DIY Salvaged Junk Projects 453 - Tart tin snowman, spool wreath, tree shelf, faux gingerbread, stenciled stocking, plus! Features and NEW up-cycled projects!

I had a couple of hours Friday morning before a doctor’s appointment to run to a couple of sales. One was an early garage sale — in the cold, cold rain down a muddy, muddy driveway! I bought one item. I also hit an estate sale where I found a few things. On Saturday morning,...

Vintage projects, DIY, Sewing art, Crafts, Vintage inspiration, sewing crafts, Vintage thread spools, up cycle crafts

It's always fun to take a look back at the start of a new year, so I did some digging and found your favorite green crafting posts of 2016.

Wooden or plastic, stop throwing away your used-up thread spools. Instead of letting them pile up at the dump, repurpose them in beautiful and functional ways.

Sorting through a box of old threads from an estate sale purchase, I discovered several wood thread spools that were too classic vintage to discard. They had to have a new life.

Spool tree

Another ornament? Yep! This one is a super easy Christmas List ornament tutorial, the one I made for Craft Snob. I was inspired by this from Pinterest pic. Super cute right? Here's mine: Normally I put

I have about 100 old and new Thread spools to save for a craft project. In the old days the thread spools were all in wood, which you could easily burn in the fireplace