Sometimes new projects are a huge success, and other times, they are a dismal failure. Today’s project turned out wonderful, but only because another project was a dismal failure first. Last year about this time, I made a canvas bucket bag (seen here), which I absolutely loved, and I always thought it might be possible to make something similar out of brown paper, and I decided I would attempt it. My husband walked in while I was working on it, {Read More}
Looking Back and What’s Ahead in 2015
January 1, 2015 by 14 Comments
2014 was another busy year for changes around our house, and I haven’t even shared them all on the blog yet. The biggest project we completed was our old shed that we converted into a guest room/photo studio, which then became a bedroom for our oldest son when he switched from an out-of-state college, to our local collage. He’ll graduate from college in the spring, and once he gets his own apartment, it will revert back to a guest room/photo studio {Read More}
Antique Clock Face Graphics from School Book
January 1, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Recently I picked up an antique school book, which was filled with lots of charming illustrations, and of course the first ones that caught my attention were the telling time pages, with antique clock face images on them. The first day of 2015 seemed like a good time to share them!. It’s easy to print these out, and attach them to old cd’s, or a round piece of wood for an instant “antique” clock face to display in a vignette. Here {Read More}
How to Install a Wood Plank Wall and my “Dear John”
December 31, 2014 by 18 Comments
After taking all of November and most of December off from house remodeling projects, I’ve been itching to start making more progress on our to-do list, and the next room on the list has been our bedroom. It’s still in the beginning stages, but we’re making some progress. The walls in the room were originally just thin paneling. The corner seams were never finished, and there was no trim around the ceiling, so I couldn’t wait to make it disappear. Rather than tear {Read More}
Vintage Inspiration Party #170 – YOUR Best of 2014!
December 30, 2014 by 11 Comments
Welcome to the Vintage Inspiration Party! It’s a very special party we have planned for you today, because we are inviting you to share your BEST Vintage-Inspired Everything from 2014. We want to see those projects, rooms, and home decor that you are most proud of from 2014 (vintage-inspired only please)! We have 2 link-ups for you to use – The 1st is specifically for your BEST from 2014 . The 2nd link-up for anything vintage inspired that is {Read More}
Answering Questions about the Silhouette Cameo and A New Canvas Wall Print
December 29, 2014 by 15 Comments
I’ve gotten a lot of questions about the Silhouette machine I use to cut stencils for signs and canvas wall prints, and I’ve always responded to the individually, but I’ve had several more readers contact me lately, and rather than continuing to respond individually, I figured it was time to write a post about it, because obviously, many of my readers have questions about it. One reader in particular sent me a list of questions, so I’ll address those first, {Read More}
Wooden Tray Makeover as Antique Crate
December 28, 2014 by 9 Comments
I bought a wooden tray a few weeks ago at a thrift store, and pulled it out recently to work on. I batted around a few ideas of how I wanted to fix it up, and what popped into my head, was to make it look like the top of an old shipping crate. I searched for inspiration on Google, and ebay, and then I found this antique crate on Etsy. The crate is from the same company as this {Read More}
Repurposed Drawers and Crates for Craft Supplies
December 27, 2014 by 5 Comments
Does anyone else have a hard time getting back into the swing of things after Christmas? I feel like until I get all the decorations and the tree taken down, it’s hard to do much else, but I did work on a little organizational project today. When we “remodeled” one wall in the kitchen to install an oven range hood (seen here), and removed the little crates that held my spices, I wanted to find a new use for them. {Read More}
Antique New Year Postcard
December 27, 2014 by Leave a Comment
With New Year’s just a few days away, here’s a beautiful antique postcard that I picked up at an antique store when we were visiting family in New Mexico a few months ago. Enjoy! Blessings,
Blogging with the Pros – I Wish I Would Have Known… Blog Mistakes from 6 Bloggers
December 26, 2014 by 22 Comments
Blogging has a huge learning curve…and I mean really huge. If I had invested the number of hours I’ve spent learning about blogging into college, I’d have initials behind my name right now. There are SO many things I wish I would have known as a brand new blogger, that would have saved me countless hours and headaches down the road. Blogging is more than a few photos and words on the screen. To help other new, or would-be bloggers {Read More}
