I’m so excited to share this with you today! An easy project-how to make ornaments out of happy meal toys or your child’s favorite action figures. Step by step directions to make your own today!
Vintage Happy Meal Toy Ornaments
Christmas Decor
Colorful Glittered Pine Cones
How to make pretty, colorful glittered pine cones for your home decor. Lots of tips and tidbits to make this an easy afternoon project. Which is your favorite color?
Scrap Wood Christmas Decor
How to make scrap wood Christmas decor projects for your home, or as gifts for friends, neighbors teachers and more. Easy details included.
Tree Branch Christmas Decorations
How to make easy tree branch Christmas decor with items from your yard! Use pinecones, small branches and more! Step by step directions.
Countdown to Christmas | Perpetual Calendar
How to turn a perpetual calendar into a countdown to Christmas project. An easy project that the kids could even help with. Bonus–it holds candy canes!
JOY Christmas letters
How to make Joy Christmas letters out of reclaimed oak flooring. Tips on gluing the pieces together, painting and more. Fairly quick project.
Trash to Treasure Christmas Decor Ideas
This collection of over 150 trash to treasure Christmas Decor Ideas from 7 top DIY bloggers will have you trying to decide what to make first. What is your favorite?
House Cubby Wall Shelf
How to make a house shaped cubby wall shelf! I will be honest and tell you it takes a lot of patience, but it’s well worth it in the end. I was inspired by another blogger, so be sure to check out her project to see how our projects differ.
Dollar Tree Christmas Village Update with Paint
This easy Dollar Tree project is perfect for your mantel or centerpiece for your table. Yes, paint a Dollar Tree Christmas village and use natural elements for a quick and easy project.
Wood Slice Ornaments from Tree Branches
How to make custom wood slice ornaments using a tree branch from your yard. Also, did you know you can easily purchase these wood slices online?
Christmas Stocking Shelf
How to make an easy Christmas Stocking Shelf, perfect for holiday decor and your family’s Christmas stockings. Step by step directions for you to make your own project. Lots of tips and painting ideas.
Pallet Wood Christmas Tree diy
Just in time for Christmas, you can make a cute pallet wood decoration for your home. Easy instructions included. Make a pallet wood Christmas tree today.
Christmas Stocking Hanger | Make Your Own
How to make a Christmas stocking hanger out of a repurposed headboard. This easy tutorial will give you all the details you need to make your own Christmas stocking holder for your family.
repurposed clock project
I used a free old clock to make a repurposed project for Christmas. The clock frame would also make a great shadow box if you attach a new back.
Wooden Spindle Sign For Christmas
Sometimes I make myself laugh out loud. I am far from perfect and make the same silly mistakes that you may make on your projects. Just remember to laugh at yourself and not take it too serious. That’s the case in this JOY wooden spindle sign I made for Christmas.
Christmas Tree Stand Box | Folds Flat for Storage
I’m so excited to share my latest Christmas project with you. I made a Christmas Tree Stand Box to hide the trunk of your tree–a great alternative to using a tree skirt. My friend Kim inspired me. Hop over to see how my Christmas box folds flat for storage. Be sure to visit Kim to see how she made her scrap wood crate!
DIY Christmas Lanterns made from Porch Lights
It’s Power Tool Challenge Time! This month the theme is Secret Santa. We’re exchanging our decorative items with another member of the team. I can’t wait to see who my secret Santa is! All of the projects are so cute, I’ll be happy no matter who it is. Hop over to see all of the fun holiday projects!
felted sweater Christmas stocking
I’m sharing a friend’s project today. It’s a beautiful felted sweater Christmas Stocking! Anita did a beautiful job on this thrift store sweater stocking. Wouldn’t this make a sweet gift?
