We had a little miscommunication at my house last night, resulting in some broken glass. You may recall, during the winter I brought home about 50 antique windows of all shapes and sizes. I turn some of them into signs (seen HERE, HERE, & HERE), but the majority I sell in my shop, and since it’s difficult to ship windows with glass in them, I generally remove the glass and ship the window frames. My youngest son is the designated glass {Read More}
Opportunity Quote Sign
June 23, 2013 by 10 Comments
When we remodeled our kitchen, my husband rebuilt the existing cabinets to make the cabinet under our sink, but the previous doors no longer fit, so he built some out of pine boards. He connected several together to make them look like worn plank boards, but honestly, neither of us was in love with them. Later, he made new cabinet doors that were fronted with antique ceiling tiles. I came across a quote by Thomas Edison on Pinterest that has {Read More}
Repurposed Books Light – A Bright Idea
June 13, 2013 by 10 Comments
Once in awhile, I have a “light bulb moment”. Usually I have to tinker around with things for awhile before I figure out what I’m going to do with them, but when I found a plain white light bulb socket at a thrift store, and I knew I had an Edison-style light bulb at home, the light in my head went on, and I immediately knew what I wanted to do with it. A few antique books, 2 screws, and {Read More}
Farmers Market Sign – Repurposed Headboard
May 22, 2013 by 3 Comments
Last year I picked up several beautiful antique head and foot boards at the auction. The were filthy and I was the only bidder, so I got them for just a few dollars. I’ve been cleaning and clearing out some space to in my workshop, so I was finally able to pull out this headboard and work on it. I cut the posts off of the sides, then painted it bright white, then put a coat of homemade mustard yellow {Read More}
Repurposed Trunk Coffee Table
April 4, 2013 by 18 Comments
Do you ever wake up in the morning, when the sun is shining and the birds are chirping, and think, “What ugly thing can I paint white today?” Well, maybe it’s just me. Sunshine and birds have that effect on me. Anyway, I woke up in that kind of mood. I looked around for something ugly that I could paint and my eye landed on this footlocker trunk sitting in my entryway. Why did I buy an ugly trunk? I {Read More}
Chalkboard Windows & Frames
March 30, 2013 by 13 Comments
After creating signs on several of my antique windows, I switched gears this week and turned some that had broken panes into chalkboards. I bought a big sheet of luan at Lowes (in the plywood section of the store) and had them cut pieces to the sizes I needed for several windows (less than $14 for the sheet, which is enough to do 3-4 windows, with lots of smaller pieces to use on other projects). I’m a horrible chalkboard artist, {Read More}
Thrift Store Magazine Rack and a Silhouette Tutorial
March 8, 2013 by 26 Comments
I’ve had several people comment that they bought a Silhouette Cameo, but haven’t figured out how to use it, and since I used it on the project I’m sharing with you today, I’m including a tutorial for how I did it. Okay – about this project! There’s pros and cons to being a stockpiler. The good thing is, I usually have on hand what I need to work on projects, because I have a little of everything. The downside is, I {Read More}
Antique Cabinet Door Chalkboard
March 1, 2013 by 27 Comments
When I brought home my hoard of antique windows recently, and did some dumpster diving in the salvage that was torn out of a very old building, I found a lovely old cabinet door buried in the dumpster. The inset panel made it perfect for converting into a chalkboard, so I did a dry-brushed coat of white paint over the frame and added a drawer pull to the bottom to hold the chalk. I was sorta hoping it wouldn’t sell, {Read More}
How do you DRESS your Drawers?
February 23, 2013 by 11 Comments
Crazy busy day here today, so you get photos and that’s it! Tell me what you do with drawers in your house. I love creating vignettes inside them!
Farmhouse Dairy Sign, a Mini Version and Some Silhouette Tips
February 22, 2013 by 22 Comments
I enjoyed creating the Milk & Cream Co. sign so much, I thought I’d create another dairy sign. I decided to look for another design to put on it. I searched the internet for inspiration and came across this antique business card. I love the various font styles on it. {source} Once again, I removed the background and removed some of the wording, to come up with this image. This design proved to be very tricky for the Silhouette {Read More}
