Cards, photos transformed just in time for Christmas

Pauline Markway makes ornaments with an individual touch

Pauline Markway demonstrates how she makes beaded ornaments from old Christmas cards at her home in Wardsville. Markway has created ornaments out of old greeting cards and family photos like the World War II photo of her husband for about 30 years. This year, she's made about 70 to give to friends and relatives.
Pauline Markway demonstrates how she makes beaded ornaments from old Christmas cards at her home in Wardsville. Markway has created ornaments out of old greeting cards and family photos like the World War II photo of her husband for about 30 years. This year, she's made about 70 to give to friends and relatives.

Even if you don't have artistic talents, you can appreciate the time and energy Pauline Markway puts into her homemade Christmas ornaments.

Markway, who has lived in Wardsville for all of her 87 years, has been crafting ornaments out of styrofoam and leftover Christmas cards for 30 years.

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