Vintage Light Bulb Upcycling Wreath – Thrift Store Upcycle

A couple years back I scored a HUGE treasure of vintage light bulbs at a salvage yard. I’ve made jewelry with them and tinkered with Christmas ornaments, used them as vase filler… but then I wondered “what more?” That’s how this Vintage Light Bulb Wreath came to be! When I joined the Thrift Store Upcycle Challenge, I
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DIY Wreath for Spring

I still love the look of yarn wreaths but man, oh man, do they take forever to wrap! So when I saw Bernat’s Softee Chunky Yarn I immediately thought how amazing it would be for a yarn wrapped wreath! The Chunky Yarn is soft and wide, covering the wreath easily but having a much softer
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Recycled Map Page Wreath

With Earth Day coming up, I’m thinking of recycled and upcycled crafts. My tagline this year is “conscientious creativity” and that means that I want to make practical, well thought-out projects. This map page wreath was an idea born from seeing stacks of maps in the pages of encyclopedias I was taking apart to use for
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Fall Door Decor For Under Ten Dollars in Ten Minutes

It seems like every month I am changing out the wreath or hanging thing on my front door for some other season. I recently cleaned out my garage and noticed that alot of the door hangings and wreaths I had bought in the past were broken and falling apart so I got rid of them.
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Vintage Easter Door Hanging with Craft Attitude

Ahh, Spring is finally in the air! This season is so perfect for vintage style decorating, a little shabby chic, and a lot of pastel colors. My front door was in major need of some Spring sprucing up and I thought an Easter inspired door hanging would be just the ticket. But I didn’t want
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Double-Sided Frame Turned Wreath for Fall and Halloween

I’m of the Alton Brown school of thought – no “unitaskers” in my life! That means everything has to have more than just one use or purpose. The shape of this wood frame from Michael’s Stores really spoke to me but I could not justify buying more than one. With that decision, I set out
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Make A Wreath With Me on Crafty Hangouts!

This week we are having a blogger thrift store challenge around here.  The Crafty Hangouts  bloggers will be doing videos on thrift store makeovers that you don’t want to miss.  We will be posting all of the videos on Crafty Hangouts through out the week so be sure to stay tuned so you don’t miss any of the fun.
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