If you've followed me for a while, you may remember this series from years past, but I did skip last year.

In this series, I will create one new thrift shop flip project for seven consecutive days starting today and ending on the 17th.

I found this Thomas Kincaid nightlight at the thrift store, it was $1.99 and not cute at all (in my opinion). But I will show you how you can update any nightlight like this into something that fits your decor.

These are plastic and they just pop apart into basically three layers, the frame, the plexiglass with the image, and a back piece.

Once you have taken it apart, you can paint the frame any color you choose.

You can use any image you like. I'm using a vintage greeting card that was also thrifted for $1. I made a copy with my printer so I'm not cutting up the original.

I've been having some troubles with my phone so I lost some of the images for this project 😪 but fortunately, it's pretty self-explanatory.

So, I don't have a picture of the next step but the image on this nightlight is just a sticker on a piece of plexiglass so I was able to just peel the image off.

Then I used the back piece of the nightlight and traced around it on the copy I made of the greeting card, and just popped that right back in the frame!

When I put it back together, I placed the image on top of the plexiglass because even with the small 7-watt nightlight bulb it seems to get pretty warm so I thought having the plexiglass between the bulb and the image would help. I then added a piece of clear vellum on top of the image to protect it.

I embellished the frame with a couple of silk flowers and a heart-shaped button, and I distressed it a little bit with sandpaper, sanding lightly over the high spots.

Wouldn't these be cute to make with vintage Christmas cards?! They would make great gifts!