Here’s another French Graphic.  This one is an antique invoice, from a tack shop, from the 1920’s. It would make a wonderful background, or part of a collage. More French printables are here, here, here, here, here, & here. I’m enjoying the last few days of my parent’s visit with us, and am hoping the rainy weather clears up, so we can enjoy some time outdoors this weekend. Hope you have a wonderful weekend!

Last month, I brought home 2 boxes of old medicine bottles.  Most of them were pretty dirty inside, but I soaked them, and most of the dirt came off, but there were quite a few that had so much grunge in them, no amount of soaking, or even chemicals would remove it.  I didn’t have a bottle brush small enough to get in them, so I needed to find some way to cover the grunge in them. I’ve seen some really amazing {Read More}

Welcome to this weeks edition of the Vintage Inspiration Party, where your links will show up on 4 different blogs!  We love seeing your vintage home decor, repurposed projects & holiday ideas! Knick of Time Beyond the Picket Fence My Salvaged Treasures Songbird This is the place to share anything old, treasured, passed-down or tattered, but you can also share projects that were made to look old, including repurposed and upcycled creations. vin-tage (adj.) 1.) used to describe something that is {Read More}

Several years ago, I mentioned that my husband brought home a very large flat screen tv, and installed it on a swing out arm in our living room.  Forgive the horrible photo, but this is what it looked like when he installed it. I had just finished papering the walls in antique Bible pages, and having a huge, modern monster attached over the top of them did not make me happy, but of course, our 4 kids wanted to give him {Read More}

While I was waiting for my son to get done with his homeschool co-op classes, I had some time to kill the other day, so I ran into a little thrift store.  I’ve been really good about resisting the urge to bring new things home until I work through all the things already in my workshop, but I spotted this little vintage style wire basket for $1, and I couldn’t pass it up. I decided to practice the photography skills I learned about {Read More}

I’m super excited about this week’s Photography Friday lesson, because I learned about changing aperture to get the cool “bokeh” effect (blurry background) in my photos. Here’s a beautiful example from Anne @ White Lace Cottage.  See how the roses in the silver pitcher take center stage, but the baker’s rack in the background looks beautifully out of focus? Last week, we learned about changing the ISO setting, and what it does and why it’s useful, so if you missed that, check {Read More}

Welcome back to the Vintage Inspiration Link Party.  We’re so happy to have you partying with us!  This is the place to share anything old, treasured, passed-down or tattered, but you can also share projects that were made to look old, including repurposed and upcycled creations. When you link up here at Vintage Inspiration Party your links will be seen on all 4 blogs!! Knick of Time My Salvaged Treasures Beyond the Picket Fence Songbird The features this week were {Read More}

I have another vintage flash cards printable to share with you today!  This one is on really nicely aged paper, and shows vowel sound families for the letter “o”.  It would look charming as a framed print, and would be really cute in a child’s room. {CLICK ON IMAGE TO ENLARGE} You can also make your own vintage style flash cards, with any word or phrase you want on them, with my tutorial and printable here.   Blessings,

 Welcome Everyone!  I am totally psyched about today’s party!  Not only do we have 27 bloggers sharing their best DIY projects with you, but YOU get the opportunity to share your best DIY projects as well, and your links will show up on all 27 blogs! Woo Hoo!!! I’ll be pinning some of my favorite links on our Best of DIY board on Pinterest as well, to bring you even more traffic, and will be sharing links through the weekend, and {Read More}

Last Friday, I told you that I was going to get serious about learning how to use my DSLR camera, by taking online classes with Shoot Fly Shoot (see affiliate link on my sidebar).  I hope that those of you who have DSLR cameras, but you haven’t learned to use them to their full potential, will be encouraged to learn as well.  We can do this!