I am SO not a natural gardener, but this year I’ve really gotten motivated to improve the appearance of our front yard, with flowers and garden decor. After planting my “flower chair” a few weeks ago, my oldest son decided we needed even more flowers for our front porch, so he bought more flowers and pulled out some of my clay pots and other containers to plant them in. I love clay pots, but as I looked at them, they started calling {Read More}
DIY Sheet Music Placemats
May 24, 2015 by 16 Comments
I really wish I was musically inclined, but one of my regrets in life is that I quit taking piano lessons when I was young. I just didn’t have the patience or drive to make myself practice every day. I’d like to think that some day I’ll try again, but I’m not sure I’d have any more patience or drive now than I did back then, but I do love old sheet music. I’ve got bunches and bunches of it. I sell {Read More}
Galvanized Bucket Makeover
May 20, 2015 by 35 Comments
I picked up this old galvanized bucket at a thrift store a few weeks ago. I usually leave them as-is, because they’re so darn cute, but I decided to play around with this one a bit. I’ve done a lot of transfer projects on wood and canvas, but I thought I’d try it on metal this time. I was a little concerned that I might ruin the cute bucket, but crossed my fingers that it would turn out. SHOP FOR GALVANIZED {Read More}
Repurposed Chair Flower Planter
May 15, 2015 by 13 Comments
A few years ago, I had scads (does anyone still use that word?) of old chairs that I’d picked up, primarily at auctions. I was on a repurposed chair kick , so most of them were turned into new creations, but I still have just a few left that I’ve never done anything with. I have no idea what possessed me to buy 2 of these chairs, because they aren’t my style at all, but I did. I think they must {Read More}
DIY Barn Quilt
May 13, 2015 by 52 Comments
It isn’t a big secret that I love old barns, but have I ever told you about MY barn? Well, it’s a great big old red barn, with a white door, and a hayloft on top. There are horses in their stalls, and chickens in a coop, and we gather fresh eggs from them every day. On the outside, hollyhocks and sunflowers are growing, and the old water spigot never stops dripping. Hanging on the side of my barn is a big, beautiful barn quilt.
repurposed Starbucks bottle … because it’s cute, right?
May 3, 2015 by 21 Comments
Am I the last person in the world to realize that Starbucks bottles look like old pint-sized milk bottles? Well, they kinda-sorta do, right? Okay, it might be a bit of a stretch, but if you have a good imagination, and some white paint, it could pass for a milk bottle right? Actually, that doesn’t really have anything much to do with my post today, but just play along, okay?
DIY Farmhouse Kitchen Wall Art
May 1, 2015 by 3 Comments
A few days ago, I shared a wonderful vintage can label printable with a cow on it, and today I’m going to show you how I turned it into farmhouse kitchen wall art. As with most of my projects, this one was super easy and took about 30 minutes to complete, but that included painting time, which you may not choose to do. Here are the supplies I used: copy of can label (HERE) thrift store frame school glue paintbrush – at least {Read More}
DIY Framed Vintage Seed Bag
April 19, 2015 by 9 Comments
Do you remember that big blank space I had over my antique kitchen stove… that space I filled with a rustic framed chalkboard? Well, I did it again – I sold the chalkboard and ended up with a big blank space once again. It wasn’t any big deal though, and I planned to make another one of those chalkboards, but then I found this old feed bag that I’ve had for several years. Instead of making a frame for a chalkboard, I {Read More}
DIY Bird Silhouette Candle Holder
April 5, 2015 by 6 Comments
I hope you all had a wonderful Easter. We drove to Arkansas to visit one of my sons at college. It was a brief trip, but it’s always nice to see him, plus he was running out of meals tickets to use in the college cafeteria, so I loaded him up with enough food to hold him over until school gets out. Last week I shared this bird silhouette music page on Facebook, and one of my followers requested that I come up {Read More}
DIY Clay Tags with Graphics
April 1, 2015 by 12 Comments
I’ve been slightly obsessed with image transfers lately. I’ve done transfers on wood, canvas, and glass, but there’s another medium I thought I try – clay. I just finished painting a basket to hold hand towels in my bathroom, and thought a clay tag would dress it up a bit.
