My Thrifty Christmas Part 2

Hey my friends!

I wanted to come back and show y'all more of the thrifted and homemade decorations that have been in the works at my house.

I found a small box of vintage tart tins last year at Goodwill with the recipe page still in it. I hung on to them knowing that they were gonna be a Christmas ornament project.

I used a regular hole punch and then ran some twine through as a hanger.

Then I cut out some little circles from old book pages and glued them in along with some broken pieces of jewelry and buttons. I have seen many different variations of these ornaments and they are so much fun to make!

I wanted to do some other decorating with the tins and decided to try them on a wreath in the kitchen. This wreath came from Salvation Army and it was under  $2.00.

My idea was to create a baking theme so I started shopping around the house for things to use. These gingerbread pins were given to me by my kiddos when they were younger and instead of them sitting in a jewelry box they can be out this year for everyone to enjoy.

They are different in size and material so I cut some plaid fabric to make them all similar little clothes. Aren't they cute?

After the gingerbread people were dressed I painted the inside of the tart tins red.

After the tins were dry I punched some little tree cookies out of an old brown file folder and glued them in.

I don't throw away old decorations cause they can be used for other projects later. For instance, some gold berries are now red with just a little paint.

To add some contrast I dipped some old greens in paint. This was pretty messy but they dried nicely and came out looking the way I had hoped.

I remembered there were 2 plaid place mats in my boxed decorations. After digging around for awhile I finally found them. They were folded accordion style, gathered with old wooden spoons and tied to the wreath with some twine. It makes a really fun bow!

And that's it!

Thanks for taking time out of your day to visit with me. I'll be back soon with more thrifty decor for Christmas!
Karen