From the monthly archives: June 2012
This set of vintage aluminum salt and pepper shakers was spotted at a downtown Springfield flea market recently. There is something dreamy about this set. The shape reminds me of the kind of bottle that would produce a genie. I love how collecting S&P shakers doesn’t have to cost a fortune.
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I found this reflector while out thrifting the other day and decided to glue it to a bobby pin. I used E6000 glue.
I used a hack saw and cut off the screw that was attached on the back side of the reflector. It made the metal pretty hot when I [...]
This is a vintage spool that I had in my supplies. I wanted a necklace and this is what I came up with. I used embroidery thread and Mod Podge.
I put Mod Podge on the spool and wrapped it with the different colors of embroidery thread.
Once the [...]
Hi everyone, this is Maddie again. My mom is letting me share this project that I made for my good friend, Lyndie. We recently graduated from high school and we will be going to different colleges, so I wanted to make her a reminder of our high school days.
I saw this project [...]
For today’s Salty Saturday we have another set of salt and pepper shakers that can be found at one of my favorite downtown vintage shops, Funtiques. These weathered gents have cigars in their mouths and they look like dock workers.
So, I’ve officially turned into one of those crafting ladies who carries around a bag of her current project supplies just in case she has an idle moment. I carpooled to work and got there much too early to start working, and it was a beautiful morning on top of that…so I decided [...]
This is some fabric that we bought to decorate for a graduation party last month. We bought a ton of it and just cut the fabric into sizes that we needed for various tables and basket linings. It was quick and it looked cute for the party. Since I’m me, and I didn’t [...]
I love you, Dad! Thanks for being the best of the best.
Thank you to another great dad, my husband and the father of our children, Brian, who spent part of his Father’s Day making my words look good.
Linking up to some of these fabulous parties:
Welcome back to Salty Saturday! This is a set of ceramic salt and pepper shakers shaped like Vikings. I love the red noses on these guys. This set can be found at one of my favorite vintage shops in my town, Funtiques. Have a great weekend!
Hello. This is Maddie and this is my hair. I’ve wanted to try dip dying it and summer seemed like the perfect time to give it a try. My friend Saylor was nice enough to do the dipping for me. Here’s what it looked like to start:
We used this dye [...]
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