I love taking photos of small things, like old wooden thimbles.  They often get “lost” when among all the other larger, showier things in my home, but a photo lets all the focus zoom in on little things, where they can be appreciated more.   I wrapped a bunch of old, empty spools with baker’s twine.  Don’t they look beautiful?  I love the colorful assortment of spools that still have thread on them.  I know I’ve said it before, but {Read More}

Hey everyone – I hope you had a safe and wonderful July 4th! There are two things I absolutely love about specialty brand waxes like the ones carried CeCe Caldwell’s, Annie Sloan & Miss Mustard Seed – how they are as smooth as butter to apply and the richness of color they give to paint. There are also two things I don’t love about those specialty brands – there are no local suppliers for me, so I have to order {Read More}

Never in a million years would I normally have purchased this hanging light, or even given it a second look, but I was on the lookout for light bulb sockets I could repurpose for other projects and for $2.50 at a thrift store, it was worth the parts. If you own a hanging like this, I’m sorry. As your friend, I feel compelled to tell you the truth…it’s UGLY. Put “new hanging light” on your Christmas list – you owe {Read More}

Welcome back to Knick of Time Tuesday!Don’t forget to start getting crafty and creative and be ready to share July 15-20 for the Christmas in July link party! Here are some special features from last week’s party! Diane @ An Extraordinary Day created a beautiful, simple and inexpensive tablescape with some blossoming branches, mason jars and book pages. Laura @ Sunday View created an adorable vintage style tag, using bits and pieces of vintage ephemera. Kassandra @ Kassandrashabby made over a {Read More}

I take many photos every day for the goods I sell in my shop.  I rarely take the photos indoors, because I don’t have a good space that receives natural light…and stays clean. I nearly always take my photos outdoors, by the wall behind my workshop.  Pretty fancy set-up, huh?  It works well though, because I get indirect natural light and the old wooden table and metal “brick” siding make simple backdrops. I used it as a backdrop for this {Read More}

Yeah….I know.   It’s a thing of beauty. Remember the phone call I received that some friends from church were tearing down their old house, and would I like 2 of these old doors?  Needless to say, when I laid eyes on them, I could have hugged them. Well, there were also 4 of these old porch columns they said I could take also, but they would remove them for me right before the house was torn down.  (Side note {Read More}

Is Christmas about the furthest thing from your mind right now?  It’s gonna be here before you know it, right?  Less than 6 months away. I used to do so much planning for Christmas, and started my gift-giving list in January, but the last few years I’ve been very last-minute and have rushed around like a nut trying to get all the gifts bought, wrapped, shipped, etc.  I’m hoping to get back to putting more planning into it, so when {Read More}