This is one of those little projects that just came together, like, well, something that came together so easily, it was just like, meant to be.
I bought a vintage iron off a lady on Facebook the other day, and unlike most old electrical appliances which come with a cut cord, this one was intact. It had the loveliest bakelite power plug on the end of a very thick cord I almost didn’t cut it off.
But cut it did, cause I’m using the iron as my front door stop (of course!). I looked at the cute plug and thought “hey, I can do something with that!”

Please ignore the dirty floor… who on earth thought black and white tiled lino would be a good idea on a farm with dogs and mud and men who don’t take off their boots?
So I had this plug and I thought, “this would make a great business card holder!”
Into the casita* I went, to look through my collection of wooden bits. I have a shelf full of all kinds of wooden things waiting to be used to make other wooden things. Among my collection I had a lot of these small mounting plates – used in old houses to hold light switches.
Perfect.
I undid the plug, removed the wiring, used a bolt and butterfly nut underneath to secure the plug to the mounting plate, and voila! The cutest business card holder this side of creation.
It’s the perfect thing for a junky creator like myself. Why have a simple box for your cards when you can have this?
I think I’ll enjoy this little guy a while then list him in my Etsy shop for sale. He’s just so darn cute!
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*casita = the old house on the property, our shed, my workshop
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Love your project.
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Thanks Fonda!
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That is GENIUS!! I love the iron doorstop too 😊
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Thank you! 🙂 I’ll be making more soon as I get more plugs. I think they’re pretty awesome.
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