Showing posts from July, 2014

Vintage and Junk Finds

July 28, 2014
I just picked up this rusty gate this morning for $20.  I thought that was a great price. 


Mending a Little Stool with Mending Braces

July 27, 2014
I received a Facebook message with this photo from  my junkin' friend, Jodi .   It said that she had dropped a little stool on her garage floor and broke it.  She said she would give me the stool, and I could figure out something to do with it.  Of course I didn't turn it down.


Organized Clutter: Junk Garden Tour 2014

July 25, 2014
Welcome to Organized Clutter's 2014 Junk Garden Tour!  This year I asked my friend and coworker, Val,  to photograph my tour.  Val has a great camera, and is a great photographer.   So sit back and view my gardens through her eyes and her lens.  The macros are amazing!


Organized Clutter's Junk Garden Tour Sneak Peak

July 23, 2014
It's coming...The 2014 Organized Clutter Junk Garden Tour .


Another Rusty Shovel Garden Sign

July 22, 2014
I purchased this $3 rusty shovel at a garage sale this morning.  I'm going to make another rusty shovel garden sign.


A New Rustic Kitchen Ideas Clipboard on HOMETALK

July 22, 2014
I love a rustic-styled kitchen! In my kitchen, I display well used and well loved vintage kitchen wares.


A Repurposed Crank Handle Hook

July 20, 2014
I started my re-purposed hook project with a salvaged drawer pull, crank handle and chippy painted board.  The crank handle was $2 at the consignment shop, and I got the drawer pull and board from my  Junkin' Friend Jodi.


Repurposed & Upcycled Vintage Cedar Box

July 19, 2014
 I picked up this vintage cedar box thrifting for $2.


My Multi-Talented Junkin' Friend Jodi

July 18, 2014
On any given day, this could be the scene in my friend Jodi's garage.  On this particular day, Jodi  photographed her 300+ signs, that she prepared in just two weeks for the Fargo Junk Market .   Mann Made Signs are rustic wood signs painted up in all colors and fonts for literally ALL occasions, subjects and people. Jodi


Garden Junk Doesn't Last Forever

July 16, 2014
 Here are two of my old favorites in the junk garden...my weathered gray chair and my Perfection heater.  Both have been in the garden for a lot of years, AND the elements have taken their toll.  


Old Wagon Boards Make A Great Planter Backdrop

July 15, 2014
I am so thankful to have junker friends!  Last Friday I found these old boards from a wagon in the garage of my friend, sign maker and furniture painter, Jodi, from  Mann Made Signs.


Two Easy Flower Pot Hangers For The Junk Garden

July 13, 2014
Do you know what this is?  If you are a northern girl like me chances are you know it is an ice fishing hole skimmer.  This is an older one as the newer ones have a plastic circle with holes.  I purchased this one for $2 at the thrift shop.


Thrift Shop Purchases Re-Purposed As Decorative Garden Flower Picks

July 11, 2014
Can you guess what these are?  I saw them for $2 at a local thrift shop, and asked the clerk.  She didn't know, but they had them situated with old tools and such.  Luckily, they had some writing on the ends.  They were marked Ekco Forge Aluminum Heat Rods.  I googled them when I got home and found out they were for baked potatoes.


Repurposed Earring & Ring Holder

July 10, 2014
  I found this shelf at the thrift shop for $2 recently. Not sure if it was homemade or what it was orginally used for.


Painted & Re-Purposed Vintage Everlast Forged Aluminum Tray

July 08, 2014
I had the day off from work today and planned to garden and work on projects. This was the scene at our bird feeder at 5:00 a.m. this morning.  Two does were helping themselves to sunflower seeds.  The poor deer on the right has a bum leg and actually walks on three legs.   I have sprayed my flowers occasionally with Liquid Fence deer repellent this year but not last night, and with all the rain we have been having, I should have sprayed almost every day.


Holiday Junk: Re-purposed Rusty Spring Tree

July 06, 2014
I purchased 15 assorted rusty old industrial springs recently for a buck a piece.  Pinterest has many pinned projects with re-purposed bed springs, but not hardly any with this type of  heavier and cylindrical  spring.  


Outdoor This & That 19: Wheelbarrow Container Gardens & New Garden Angel

July 06, 2014
This old wheelbarrow was one of my very first junk garden accessories, and it remains my favorite.  I seal it with Thompson's Water Seal almost every year to preserve it's chippy, weathered goodness as long as I can.


A Framed Lobelia Repeat Perfomance

July 05, 2014
Last year I framed a techno heat blue lobelia.  It was gorgeous here on June 11, 2013.  See more HERE. This year I repeated this project with a violet techno heat lobelia.  This is planting day 5/23/14.  Here is the framed violet lobelia on July 5, 2014.  I like it, but LOVE the blue one!  What do you think?


My Garden "Clutter" Is Featured on Flea Market Gardening!

July 02, 2014
I'm thrilled to have my gardens and junk featured today on the Flea Market Gardening blog with Sue Langley.  Come have a peek:   http://www.fleamarketgardening.org/2014/06/29/carlenes-good-garden-clutter/ Then have a look around Sue's blog.  It's a junk gardener's paradise!