Rustic Christmas Angel

Your Prim Holiday Decor

My stash of old bits of spindles, turned pieces and rusty scrap is all coming in handy for my one of a kind Rustic Christmas Angels. Nothing says 'primitive' more than a collection of the most Christmassy motifs of all; angels.

Browsing through offcuts from other projects, bits of rusty metal from my Junking in July road trip, and other scraps that never found a home and ended up in the 'project resource' pile gives me enough to start with.

Fortunately, I never throw anything out - even if it has bad memories, like the time I assumed that my instructions were clear.

Enough time has gone by that I can let it go, and use the damaged pieces to advantage in a project.

I keep my supplies in a cupboard specifically for that purpose, and it's off limits to those that don't have the hoarding tendency. Other people who don't see the value of all my bits and bobs could potentially clean it up, thinking it's garbage.

Part of a spindle left from another project, in the hands of the master carpenter

A while ago I messed with the method of making some faux tin ceiling tiles. What a good way to make the wings! And I also discovered that you can paint the aluminum so they're shabby white.

Rustic Christmas Angel displayed with a silver bell

The combination of the pieces is now assembled, with only a few revisions.

I think it's one of those cases where the whole is more than the sum of the parts.

I can see a collection of rustic angels on the mantel, or a shelf. They will be something that I store the rest of the year and bring out close to the season to enjoy.