New Projects

I had a little time to go shopping this week and managed to buy a few pieces. I found a great frame with a not so great finish.

I plan on painting this a fun color and I know it would make a nice blackboard, but I have other plans...

These lamps look a little boring now, but I found a fun idea for the shades on Etsy.

I did manage to find something that I like just the way it is, a card file box.

I hope to share the outcomes soon!

Crafty Lady

What can I do with these??

This is my inspiration...

Aimee Asher

I bought a package of quilting square's at Jo-Ann Fabrics, cut them down to size and started tying them on...

kinda funky, fun and very colorful...

I just don't know how safe they are...wouldn't want the house to burn down. I've used a low wattage bulb and seldom turn this on.

I'll have to come up with some more ideas, this takes a lot of fabric and wouldn't be practical for the bigger shades.

Book Plates

I finally found frames for the book plates I removed from a vintage book. I know a few of you said you could never destroy an old book (this book was not in great shape), but look how nice the images look framed...

The images are an odd size and I didn't want to spend a lot of money framing them...I found these floating frames at Staple's. I love the juxtaposition between the vintage print and modern frame. I bought the three frames in stock and now on the hunt for more...I have sixty four of these prints ;)

Artsy Fartsy

I love original art...but I am no artist and I just can't bring myself to shell out the big bucks for a piece...not at this time, but definitely in the future!

Luckily I have an inhouse artist in training. My high school daughter is very talented in the "art" department. She's home for summer vacation and has some time on her hands. So, I thought she might like to add a little artistic touch to some very blah pictures I have (unfortunately I have no before pictures).

She makes stencils and then layers the images with multiple spay paint colors. She's getting really good at this!

She's also a wonderful photographer...me not so good (I took these photos).

This is her sculpture, "Level Headed Shrink".

More fun sculptures my children have made for me in the past.

A little off topic, but have any of you had issues with uploading images? I have lost my logo image and every time I try to upload I get a "We're sorry, but you have exceeded your photo upload quota" message. I have made the image smaller, cleaned out my photos and everything else I can think of. Do I really need to start paying for more space??

Crafty Lady

Alright... I am not all that crafty, I can't sew, knit or crochet.

But, I am always trying to find new uses for small inexpensive treasures.

Clip on Earrings
I found a box of these at one of my favorite junk shops

These are great for adding a little bling to a lampshade,

Or holding up a window shade

they also can dress up a shoe.