simple life saturday. week two.

repurpose 

\rē-ˈpər-pəs\

: to give a new purpose or use to

I smile every time I look at our fall wreath that hangs in the kitchen.  You see, there is a story that goes with it.

A couple of years ago, I was wanting to create a fall wreath and was limited to what was in the house.  Not to mention, I didn't want to spend any money, so I began digging around.

I remembered a special sweater (that I wore the life out of) in my closet.  The neckline was a turtleneck.  Perfect for the base to a burlap rosette.  All I needed to do was cut the neck off, hand stitch a running seam around the center, after folding in half, cinch it, and knot.  

A little hot glue and the center was done.   

The center would have obviously been lonely by itself, so I dug through a hand me down bag of clothes my son received from a family member.  Low and behold, I found an old wool sock that was missing it's pair!  Bingo!  I cut it into several parts, and applied the same technique as I had with the larger.  Followed up by a couple of yo-yo's in different sizes and fabric covered buttons (some of my favorite dark brown vintage fabric and I only had that much left) and a little more hot glue.  Voila!  

A repurposed, 

used what was on hand, 

fall wreath. 

* Not to mention plenty of laughs when our family comes over in the fall and sees their old wool sock decorating my pantry door in the kitchen. *

Do you repurpose things in your life?

What is a favorite of yours?