Do weekends get shorter as Christmas gets closer?!

Definitely more than a coincidence if you ask me. 

My great-grandmother had a major chore for every day of the week and Mondays were laundry days.  As a young mother of 6 children that meant putting clothes and linens in boiling water, scrubbing them on a wash board with lye soap, wringing out each item and then hanging everything on an outdoor clothes line.

Posting a Repurposeful Monday seems quite insignificant
in comparison but it does keep me occupied.

Let's look in our pantries for some organic ornament inspiration.

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How adorable are these delicious smelling cinnamon sticks?

And what are more organic than apples?

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Clever!

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Making a garland of dried applies is shockingly easy:
1.  cut apples horizontally (that means not vertically) into very thin slices
2.  dry the slices on parchment paper in a 'cool' oven set on 150°
(for a looooong time, i.e., about 10 hours)
3.  string with jute and you're done

If we're putting apples to work we probably should also use oranges:

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Cut slits around an orange, allow it to air dry for

several days and then pack it with whole cloves.  

I'm feelin' kind of citrus-y so here's a lemony centerpiece:

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Bet your neighbors wouldn't mind at all

if you picked pinecones up off their yard.

While you're outside pick up a few twigs, too:

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Simple and sweet.

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Instead of making a light fixture I'd make a few of
these twig balls in various sizes and build a topiary.


Do you have an old clay flower pot, a bag of Plaster of Paris,

a dowel, some jute and an old book lying around the house?

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Perfect!  You have everything you'll need to make this

adorable 'leaf' tree.  Click here for the easy tutorial.

A spool of copper wire is quite affordable at home improvement

mega-stores (you know that I mean Lowes and Home Depot):

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Here's just one of hundreds of online wire wrapping tutorials.

Put your costume jewelry odds and ends to creative use.

Did you cast a side-eye when I told you that
copper jewelry wire is quite inexpensive?

Well, this 25 ft. roll of 18-gauge copper wire

is available at Home Depot for only $4.98!

As long as we're in the home improvement department

check out these ingenious tile coasters:

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A slate tile, a stencil, and enamel craft paint are all you need to make these

holiday classics.  Oh, and put some of those felt stickers on the bottom.

Looking for an industrial DIY ornament?

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The disks that were used to make these ornaments were cut from a
sheet of 1/8" wood.  Maybe you could use wooden buttons instead?

Gonna' close today's post with the cutest re-use
of pinecones and nuts I've seen in a while: 

Eclectic Christmas Ornaments by Dallas Furniture & Accessories Wisteria

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Thanks for stopping by.  I hope you
enjoyed today's repurposed items.