Recycle, Reuse, Repurpose

How To Make Outdoor Glass Globe Lights

May 7, 2012

If you have been reading my blog for awhile, you know I love to be outside and have this thing for outdoor lighting. I think it can make or break the mood of an evening spent outside so I am always looking for new ways to best light my deck and patio for different occasions. [...]

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Recycle a Ribbon Spool Into a Gift Box

April 25, 2012

Mother’s Day is on May 13th. That is less than 3 weeks away. Earth Day was three day ago. To celebrate each I made a gift box in honor of my mom using recycled materials– empty ribbon spools that I normally would have thrown in the trash. My mom is no longer here on on [...]

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Why I Like to DIY and Go Thrifting

April 16, 2012

Now that the warm weather has returned here in the northeast so has my get-up-and-go energy to go thrifting early on the weekends routine. I know some wouldn’t be caught dead poking around in a dumpster or think thrift stores and yard sales are only for people who are down on their luck. While I [...]

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How to Make a Spring Bunny Wreath

March 16, 2012

Does it feel like Spring in your neck of the woods this week? It sure does here in Pennsylvania. The temperature has been in the upper 70’s and it even hit 80 on Wednesday! All the daffodils are in bloom as well as the flowering trees – they look so pretty, but it is a [...]

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Faux Zinc Candy Jar Top Made With a Tuna Can

February 19, 2012

Faux Zinc painting technique step by step tutorial

If you have followed my blog for a while then you probably remember the post I did where I made a lantern using – a tuna can! Well this project is another way I have found to re-purpose a tuna can. I created a faux zinc top for a glass candy jar that was missing [...]

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How To Decoupage Glass Into A Pretty Paperweight

February 16, 2012

As I am redoing my studioffice, I still need to work in the room and keep things organized. I realize that even in all the mess, I am a pile-er not a file-er when it comes to organizing my papers. I have tried to change my ways as every organizing guru will tell you to [...]

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How to Make a Tissue Paper Flower Valentine Gift Box

February 6, 2012

I was going to entitle this post – How to make a G-Rated Victoria’s Secret gift, but that would be a little misleading since it isn’t an actual gift from Victoria’s Secret - just a re-use of their pretty boxes. I am also going to show you how to make a super easy tissue paper [...]

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In Detailed Order: Organizing My Desk Drawer

January 30, 2012

Last week I lined my desk drawer with pages from a thrift store book on lettering. I love how it turned out, but since the drawer is nice and big, it needed some sort of dividers to keep everything from shifting around. Dividers would also make it easy to find things and maintain as well [...]

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Re-purposed Curtain Rod Finial Ornament

December 19, 2011

I hope you are enjoying this final week before Christmas. Are you making cookies, shopping, wrapping? Listening to your favorite Christmas music? I am still in creative mode and over the weekend made one last thing for my tree that I wanted to share with you. If you are a DIY decorator you may have [...]

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Clipping On Some Style Around the House

October 13, 2011

After making the no-sew window treatment in my last post using a pair of vintage clip-on earrings from my collection – I hated putting the rest of them back into my crafts armoire. They looked so pretty out on my worktable. I just love them – they are so yummy – I am totally addicted and [...]