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| I LOVE collaging bits and pieces of salvaged wood and metal and adding my own wire touches to some |
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| wall mount jewelry organizer |
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| large garden art flowers |
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| wall plant/flower holder |
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| magnet board/organizer |
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| hanging light |
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| wire nest with pearl edge |
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| wire vine and vintage Kodak developer frame photo holder |
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| wall shadowbox |
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| tabletop jewelry tree |
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| industrial aluminum wall plant/flower holder |
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| note/photo holder Most items available in my ETSY shop: SASSYTRASH ANTIQUES AND DESIGNS |
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| If you find yourself cruising the north Georgia backroads...AND if you are heavy into junk-spotting... |
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| ...do not miss this FUNKIEST of all funky places: OLD CAR CITY USA |
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| Located a few minutes south of White, Ga on 411... |
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| ...this place has '4500 vintage cars spread over 34 acres'. |
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| You just wander around the maze of overgrown paths (you'll probably get lost but no worries--you'll eventually find your way out) viewing the rusty, reposing residents of this unique junkyard 'museum'. |
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| It's an amazingly surreal scene as the vegetation seems to envelop and nurture these forgotten beauties of times past. |
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| Every turn provides the perfect photo op. |
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| You'll quickly become rust-drunk...but press on...it just gets better and better. |
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| This one has to be my favorite....the face-like grimace is priceless. |
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| Patina, patina, patina..... |
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| .....and more PATINA! |
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| You can tell how long these cars have been here by how the trees have grown THROUGH them....some are completely surrounded by trees. |
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| Vintage car parts abound, but none are for sale...darn it! |
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| Photographers come from all over the world to snap the perfect old car photos. |
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| The folk-artsy signs provide bits of wisdom and humor along the way. |
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| (wait....WHAT?!) |
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| 'Jungle' is right...bring your bug spray! |
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| Aside from the fun of seeing the cool old cars, taking a leisurely nature walk, and getting great photos....I especially enjoyed thinking about how someone got creative (and downright brave) enough to start charging people 15 bucks a head just to wander around their junkyard!! (I can just imagine this guy sitting around with a few buddies drinkin' beer, and him saying: "I'm gonna charge people to walk through my junkyard." I bet he got big laughs....but he must be laughing all the way to the bank now, since the place was filled with us crazies who paid that.....AND ENJOYED EVERY MINUTE OF IT!! |
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| Barbed wire --so cool, but so cruel to work with! |
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| Never met a rusty patina I didn't love |
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| Truck salvage as art vases |
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| And wall vases |
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| Shoulda gotten more of these metal letters and numbers |
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| Recently found this unusual welded piece. |
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| Aside from the obvious use in adding round glass for the tabletop, the possibilities are abundant--especially if you are surrounded by lots of salvage junk to pick from (as I always seem to be, despite all my efforts to destash). |
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| A glass top provides the most tabletop space but I love how this looks with the rusty gear in the center, while still adding some function (as long as the items placed on top aren't too small!). |
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| I like this mixture of metals, textures and tones (large Pottery Barn charger in middle with my chicken wire spheres on top) in this arrangement, which transforms it from a table to a sculpture! |
