Vintage garden tools are such a fun secondhand find. Garage sales, church sales and estate sales are perfect places to turn up some fresh-with-garden-dirt tools. I think the definition of garden tools goes way beyond shovels and cultivators; I include sprinklers, hoses and clay pots as essential ... Read More about 10 Easy Ways to Decorate with Vintage Garden Tools
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Repurposed Croquet Candlestick
Miscellaneous old croquet mallets can often be found in incomplete sets for cheap or for free. The fun vintage games were well loved and used and show their years of experience. To upcycle and appreciate their many different patterns and variations, here's an easy way to make a Repurposed Croquet ... Read More about Repurposed Croquet Candlestick
Easy Faux Flower Mosaic Art
Mosaic art has been around a long time. It's usually created from small pieces of stone, glass or pottery. The small pieces coordinate to create the larger composition. Usually the art is quite colorful in overall appearance. I recently picked up this pretty vintage tin to add to my vintage floral ... Read More about Easy Faux Flower Mosaic Art
DIY Button Topiary
Vintage buttons are such a fun find when you're on the secondhand hunt. Back when resourceful women would keep every last button from an old garment, button collections flourished. Whenever I can find a glass jar or ziplock bag full of these treasures for a decent price, I add them to my grandma's ... Read More about DIY Button Topiary
Repurposed Drawer Wall Pockets
Old drawers from desks and dressers are plentiful and can often be found for cheap or even free. Every spring when the curbside junking season hits, I accumulate a fresh stash {"Curbside Junking Adventures and Tips"}. And when I've got a lot of something, it inspires me to come up with an idea to ... Read More about Repurposed Drawer Wall Pockets
Snowy Junk Love
Most of my blog posts are written to inspire or inform. I love encouraging you to decorate your home uniquely, or to recreate something that has potential! But today's post is all about fun; it's completely for entertainment! Because if you've found your way here, I'm guessing you love pieces with ... Read More about Snowy Junk Love
4 Steps to Take When Your DIY Project Fails
When you're a creative DIYer, every project is not destined to come out perfectly as you imagined it. Yes, this can be a major bummer and can be hard to move on from. I know; it happened to me this week. I'm sure many of you can relate, so I thought we could share our grief today and process a ... Read More about 4 Steps to Take When Your DIY Project Fails
Top 10 Posts for 2018
It's a New Year, which means it's time to look back over the previous year a little and set goals for the next! It's always fun to see what reader's found interesting. Sometimes it's a project that I fell in love with also, but then other times it's a quick off-the-top-of-my-head post that I slapped ... Read More about Top 10 Posts for 2018
Vintage First Issue Postal Stamp Ornament How To
Postage stamp collecting has been a hobby for a long time! It was especially popular with postwar grade-school age children in the 50's. My dad had albums full of stamps from all over the world. He had an advantage over his friends finding stamps because his mom was a post mistress. I'm sure her ... Read More about Vintage First Issue Postal Stamp Ornament How To
Vintage Thread Spool Mini Wreath How-To
The graphics on the ends of vintage wooden thread spools have always intrigued me. Guess I just love the old font styles, pictures, and even the colors. They harken to a simpler time when women could actually sit still for a length of time and create something with their hands. Vintage graphics ... Read More about Vintage Thread Spool Mini Wreath How-To