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I just showed off my buffet, but I wanted to tell you about the stuff on the top. Almost everything here is a thrift store find. You may recognize my little Liberace Pumpkin or my Faux Mercury Glass Pumpkins from previous posts. The candlesticks I …
I love to scour Craigslist for deals. For a long time, I was missing key pieces of furniture, like a dining room table, living room sofa and other things. By watching Craigslist, I was able to find some pieces I liked in a price range …
A year or two after I made Karen’s blessing gown, I found out my brother and his wife were trying to adopt a baby girl from Ethiopia. This was a long process and a few months in, they found themselves expecting a baby girl. I …
My Book Wreath Clock is in the Top Ten of the Iron Crafter’s Cardboard Challenge. Please vote for me…if you think my little ol’ clock deserves the vote, that is. Thanks! Voting is open until Friday, October 1st at midnight (CST). Thank you for reading …
I’ve been seeing all these book wreaths all over Blogland. Normally, I’m not one to do something just because everyone else is, but I’ve been looking for a project for some antique books I we inherited. See, a few years ago we had the daunting …
I honestly have no idea what came over me today. I had no intention of making a wreath for my front door, despite all the beautiful wreaths I’ve been looking at for the last few weeks. Somehow a trip to town to the library found …
Oh, SnAp! I did it. Just like that, as bold as a brass lamp from the Goodwill, I marched right up to my fence and liberated that poor, homeless pumpkin.
After looking at my “real” office before pictures for the last week, I decided I need a post of something pretty. I was going through some pictures of some of the blessing gowns I’ve made over the years and I thought I’d share them with …
Warning: the pictures you are about to see Are. Not. Pretty. In fact, some of them are just plain scary. I’m going to show you my office and it’s all Donna’s fault. She has these “Gitter Done parties.” For some reason, I feel compelled to …