A Chicken Feeder and a Mason Jar

Do you ever have moments when you lay down in bed and an idea hits you?   So do I.   This idea was one of those.  

  I already had a few primitive candle lights, some mason jars and a couple of galvanized chicken feeders in my stash.  

  1st - I took the candle light apart   (remember how you took it apart, so you can put it back together correctly)  

  2nd - drilled a hole in the center of the bottom of the chicken feeder (with my husbands help on the drill press)  

  3rd - placed the gold bolt through the hole from the bottom of the chicken feeder and screwed the silver column part of the light onto it from the top. (forgot to take a pic)   4th - ran the wire through the bottom hole and through the silver column and reattached the wires.  

  5th- slid the faux candle covering over the silver column, put in a lightbulb and plugged it in  

  6th - screw a mason jar on top  

  7th - add rubber feet to the bottom - this keeps it sitting level   

  8th - decorate!  

 

or not

 

 

As you probably noticed I used a Blue Ball mason jar and a clear jar. I like them both.

 

What do you think - blue or clear?

 

I also made a second lamp with a half gallon jar and a different style chicken feeder.

 

 

The feeder part of this one is like a bowl. Lots of decorating options here too.

I added a wreath of red pip berries in the pic above and left it plain in the pic below.

 

 

The FRESH EGGS sign was a pallet project.

The chicken egg basket was a find today and all of these items are available in my Etsy shop.

 

How would you decorate one of these lamps?

 

I'd love to hear your ideas.

 

 

'til next time,

 

 

 

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