Pallet Pumpkin Lanterns

I was inspired by the cedar fence post pumpkin lanterns.  I am more of a do with what you have kind of gal.  My husband actually did all the work.  I am the idea person.  Ha Ha That is a skill that I am amazing at.

He took a pallet apart.  He used a planer to mill the wood to the same size.  He has been borrowing a laser cutter, so he used it to cut out the face.

This all the stuff the average crafter does not have.  We did not purchase any wood or materials for this project. I linked below some more average crafting pumpkin lanterns made with cedar fencing.

scrollsaw village

box jack o lanterns

I asked him to make them to be able to nest for storage purposes. The stems have magnets so they can be removed for storage purposes. He countersunk the magnets.

House to Home - Unleash the Snowflake

So, we moved across country and my husband really really boxed up our junk snowflake. For something, so large and heavy it is also has fragile parts. 

He built a crate with straps. He is quite the MacGyver. The snowflake survived intact. We hung it up over the piano.

Details about the junk snowflake

Wood Salvage Snowflake aka the junk snowflake

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Back in 2019! I came up with this idea and we made this JUNK Snowflake. I never got it hung that year and one of the spokes broke. Well I decided this past weekend to get it fixed and hung. I really love it but it is quite large.

I like unique and I like snowflakes at Christmas time. I also like salvaged wood.  I came up with an idea for a snowflake using salvaged spindles. Luckily I have an extremely talented Husband who helped me see my vision through.

The big chunky spindles we think were off of a piece of furniture maybe a coffee table. We found them at the ReStore Bellingham. This led to buying ever wood bead or cap I saw at Goodwill.  In the end I didn't have enough of those so I bought bags of wood beads at Hobby Lobby and a red wood garland. We also bought 50 wood cabinet knobs at Skagit Building Salvage. We drilled a hole through the entire knob.

The hub my husband created by using a hole saw on a piece of salvaged wood. The center is double board thick. The beads are threaded on dowels and inserted into the spindles.