Showing posts from September, 2014

Framed Postage Stamp & Button Christmas Trees

September 28, 2014
Yes, I am crafting for Christmas in September! This framed button Christmas tree was one of my most popular Christmas crafts of 2012. My latest framed Christmas trees feature both old postage stamps and buttons.   Here I am soaking old cancelled stamps off  envelopes with a bowl of water.  I then dried them on paper towel.  These stamps are fairly old  (probably 50's and 60's) but not valuable.  


My Rustic Fall Covered Patio 2014

September 22, 2014
Remember the funnel junk jack o'lantern I put together  HERE. The funnel jack o'lantern is now sitting on a rustic little table on my front step.


DIY Fall Copper Tray Tiered Stand

September 21, 2014
My project today starts with two thrift shop wooden candlesticks, a flat wooden pillar candle holder, and a round vintage copper serving tray.  I cleaned the tray with a lemon and salt and a little steel wool to remove some of the stains but not all of the patina.


Re-Purposed Vintage Tray Christmas Art on Barn Wood

September 20, 2014
I purchased this old tray last fall.  An idea came to me to cut a tree shape out of the center of it with tin snips.


One Rustic Fall Vignette Two Ways - Take Your Pick!

September 15, 2014
Remember my   barn wood and vintage ladle re-purposed fall candle holder post from August?  While decorating my covered patio, I ended up with a small vignette dilemma.


Raffia in Fall Decor

September 12, 2014
I seem to tie or tuck raffia into almost all of my fall vignettes.  It reminds me of straw, and I love the way the wind blows it back and forth outdoors.  Here are examples of my fall raffia ideas. I tied some raffia on my funnel Jack o'Lantern  here.


A Re-Purposed Shutter Shelf for a Vintage, Rustic 3/4 Bath

September 10, 2014
I made a new shutter shelf for my 3/4 bathroom from a $4 thrift shop purchase.  $2 for the shutter, 


Odds & Ends: Easy Fall Sign & Nail Polish Holder

September 07, 2014
I have two easy projects to share today. After completing this  Shovel Handle Display Tray , I had the shovel head left over. Why not make another rusty shovel sign  like these? So I did!  This is the chalk lettering that I traced onto the shovel head back. 


Small Updates to my Small 3/4 Bathroom

September 06, 2014
When I was a child, I remember going to rummage sales with my mother in my current neighborhood.   My neighborhood was where the business owners and doctors in town once lived, (circa the 1960's); the homes of the local rich and famous.   At the time, rummage sale-ing was not as widely accepted as it now.  My mother, a rummage sale fanatic, went to rummage sales because she couldn't afford to buy all new, not because salvaging, up-cycling and re-purposing was trendy!  I remember hiding in the back seat of the car when she went to rummage sales lest my more fortunate classmates see us purchasing their second hand stuff. It was then, that I set my sights on living in this very subdivision, someday... And it did happen.  I have actually owned two houses in this neighborhood.  I currently live in a doctor's old house, but my house is pretty ordinary . Let me say that doctors lived pretty frugally in the 1950's when my house was built.  It has two bathro


A $5.49 Re-purposed Vintage Store Paper Roll Holder Plant Stand

September 05, 2014
My plant stand started out as this $5 vintage roll paper holder.