Wednesday, March 30, 2011

I make stuff...

Lots of stuff!
I grew up on a farm. And part of the farm life involved BURLAP! Feed sacks, gunny sacks, grain bags, whatever you want to call it...I loved them, then and now! I have been using burlap in my decorating for years...so imagine my aweshocksurprise when I bust into blogland and tada...burlap is big! It really is a wonderful asset to decorate with...the earthy smell, the rustic look, the rough texture and the endless possibilites of crafty projects that can be pulled off with burlap.
Sooooo to celebrate burlap love and spring's arrival, I thought I would share a fun project with you.

Get yourself some grapevine all rolled up like so


Cut out some 4 x 4 squares of burlap and then unravel the ends a bit


Glue them to the grapevine any way you want


Distress a wooden letter


Glue some flat moss to the burlap squares and then glue your letter (after the paint dries) to the moss


I decided to make a cute little birds nest out of spanish moss and then added that the mix


Of course every nest needs some cute little clay eggs so I glued those into the nest, waited about a half hour, gave it a once over, added some more glue to secure everything and waaaalaaa


You've got yourself a beautiful wreath to welcome spring and all who visit your humble abode!


Happy spring and now...
get out there and create something!












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Friday, March 25, 2011

See what I mean....

about collecting.....!!!


I stumbled across this awesome collection and couldn't help myself!







Ironstone dishware, circa, who knows, but it's old...

And as much as I love it...

It will be going up for sale soon!




Vintage, Classic, Nostalgia and Character all combined in one beautiful set of thriftstore dishes...






So get out there...lots of treasures just waiting to be discovered!

Happy hunting!