Mary

This little Gem was made well.  I named her after my Grandma.  Grandma always use to say "You can't make a silk purse out of a sows ear"  I sure do miss her.  I think Mary turned out real nice.

The first thing I did was get rid of the bottom trim.  She got a couple coats of paint then a coat of glaze. 

Some distressing was in order.

I love how the glaze sticks in the cracks. 

I really like these pulls.

I had Mary for a while before I knew what I was going to do with her.  I turned her into a printer stand.  I used the top drawer for my purse and the bottom drawer for paper recycle. 

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Dad

This is my dad.  To me he is the best dad in the world.  On August 26th 2014 he traded his flannel shirt for a pair of Angle wings.  

This is one of dad old shirts.  He wore this one a lot. He liked to cut the sleeves out of them.

This is a pillow I picked up.

Now I have to say I don't sew much but I really wanted to make this.  I sewed Dad's shirt into a pillow cover.  When I was done I unbuttoned the shirt, stuffed the pillow inside and buttoned it back up and there you have it.  This was easy to do and I have  something to remember him by that I can pick up and squeeze.

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Christmas decor on the Landing

I bought this at my favorite place to shop, the Junk Asylum a few months ago.  Rick and I had a family cook out and I used it as a cooler but I needed a place to put it for the winter right!!

This is my landing going down to the basement.  You see the door there? Well that door is really a table I had on my back porch.  I needed a place to store it for the winter so I put it there on the landing, unscrewed the legs and hid them behind the door.  It's getting close to Christmas so why not put a wreath on the door for a little decoration.

I moved the other pine trees out of the way and this is 

where I put the wash tub. I bought a small tree from 

Good Will and decorated it up in the tub.

This little guy I got at Good Will also.

Yep, you guessed it he came from good will also. 

 The decorations on the tree came from the dollar store. 

 I really didn't spend much money on the project.

I put the original pine trees back in the project,  I went dumpster diving to get them,  My boss had tossed them out in the dumpster several years back and I went in after them.  I did put lights on them but opted not to do any more decorating on them. 

I just love this little set up, The poinsettias I have had for years. 

I have another idea for this wire basket (from Junk Asylum) but until I get around to it I think it looks great right where it's at, and Mike the Moose is doing a fine job hanging onto the.

This little red wagon will end up in the yard planted 

with flowers next year but for now  it is serving a

 great purpose here on the landing. 

This is a minnow bucket I bought from the Junk Asylum

 I have it filled with  poinsettias. 

This is the inside of the minnow bucket with  poinsettias in it also.

I just love this little junk corner of Christmas decor. Mike

 the Moose is the only new thing I have in this display.

Rick and I both think this is our favorite 

Christmas decor display in the house. 

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A day at the beach

This is an 8 inch by 8 inch shadow box.  I was my Dad's date at a Ducks Unlimited banquet and I  won this in a raffle.  It was in a bag full of goodies.  I knew I would not use it as it was so I just held onto it to use at a later date.

My cousins Birthday was approaching soon  and I had an Idea.  Her favorite place to vacation is Sanibel Island Florida so I turned the shadow box into this.  I am also a Scrapbooker so I used a beach themed paper for the background.  I do like barefoot wine so that one was easy all I had to do was drink wine and save the corks :).  I cut them in half and I used a shell we had picked up from the island to glue on the center.  I did lift this idea from pinterest. 

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Outside Christmas Tree

We spent most of the summer working on our back yard area and I knew I wanted to put up a tree.

I needed something to hold the tree from blowing over of falling over from a critter weather it be one of the outside cats, a possum or a raccoon.  Thanks to Funky Junk Interiors I built the tree inside a step ladder.  

Every tree needs a star!

I had a family dinner and had all the kids help me out and paint pine cones I picked up in the yard.

For the garland I used torn shirts.

I built this tool box a while ago and I fixed it to the part of the ladder that folds down to put your paint can on, anyway I put Mr and Mrs Claus in this tool box.  This was a lot of fun.

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From hay hook to towel hook

My dad gave me this hay hook years ago.

It has been well used over the years. 

 I painted it black and used some old square nails to hang it up.

It has been hanging in my bathroom since I 

we built the house back in 1997

Charlie

My mom gave me this sewing machine 25+ years ago.  For the last 15 years it has been stored up in the loft of our barn.  Today Charlie gets a makeover.  I can't wait to get my hands dirty with this piece.

Boy did he need a good cleaning!

 Wow, do you all remember these thumb tacks?  Looks like they use them to shim up the drawers that don't sit straight.

I spent LOTS of time sanding the top.  

The side on the right is done, now time to work on the left side.

 Charlie is starting to take shape.  

I gave the top a new coat of stain plus a nice coat of wax.

I also spent a lot of time cleaning the hardware.  Here is the before and after, they cleaned up nice.

I Love the finish on this top.

I did sand some spots and I also put on a coat of glaze.

I use charlie for a lap top table.  

The printer fits perfect where the sewing machine was stored.

I do have a chair in the works for this table.

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