Shed Sweet Shed Boutique...May 2016 recap...

The Shed Sweet Shed Spring Boutique has come and gone...

It is always a whirlwind of preparations and excitement.  

It was an amazing weekend.  The weather was not 100% cooperative...but we made the best of it.  My friends, family and customers were "troopers" and we survived rain, wind and un-seasonally cold temps here in Minnesota.

Here is a little (iphone) photo tour through the shed before the shoppers arrived.  

Many of these items have gone home with happy shoppers...

It's Christmas Eve!! Squeezing in one more Christmas sign project with Old Sign Stencils...

Happy Christmas Eve!

Do you have your tree yet?!  I sure hope so :)

Sorry, just my excuse to add in one more fun project idea using Old Sign Stencils by Funky Junk Interiors

Faux Chalkboard Canvases...using Old Sign Stencils by Funky Junk Interiors

I love all the fun chalkboard art out there...but unfortunately I was not "gifted" with chalk =board skills...so I grabbed some cool stencils and faked it...

Christmas Mantel 2015...my soul is still singing!!

Hello friends, hope all of my US friends had a wonderful Thanksgiving.  We had a fun and busy week of no school fun.  My kids are back in school and I am playing "catch up" here.  

I thought I'd stop for a bit and share my Christmas mantel with you...

Fall Mantel 2015...then sings my soul

FALL...so much to love...

I had the joy of having a little shopping day with 2 of my sisters yesterday.  Kid free and treasure full!

The Family Room Redo...pipe shelves, arrows, streets signs and more :)

Hello friends, is anyone still following along?

I've been a bad blogger lately.  Life is busy and I'm feeling led in other directions right now.  Hope you understand...

I decided I should stop in and show you my family room redo.  Its been "mostly done" for a while now.  I've been "tweaking" here and there...and plan to tweak some more.  Been there?

My husband made the pipe shelves...and I filled them up with fun finds, crates and tool boxes for storage.

Spring Mantel 2015...layers of sweet little junky details...

 

 The weather feels so wonderful and spring-like here in Minnesota.

Embellished Thrift Store Art...thinking SPRING :)

I've seen some fun embellished art pieces online and in shops.  So when I found these three hand painted canvas paintings at the thrift store...I decided it would be fun to play a bit...

Basement Entry "Coat Room" Redo...hooks, lockers and signs...

 

The entry from the garage goes right in to the laundry room.  It is a dark and dreary place...so please excuse the "not so good pictures"...

Entry Closet Redo...with vintage lockers

 Happy New Year friends!

Time for a fresh start...a clean slate :)

Vintage Clock Shop Sign...and encouraging creativity...

If you follow me on Instagram, Facebook or Twitter, you may have already seen my vintage clock shop sign.  My husband an I bought it on our little anniversary getaway to the Central Iowa Junk Jaunt a few weeks ago.

 I purchased it at the Broadstreet Market in Story City, Iowa.

My Kitchen Reveal...Quirky, Junky and FINALLY Functional...

It took us ALL Summer...

 But, I think I am finally ready to share my new kitchen and all its quirky details...

Junkers Unite with a Signs and Hooks Wall...plus a party and a giveaway

Hello friends, guess what??
Another exciting Junkers United event starts today! 

Accidental Wine Bar...planning ahead...

I'm not exactly sure what possessed me to design a "Wine Bar" on a Thursday afternoon.  Maybe this Minnesota girl has been "cooped up" too long?  This snow and cold is driving me to...decorate...

Working Together...a couple of drawers and a sign...

You might remember these drawer shelves from another post...

They are hanging in my GREAT ROOM.

And I showed you this sign my friend Joan made that I bought this fall...

(See more of Joan's signs and pillows on here Signs of the Times Facebook page HERE.)

Well, I think I finally have the perfect spot for it.  What do you think?

And speaking of "working together"...

Joan and I share a booth at Antiques Downtown in Elk River, Minnesota.

I think we make a great team :)

And look who just "happened" to be looking over our booth...fun huh??

AND...

We'll be sharing a booth again at the JunkMarket Style "Pamper Yourself" Trunk Show..

More info 

HERE!!

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Funky Junk Interiors for Sat Nite Special...salvaged junk shelves

Thanks for all your sweet comments and encouragement...both here and on my Chipping with Charm Facebook page!!  It blesses me so!!

Chat soon,

Christmas Signs...brought to you by the letter "O"...

Ready for another Christmas idea?

I guess this idea was sort of inspired by the "O Happy Day" wreath I made a while back for my daughter's room...

A couple of weeks ago I scooped up a bunch of these plastic sign letters..."O" what a find ;)

And grabbed my trusty stamps and white acrylic paint...

...then tried to think of all my favorite "O" Christmas songs.

They perch nicely on a metal hinge as an easel.

A little star ornament tied on with ribbon is the finishing touch.

And there you have it...Christmas idea #2 for 2012. 

LOTS more to come...it's probably good I'm getting started early this year!!

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Have a great week!!

Chat soon, 

Another Garden Tool Re-assigned...the perfect shovel for candles

You may have noticed a little "theme" going on here at CwC :)

I have been having fun playing and re-assigning some old garden tools to new "jobs" in my home...

This little shovel now holds a photo.

(That post HERE)

And in that same post I showed you how I used a hand rake "4 keys" :)

Then yesterday, I shared my version of the popular "Rake Wreath"

(That post HERE)

And today...last but not least...

...I'll show you this fun little shovel top I picked up at the Country Junk Sale last weekend.  Perfectly rusty, I just cleaned him up...sprayed him with a matte poly and put him to work holding some candles and a gourd.

And did you see my sign back there?  I bought that from my friend and "booth buddy" Joan from our new spot at Antiques Downtown.  Don't you love it?  It's on an old chair back...appropriate don't you think?  Sometimes we all need a little reminder...

The Lord will fight for you; you need only be still.

Exodus 14:14

This verse has helped me through some "rough patches" in the last few months...and now it has extra special meaning to me because it reminds my of my friend Vicki at More Powerful Beyond Measure.  She is fighting the fight of her life against breast cancer.  After I read that post, I told her about Joan's sign in our booth and I told her that every time I saw it I would say a prayer for her...well Vicki, now it's at my house!!!  Saying even more prayers for you my friend!!

So I think that's the last of the "garden tool" posts for now...but probably not forever :)

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Hope everyone has a great weekend!

I have lots of creating to do :)

Chat again soon,

Book Cover Signs...

Hello, it's me again...are you surprised?  My posts have been fairly sparse these last couple of months...and now BOOM...4 in a row.  I'm on a roll :)

I just wanted to show you another little project I did recently...might even be fitting for Valentine's day if you wish.



Do you remember these little book page signs I used at Christmas in my "Clippy Wreaths"?

Well, I decided to make a few more...

So I grabbed a few old Readers Digests...these had pretty "Spring-like" covers on them.  I used a razor blade to remove the pages.  (These pages were nice and "yellowed" so those will come in handy for other projects.)

Then I drilled holes for hanging...

I used Gorilla Super Glue to attach washers over the holes to give them a more "finished" look.  I left the edges where I cut rough...I think the frayed edges add character.

Old book pages, gray paint and stamped words finish them off.

I used hem tape for the ribbon, just because. 

There you have a sweet little sign for someone you "adore".

Thanks for the visit :) 

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Chat soon,

Laurel