I have been thinking about this DIY Book Page Waste Basket for months now. And have been wanting to make it for awhile now.
I finally got around to it. And, loving the results! It was easy and didn’t even take me too long.
Field Trip Friday-My Thrift Finds
I just love a good field trip, don’t you?? Today I am taking you on a thrift finds field trip. Yep, today is Field Trip Friday-My Thrift Finds! Woo hoo!
Okay, let’s get going…
One thing I CAN NOT resist while thrifting are green or blue bottles. I mean, how could I? Look at them in all their gorgeousness. The bottle on the top left has her own little feature at the end of this post…
The croquet box is quite incredible and was my grandfather’s. I actually used the mallets from the box to play croquet with him when I was a child.
I found each on of these bottles at a thrift store within the last year and a half. Without even trying, there they were staring me in the face. Saying, “Buy me, buy me!” How could I resist, especially since they were each a $1 or less, right?
Oh, and then the plates! I just love pretty plates! And if they have a cute tea cup with them, even better.
I just love the look of these on my coffee table. They were each less than 75 cents. AND, some were even a dime apiece!! SCORE!
Need is my wooden tray. Oh how I love this tray! It sells at World Market for $24.99. Yep, the price is still on the bottom. What did I pay for it? $3. You read that right, $3. LOVE IT!!
Did I need a tray? Probably not. BUT, how could I pass it up? It pairs perfectly with my glass dome purchased at TJ Maxx on clearance for $8. A glass dome is JUST what I needed, wouldn’t you say?
My tray also looks beautiful with my shell and coral collection. Gotta love me a wooden tray with shells.
BUT, my best thrift find this past month was…
This amazing beautiful jar. She is big, she is green and she was half off the day I stepped into the store. See the $1.50 tag? Well, it was half off of that!!
Here she is in all her glory! Still wearing her tag, I might add . Yes!!
Thanks for joining me for Field Trip Friday-My Thrift Finds. I love having you here! I hope you come back next week for a VERY special field trip from one of my new blogging friends. Her name is Anne and she blogs over at: Design Dreams By Anne. You will love, love her home tour!!
Thanks for joining me today. It is always a pleasure to have you here.
Make it a Field Trip Friday!
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DIY Personalized Beach Art
Last week I did a Guest Post for my friend Barbara at Chase the Star. I am so excited to share it with you here today, too!
I love anything DIY, don’t you? I had so much fun making this DIY Personalized Beach Art. I saw something similar at a farmer’s market a few weeks ago, and I could get it out of my head. So I gathered my essentials and started to work.
I thought I would share my DIY Personalized Beach Art with you today.
This is my DIY Personalized Beach Art. It’s really easy, rustic and looks great in any home.
(Easy and looks great are what I love!)
1.I bought a frame at the thrift store for $3. Not my choice of picture-But I am ready to fix that.
I turned over the print and used the backside for my DIY Personalized Beach Art. You could do the same for some of your vacation spots or places you’ve lived. Use your imagination and have fun!
2. I got out all of my fave colors of paint, along with all of my stencils. I love blues and some greens. Perfect for beach art, right?
3.Using the lighter colors and a sponge brush I painted the background. It’s not smooth or perfect. Just fun. I used antique gray as the main base color, with other colors coming through. After the paint was almost dry, I got to work with my stencils, again using my sponge brush. I began listing all of our favorite beaches, so it would be personalized. Using different sizes, fonts and colors I went to work.
4.I didn’t want it perfect. I left most of my imperfections. I wanted it to be a piece of beach art. As you can see with the lighter colors I outlined with a pen. Yep, a regular green ink pen.
This is a closer look, so you can see the imperfectness of this project. Exactly what I wanted.
On some of the beach/island names I layered the stencil, for an older, worn look.
Another close up, so you can see that I didn’t clean up a few of my messes. Then it was looking a little worn. Again, exactly what I wanted.
And here she is. My own DIY Personalized Beach Art. I love it. I hope you will make one soon and let me know all about it!
Do you have vacation spots, places you have traveled, or even places you have lived that you could make your own piece of art? I bet you do, and I would love to see them asap…
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Make it a great day!
Getting Creative at Home Blog Tour and It’s My Turn!
Oh my goodness! It’s the Getting Creative at Home Tour and It’s My Turn! Wow! I have seen so many amazingly talented people over the past few days! It is so much fun! Have you been joining in on the fun along with us? What has been your fave so far??
The Getting Creative at Home Blog Tour came about because there were several of us bloggers that missed out on attending a Blog Conference called “Haven”. My new friend Julie got us together, since we could not attend Haven, we would have our own blog conference and invite YOU to come along!
Getting Creative at Home and it’s my turn begins right now!!
I like to:
Refresh Thrifted, vintage, or set up new vignettes in our home.
I am also a huge fan of:
of crafting. I have been crafting my whole life. Whether it’s painting, gluing or sewing-I love it!
I have also been known to cook and bake up a storm in my kitchen:
I love to share my recipes often with my readers.
A few other things you might want to know about me are:
I have a fetish for empty frames. I have them everywhere. I really like the idea of the openness and the fact that I can hang anything on them with a simple painted clothes pin.
My coffee table was $10 at the thrift store. She is one of my faves. The tray was a thrift find for $3!! I know! I was SO excited!!
My kitchen shelves are always filled with thrift finds and/or shells because of my love of the ocean.
I found this shutter for 5 bucks and made her look old. Not too shabby, huh?
I love using book pages to decorate. Actually, you might say I have an obsession. (PS-the frame was brand new at the thrift store for $7!!-SCORE!)
One of my fave projects has been these moss covered vases, candle holders and candle.
I had so much fun painting these beauties!
Of all the crafting that I do, my readers most favorite post of all time is: Dyeing Coffee Filters with Food Coloring
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