I confess. I splurged a whole 5 bucks this weekend when we went to a salvage barn by my parents' house. Well, they actually have three barns of "junk." We didn't have time to sift through everything - mainly because it was freezing but I did see this vintage soda crate: It's in perfect condition. A little dirty on the inside but it's basically perfect! I'm planning on adding some wheels to the bottom. I...
Who knew a paper shredder could come in handy for craft projects?! I just love the look of shredded sheet music and I have used it in a number of projects. I decided to use it for these sweet Valentine's Day bags too. First I printed off the images from The Graphics Fairy. I used my Cricut to cut them into circles. Then I used some Sticky Dots paper to make them into stickers. Place...
Sticking to my new year's resolution to use what I already have for future craft projects, I whipped up this sweet little lavender sachet today. I have a gazillion of these little glassine bags and thought they'd make for a nice sachet: I simply hand-stamped the French script on the front. I added the little birdy as an after-thought and I quite like it now. Then I added some lavender buds. I stitched the opening...
My craft room/office is a disaster. There, I said it. I'm slowly trying to get things in order starting with some of these jars: I'm really loving this chalkboard paper. I wish I had heard about it sooner. I used my Cricut to cut it into these cute tags. Now I can easily identify what I need instead of digging through a pile of everything. I'm just giddy over how organized I am now! Now to...
**Update: the blogger I mention below is Susan from HomeRoad!** I visited a blog last week (of course, now I can't remember which one!) that reminded me about this decorative bedspring I had ordered from Somerset Living a few months ago. I had originally planned to use it in our bedroom once my husband re-painted it but when I saw the other blogger had added her's to the kitchen, I decided to do the same:...
Paging the lost and found! While we were packing away our Christmas lights yesterday, I found this little tool caddy that I bought a while ago and totally forgot about. It was in pretty bad shape and needed a white spray paint makeover stat. Thanks to yesterday's warm weather, I was able to give it a few coats of paint in just a few hours. Once it was dry, I broke out this graphite transfer...
