Vintage Pins

Just a plain old jewelry box.

Till you look inside...

 

A whole bunch of old Girl Scout pins....

It's going to fun, and a challenge to find out about these...

That is part of what I love about this business..

learning new things.

Here is an easy little project for you.

Just strips of torn fabric

 

stamped with pleasant thoughts.

 

all for today.

blessings

Barb

Fun Wood Projects

 Quick Project:

had 3 of these oak heat register grates.

Two sold as they wre complete,

and this one had slats missing,

so I finally did a little project with it.

 a Christmas tree.

(You could also get some weathered slats or lath, or new and stain it).

Took me about an hour.

 This I got at an estate sale last month.....

it was filled with these 21 drawers and were they

ever stuck in there, and it was all filthy.

We put it by wood stove for awhile

 and finally got all drawers out.

Now, decision:

fix the 'frame' it was in, which is pretty wobbly and coming apart,

or just sell all the drawers individually.

I love the challenge of putting it all back together, but honestly,

can make much more out of it just selling the drawers.

What would you do???

be blessed

barb

Blissful White Project

had this idea for old bed springs, and stuff....

 

 
laid it out on the cement to see what it would look like,
the used old rusty stapes, which I cut shorter,
and hammered in to keep it in place,

 on an old bee keep lid.

It is a "Spring Tree". =)

Do you love it?

(I was going to add burlap knots to it,

 but decided I love it just as it's old rusty self.)

all for today.

be blessed and thanks for coming by

barb

joining Blissful Whites Wednesday. 

go on over and check it out.

I've been featured a

Knick or Time Tuesday!!

Yep, My laundry (beginnings of a vignette) display at the shop

 has been featured at Angie's Knick of Time Tuesdays. So fun!!!

If you have never been over to visit her blog, you are missing out.

She has tons, I mean tons, of great ideas, re purposed vintage, 

 free graphics to print,and she has a cute etsy shop

 where she sells some of her creative goods, and wonderful finds.

She has a pinterest page too.....cannot wait to check that out.
 

After you get there, on her side bar (and across the top)

are links to all her great pages....

It is an easy to navigate blog too. I love that!!

Here are just a couple of pictures to encourage you to go over.

sweet little display in a drawer.... 

 

OK. now, get on over there, and plan on spending a bit of time.

Be blessed all

barb

License Plate Fun

 I bought some license plates while on vacation.....

 almost all Colorado plates....all cool and perfectly rusty.

 There were 38 assorted ones......

 

and these hangers from the cars they were on.

 (above plate, where light bulb was hooked in).

Well, I've been trying to figure out what to do with them,

(except the 1915 one which is worth over $100!!! YAY!!

and a couple of others worth quite a bit too.)

and then I remembered this........

 

a project from Donna at 

Funky Junk Interiors.

She takes every day things and makes the cutest projects out of them.

I'm not sure I will use mine for toilet paper, 

have something else up my sleeve,

but I'll show you when it is done.

In the meantime, if you click on Donna's link,

it will take you straight to her projects pages..

and you can see all the fun ideas she has shared over time.

Thanks Donna!!!

blessings all,

barbara jean

I'm joining..

So Faaaar Behind......

 

So, I have all these new pics to show you....

treasures I have found.....

and things I have made....

 so here are a few quick pics.

cool case huh?

 

perfectly worn black leather.....

  

and look what I found inside.

 

surgical instrument??? you're not using that on me....

 Oh, body massager my sweet fella says.

That's a different story. But it weighs a ton!

 Here is a cute idea.

I took the 'guts' out of a sewing machine......

and used the stripped down base for a flower vignette.

(parts coming soon...for sale)

 Quick and easy project.

Tiny peat pot.

brush on white paint

 stuff in some moss, or anything really.

stamp some butterflies and flowers on side.....

add  trim....

and fill with lavender put in some tulle and tied shut.

A sweet little 'love' gift.

(Mom's day is coming you know)

Off and running.

Busy week getting ready for Vintage Marketplace.

blessings all
barbara jean