I think we could all manage quite nicely in the house pictured above. I hope I don't get assigned to washing windows, though.
Saturday, November 27, 2010
Family Compound
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Roadside Bouquets
Saturday, November 13, 2010
Altered Journals
I covered this one with some wallpaper. I used the paste activator I used when wallpapering a real wall as adhesive. I dabbed on some white acrylic paint to tone down some areas. Then over stamped some flowers onto the vintage image, and added a strip of embossed edging swiped with Distress Ink - Old Photo. I glued on some small vellum flowers over the flowers in the image. Some ribbon and a grouping of flowers (stamped with text and with Distress Stickle centers) completed this one.
This embossed paper looks like leather, so I made this one a more masculine style with a piece of map for the background and these great Tim Holtz stamps. I made photo corners from punched squares cut in half and sewed on a ticket. I added a metal tag to the compass stamp so the man with the umbrella knows where he's headed.
This one is covered in mulberry paper and embellished with a tag I've had for ages. First time I've added a ribbon bookmark.
These journals reminds me of the "Trash to Treasure" section on HGTV's Decorating Cents.
Monday, November 8, 2010
Estate Sale Find of the Week
I found this beauty for $5.00 hidden in a box at an estate sale last week. It was very sad, but I loved the shape, the swirls and the little feet. I think it took nearly $5.00 worth of silver polish and lots of serious buffing to rescue this tray.
Isn't this lovely? Now The Captain will be delivering my Sunday morning latte in style.
I just love these little feet - all swirly and shiny.
A word about "Estate Sales". I've learned that anyone can call anything an estate sale. Technically, it's the sale of a lifetime of collecting beautiful furniture, art, linens and china and is often conducted by an outside company. Those are the very best. In practice, many people call hauling out all their J.U.N.K. onto the front lawn an "estate sale". Trust me, used Tupperware and assorted Heineken memorabilia are not "estate" items!