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So, Shawn, the baby and I were browsing a thrift store the other day for a diamond in the rough. I spotted this old mailbox for $1.00. My thoughts went something along the lines of ‘hmm, what can I do with this? Um, I don’t know. Just buy it anyway, you’ll think of something later.’ In the wagon it went then home and into the ‘found’ pile.

Shawn brought some pretty little flowers home yesterday and I was just itching to come up with something other than a basic vase to put them in. Ding, ding, ding! I grabbed the mailbox, flipped the lid open and imagined my flowers peeking prettily out of the top from the wall in my living room. There was just one problem… where to put the water?

Now, before you judge we eat Spam in this house. We love Spam. It’s hot stuff in the state of Hawaii and if it’s good enough for thousands of Hawaiians, it’s good enough for me. So, just turn that finger around and point it in the other direction, you’re here for the craft, not the food. My mind skipped over all the things I had around and none of them met the criteria of the mailbox’s dimensions… except my Spam can.

I washed it out with hot soapy water, filled it with clean water, added some plant food and slipped it down into my mailbox. I’d already mounted the mailbox on the wall at this point with two small nails, then I trimmed the flower stems to size and voila… My Mailbox Wall Vase. I adore it! As always, nothing flashy, nothing perfect (considering the fingerprints on my mirror). Just lovely to live with.

With Smiles, Dawn

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  3. So ... (NOT JUDGING) - how exactly do you eat the spam? What do you make etc..... I don't think I have EVER had spam, so I wouldn't even know where to start.....

    LOVE the craft btw!
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  4. Hey, no shame in loving Spam. We love it too. Actually, when we didn't have kids, my hubby and I thought about selling all our personal belongings, packing up and moving to Hawaii to sell Spam in our Spam Hut. We would sell spam and eggs, spam sandwiches, etc... LOL! Oh to be young and wild again!

    Love the mailbox/wall vase!
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  8. Hey, everyone. I'm so glad you like the Spam Mailbox! (insert beaming smile here)As far as eating and cooking spam, at least in my home, we swap it out for bacon when we're not feeling the bacon vibe on a given day. You slice it as thick or thin as you want and fry it up... just like bacon. Here's a link to the official spam site. They have recipes!

    Thanks for all the sweet comments,
    Dawn

    http://www.spam.com/
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  18. We love spam at our house. In fact my 13yo son wrote to them telling them that he could live on spam for the rest of his life and they sent him a fantastic little envelope of spam goodies and COUPONS! He bought like 5 cans of spam and ate it all himself. hehe

    What a cute idea for the mailbox!
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