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Two Repurposed Sewing Machine Drawer Holiday Card Holders

Here's a couple of repurposed holiday creations using some antique sewing machine drawers, vintage yardsticks, old keys, and wooden alphabet blocks.

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Deck the Halls with Ball Jars of Holly

Deck the Halls with Ball Jars of Holly...falalalala...Sorry, I couldn't help it.

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3 Shades of Christmas Tree.

Sorry...just could not contain myself. Notice the 3 shades are housed in a gray room. Even Better!

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Driftwood & Rust

I found a piece of driftwood and of course, I thought it would make a great base for a tree. I purchased the birds on the 127 yard sale. They worked perfectly! A little rust garland and...

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MY LOVE TREE

when we could not successfully remove a tree from our yard, I decided to make her an object of love.  I placed a church birdhouse on the top and made a sign out of old bits and pieces and hung...

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Tomato Cage Christmas Tree

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Christmas theme: Spring is coming

I just can't be traditional.  I set up my tree for the town's festival of trees yesterday.  Theme:  Spring is coming.  Elements used: rake handle, tomato cage, pitchfork, and what...

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Alter-na-tree

In September, when we were driving home from vending at Country Living Fair, we took a break from driving to get coffee and do some antique shopping. we found this unassuming little hole in the wall...

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Deck the tree with junky stuff. . .

All in all I think this is my favorite tree I've ever done, probably because it's more "me."  It also gives a purpose to all those lovely junky things that are just lying around the house, so...

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Vintage Pennant Ornaments

I've been collecting vintage travel pennants for years. I decided to use one as a tree topper and thought it looked so cool that I covered the entire tree.

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Tutorial - Making a Recycled Junk Christmas Tree with a Twist

I am a fan of Lani's Christmas tree post project that she did for this website, but wanted to do something on a smaller budget, so here is my results. There are 2 posts, one for building it and one with it decorated.

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