A few days ago, I was outside photographing another Milk & Cream Co. sign when my daughter came rushing up to me saying, “Hurry, take their photo before he flies away!” It constantly amuses me that this girl has always loved snakes, praying mantises, and even huge hissing bugs (and I have no idea what they were), yet she’s always been terrified of spiders – even daddy long-legs. Her nickname has always been Miss Muffet for that reason. I see {Read More}
Painted Glass Bottles – {Mad About Mint}
August 31, 2013 by 9 Comments
I love the shape and details of Seagrams bottles (no, I didn’t empty them), so I bring them home whenever I come across them. Whenever I’m painting something, I always look around to see if there’s anything else I want to paint in the same color before I wash out my brushes and put the paint away. I was painting coat racks with my homemade chalk-style paint and my eye landed on this pair of bottles that have been waiting {Read More}
More Bed Spring Projects
August 24, 2013 by 17 Comments
I’ve got several boxes full of old, rusty springs, so a few weeks ago I put some of them to use on some new projects. I love combining old wood with old metal, so most of my springs got added to wood in one way or another. A few rusty springs with jelly jars in them were added to a salvaged piece of tongue and groove wood. It makes a fun little candle or flower holder. Don’t these yellow flowers {Read More}
Train Sign…that got off track.
August 15, 2013 by 8 Comments
Not every project goes exactly how we plan, does it? I worked on one a few weeks ago that got a little “off track” {pun intended}. I saw this awesome antique sign on Etsy. Not only was the price tag $585 and way out of my price range, but I knew it would be an easy design to recreate myself…or so I thought.I didn’t take a lot of photos during the process, but I created the grid first, then the {Read More}
{Back-to-School} Dictionary Page Banner
August 15, 2013 by 6 Comments
I’m still in denial that it’s back-to-school time. Summer always seems to fly by quickly, but this summer seemed twice as fast as usual. Deny as I will, my middle son leaves for college tomorrow morning and my oldest son leaves for the same college Sunday evening. It will be so strange to have the two of them gone. My daughter will also be starting college soon, but she’ll still live it home. It’s so hard to believe that I’m {Read More}
Antique Silverware – {Fine Dining Sign}
August 3, 2013 by 12 Comments
Ever since I made my silver spoon wall art for my kitchen, I’ve been rebuilding my stockpile of tarnished old flatware so I could create more projects with them. I seem to find more spoons than knives and forks, so I have a lot of those. I love making these into wall art, because it’s such a simple project. I grabbed one of my old tongue and groove boards and sanded down some of the bumpy paint that was barely {Read More}
Farmhouse Stenciled Sign Fresh Milk, Butter and Eggs
July 27, 2013 by 13 Comments
It may be bright and sunny outdoors, but it was a gray kind of day in my workshop this week. When I get my paintbrush out, I try to work on lots of projects using the same color at the same time. I hate cleaning paintbrushes, so I want to get as much mileage out of it as I can before I clean it. I can also accomplish more faster by focusing on one color of paint at a time, {Read More}
Repurposed Book Page Projects
July 20, 2013 by 12 Comments
You know I love crafting with old book pages, and I’ve got an abundance of old books, so I’ve curated a Book Page Projects board for Hometalk with lots of ideas of things you can make with “junk” books, including these book page pinwheels and several more of my own projects. You can see all the many, many projects I’ve made using them HERE. Here are just a few project ideas you’ll find. Book Page Canvas Wall Art Book Page {Read More}
Sidewalk Chalkboard from Wooden Folding Chairs
July 11, 2013 by 35 Comments
How to turn a wooden folding chair into a standing chalkboard. Today, I want to show you one of my favorite kinds of projects. I seek out broken things at yard sales, thrift stores, and auctions, because I get a real kick out of taking something broken and turning it into something usable again. You may recall that last fall I bought 35+ antique wooden folding chairs at an auction. I sold all of them that were still in good {Read More}
Repurposed Bread & Cake Pans
July 9, 2013 by 12 Comments
I’m always on the lookout for old metal baking tins and have found quite a few of them recently, so I created a few projects with them. I added 2 loaf pans and a coat hook to this antique lawn mower handle. I love these old handles. I’ve found several of them, and they usually have some kind of brand typography on them and the wood has been really pretty on all of them. The loaf pans had the perfect {Read More}
