I saw the cutest thing in my dentist’s office last year. I took of picture of it, then came home and made one for myself. It’s easy and inexpensive. I made this one for Valentine’s Day, but this craft can be themed to fit any season. This Christmas, I made three for friends. This candy […]
15 Shades of Gray (part 5)
I got my hair cut this week for the first time since I’ve been allowing my natural gray to grow out. If I turn my head to the left a bit, the gray is not too noticeable, but if I zoom into the mirror and check the top of my noggin – yep, there they […]
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Frame an Outdated Mirror
(As of July 2016, this post on how to frame an outdated mirror had been re-pinned on PINTEREST over 3,000 times. SO glad it’s helpful!) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ My husband and I spent one weekend recently working on a Pinterest project I fell in love with: we framed an outdated mirror. In our bathroom, we have two […]
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Curtain Rods from Vintage Window Frames
Here’s one of my latest projects: repurposing vintage window frames. A friend gave us some window panes that are 100 years old. 100 years. My dad just turned 90. These windows are ten years older than he is. Imagine the decades of weather and events and activities these panes have seen. Pounding storms, drifting snow, and […]
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Arm Chair Caddy
I’ve been in a crafty, re-do, clean, and pitch mode lately. Working on our daughter’s first house, I’ve realized my own house could use a face lift on more than one face. In the month of June, I discovered I love to caulk. Who knew. I love sealing cracks and holes and craters and […]
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Painting Etched Wood
I’ve been a painting fiend the past month. Our daughter bought her first house, and while she’s on vacation, my husband, son and I sneaked into her homestead and painted just about everything that didn’t move. (I’ve also been a caulking fiend, but that’s another post.) OK, we didn’t really sneak in. She gave us […]
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Plastic Tray Recycle
I love to recycle and re-purpose items because it makes me feel like I’m being a good steward of the world’s stuff. There certainly is a lot of stuff on the planet, and the longer we can use a material thing, the better. I’m a Pinterest fan mainly because there are hundreds of ideas there […]
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Making Butter!
As I write this, there is a small lizard watching me from the wall along the ceiling. It’s the third one I’ve found in the house this week. This current guy is scrawny and moving pretty slow. I hate to see them wither away in the house. They’re so much happier outside in the sunshine […]