Easy Christmas Decor with Krylon
I would like to say a big thank you to Krylon for sponsoring this Easy Christmas Decor project for my home. The best thing about spray paint? It makes changing up thrift store items a breeze! Wow! It’s December first! I’m sure many of you already have all of your Christmas decorations well on their…
DIY Hardware Christmas Tree Decor
I love hardware of all sorts. When I decided to do a DIY (hardware) Christmas tree, I spent a couple of hours at my local True Value—Keith’s Hardware—on two different occasions. I walked up and down every aisle looking at all the items with fresh eyes, taking pictures on the first trip. When…
How to Print Photos {images} on Fabric
Years ago I printed on fabric, and I’ve been wanting to do it again. I decided to put my new Canon PIXMA MG7120 printer to the test to see how it would do. Cute Reindeer image I chose a couple of great images from The Graphics Fairy. I ironed a piece of scrap drop…
Reclaimed Wood Christmas Trees
Over the summer I got this fence from my sister Jo, well, this and a whole LOT more! I use the good boards to make signs for My Repurposed Life Etsy shop. This one was for a rehearsal dinner clambake. Many of the boards are too rough to paint on,…
Christmas Mirror-Most Wonderful Time of the Year
Don’t forget—the Silhouette sale is still available, with super holiday bundles and 40% off of accessories. Get the details in my post Silhouette America Black Friday Sale. Meanwhile, I’m going to show you this pretty (temporary) Christmas Mirror project.
Elements of Styling Easy Christmas Decor
Hello MRL readers, I’m Stephanie, and I am so happy Gail has given me the opportunity to share a Silhouette project with you all. Gail makes beautiful things with her Silhouette machine but hates the process of styling the finished projects to capture a good picture. I, on the other hand live for that….
Tomato Cage Christmas Tree
Hi! I am Kelly from My Soulful Home. Glad to meet you! I am so excited to be guest posting here at “My Repurposed Life”. Repurposing comes naturally to me. When I was little shoe boxes became the Barbie dream house. In college last year’s text books became my bedside table. As a homeowner…
Primitive Star using Paint Sticks
Hi Everyone! Happy Holidays! My name is Holly and I blog over at Full Circle Creations. A big thank you to Gail for allowing me to guest post here today. Since the holiday season is upon us, I thought I’d share with you the primitive star I’ve been making for the last couple of years….
DIY Corner Christmas tree
I got a new couch and love seat! My former set was almost 13 years old and only seated three people. That made things a little uncomfortable when Jamie, Andy and Lucy visited for Thanksgiving. Now I have room for visitors to have a seat! This is the side of the living room where I’ve…
Home Depot Gingerbread House 2012
Jamie and I did some “black Friday” shopping. My favorite stop was Home Depot. It was mid-morning when we got there. The craziness was over, and I had a great time. All of the associates were so friendly and helpful. We specifically went there to pick up a Home Depot Gingerbread House. Of…
Coffee Can Crafts
I saw a couple of these on Pinterest, and when I googled and kept looking I found more than what was on Pinterest. I did all the legwork for you. Check out the options … Each picture is clickable, and will take you to the PDF file for printing on a large Folger’s Coffee…
upcyled chair spindle Christmas Trees {craft fail?}
Well, making an upcycled chair spindle Christmas tree seems like a great idea, right? Upcycled Chair Spindle Christmas Tree Display They say imitation is the best form of flattery. My good friend Holly from Full Circle Creations makes these really great trees-not this one, that one is mine. I’m sure Holly would not want…
vinyl projects mirror ideas
I was recently contacted by Oh My Crafts to review their vinyl. I got a bunch of 12×24 inch sheets. I spent the weekend playing around with my Silhouette Cameo and my new vinyl sheets. I cut some lumber too—random sizes of boards. It’s very handy to paint in the basement workshop! I used some…
gail vs the Christmas tree
In the battle of gail vs removing the lights off of the pre-lit tree… we have a WINNER! A knock-out in round 10! It was a tough match, but the winner was gail! Those of you who follow my tweets or keep up with me on facebook, you know I was having trouble with my…
How to make Christmas vinyl reusable
I made this very easy Christmas decoration last year. All of the stores have jumped on the vinyl bandwagon. You don’t have to own a vinyl cutter to get a nice vinyl sign. I painted a board white, and placed the vinyl on the board. Reusable year after year! I am so glad I did…
