Wood Slice Wreath Improved...junky wheel wreaths and more

Last week when I shared my embellished tree hooks (using Old Sign Stencils), I mentioned that I had taken this wood slice wreath a bit further...

Hinge Butterflies...

Well friends, I'm still in a bit of a "holding pattern" here...

I mentioned in my last post that I've been having trouble finding inspiration and motivation lately.  Not much had changed...I guess I'm just going to wait it out.  Hope you all will wait it out with me.

For now I thought I'd show you these butterflies I made from hinges.

A little wire and some embellishments...

Maybe a magnet for a picture?

Hmmm...makes me think of another idea from "way back when"...

Do you remember my HINGE FRAMES?

Well anyway...that's all I've got...for now :)

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Cross Ornament...layered door "strike" plates...

 

 

I found a bunch of these perfectly crusty "strike plates" in a fellow vendors booth at Antiques Downtown a couple of weeks ago...

Twine Wreath Ornament...left over jar lid rims repurposed...

This is a "busy project"...how do you feel about those?  Something that doesn't take much "crafty-ness"...just a plan and some time :)

Recently I made some centerpieces for a women's event at church...

...and I ended up with a couple dozen jar lids.  So I grabbed the rims and some twine...

...tied a knot...

...and started wrapping...

...finished it off with another knot, and tucked it in.

A little ribbon adds some extra detail...and covers the the knots.

A sweet little button, a "sparkly" little star and some skinny twine to hang it...and you've got yourself a sweet little ornament.

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I bet many of you are busy, busy preparing their hearts and homes for Thanksgiving on Thursday.  I hope to stop back and show you a little Thanksgiving project we've been working on here...but it's not done yet.  We shall see...if I get it done I'll show you, other wise we'll have a head start for next year ;)

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Lamp Baubles...

Is there anything that you "do" that you don't even realize?  The other day a friend was over and she noticed my little lamp baubles...and she was "smitten".  I guess I was surprised...I guess I never really thought they were a big deal.  Kind of like putting on my earrings after I fix my hair, you know?  It's something I do.  It hadn't occured to me to post about it...but then I looked around my house and noticed quite a few of my lamps and fixtures have their "accessories" on...so I decided to share them with you...

These were the ones my friend Shannon really loved.  Just some assorted trinkets hanging over the shade on an S hook...

You might remember these little junk goodies from my FUSSY CHRISTMAS MANTEL garland...anybody know what they are???  I have no idea, I just thought they were cool...rust, numbers, perfectly "aged".  What's not to love :)

Another one...love a little sparkle too.

And then there's this one...can you tell what that is?

An egg yolk separater and a little twine...

...and there you go.  This naked lampshade got a little more "modest".

Or how about a little seam binding and a couple of birdies?

And you are probably sick and tired of this blingy fixture by my front door.

(If not, you can see the rest of the post HERE :)

But have you seen my "P'd" fixture in the stairway?

And then I noticed this sad little fruit basket fixture in my kitchen...no accessories...can you believe it?

A quick couple of flash cards will fix that...for now :)

So there you have it...my little lamp decorating "fixation"...that I didn't even know I had.  How about you?  Any little decorating "obsession" that you want to share with the group?  It's OK...we're all friends here ;)

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A Few "Pretties"...just because...

I purchased these glass pieces form an old light fixture a while back.

Their new purpose was "obvious" to me with that perfect little hole for hanging...

A little twine and fun little junky hook detail.

I just used Mod Podge to attach some pages from the glossary of am old French textbook.

And used Gorilla Super Glue to add an assortment of rusty bits and pretty bobbles..."just because".  No real "purpose"...they just get to hang around and look pretty.  What a life :)

What are you up to this week?  I'm still busy, busy storing up my treasures for our booth at the upcoming JunkMarket Under Glass event coming up September 7-10th...get more info HERE :)

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Still Seeing Angels...clothes pin and sheet music ornaments...

You might remember from a previous post...SEEING ANGELS...that random things at this house seem to come together to form angels.

And I'd had a little stash of old clothes pins hanging out just waiting for their "transformation".  So the other day when my "littlest charmer" said "Mommy, can we make something?"  We pulled them out and started to play...

Here's what we started with...

She sorted for round keys...aka halos...while I super glued.

Then we let them sit to dry...the hardest part for an almost 4 year old :)

Then we tore the sheet music into quarters and folded the papaer accordian style.  I say "we" because "she" supervised.

Then folded them in half to find the middle.

Then we used glue dots to attach the wings to the body...

...on both sides.

Secured it with a little twine.

Added another glue dot to each side to "fan" the wings.



And there you go...another easy little angel.



She was pretty proud of herself...my little junky artist in training :)

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