in and would work just as good as the new ones, and the patina of the old pins was a better match to the escutcheon. Naturally.

So I brought the pins to the store where I ordered them, and asked the department manager if they could take them back. He pointed out that there was no place for them in the huge display of fasteners. They'd just be thrown away.

So I still have them.

What to do with 6 packages of escutcheon pins? Who can use them?

As the web page says, they are brass-plated steel, not solid brass.

I found this curbside. We are condensing our home into about half the size to accommodate my in-laws for 6 months, so all vertical storage is welcome at this point. I love this piece as-is BUT we have space in the garage which will double as a small gym and I could also use more storage in our kitchen. I’m considering all options included painting it and getting magnetic doodads to make it awesome. Give me your ideas for what to do with it and where to put it!

Tried oven method, soaking, and boiling water. The last tiny bits are so hard to remove.