Whenever I’m at Goodwill or out thrifting, I keep an eye out for silver trays or bowls. I don’t know why Goodwill will price an orphan white dinner plate at $2 but will sell something like this little silver plated tray for .99 cents. Go figure.At any rate, this strange pricing policy makes it easy […]
Where are they now? Catching up with the leftovers from other projects…
Remember my Franken Craft from a bunch of junk? I took the lid from this wacky pot/dish and made it into the pedestal bowl. I never did show you what happened to the “other half” of the bowl… I spray painted the bowl with the ever popular Heirloom White from Rustoleum, popped in a few […]
If you can wrap a gift, you can recover a chair cushion….
…. well, temporarily. Here’s the situation: I love our dog, but she isn’t too nice to our outdoor furniture. We have a set that is super comfy, but she has gotten up onto the cushions to sleep. That has made them dingy and a little thread-bare in places. We host Thanksgiving and Mother’s Day Brunch […]
Taming counter-top clutter with canisters.
For months, every day I would wake up and say to myself: “Today’s the day! Today’s the day I am going to clean up the black hole of crap that is next to my computer!” Every night I would go to bed and think, “…tomorrow… I’ll do it tomorrow…” The problem is that it isn’t […]
Pink cabbage is just plain wrong.
So the other day I was in my local Goodwill (Yes…. The one that sells rocks…) and I came across this. It clearly had a lid at some point in its life, but the lid was missing and there was a chip on the top of it.Oh. And it was pink. Who has ever heard […]
Turning the dog’s chew toy into a chair. A Mod Podge make-over.
This was my project for Round 2 of One Month To Win It’s craft competition. Now that the voting is over I can share it with you. The challenge was to do something that involved Mod Podge. Mod Podge and I go way back, but we have a sort of volatile relationship. (There have been […]
Rust Converter: Outta the auto shop and into the craft store.
Spring has (mostly) sprung and I am beginning to turn my attention to my patio area. Not. Good. I have some tall hurricane lanterns that have been sitting out in the elements (if Southern California really even has elements) for 2 or 3 years, and although we had sprayed a clear sealant over them, the […]
Lighten up already! (A chandelier shade tutorial.)
The other week I made some no-sew, glue gunned drapes to lighten up my dining room. It was high time to address the autumnal shades on the chandy. Normally, I just keep making new shades out of scrapbook paper and using double stick tape so I can keep re-using the forms over and over again. […]
How do you like your eggs? (A faux Robin’s egg tutorial.)
How do you like your eggs? Scrambled..? Over easy..? PLASTIC..? Um, no thanks for these. These fake plastic eggs seem to multiply every year! Take some of those extras and make a better egg! Gather up a whole bunch of plastic Easter eggs. Glue the sides together. I think the finished product looks better with […]
Franken-Crafts. Making something outta a whole bunch of junk…
On Monday I showed you this picture of a bunch of random items: This is what I made: Here’s another look: Here’s how I did it: I got this funky footed bowl with a lid at my local Goodwill. I really like the bowl, but wasn’t too wild about the lid. I think it […]