One of my blogging promises has been to post on projects or plans that don’t work as planned. Yesterday, after hanging my newly crafted plaque, I looked out the window to see an empty hook. The plaque was lying topsy-turvy on the front lawn, the wire I used to hang it broken and frayed. Hmmmm….my plaque was behaving more like a windmill than a sign of peace. What was the solution?

I tried taping first…electrical tape, duct tape. My next idea was a shepherd’s hook positioned directly beneath the plaque. None of my solutions worked. Finally, the answer dawned on me. I needed to keep the plaque steady by stabilizing more than just the center of the hanger, which by the way I replaced with a sturdy leather lace.

Success!!! After moving the plaque closer to the house to block some of the wind, I found two hooks worked to keep the plaque from wildly swinging, and my “PEACE ON EARTH” stayed firmly in place through a very windy night. The moral of my tale: Sometimes two hooks work better than one.