I went to a craft night at a friend's house Friday night and made this cross.  This isn't the best picture of it, but you get the idea.  We started with a wooden base that we spread liberally with mastic (sp?).  Then we had tons of old jewelry, buttons, beads, tiles, and all sorts of other junk that we could pull from to stick all over it.  When we got it to that point, they all looked pretty junky.  But then we started sponge painting or spray painting them and all of that "junk" turned into lovely texture.  I don't know if you can tell, but I sponged it with a mossy green color and then added bits of tan, linen, and ivory over that.  It's has a warm, mossy, shabby chic kind of look in person.  It looks kind of gray on my screen right now because I didn't have a lot of sunlight to work with when I photographed it.  It has a layer of sealer over the paint to keep everything looking good.  I can't wait to hang it up--I'm looking for the perfect spot. 

We love crosses and are working on collecting some.  I would love to make more for our collection, so if you have seen some fun ideas around the 'net, let me know.