From the monthly archives: April 2012
A few years ago when the Dangerous Book for Boys came out, our youngest son loved it. The book covers all kinds of essential boyhood skills, many which require outside playing, exploring, and building. We were thrilled to encourage more outside time for our very high energy child during a time when the [...]
Happy Saturday! Today we have a blue atomic bomb shaped salt and pepper set, made of a lovely plastic. This is a pretty common style for vintage shakers. Common in a really good way.
This is a shirt I found at a garage sale for $1. I loved the embroidery and thought I could upcycle the shirt into something I could use all the time. Here is the front view:
And the back view:
I cut the embroidered part into strips and just sewed them [...]
We like tennis at our house. We like vintage racquets, too. It started when my grandmother gave us her wooden racquet. It’s the one in the middle of this display. Then I found a Don Budge racquet at a garage sale and of course I had to buy it because he is mentioned in Annie, [...]
Hello there! Today’s post is a little late in the day, but hey, it’s still Saturday, right?
This week’s salt and pepper shakers are space ships. That’s right, space ships. They are ceramic and quite damaged, but they have been lovingly glued back together. They say “flying saucer” on them. Isn’t that the best?
This is a little different from my normal Wear It On Your Head Wednesday posts. I’ve been thinking about this for a long time. While I’m a bit uncomfortable drawing attention to myself {you know what an introvert I am}, I’ve decided it will be worth it if even one of my readers decides to [...]
Here’s a project my daughter, Madeline, did over the weekend with a pair of red jeans we found at a garage sale for $1. She has been looking for some red jeans to make into high waisted shorts and these were perfect for what she had in mind. Here they are before:
She [...]
This is a shirt I bought at a garage sale for $1. I’ve been drawn to lace lately and this was the perfect candidate for an upcycling project, since the shirt was stained. The lace, however, was in perfect condition.
I washed the shirt in bleach to make sure I got it really [...]
Today’s red plastic salt and pepper shakers are from the 1940s, shaped like rockets, and made by Burroughs Company. Happy Saturday!
Remember the tutorial I shared last week for a bow made from hair? (you can see it here) Well, it made my day when my sister in California texted me these photos of my niece with the hair bow. She looks adorable! Did you try it?
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