What can you do with a $3 bolt of wire?

 

 This not a question I ever thought I would be asking myself.  After randomly picking up a $3 bolt of wire last week at Home Depot, I have been extremely interested in what I can make with it. I know what you are thinking, wire is not exciting ...but it is!

When you are on sites like Pottery Barn they have so many things created out of wire that don't really look that difficult to make.

So over the past week, this is what I have made for $3 with wire (and still have some left over):

I have made the wire photo holders (version 1) (version 2)

 Made my daughter's name to put on her shelf (it is approximately 32 inches wide)

 Accented a Dollar Store frame. I am still working on this and this might be a separate post if I can think up a few more idea ...since I still have some wire left over :)

Made the word 'love' (18 wide) to put above a photo. I think I might spray paint it with Oil Rubbed Bronze.

There is nothing really complicated with any of these designs. They were easy to make and only took a short time.

The one tip I have is don't bend the wire too much until you are sure it is in the position you want. The wire is forgiving but not if you do a 'hard' bend on it.

What do you think of my $3 spent?  Not bad huh!