I must confess, I love my yard this time of year. My husband does such a wonderful job maintaining the "grounds." I'm also reminded of some of our most favorite backyard finds: This old pump was an upstate NY salvage find when we first got married. I remember being terrified plopping down the $100 to get it. It still works as we have a water hole right underneath it. I love the little pail hanging...
It's raining in this neck of the woods today so no garage sales for moi. =( I'm actually kind of relieved as I have visions/plans for a number of projects that I wouldn't mind tackling this weekend. First up is this quick Father's Day pocketwatch: I picked up the watch piece from Michaels. It opens in the back so you can add photos, little tidbits, etc. This one is for my Dad a.ka. Pop Pop...
Don't forget, today is the last day to enter my giveaway. I'll draw a winner after 5 p.m. EST today. Good luck! And now on to some sweet little garage sale finds from this morning: I couldn't resist these little books. I don't know much about them but they were in just the shape I was looking for: old and shabby! They were $1 each. The little measuring cup was $.25 cents. And here's the...
I picked up this little clock a couple of weeks ago. I need to re-check my posts because I can't remember if it was from Goodwill or a garage sale. Anywho, I gave it a white spray paint makeover: The red you see on the cheeks is actually lipstick. Yes, lipstick. I wanted to make the cheeks pop. It got a little messy and I'm still mulling over whether I like it or not. Argh!...
I typically have a bunch of leftover clothes pins floating around. Mostly cast-offs from my Etsy shop. You know, the ones that don't come out quite right? Instead of tossing them, I usually paint over my oopsies and re-use them elsewhere - like for these red, white and blue pins: I used some acrylic paint and painted each one in the appropriate colors. I didn't have the dark blue I needed so I just improvised. ...
I've had this tote bag since last summer. Yup, over a year. I don't remember where I got it from but I came across it tonight and decided to give it a beachy touch since beach season is finally upon us: I used fabric paint to stencil in my letters. While they were drying, I printed off the blue starfish onto transfer paper, and ironed them on. I tied the little starfish on with twine...
