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.

Trying to organize it all is another matter entirely. What category would old spindles go into?

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.

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. Stay open to the potential, and put things together that may not seem to be related at all. And whatever you do, don't toss those left over bits from your other projects, they just might come in handy at a later date.

If you see a collection of rustic angels on the mantel, or a shelf, they might just give you that incredible feeling of nostalgia.

They will be something that will be stored the rest of the year and brought out close to the season to enjoy the poignancy of an old fashioned Christmas.