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Christmas Towel to Baby Bib

Citymade has come to the realization that each house only needs so many of these Christmas hand towels. Why not turn the rest of them into Christmas bibs to give little ones as gifts.  We simply cut a whole in … Continue reading

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Anna's Christmas Dress

We had this great red satin women’s shirt in our stash of items to repurpose.  I had always pictured it as a Christmas dress for Anna. The time came to refashion the shirt into a dress so that she would … Continue reading

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Pine Cone Ornaments

What looks nicer on an evergreen tree than pine cones?  Glittered pine cones of course. Gather pine cones from your yard, if you are lucky enough to have an pine tree, and bring them in for a simple Christmas decoration. … Continue reading

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Cookie Cutter Ornaments

Here is a fun way to repurpose your old metal cookie cutters. You can use glue to back the cookie cutter with decorative paper, an old Christmas card or a photo.  Tie a ribbon around the cookie cutter for hanging. … Continue reading

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Mitten Ornaments

Here is a simple ornament idea using felted wool.  Our wool came from an old sweater that we felted.  A sweater can easily be felted if it is at least 70% wool.  Simply wash the sweater in hot water and … Continue reading

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Christmas cards

We bought a used piano a few years ago and it came with a lot of old sheet music. We didn’t want to just throw it in the recycling, so we decided to turn it into Christmas cards. We traced … Continue reading

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Subscription card Rolodex

Do you get annoyed by those pesky subscription cards that are put into magazines? Well never fear. We found a way for you to actually be glad to see them and even want to save them. The subscription card Rolodex. … Continue reading

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Burlap Coffee Sack to Stocking

Here is one more idea for a repurposed stocking.  We took a burlap coffee sack and cut out two pieces using our stocking template.  Burlap can be a little tricky to work with so we just topstitched this stocking and … Continue reading

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Repurposed Santa Stocking

We often get odd things given to us with the phrase, “This is for you to repurpose.”  Sometimes we get an idea right away and go to work.  Other times our minds go blank and we decide to stash the … Continue reading

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Striped Sweater Stocking

Now that we have started our countdown to Christmas our next several posts will be repurposed Christmas decorations. We had a small amount of this green striped sweater from our re-purposed sweater week back in February.  We decided it would … Continue reading

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