I have been having a ball decorating for the holidays and I challenged myself to come up with some ideas for a salvage Christmas.

Vintage glass balls are stunning – their colors are subtle – the patina speaks of Christmas past.  And we have been getting a lot of battery jars in lately.  Battery jars are simply a straight sided round or square glass jar which was used to house a conductive solution of either acid or copper sulfate.   I love the industrial glass and bright pops of color.

Name tags and place settings get a bit of vintage charm  when attached to a beautiful old skeleton key.

Take it outside!  I strung together large crystal cabinet knobs and festooned our industrial tree.

The tree was made by prisoners in the 1950′s.  Quite a craft project!    The strings twist in the wind and sparkle in the sun.

We are hoping we will get freezing rain – how amazing would that look?

Happy holidays!