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}
Repurposed Book Page Canvas Hymn Art
February 6, 2014 by 18 Comments
Last week, a customer asked me to create a canvas art with book pages and an antique map, and since I had all the supplies out, I decided to add book pages to several other canvases at the same time. I wanted to do something different than a map on the other ones, and decided to try painting words over the book pages. “It Is Well With My Soul” is one of my favorite hymns, so I selected a font {Read More}
Photo Transfer onto Wood – Repurposed Wood Salvage Coat Rack
January 11, 2014 by 33 Comments
I can’t decide whether it’s a good thing or a bad thing that I enjoy crafting so much and want to try everything, because just when I fall in love with one type of project, I decide there’s a completely different one I’d like to do, so I end up with way too many supplies scattered around my kitchen and I hate to put them away, because once I put something away, I hate to drag it out again. So, {Read More}
A Little More Milk & Cream
January 10, 2014 by 21 Comments
Lest you think I finally got bored of using the Milk and Cream Co. image on things…I haven’t. I was just waiting for the right piece to use it on. When I hung my new/repurposed Primitive Wall Cupboard in my kitchen, I hung it where this paper towel holder/shelf previously had been. It seemed perfect for the Milk & Cream graphic. I wanted to do it as a transfer, rather than using a stencil, so that the shadow border would {Read More}
DIY Primitive Cabinet from a Repurposed Wooden Crate and Frame
January 6, 2014 by 31 Comments
I love it when you make something and it turns out exactly as you envisioned it. I’ve been wanting to make a primitive style wall cupboard for awhile. I wanted something that I could openly display things inside, and wanted to use metal mesh I already had on hand inside the door. I didn’t want to buy new wood to do it. I knew it would cost less to wait until I came across something old and cheap and would {Read More}
Easy Christmas Crafts
December 3, 2013 by 16 Comments
I’m thrilled with all of the holiday projects that were shared at last week’s party! I’m featuring 4 of my favorite easy Christmas crafts that all include tutorials, and were all repurposed from other items. I absolutely love this Christmas wall art that Tanya @ Twelve O Eight made out of canning jar lids. This rustically pretty Birch Bark Tree Topper was created by Melissa @ Shabby Love. Adina @ Simply Country Life gave her old measuring tins some Christmas charm with burlap, {Read More}
God Bless Us, Every One! – Repurposed Sewing Machine Table Salvage Sign
December 2, 2013 by 5 Comments
In past years, I didn’t get in the Christmas decorating groove until halfway through December, but this year it kicked in earlier, thank goodness! As always, the first step for me in creating something is to dig through my stash of junk out in my workshop, to see what I have to work with. I don’t usually know what I’ll make, but I grab anything that seems inspiring at the moment, so I grabbed a wooden rectangle-shaped piece {Read More}
Christmas Music Pages – Loads of Free Pages!
November 8, 2013 by 35 Comments
Other Supplies here: https://www.chalkcouture.com/knickoftime/products And more antique Christmas music pages. These would be perfect for some crafting projects.
Repurposed Books Coat Rack Junker’s Unite
October 15, 2013 by 37 Comments
Every home needs a coat rack, but I love old books, and wanted to find a way to to find a way to incorporate them into useful decor and not just a stack of dust collectors, so I turned the into a coat rack, so you can literally hang on every word! 🙂
Mixed Media Photo Frames – {Rising Up from the Broken Remains}
October 10, 2013 by 8 Comments
I break glass. About 50% of the time it’s intentional – like when I need to remove glass panes from old windows. The other 50% of the time – it’s because I’m a total klutz. In my house, I’m famous (can you be famous in your own house?), for accidentally breaking glass. It would be funny, if it wasn’t so pathetic how often it happens. My workshop overfloweth with junk, so I have an old chair hanging by 1 large {Read More}
