Recycled Christmas Tree Art DIY Using Recycled Re-Purposed Wooden Picture Frame and Molding

Update 2014 I'm no longer creating or selling the Christmas trees.

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If you are a frequent reader of my blog, you know I love

to create things with picture molding.

I've made Giant Butterflies...

Unique drawer pulls and accents on furniture....

Letters, and more.

Click the category "Things to Make with Molding"

to see all of them.

This time, I had an idea to use the molding to make 

Christmas Tree Sculptures.

I used the chop saw to miter the edges and used lots

of wood glue to secure them to a vertical piece of wood on the back.

Here is one with a coat of white primer.

After I glued the largest one together, I realized the last 

two layers I used were plain molding and it wasn't jiving

with all the other decorative molding.

I had a bit of nail head trim on hand and applied it to the plain

molding for a little for added interest.

The end result looks much better!

I decided to go monochromatic and paint them white with a brown wash

to bring out all the detail

They are made to lean on a shelf or mantel.

I just love all the detail of the different moldings.

On the smallest one, I didn't stagger the layers but instead cut 

them to a triangle shape for a different look.

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