MeretriciousCreation

Nashville, TN, US
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Gender: Female

Birthday: 03/01/1977

Member Since: 02/02/2009

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Vintage Rotary Phone Clock

Oct 22, 2009
16 comments

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
4 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...

Vintage Caster Easel with Bon Ami sign

Aug 11, 2009
8 comments

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
2 comments

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
3 comments

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!
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posted: 2:03 pm on August 11th