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One woman's quest to salvage the world's castoffs, lock, stock and bauble

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Author: Lisa Cestkowski

A history nerd and profligate collector, I spend way too much of my free time at thrift stores and garage sales, salvaging other people's castoffs. When I'm home, I'm trying to find new uses for old things and undertaking projects well beyond my skill level. Sometimes they actually turn out.
Posted on December 6, 2017August 30, 2018

Collecting | Saving the snowpeople

Despite my best efforts, my little collection of snowpeople keeps growing. I never go out looking for them, but (like a lot of other things) they just keep finding me. This is the guy who started it all. He was a Christmas gift when I was kid. (You might recognize him as an Avon decanter; …

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Posted on December 1, 2017

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Posted on November 30, 2017September 24, 2020

Crafting | Making a woven wreath

This week's project -- a DIY woven wreath -- has been on my to-do list for about a year and a half. That's when I dragged this wire frame home from a garage sale. Actually when I dragged it home, it was green, but I forgot to take a "before" picture until after I had …

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Posted on November 22, 2017September 24, 2020

Lath log cabin quilt square

Here's what I made this week: And here's what I made it out of: That would be the lath in the shower of our downstairs bathroom, which the husband had to tear out in order to attach cement backerboard to the studs, so we could tile the walls. Sadly, this is what the lath looked …

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Posted on November 17, 2017September 24, 2020

Thanksgiving | RoboTurkey 3000

I finished one more turkey assemblage just in time for Thanksgiving. When I first got the idea for this guy, I thought assembling the pieces would be quick and easy because most of the parts were going to attach to the hole in the center of the coffee basket that would become the turkey's body. …

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Posted on November 14, 2017September 1, 2018

Thanksgiving | Robot Turkey 2.0

With Thanksgiving coming up, I thought I'd make a turkey. Technically, he's a "turkey assemblage," but I am calling him "Robot Turkey 2.0," because he follows in the footsteps of last year's original Robot Turkey (pictured below). Off and on over the last 12 months, I've been hunting for turkey parts at garage sales and …

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Welcome to Wisconsin Magpie. I’m Lisa, the creator of this site.

A history nerd and profligate collector, I spend way too much of my free time at thrift stores and garage sales, salvaging other people’s castoffs. When I’m home, I’m attempting to use power tools I have no idea how to operate and undertaking craft projects well beyond my skill level. Sometimes they actually turn out.

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