It's certainly not easy for me to get in the Christmas mood
at the beginning of November.
Especially when I'm dreading cold weather and snow.
But, as a crafter and blogger, I had to suck it up and get my Christmas on!
And what better way to do it than with a fun repurpose!
A friend of mine grabbed me this crate of junk at a sale this summer.
It was chock full of porcelain insulators
and a whole bunch of other pieces/parts.
I dumped everything on the porch a few weeks ago,only because I wanted to clean the crate out.
I honestly had no idea what I was going to do with all of the porcelain pieces.
But, since they sat there on my deck, I actually got to looking at them.
It suddenly occurred to me that these electric fence insulators would be absolutely
wonderful little snowmen!
They were so simple to make.
I took a sharpie and drew the eyes, mouths and buttons.
![Electric Fence Insulators Repurposed into Snowmen Ornaments from Denise on a Whim Electric Fence Insulators Repurposed into Snowmen Ornaments from Denise on a Whim](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGvW4EFFULv263Ra2lK69f-p5kInGjocimXnGHhKQW4nrT9iBtrKDVen_mI4GBJlc6qyzYRfm-DNt3xIKis5FoMHupef4BlXor7cB9hLhyUVe1Tb3Yr7YGsUuRxOsYCDQ0swiwm1RVnlc/s1600/InsulatorSnowmen5.jpg)
Then I used some orange chalk paint for the carrot noses.
![Electric Fence Insulators Repurposed into Snowmen Ornaments from Denise on a Whim Electric Fence Insulators Repurposed into Snowmen Ornaments from Denise on a Whim](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJGYiDbkfFKzhyaFS0R6j72IxnXWSuMjZNpBHjfcydfmYMEc_mBgMyCVqWJhqjy64XmXeMO9G5YL_cDjutqlyoQf8UXPHPnR_wYPQAemGa3dHEBbkitvkptQvdM6v1Reb-NScXNepLsUY/s1600/InsulatorSnowmen7.jpg)
I warmed up the hot glue gun and tied some string and fabric
around the middles for scarves.
The tops of the nails almost look like hats, too!
Finally, I tied some twine to the top of the rusty nail for hanging.And they turned out pretty adorable!
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