Once in awhile, I have a “light bulb moment”. Usually I have to tinker around with things for awhile before I figure out what I’m going to do with them, but when I found a plain white light bulb socket at a thrift store, and I knew I had an Edison-style light bulb at home, the light in my head went on, and I immediately knew what I wanted to do with it. A few antique books, 2 screws, and {Read More}
Farmhouse Decor | 20+ Best Thrifty DIY Projects With Farmhouse Style
May 27, 2013 by 10 Comments
Recently, I curated a Thrifty Farmhouse Decor theme clipboard for Hometalk – right up my alley! If you love farmhouse style, you are in for a real treat, because I have more than 20 ideas and DIY projects to show you! SHOP FARMHOUSE DECOR HERE My goal was to select projects that had farmhouse charm, are inexpensive, and range in DIY skill levels, so there are ideas for everyone. Most are fairly easy, requiring only basic skills and tools, but a {Read More}
Sonday – The Old Rugged Cross – Antique Hymn Page Printable
May 19, 2013 by 9 Comments
Blessings, Angie View Verse of the Day
Using the Positive Space of a Stencil – Colonial Pharmacy Sign
May 2, 2013 by 16 Comments
I used a little different technique this week to create another sign, that I thought would be helpful to other people who are new to using a Silhouette machine. You may recall this Colonial Pharmacy coat rack/sign I created a few months ago. It was made using Contact paper cut as a stencil with my Silhouette (the negative space). What was left on the paper backing is the positive space, that you need to use transfer tape to be able {Read More}
Dictionary Pages Pennant Banners
April 18, 2013 by 18 Comments
Yesterday I promised that I’d share the printables for the DIY Dictionary Pages Pennant Banners I used to decorate my Wooden Mantel Backdrops. I always get excited when I find books that have that aged, darkened color that looks so pretty, but the drawback is the pages are usually very fragile and brittle, making it difficult to use them for craft projects. To solve that problem, I scan the images on very high resolution, then make copies of them, which {Read More}
Rustic Mantle Backdrops
April 17, 2013 by 44 Comments
Inspiration is rarely a problem for me. In fact, my problem is usually having too much inspiration and not knowing when to quit. That wasn’t the case last week. I started out with what I thought was a great idea. I have these wonderful antique tongue and groove boards that I always turn into coat racks, but I felt like doing something different with some of them. I thought I’d connect several together and turn them into barn door style {Read More}
Repurposed Trunk Coffee Table
April 4, 2013 by 18 Comments
Do you ever wake up in the morning, when the sun is shining and the birds are chirping, and think, “What ugly thing can I paint white today?” Well, maybe it’s just me. Sunshine and birds have that effect on me. Anyway, I woke up in that kind of mood. I looked around for something ugly that I could paint and my eye landed on this footlocker trunk sitting in my entryway. Why did I buy an ugly trunk? I {Read More}
Laundry Room Reveal
April 3, 2013 by 82 Comments
My laundry room is finally finished. We’ve never had a dedicated laundry room in any of our homes – just laundry closets, so it seems like a luxury to me to have a real laundry room. I wanted a very simple, old-fashioned farmhouse look for this room, and love it so much now, I’m tempted to make room for a chair, so I can just sit in there an enjoy it. It started out as a combination laundry room/bathroom, but {Read More}
Antique Graphics Wednesday – French School Labels
April 2, 2013 by 5 Comments
For the French enthusiast, here are a bunch of old school subject labels. I hope you find something fun to do with them. And here they are individually. You’ll find many more Free Printable Vintage Labels HERE! Au Revoir! Angie
Book Page Wreath
March 28, 2013 by 62 Comments
We went to our sons’ basketball tournament last week and had a 5 hour drive each way and a lot of hotel time throughout the week, so I knew I needed to take along a project to work on, or I’d go stir-crazy. I couldn’t tote along my Silhouette or wood boards, so I looked around for something that would be easily portable, and decided a book page project made the most sense, so I decided to make a book {Read More}
