Yesterday I promised that I’d share the printables for the DIY Dictionary Pages Pennant Banners I used to decorate my Wooden Mantel Backdrops. I always get excited when I find books that have that aged, darkened color that looks so pretty, but the drawback is the pages are usually very fragile and brittle, making it difficult to use them for craft projects. To solve that problem, I scan the images on very high resolution, then make copies of them, which {Read More}
Rustic Mantle Backdrops
April 17, 2013 by 44 Comments
Inspiration is rarely a problem for me. In fact, my problem is usually having too much inspiration and not knowing when to quit. That wasn’t the case last week. I started out with what I thought was a great idea. I have these wonderful antique tongue and groove boards that I always turn into coat racks, but I felt like doing something different with some of them. I thought I’d connect several together and turn them into barn door style {Read More}
Book Page Wreath
March 28, 2013 by 62 Comments
We went to our sons’ basketball tournament last week and had a 5 hour drive each way and a lot of hotel time throughout the week, so I knew I needed to take along a project to work on, or I’d go stir-crazy. I couldn’t tote along my Silhouette or wood boards, so I looked around for something that would be easily portable, and decided a book page project made the most sense, so I decided to make a book {Read More}
Wooden Twine Holder – Pinned and Done!
February 28, 2013 by 24 Comments
I want to send out a heart-felt “thank you” to all of you who shared your stories, wrote well-wishes and are sending up prayers for my son while he’s at basic training. I had no idea so many of you have been where I’m at as a mom and have grown sons who’ve already been-there/done-that. It really does my heart good to hear your boys survived and are better men for it.Okay, enough about me! Do you have a mile-long {Read More}
Tiered Metal Stand…My 2 Versions
February 8, 2013 by 33 Comments
I love all the tiered stands I see on Pinterest, and realized that I had on hand what I could use to make my own versions. Sorry for the lousy, nighttime photos, but I used some kind of old sifting pan, and an old pie tin, and where do you think that spindle came from? Here it is, before I cut it…have you guessed yet? Well…you shouldn’t be surprised to find out it’s another part left over from this old {Read More}
Easy-breezy Clothespin Bag
February 3, 2013 by 28 Comments
Last summer, I was on the lookout for some easy-breezy kind of summer clothes. You know…a gal standing on the beach, wearing crinkly, lightweight white cotton, blowing-in-the-breeze kind of clothes…and I didn’t want to pay more than $5 for it…because I’m that cheap and I ruin clothes quickly. One thing I found that had that look was a pretty, simple sleeveless shirt. It was light, it was comfortable, it was stand-on-the-beach breezy looking – so I bought it. What I {Read More}
DIY Apothecary Jars – Cheap & Quick!
January 26, 2013 by 31 Comments
DIY Apothecary Jars Recently, I shared several antique apothecary labels with you, for Antique Graphics Wednesday. I have lots of old apothecary bottles, but sometimes I’m hesitant about altering original bottles, but I love using new jars and bottles, that might otherwise be thrown away, and altering them to make them look old. So when I stumbled across some cute little candles in jars with lids at Walmart for less than $1, I knew I was really going to get {Read More}
How to Make a Perfect Book Page Bow
January 25, 2013 by 28 Comments
How to Make a Perfect Book Page Bow It all started with a book page bow banner I made and sold in my Etsy shop…. Another customer saw it and asked if I would make her 100 really small bows that she planned to use on baby shower invitations. “Oh sure – no problem!“, I responded. I do enjoy making them, but my kitchen counter is now decorated with spiderweb-like strands of hot glue, I burned myself a few times, and I {Read More}
DIY Family Names Framed Print
January 11, 2013 by 16 Comments
DIY Family Names Framed Print This family names framed print makes a great Christmas or Mother’s Day gift and is so easy and inexpensive to make. I was inspired by some similar ones I saw on Pinterest, and wanted to come up with my own variation of it. I always feel a little bit justified for the time I spend on Pinterest, when I actually *make* something I pinned on one of my boards! To create this, you’ll need a frame, card stock paper, {Read More}
Thursday’s Theme – {The Wood Pile}
December 13, 2012 by 8 Comments
Last week, I was in the mood to come up with more projects using the wood from my vast “wood pile”. The goal was to get the wood off my shelf, and turned into useful things, and coat and jewelry hooks are very useful, so that’s what I did with these 4 pieces. A old barn wood piece, became a doorknob “hook”. Another barn wood piece has some new feathered friends, and makes a pretty place to hang jewelry or keys. I {Read More}
