I’m a 10 year 4-H member. I’ve been to a lot of fairs in my day. Yet…I’ll be honest. I’ve never seen a better display of projects and crafts than that at the Elkhart County Fair. Seriously, there are great projects. I’m always inspired by what these student come up with.
Here is a selection of my favorites. I’ll start with my absolute favorite category: Recycling. In this category you enter things made of upcycled objects. Just take a look here.
I’ll start with my favorite. {Left} Bask in the beauty of this lamp. It’s made up of vintage books that have been glued together. Then a hole was drilled through the center and it was wired with a lamp kit. The shade has been decoupaged with book pages. Genius.
Remember those Golden Books? Check out this cute-as-a-button bird house. As far as I can tell…you could decoupage pages onto a pre-fab bird house. This one must have been custom made though, since the roof is made solely of the book. Take note of the little vintage clothes pin perch! I love it.
How about this bird feeder made of melted vinyl records? I think it could be a bit cuter…but boy do I adore this notion.
I’ve seen this before…but it doesn’t make me any less impressed. An old salvaged window, turned into a gorgeous end table.
I love being inspired.
Amy
