After creating signs on several of my antique windows, I switched gears this week and turned some that had broken panes into chalkboards. I bought a big sheet of luan at Lowes (in the plywood section of the store) and had them cut pieces to the sizes I needed for several windows (less than $14 for the sheet, which is enough to do 3-4 windows, with lots of smaller pieces to use on other projects). I’m a horrible chalkboard artist, {Read More}
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}
A Sign of Trouble {a.k.a – Bakery Sign}
March 14, 2013 by 23 Comments
I started working on turning another window into a sign last week (I know – big surprise). I’ll show you the finished product first, then tell you all the troubles I had (because I like to hear good news before bad). I sorted through a bunch of my antique business advertisements and decided I’d like to create one based on this advertisement from a 1920’s college yearbook. I wanted a font with a little something “more” to it and I {Read More}
Thursday’s Theme – {Tattered Antique Book Stacks}
March 7, 2013 by 15 Comments
Last week, I brought home the most beautiful box full of extremely old German books. They didn’t look all that beautiful as I found them, because they had extremely dirty, torn up covers, but take off those old covers and brace yourself for a real vision of beauty. I get a little giddy when I discover the binding of the books covered with book pages. I’m not sure why some books have this, but I’m so glad they do. I’m {Read More}
{Seeing} Signs
March 4, 2013 by 18 Comments
I love my collection of antique eyeglasses and have several advertisements from early 1900’s optometrists, so my newest sign on an antique window is inspired by both of them. I love the image of the old spectacles in this advertisement, so I used it on the lower portion of the window. I liked the name of this company, but it would have taken me forever to modify the text enough for the Silhouette to be able to “read” the edges, {Read More}
Antique Cabinet Door Chalkboard
March 1, 2013 by 27 Comments
When I brought home my hoard of antique windows recently, and did some dumpster diving in the salvage that was torn out of a very old building, I found a lovely old cabinet door buried in the dumpster. The inset panel made it perfect for converting into a chalkboard, so I did a dry-brushed coat of white paint over the frame and added a drawer pull to the bottom to hold the chalk. I was sorta hoping it wouldn’t sell, {Read More}
Wooden Twine Holder – Pinned and Done!
February 28, 2013 by 24 Comments
I want to send out a heart-felt “thank you” to all of you who shared your stories, wrote well-wishes and are sending up prayers for my son while he’s at basic training. I had no idea so many of you have been where I’m at as a mom and have grown sons who’ve already been-there/done-that. It really does my heart good to hear your boys survived and are better men for it.Okay, enough about me! Do you have a mile-long {Read More}
How do you DRESS your Drawers?
February 23, 2013 by 11 Comments
Crazy busy day here today, so you get photos and that’s it! Tell me what you do with drawers in your house. I love creating vignettes inside them!
Farmhouse Dairy Sign, a Mini Version and Some Silhouette Tips
February 22, 2013 by 22 Comments
I enjoyed creating the Milk & Cream Co. sign so much, I thought I’d create another dairy sign. I decided to look for another design to put on it. I searched the internet for inspiration and came across this antique business card. I love the various font styles on it. {source} Once again, I removed the background and removed some of the wording, to come up with this image. This design proved to be very tricky for the Silhouette {Read More}
How to Make a Perfect Book Page Bow
January 25, 2013 by 28 Comments
How to Make a Perfect Book Page Bow It all started with a book page bow banner I made and sold in my Etsy shop…. Another customer saw it and asked if I would make her 100 really small bows that she planned to use on baby shower invitations. “Oh sure – no problem!“, I responded. I do enjoy making them, but my kitchen counter is now decorated with spiderweb-like strands of hot glue, I burned myself a few times, and I {Read More}
