I’ve been given several old school desks over the years, from people whose kids had outgrown them. I often repurpose parts of them, like the antique alphabet school page sign I made from the top of another desk, but this one didn’t have any parts that were easily removable, so it would get a makeover instead. All in all, it was in decent condition, but a child had scratched some words into the top of the desk, and the “greige” {Read More}
Rustic Brown Paper Pot
January 2, 2015 by 13 Comments
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}
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}
Gold and Glittery Christmas Tree
December 24, 2014 by
The wonderful thing about the night before Christmas, is the realization that whatever I have done is all I will get done, because time has run out. That realization makes me relax, and stop stressing about what I did and didn’t do. I have to just lay it aside, and enjoy Christmas day. It wasn’t easy, mind you. There were gifts that didn’t arrive in time, and there were gifts I didn’t get at all, but I’m trying to develop an “all {Read More}
Vintage Inspiration Party # 170 – Vintage Style Christmas Home Decor!
December 23, 2014 by 6 Comments
Merry Christmas to you all, and welcome back to the Vintage Inspiration Party! Before we get started this week, I want to announce that we have a very special party planned for next week. Since it will be the last VIP party of the year, we are inviting you to share your absolute best, most inspired, favorite Vintage projects of the year. So go dig in your archives to see what you finished this year and link up the best of {Read More}
Adeste Fideles – O Come, All Ye Faithful
December 21, 2014 by 6 Comments
Here is a beautifully aged antique Christmas music page, of the famous Christmas carol, “Adeste Fideles”, which is latin for “O Come All Ye Faithful”. This could be used in so many ways, but I think the prettiest thing to do with it, is just frame it. It came from an early 1920’s antique music magazine, called The Etude {CLICK ON IMAGE TO ENLARGE} Merry Christmas!
