Most people have a junk drawer, but I have multiple junk drawers, junk trays and junk bowls. I can fill nearly an empty container with junk. Case in point. Here’s one of my trays full of junk. I love using rusty little bits and pieces for projects, but finding what I need, when I need it is a challenge – especially because I have LOTS more stashes just like it. So, when Donna @ Funky Junk asked if I wanted to co-host {Read More}
Organization Labels to Control Clutter in the Heap of Change Challenge
January 14, 2015 by 12 Comments
Antique Clock Face Printable and Tin Can Craft
January 12, 2015 by
I’ve been tinkering around with some of my antique clock face images, and turned them into a collage that could be used for all kinds of projects. I never tire of tin can craft projects, and I’ve been in need of more wall organizers, so I finished a new organizer, using one of the collages, and have the free printable to share with you!
Antique Advertisement and Image Transfer Gift for Guys
January 9, 2015 by 6 Comments
This antique advertisement for Hartford Tires has such pretty typography and would be perfect as a framed print for a “man cave”, but I’ve also come up with a fun and useful image transfer project that would be a perfect gift!
Numbered Tags Silhouette Tutorial
January 6, 2015 by 5 Comments
Yesterday, several people left comments, wanting a Silhouette (affiliate link) tutorial to make the Brown Paper Number Tags, so here it is! It really is very easy, but I know having a visual is easier than just written instructions, so I’ve provided both. Step 1 – You’ll need to have a stencil font downloaded on to your computer, which you’ll use to create the numbers or letters inside the tags. Click HERE to download the font I used on my tags. Once you’ve {Read More}
Rustic Brown Paper Pot
January 2, 2015 by 13 Comments
Sometimes new projects are a huge success, and other times, they are a dismal failure. Today’s project turned out wonderful, but only because another project was a dismal failure first. Last year about this time, I made a canvas bucket bag (seen here), which I absolutely loved, and I always thought it might be possible to make something similar out of brown paper, and I decided I would attempt it. My husband walked in while I was working on it, {Read More}
How to Install a Wood Plank Wall and my “Dear John”
December 31, 2014 by 18 Comments
After taking all of November and most of December off from house remodeling projects, I’ve been itching to start making more progress on our to-do list, and the next room on the list has been our bedroom. It’s still in the beginning stages, but we’re making some progress. The walls in the room were originally just thin paneling. The corner seams were never finished, and there was no trim around the ceiling, so I couldn’t wait to make it disappear. Rather than tear {Read More}
Answering Questions about the Silhouette Cameo and A New Canvas Wall Print
December 29, 2014 by 15 Comments
I’ve gotten a lot of questions about the Silhouette machine I use to cut stencils for signs and canvas wall prints, and I’ve always responded to the individually, but I’ve had several more readers contact me lately, and rather than continuing to respond individually, I figured it was time to write a post about it, because obviously, many of my readers have questions about it. One reader in particular sent me a list of questions, so I’ll address those first, {Read More}
Wooden Tray Makeover as Antique Crate
December 28, 2014 by 9 Comments
I bought a wooden tray a few weeks ago at a thrift store, and pulled it out recently to work on. I batted around a few ideas of how I wanted to fix it up, and what popped into my head, was to make it look like the top of an old shipping crate. I searched for inspiration on Google, and ebay, and then I found this antique crate on Etsy. The crate is from the same company as this {Read More}
Repurposed Drawers and Crates for Craft Supplies
December 27, 2014 by 5 Comments
Does anyone else have a hard time getting back into the swing of things after Christmas? I feel like until I get all the decorations and the tree taken down, it’s hard to do much else, but I did work on a little organizational project today. When we “remodeled” one wall in the kitchen to install an oven range hood (seen here), and removed the little crates that held my spices, I wanted to find a new use for them. {Read More}
Chalkboard Kitchen Canisters and Labels – Not a Creature Was Stirring, Not Even a Mouse
December 19, 2014 by 16 Comments
Obviously, it isn’t the night before Christmas yet, because the creatures have been stirring in my pantry, and I’m not happy about it. There’s nothing more frustrating than discovering a mouse has helped himself to foods in your pantry, and they are persistent little critters. We live in an old house that has lots of little nooks and crannies they find their way in through. They don’t come indoors during the summer, but in the winter, they make themselves right at {Read More}
