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Do you ever wonder what to do with those French Collars that you see in the flea-markets? Well here are some ideas!
I love these vintage French collars and I enjoy using them as "frames." What to frame? I frame anything and everything. For example, here are some vintage pocket watches that I hung on the wall and then nailed a collar around each of them. I find using multiple collars make more of a statement than just one.
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Here are a row of collars "housing" my pocket watch collection that I place in my back foyer. I have a vintage student seamstress'body form holding other watch pieces and place that on a simple pillar. By the way, the pillar is actually a prop used in a float from a local parade! I love it.
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And here are more collars that I use to frame vintage bathing beauty photos that I printed on old paper. Where the button on the collar would normally go, that is the perfect spot to hammer in a nail with a larger head. Just simply place the collar on the wall, slip the slightly fatter nail through the button hole and nail into the wall. Then take a hot glue gun and glue your adornment - be it watch faces, a button, a key, a vintage brooch - you name it.
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Here are a row of collars "housing" my pocket watch collection that I place in my back foyer. I have a vintage student seamstress'body form holding other watch pieces and place that on a simple pillar. By the way, the pillar is actually a prop used in a float from a local parade! I love it.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVDT6LoHKQ9LMP_hjwr_KmJexxPis95wuXLK5OMyrFLM2UkxmXLDnkzn8IgzYHDswZ9lE7ji7ZsSBKPVU0dsKNn9aBTXXNhN1h3akn1DU0HwVhXoAYcleCsSZhc8Ikzg4vIA7-Fw/s320/low+res+collar+with+key.jpg)
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And here are more collars that I use to frame vintage bathing beauty photos that I printed on old paper. Where the button on the collar would normally go, that is the perfect spot to hammer in a nail with a larger head. Just simply place the collar on the wall, slip the slightly fatter nail through the button hole and nail into the wall. Then take a hot glue gun and glue your adornment - be it watch faces, a button, a key, a vintage brooch - you name it.
Think in themes - baby themes, family themes, watches, spoons, old post cards - be creative! I hope you enjoyed this very simple, but creative way to use those wonderful French collars that are just piled in a heap at those flea-markets - well, that is, if you aren't shopping behind me. If you are - the pile will be gone!
from my house to your house,
Elizabeth
www.elizabethhouse.us
from my house to your house,
Elizabeth
www.elizabethhouse.us