From the category archives:

Before & Afters

For the Silhouette-less

August 12, 2010

Hi Everybody- Can’t believe it is Thursday - this week is speeding by and I can’t seem to get caught up as I was too busy entering all the Silhouette giveaways. Of course, I didn’t win, but it was worth trying. I work in display and I use these ”vinyls” or “VATS” as we call them in the display trade - every day. [...]

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Trash into Gift Giving Treasure

July 19, 2010

I am collector of throw-away” stuff”. Not junk, but honest to goodness – discards. My friends and family know to give me their throw-aways, which are different than cast-offs. Cast-offs are unwanted items like furniture and lamps. Throw-aways are bits and pieces of packaging, parts of items – stuff that seems useless once it’s original purpose is complete. Throw-aways [...]

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How-to Make a Towel Slipcover for an Outdoor Chaise

July 7, 2010

These two chaise covers have been patiently waiting for a make-over since last summer. They are faded, ripped, and too short for the chairs. If you have outside cushions you know they can get beat up pretty fast, especially if they are left outside rain or shine. I had a plan to re-do them, but just kept putting it off [...]

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In Artful Order

June 25, 2010

I am a visual girl…I like to see things, pretty things, tactile things, organized things. I love office, stationery, and art supplies. I am not a tech-ie and don’t want to have everything including the kitchen sink in my computer files. I like connection, hands-on to all my contacts, links, codes, passwords, urls, user names, [...]

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My Studioffice Part 2

June 19, 2010

A while back I wrote about my studioffice work-table and told you that I was going to be changing a few things – that a Part 2 post would follow. It took some time and I finally got it done! I had some incentive, as in a deadline- by participating in Where Blogger’s Create 2. If you [...]

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Trash, The Dollar Store, and Me

June 16, 2010

I am one of those people who is not afraid to stop my car on the side of the road to pick up other peoples cast-offs. I find it very adventuresome and love transforming my finds into functional pieces. Best of all – it doesn’t cost me a thing. I found this hollowed out dresser in [...]

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My “Junk”ing Weekend

May 17, 2010

My youngest daughter. Mandy came home from college this weekend and was itching to go junking. I had not planned on doing so, but she is only going to be home for 2 weeks, so I decided, why not, it was a beautiful day, so off we went. It was my first treasure hunt of the season. We went to five [...]