I Sawed a Christmas Tree

The other day I was in our kitchen pantry where we also keep some of our tools and I happened to notice our two hand saws hanging on the wall and I thought to myself.... hmmmm... they kinda look like a Christmas tree.
At least they did to me.

Now those two were saws that we actually use so I went out into my greenhouse stash to find the rusty and crusty saw that I thrifted this past summer, and what do you know... I actually found it. lol.





But I still needed another one with a similar size and shaped handle, so off to the ReStore I went and thankfully I found one there for just $3.
If you decide to make a saw tree please be sure to wear protective gloves. The saw teeth will bite you. Don't ask me how I know. lol.





I taped the two saws together, teeth sides out, in the shape of a tree using metal duct tape. That's the real duct tape used to tape around heating ductwork.





I went into my costume jewelry stash and found some faux pearl necklaces to drape across the saws. The teeth really do grab them nicely.
For the star I used a vintage iron teapot stove thingy, a couple of vintage light reflectors that I glued together, and a faux pearl earring as the centre. You'll notice in the above photo that the reflector is red..





but I quickly changed my mind to pink, since it's my favourite colour.





Then I added some small pink glass ornaments that I had leftover from my folding ruler tree, that I posted here a while ago.





Not too many... but just enough to make it pretty.





To hang my repurposed saw tree I tied jute through the holes at the tops of both saws and tied a loop, and the star is taped on using the metal duct tape.
I love pink, pearls, and rusty crusty metal together, but it could be decorated any way you like. For myself, I'm preferring a simpler look this year.






Original article and pictures take http://www.hometalk.com/12012213/repurpose-saw-into-christmas-decor site