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Springtime is here and for many that means time for spring-cleaning! If you are like my family, you go through electronic devices like crazy. Between the five cell phones on our family plan and the various other devices we use for music, movies and computing, it seems like there is always some kind of gadget [...]
Lately I’ve felt like painting furniture using chalk paint. This is the most recent victim: it’s an upcycled armoire that used to house our old television and the Wii. It was a project that I was very excited about getting done, but one that didn’t turn out the way I hoped it would. Here [...]
This woven fabric chair seat is a project I did because when I noticed that this ladder chair was in dire need of help, I happened to have just enough paint leftover from another project to spruce it up. The other project has run into some, hmmm, well let’s say issues. I’ll share that other [...]
Vintage maps have been a theme of mine this year. I’ve made coasters, necklaces, and a decorated storage box. I’ve also been on a downsizing kick. Isn’t it perfect timing that about the time we start thinking about downsizing, [...]
Today I want to share a thrifted dress project with you. My daughter bought me this dress on her last thrifting adventure. {Isn’t she sweet?} It’s from Land’s End and in great shape. When I tried on the dress, I didn’t like the length of the hem. It’s probably just me, but I think that [...]
It’s fun to see fashion trends come back around. I’ve watched lots of styles from the eighties show up over the last few years, and it looks like we’ve moved on to the nineties now. I wore overalls in the nineties and I was already an adult then! It’s crazy to think that not [...]
Today’s project is an upcycled coffee cozy. It’s upcycled because I used the embroidered part of a thrifted sweatshirt to make the cozy. I’ve been using the $1 reusable coffee cup from Starbucks lately. After I drink my coffee in the morning, I switch to tea, so I’ve been carrying this cup around with [...]
This is a project done by my daughter, Maddie. It’s a pretty simple project, and quite economical for a unique pair of high waisted shorts. She bought some jeans at a thrift store, then found some patches at another thrift store. She had a few patches already, some of which were from my childhood. First, [...]
It’s spring. Do you know what that means around here? It means high school tennis season! I am beyond excited to be a tennis mom again. My older kids both played when they were in high school and it was one of the highlights of parenthood for me. I’m pretty sure it was a [...]
This is another project that I’ve done with my vintage atlases: map coasters. I wanted to find ways to use these cool outdated maps so I didn’t have to throw out the books. The coastal coasters above were a gift to my oldest son, who loves the California coast. One of the great things [...]
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