Sweet and Petite are two perfect words to describe today’s “Get the Look” project. Quick and cheap would be two other fitting words, also. The inspiration for it came from 2 sets of bud vase garlands available from Terrain for $22 & 24 each. While their matching, clear glass bottles are very pretty, I prefer my mismatched, antique, chipped a little, bottles. I don’t pay more than $2, at the most, for antique bottles, so I knew I could make it for {Read More}
{4} the Love of Old Wood
April 6, 2012 by 19 Comments
Old wood is so rewarding to work with. It just seems to look wonderful, no matter what you do with it. Last week I told you how I did a little surgery on an antique sewing machine table and was left with 4 gorgeous, old, wooden parts that originally held the drawers on the table. Two of the pieces I finished have chalkboard backgrounds, and various bits of salvage added to them. I showed you the first one I made {Read More}
Sew Inspired Salvage
April 1, 2012 by 9 Comments
I bought an antique sewing table months and months ago. The top was badly damaged, and one of the sides that held 3 wooden drawers was broken, but the machine was a gorgeous old Domestic and the cast iron base is beautiful. I finally decided it was time to work on it, so I took off the drawers on both sides and started painting what was left of the top and found another piece of salvaged wood to add to {Read More}
Cute as a Button Garland
December 15, 2011 by 26 Comments
Did your mother have a button jar or tin? If she didn’t, your grandmother probably did. In their day, when a shirt or coat became too worn to wear, you saved the fabric for rags or a quilt, and the buttons were saved in the button jar.My mother’s button jar was like a little treasure chest for me as a child. I loved looking through her bounty of “jewels”, and the bigger and gaudier the button, the more I liked it. {Read More}
A Cozy Sweater & Candlelight
December 3, 2011 by 34 Comments
If I had a fireplace mantle, I’d be lining the whole thing with these! A few months ago, I got a bunch of fishbowls, glasses and vases at an auction. All you auction-lovers out there, know how you can come home with oodles of things you didn’t want, but they came with something else you did want. That was the case with these glass items. It was finally time to do something with them. I’ve been wanting to make some {Read More}
Repurposed Tin Cans Organizers
December 1, 2011 by 43 Comments
Go raid your recycling bin to create some of these super cheap, super wonderful super easy containers with tin cans! I stayed up til the wee hours of the morning making mine – I’m hooked! As I’ve mentioned before, I have a stash of sheet music and antique magazines from the 1800’s and their aged look means anything I put them on will be gorgeous, so I’m always looking for more things to cover. These were cans that held cooked chicken meat, but you could use {Read More}
Livery Sign & Today’s Pickins’
September 14, 2011 by 6 Comments
I’ve got quite a stockpile of old wood right now, which are all perfect for creating “antique” signs on. I brought home 2 sections of super old wood this weekend that were just begging to become signs. I decided to create a Livery & Farrier sign on the smaller of the 2 pieces. This old horseshoe was the inspiration for this sign. I’ve had it for some time and was just waiting for the right piece of wood to come along to use it {Read More}
