You’ve all seen my tiered stands before, so rather than talk too much about my latest batch, I want to address an issue you might be wondering about – am I going nuts? To clarify, if you are a regular reader of my blog, I’m sure you noticed that just about every time you visit, something looks different, and it looks like I’m having an identity crisis. I’ll spare you the longggg story, but did want to explain what I’m doing, and ask {Read More}
Tiered Stand Serving Center
October 22, 2014 by 13 Comments
Did you think you’d seen the last of tiered stands from me? Well, I hope not, because in the past, I’ve always shown my tiered stands as more of a decorative item, but with my most recent tiered stand, I wanted to show it as a decorative, but very useful piece to have. I picked up a set of vintage cake pans at an auction. I had no intention of baking cakes. What!
A New Sign, a Bread Pan, a Lunch Box and more
July 17, 2014 by 5 Comments
I always have visions of summer being such a relaxing, laid-back time, but it never seems to work out that way. It’s been a very fun summer, but busy enough that I’ve done very little work. Over the last month, I’ve brought home quite a few neat things, but most of them have been sitting in a corner of my living room, I’m just now getting around to taking photos of them. I found this bread pan at an antique {Read More}
New Tiered Stands and What I Did {and did not} Do in Chicago
June 28, 2014 by 9 Comments
Yesterday, I went with two of my sons, for a whirlwind drive up to Chicago. The older son sells specialty cheese at a Farmer’s Market in our town, and he needed to pick up hundreds of pounds of cheese in Chicago. Between worrying about deer on the roads through the rural areas, and crazy drivers in Chicago, I didn’t want him to make the drive alone, so I packed up my computer and camera, thinking I’d get some work done {Read More}
Old Farm Charm – a Farmhouse Industrial Water Pump Salvage Hanging Light
April 7, 2014 by 13 Comments
One of the wonderful things about living in farming country, is finding wonderful relics from old farmhouses. A few months ago, I brought home 3 fabulous salvaged metal pieces. Can any of you recognize what they originally were? If you live in farm country, you probably have seen them attached to a water pump, like this one. These were used to draw water from cisterns or ponds, Our old farmhouse in Missouri had one in the enclosed porch, that had {Read More}
Salvaged Wood Display Shelf
April 5, 2014 by 19 Comments
Yawn…I must be getting old, because I used to work on projects until the wee hours of the morning, but lately I can barely keep my eyes open until 10. I’m hoping once the daylight starts lasting longer, I’ll have more energy, because I am a night owl by nature, and can’t seem to accomplish much lately. That has absolutely nothing to do with today’s post, it just explains to you why if you notice me posting less frequently, it’s because {Read More}
Antique Graphics – Printable Milk Cap Images and Project Ideas
February 26, 2014 by 6 Comments
I don’t know about you, but I love antique milk caps. They are just one more example of how packaging was so much better in the old days, than it is today. They are fun to collect, but the images are also wonderful to use on crafts and projects. You can print them out, punch a hole in them and put a string through them to use as gift tags. You can turn them into iron-on transfers for flour {Read More}
Barn Wood & Bread Tins Wall Bins
February 7, 2014 by 16 Comments
Being snowed in for the last several days has given me lots of time to be productive and I’ve brought home bunches of “stuff” from auctions & thrift stores recently, including a plank of antique barn wood and a bunch of antique bread pans. I love turning bread pans into wall bins, and the barn wood was the perfect backing to connect them to. PIN IT! It is classic barn red, and the wood is wonderfully aged. I love the {Read More}
The Making of an Antique Cupboard
January 16, 2014 by 57 Comments
Before I say anything else about today’s post, I want to thank to my husband. Without him, I wouldn’t be sharing what I’m sharing with you today. He helps me bring my plans and visions to reality and I truly couldn’t do it without him. I don’t say it often enough, but I appreciate not only all the work he does for me, but his willingness to even tackle the projects I throw at him at all. I really believe there {Read More}
Antique Milk Cap Image
January 11, 2014 by 1 Comment
Did you know January 11th is National Milk Day? I didn’t either…I Googled it to see if there was such a thing, and there is, so I thought I’d share this cute antique milk cap image with you this week. I never tire of seeing all the different graphics found on old milk caps. I’ve removed all the background on this milk cap, so you can layer this image over other images. You can find more antique milk cap images {Read More}
