Fork Stand
 

I saw the neatest stand someone made with a fork
to hold your finished card one here. Do you remember
it? I didn't save it and now i want to make one.
I have looked everywhere i can think of and still
can't find it. Can you help me find it.
Thanks

My friend Nikki used to make them - do you mean like this? Fork Easel by WHIMSYlove on Etsy

I don't think she does them any more :( I would love to have one!

How neat! I did not see any at her store. :(

Thank you so much Lydia!!! That was the one i was looking for. I knew i
wasn't crazy and i saw it somewhere. Thank You. Now to find those forks
i put away just for this. :D

I love these how cute!!

How cool are these !!! I was looking for a idea to hold our daughters Birthday Card Jan 11th. This is great

Ok, I need help. How would you make these? Can you bend the fork with just a pair of pliars or do you need to heat the metal?

Is there some directions on how to make a Fork Easel? Please help

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I bought one of these at a flea market and then found a bag of six really neat old forks at the same flea market for $1.00!

I was able to bend the forks with 2 pliers (one with regular gripping surface and one needle nose to bend the ends in those tiny curls). I did have to hold each tine over the flame on my gas stove for about 30 seconds before I could bend it.

The only problem I had was the plier teeth left marks on the forks. I'll bet jewelers have tools that would not leave marks.
Lynn

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[QUOTE=pressed4time;18968072]I bought one of these at a flea market and then found a bag of six really neat old forks at the same flea market for $1.00!

I was able to bend the forks with 2 pliers (one with regular gripping surface and one needle nose to bend the ends in those tiny curls). I did have to hold each tine over the flame on my gas stove for about 30 seconds before I could bend it.

The only problem I had was the plier teeth left marks on the forks. I'll bet jewelers have tools that would not leave marks.
Lynn

There were no pictures available and the links we unproductive as well. It sounds like the technique you used will work great..I'll have to try it ;)

[QUOTE=dmcg;18968119]Sorry, I guess the pics I just posted in my gallery were deleted because they weren't stamping. I'll try just posting them in this message.

Thanks for the instructions. I'm going to give it a try.

[QUOTE=pressed4time;18968137]Those forks look very stable..I'm going to have to experiment..:

Wow! How cool is that! I've never seen these. I have taken a fork and bent the handle about have way down the shank. You bend it so that it almost touches itself. Then you bend the tines of the fork so that you can put a split ring for your keys on them. Now you have a cool key ring that you can slip over the top edge of your pants, purse, pocket, etc. I love the one I made, even though it is not a perfect job. I don't have to dig around in the bottom of my purse.

[QUOTE=pressed4time;18968137]Oh how FUN!! Now are these stainless or sterling?

Do you bend the fork toward or away from the tines? Do you have a picture..? [The ability to generate an image in my brain seems to have left me along with my sanity..hope they're having fun together.. ;)]

I'm not sure. I think it would work with both.

Oh how FUN!! Now are these stainless or sterling?[/QUOTE]

It doesn't really matter which way you bend it because you will be bending it so that it will almost touch the other part of the fork. The tines I bent away from the bent part so I had room to bend the times enough to enclose the split ring. If I had the ability to post a photo, I would. It's rather hard to explain with words only. Sorry! I do think it would be easier if I would have thought to heat it a little first.

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Now to find some forks! I went to our goodwill, and there was not a fork in the whole store. Not one. Drat!

i found some neat forks (unfortunately, stainless not plate) at Salvation Army. Got them bent and they look adorable. I am excited to give them to my neice today for Christmas!! Oh, and I did a little relish fork for a recipe card holder as a bonus. :)

Diana,
Pretty easy, isn't it? I just love it when a project turns out good. A friend suggested I wrap the teeth of the pliers with painter's masking tape (the blue stuff) to prevent the teeth marks on the fork tines. I haven't tried it yet, but it should work as long as I keep the taped pliers out of the flame. LOL
Lynn

Yep, they were easy. DH got into it and after I quit with the ones I needed, he did all the forks I bought and did all sorts of cool designs!

Diana and Lynn, Can you post some photos? Would love to do this for mom's day!

TFS, Sue :)

Sue,
See post #12. HTH

So cute!

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now that is one gorgeous forkstand!! you should sell those!!

the dollar tree sells sets of 4 forks, those would be good to try!

hmm.......i need a few things from there, think i will add them to my list ;)