MeretriciousCreation

Nashville, TN, US
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Gender: Female

Birthday: 03/01/1977

Member Since: 02/02/2009

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Reclaimed box clocks

Nov 19, 2009
7 comments

These lightweight & easy to make clocks are made from heavyweight chipboard boxes that were used by my local school system to transport VHS tapes between the libraries. When they started...

Vintage Rotary Phone Clock

Oct 22, 2009
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This project just uses a run of the mill, vintage rotary phone that I got at an estate sale, a clock mechanism purchased from American Science & Surplus for $2.75 (can't beat that with a stick...

Our Lady of Guadalupe Virgin Mary Shrine

Oct 21, 2009
5 comments

I have a thing for Virgin Mary shrines, I'm not really sure why as I had a very non-religious upbringing. The beauty of Virgin Mary related art just touches me somehow so I have a tendency to...

Rustic Virgin Mary Shrine

Oct 21, 2009
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I have a thing for Virgin Mary shrines, I'm not really sure why as I had a very non-religious upbringing. The beauty of Virgin Mary related art just touches me somehow so I have a tendency to...

Vintage Caster Easel with Bon Ami sign

Aug 11, 2009
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This design is from the Junk Market Style magazine, (which makes me salivate every time I open it) and I just happened to find a place that sold antique casters for $3 per pair right after I saw the...

Crumbling Luck

Jul 15, 2009
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This is made from an old drawer which, judging by the shape, likely came out of a sewing machine cabinet. I found this poor little guys behind some bushes in an estate sale (yeah I'm THAT kind...

Religious Shrines

Jul 15, 2009
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These are made from the top & bottom of a broken vintage jelwery box. The metal Virgin Mary I bought online, but the cross came from an estate sale. The arches on top were cross...

All-Seeing

Jul 15, 2009
6 comments

Made from: vintage old-stock ceramic doll head various jewels & broken vintage finery some wicked curved razor blades that were in the bottom of a toolbox that I bought at an estate sale a wooden...

Hammer + Nails = Happiness

Jun 29, 2009
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I have a serious addiction to scrap lumber and metal. Any alley or construction dumpster is a treasure trove waiting to be plundered. I am also a sucker for furniture & architectural...

upcycled brass bowl windchimes

Jun 25, 2009
6 comments

I have always loved brass bowls & brass bells, but was at a loss for how to display/use them. Brass decorative items have been out of style for a while so they are fairly easy to find...

Vintage tea tin pendant lights

Jun 25, 2009
9 comments

After finding a ton of EXTREMELY inexpensive prisms at the local hardware store I decided to upcycle some of the many, many (many, many, MANY) tea tins I had stashed all over the house. The...

Re: Vintage Rotary Phone Clock

Suewannabeinkc: I made a coat rack for a gear-head friend of mine using old window cranks. I just used a distressed plank and screwed the handles on with extra long screws with a couple of nuts as spacers to hold the cranks a little further away from the board. Unfortunately I don't have a picture. I finished it off with an old ford grill emblem centered on the top as he was a big Ford truck guy. He called it "manly crafts"...
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posted: 10:29 am on October 21st

Re: Headed to Class

I have this exact plant stand as well (in black), I use it as a display in my craft fairs. It's funny how many of us are drawn to the exact same items!
:)

posted: 2:03 pm on August 11th