overall pocket door design

I love to repurpose denim.  I cut the front pocket out of my husband's old overalls.  I cut the back to fit the pocket.  Then I glued the sides and bottom together with E6000.  I love burlap with denim, so I went for the burlap sunflowers.  You can barely see the gardening tools behind the seed packet and gloves, but they are there!   I hung it on an antique wooden hanger.   I am ready for spring now!

Easter Egg centerpiece

I have a small kitchen table and wanted a centerpiece.  I went to Dollar General and found a large plastic Easter egg that contained smaller Easter eggs.  I covered it with old hymnal pages from a1948 song book.   I found an old colander, perfect for a nest.  The "grass" is shredded newspaper.

tiered tray

I have been looking at all the tiered trays and wanting one.  I had some old stove top burner covers laying around in the garage, so I though I could use those.  They come in two sizes so I put the smaller one on top.   Then I look around for a post.  I pick up empty beer bottles along the road ( yes I really do!) and a small beer bottle looked to be about the right size.  I used E6000 to glue the parts together, then spray painted them black.  All I was out was the amount of paint I used!  You can buy burner covers at the dollar store.

Christmas Wreath

It is beginning to look like Christmas.  Thank you Sammie Jo for showing me how to do this.

kitchen rake

I went to my hometown of Eden, Texas this weekend.  I leisurely stopped at every antique shop and garage sale that I saw until I ran out of money!  I have seen a rake head like this used for various things.  I love this to just display vintage kitchen things!  Looks great in my kitchen.

Plastic jack-o-lantern creations

My great painting  friends in Amarillo inspired me to decoupage and decorate these plastic Halloween buckets ($1 at Walmart)!  The scarecrow is covered in brown paper bags and patches of burlap,  The Chef is covered in a 1948 cookbook.  The owl is a worldly owl, covered in maps.  The nose and mouth of the chef and the circles around the owl's eyes were molded with KwikWood.  That stuff always amazes me!  Just a little glue and a little imagination and these creations were created.  I hope these inspire you to create your own!

old window pane transformed

Look at what I got with my Christmas money!!!  I took my daughter antique shopping for her birthday.  She didn't find anything, but I did.  This was just a plain window pane.  I went through my hardware stash and found these antique key plates and added them to the pane.  I backed the window with burlap and hung a iron hook at the bottom.  My favorite part was adding my 6 grandchildren, one for each pane.  It greets my visitors as they enter my front door.

This is my Christmas centerpiece.  I love to collect enamelware.  This tray is old enamelware.  Next I added deer horns from sheds from our ranch.  I have had the pinecones for YEARS.  I added berries from Michaels.  The candles were made with jars wrapped in jute for the bottoms and a small, clear glass plate that I glued Christmas tissue paper to the back of.  I had all of it at home except the candles that I bought at Dollar Tree and wrapped with jute..

Church song candle holder/vase

Music is from an old song book. I added the fish that I painted black and attached with jute.

Christmas bottles for candle holder or vase

Simple wine or beer bottles made into Christmas gifts.  Glue, jute, yarn, Christmas songs, paint, ornaments, and stencils are all you need.