The Great Candy Cane Rescue

Disclaimer:

Pay no attention to the dirt, junk, mess, etc. in the background of any of these pictures.

It has been a hectic Christmas season...well the whole year has been crazy.

As told by the candy canes themselves.

So, here we are, we have been abandoned. You bought us all shiny and new at your local discount store.

You brought us home, so proudly displayed us in your yard.

We were shiny.

We lined your walkway and held up little lights.

Then,

You got tired of us, we didn't shine any longer,

we even FROZE in the ground and some of us broke!

And then...

You sold us at a yard sale!

or donated us to Goodwill..

or the even worse fate...

YOU THREW US IN THE DUMPSTER!!!

But thanks to some enterprising, kind-hearted crafters,

we have been saved.

They take this nice, warm cotton fabric and wrap us up nice and cozy.

The glue gun hurts a little,

But then we get decorated with some lovely reds and greens.

Ouch!

They seal up our ends.

But then a nice cozy wrap.

Spinning, spinning, spinning.

And here we are,

ready to be decorated.

At this point some of the lovely crafters give us a nice shower of coffee and vanilla.

Yum, it is delicious.

Some ripped homespun.

A little more glue.

And some wild spinning later.

Here we are ready for some embellishments.

A little more glue and some wire.

And then a little bit of white paint and a lovely sprinkling of Diamond Dust.

And we are saved!

We owe this all to some enterprising crafters.

Won't you join in and save a candy cane today!