| Decorating with old, used fishing gear is fun, creative | | | | on the ends of each point, these look like baited |
| and inexpensive. It's pretty easy to find unique fishing | | | | hooks! From the twigs I randomly tie bobbers and |
| gear to use as decorating items for your log cabin or | | | | lures with mono filament (fishing line). I like to use |
| home. Here are a few fun ideas for your fishing | | | | cafe curtains with curtain clips on these swags |
| decor projects. | | | | because they hang below the bobbers and lures. |
| First you will need fishing gear. My husband is not the | | | | Curtains with the long tabs work great as well. |
| fisherman in our family, I am. So it's easy for me to | | | | Old fishing poles from yard sales are very cheap and |
| save old fishing lures that the hooks have dulled and | | | | make great curtain rods. I especially like the cane |
| gives me a great excuse to buy more too! Bobbers | | | | poles because they are easy to cut to size. |
| have a tendency to stop floating after a few | | | | Another idea is to hot glue bobbers and lures all over |
| whacks on the rocks along the shoreline, rendering | | | | an old lamp base. I think the more the better on this |
| them useless to the fisherman but a great find for | | | | project, totally covering the base. Of course the lamp |
| the decorator. If you confiscate gear from hubby's | | | | size and your taste make a difference. If it's a very |
| tackle box remember you now know what to get | | | | large lamp or you just don't have enough lures and |
| him for the next holiday or special occasion! | | | | bobbers you can hot glue solid bands, about 2 inches |
| Yard sales and estate sales are great for purchasing | | | | wide, of hemp rope or twine to fill in larger areas. |
| inexpensive, used fishing equipment for your | | | | A mobile like you see in babies rooms are fun and |
| decorating projects. Yard sales are less risky than | | | | add an interesting art form to your fishing decor. I |
| hubby's tackle box too. Keep an eye out for used | | | | prefer to hang the fishing gear at different levels |
| fishing nets, poles, lures, bobbers, metal stringers and | | | | instead of all one length. Again I use twigs or sticks |
| other gear. | | | | for this project's "cross" to hang the lures, bobbers |
| The last thing you want is your fishing decor to smell | | | | etc. from and fishing line to tie it all together. |
| fishy. Be sure to clean everything very carefully and | | | | Old wooden picture frames with the glass removed |
| thoroughly. I use alcohol for lures, bobbers and such. | | | | make inexpensive picture boxes. Line a piece of thin |
| Good detergent and bleach for nets. Vinegar and | | | | cardboard with brown, tan or dark green felt. You |
| lemon juice work well too. | | | | can also use fishing print fabric. Put this covered |
| What type of decorating can you do with your | | | | cardboard in the frame like you would a picture and |
| accumulated treasures? This is where the fun really | | | | hot glue your treasures on the felt. A good trick is to |
| begins, let your imagination shine. Here are just a few | | | | use sets of three. Three lures, one under the other in |
| ideas to get you started. Minnow buckets make | | | | a corner, three bobbers side by side for a top row, |
| good catch all containers for bedrooms, kid's rooms | | | | three hand reels in a row at the bottom for weight |
| and bathrooms for items like crayons, hair do-dads, | | | | and one old metal stringer above the reels. |
| brushes and combs etc. If you are really crafty they | | | | Things I haven't tried yet but are on my list to |
| can be turned into lamps. Buy lamp fixtures at the | | | | create include fishing lures with the hooks removed |
| hardware store or inexpensive narrow based lamps | | | | as cabinet handles, bobbers or lures for light pulls, |
| that fit into the top opening of the minnow bucket. | | | | fishing net swag around the bathroom mirror and |
| Make your own fishing swag from long pliable twigs, | | | | drift wood with fishing gear as a conversation piece. |
| boat line or saining nets. Make sure you either | | | | Creating your own fishing decor is fun, inexpensive |
| remove the hooks from lures and replace with | | | | and most of all you have unique decorating items for |
| twisted wire shaped like hooks or snip the points off | | | | your home or cabin. Start collecting old fishing gear |
| with heavy wire cutters. I have put chunks of cork | | | | and let your imagination go. |