My Recycled Wooden Christmas Tree (Thrift Shop Find)

Look at this wooden Christmas tree/candle holder/ornament display thingy I found while in a thrift shop in...............yep - you guessed it

My favorite thrift shop in Birkenfeld.

Yes this is indeed a solid wood tree

that have arms or branches that rotate.

The little holes at the ends hold candles.

I did not like the tree being just a wooden tree truly I did not

 

A Ho-Hum pedestal (Yawn Yawn Yawn)

For days I stared at the tree and wondered how I could give it character.  It needed character.

Well as I was researching something on the internet I came upon this fabulous blogger

Ann @ Make The Best of Things

and she did a wonderful tutorial on how to do a crackle finish with Elmer's glue.

I studied this tutorial and then I got to work on the

Wooden Tree That Had no Character

and

TAH DAH

I love how the crackle technique turned out on my thrift shop find.

 Crackle Crackle Crackle

From the tip of the tree

To it's base.

I so enjoyed the transformation and I can't wait to share what I am working on to hang on my once wooden tree that had no character.

I am linking this to

One More Time