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Old Posted: 27-04-2008 , 07:05 PM #1
unapam
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Default Re-purposing: Ideas...

Here are more items that used to be other things before I was let loose on them!
Pink cushion decorated on one side with accordian pleat lace that used to be on a slip and leftover roses fabric and on the other side with a vintage ladies hanky and a scrap of quilted fabric in heart shape.

A cream door with glass panes. I rescued it from a skip. It used to be a door to a garden summer house. (I have a second one of these In Leitrim, any takers?)

Two cupboard doors in my bathrom that used to be in an old house as doors to under the stairs. I just painted and added the black handles

From the same old house (they were getting a velux window in roof so "Fingers Flynn" -that's me, was on hand to rescue the old natural slates)- I used them to make a name plaque painted with a Tippex pen and decorated with an old metal butterfly brooch, drilled and threaded with a piece of stray wire.

A handwritten letter framed in two frames makes an unusual display and I love to read and reread it.

Some old hardback books that I will never read but they make a lovely vignette with the old candle holder on top. Or also look great tied up with ribbon.

An old swan plant holder padded with old fabric and covered with red gingham and great to display my vintage hat pin collection. I will add the matching recycled jar that I also used red gingham fabric on and I use to store my old button collection.

and finally.... a paper butterfly made from wrapping paper
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