This little elf has been hard at work creating reclaimed gift items for the holidays. I’ll be doing five solid weeks of daily craft shows with no time to replenish, so it’s all gotta get done now.

“Going Postal” is the prototype for my mail boxes. I bought a bunch of old mailbox doors on ebay and they sat around for about 2 years while I waited to find someone to build me a box around it. Then I was just like “F it, I’ll build my own crude box.” So I did. It needs some tweaking, but I love it.

“Baby Bell” is…..yeah, I dunno….just a bunch of pieces I stuck together. It’s a dual purpose coat hanger and bell so you can call your family and pets to dinner.

The old drawer is mostly just hanging artwork, although if you really wanted to make it useful, you can sit keys on the shelves. The chicken wire was left over from my kitty fence in system. I have a bunch of 4×4 pieces where we cut around the posts.

Another old drawer. The partitions were already in there. Recycled wallpaper and side “pull” were added. Can be used as tsotchke shelf and hat/scarf hook.

Ah, my piece de resistance! Scroll through the Flickr photos to see what I mean. This antique mold (?) is a multi purpose item. The top is open, so it can be a candle holder or vase (insert water holding object). The side seen here is an earring holder with mirror. There’s a necklace holder side, a framed photo side and 2 mini shelves to hold small perfume bottles. Yeah, it’s a girlie piece. But so rugged looking!

None of these are priced or on my store yet. I want to get them out there, but I also want to hoard inventory for my shows. Such problems I have.