Bird Feeder

So, I’ve been busy,busy,busy…From my daughter and grandbabies visiting to helping my Mom move and the subsequent rearranging of things around the house to accommodate all the items Mom didn’t want (including a 55 gallon fish tank!) but I think I can now get back sharing all the crazy things I do…This bird feeder was something I had been thinking about since I made a bird house for my Mom at Christmas (using the pine cone petals). I never took a picture of it (I wish I did, now that she moved,I’ll probably never see it again…) Anyway, I hope it inspires someone!

Coffee Fix

Coffee makers can be a challenge after they’ve been in use for a year or more. Ours is no different…I made a small pot a while back and found the filter had fallen over which allowed the coffee grounds into the pot. I poured the coffee into a pitcher, cleaned out the pot, added a new filter and then poured it back thru the clean filter.This took a bit of time and the coffee had cooled off a bit. So I came up with this little fix-it idea to reduce the time and keep my coffee from getting too cold…

I used a large creamer container, sharp scissors,a hot glue gun and for the holes, I used a wood burner fitted with a bolt ( a nail and hammer could also be used)…

As you can see in the picture, I cut the container at the bend, trimmed down the piece with the cap to accommodate the coffee filter, added a line of hot glue around the bottom and made holes in the cap (I used a bit of sandpaper to get the glue to stay, an emery board would work as well).

Done…now I’m ready for the next time grounds have gotten into my coffee!

                         

I have the hardest time making equal sized burgers and sausage patties. I actually bought a burger maker and found it didn't work well nor did it get clean in the dishwasher. So I looked around my supplies and saw that the margarine containers were just about the right size (with burger shrinkage) and had lots of em’ (enough to experiment with).

As you can see from the pictures, it was very simple and because the pieces separate, they clean up well in the dishwasher (they hold up a good long time too, I’ve used these over and over).

I just cut the container wall down to the height I wanted for my burgers, cut a hole in the bottom big enough to push the burger thru while maintaining the strength of the container. I cut the lid the size of the inside of the container at the bottom. (I used a piece of paper to measure the size before cutting the lid).

Place the lid piece in the bottom of the container, add the burger, pat it down, then turn it over and push the bottom out and thru, wa-la…nice, even burgers… (I used a container that held crab meat (Mmm) for the sausage patties but the small margarine containers are about the same size) Thanks for reading…ReUseItNut…