Today I needed a little thrift store therapy. So I headed to Salvation Army- my personal stress relief and cure for the common "I'm going crazy!" kind of day. On my second trip through the cluttered aisles, I came across a stunning collection of glass insulators. These beautiful, transparent figures were calling my name. But I refrained from the hoarder within and just settled for 2. I knew that they probably weren't worth a lot, but that they had a story to tell. I found that glass insulators date back to the days of the telegraph and as technology progressed they were eventually used on telephone and power lines. Wow! Something with once such a practical purpose is now going to be on display like art. Now that is recycling at its finest!
I feel inspired to do something extraordinary with them, but challenged at the same time. They deserve a well thought-out plan of creativity; but there are so many options and the over-use of them will take away from their charm. So for now, I think they will be new members of my glass bottle display or maybe even bookends. But in the future (and after much DIY research) they will be prominently hung above my kitchen island as light fixtures.
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