Happy Mother's Day!

The LORD bless you and keep you
The LORD make his face shine on you and be gracious to you
 The LORD turn his face toward you and give you peace

Numbers 6:24, 25, 26

Decorating Vintage Books

I love decorating with old books, this time I decided to Decorate the Books.

Usually I just stack them or wrap twine around them and add them to my vignettes. I've seen so many amazing decorated books I decided to try some for my self.

It was easy and fun!

This first set I decided to paint, and since I love the way chalk paint looks on my other projects, I decided to use it on the books, so I mixed up a batch...

I decided to use my long neglected stamps to decorate the covers, and spines, then sand them a little more for a deeper distressed look.

I added some some old upholstery tacks...

 

A little twine, a rusty gear, and an old skeleton key, complete the 1st bundle 

 

 

I added a little color, my favorite, for the 2nd set, that were "cover-less" I wanted it very light so I watered down the paint and gave it a quick "wash"

I added some Vintage Jewelry, Frayed Ribbon, and used the same French Script Stamp

The 3rd Bundle, I just Bundled and Adorned with Ribbon, a Duck Feather, and an Old Charm

 

 

 

 

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Repurposed Dresser Drawer

Only 3 drawers to this dresser survived, (and a huge mirror) so rather than call it a complete loss I wanted to do something special with them. Well so far it's only the one, but I have plans for the others!

Sorry I don't have any pictures of the full dresser, only what survived...

I painted the outside with Chalk paint, a coat of white, then Turquoise, and distressed it some with sandpaper

I love how it turned out! I can use it like this on a tabletop or

 

on the wall, it hangs either horizontal or vertical

I painted the inside with Chalkboard paint, and lined the sides with a yardstick

Below is a picture with my Bed spring Chalk holder

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Still waiting on Spring!

Even though the calendar says spring... The weatherman is predicting yet another WINTER SNOW STORM! So while I anxiously await the arrival of the real Spring, I thought I would entertain myself with some pictures from last years Spring.

 After winter it is always so cheerful to bring in the Spring! Combining the freshness of Flowers with "old" and Rust is one of my favorite ways to freshen things up.

Spring, a time of New Beginnings, an easy little project, a small birds nest made from chicken wire and moss, with a few little clay eggs.

Fresh Ivy from the yard adds a little green touch to the fresh daffodils. One of best things about my Spring display is that it didn't cost me a dime, I had everything I needed, just needed to shop around the house!

I made the "He is Risen" Wreath from a small grapevine wreath, some moss and twigs from the yard, what better way to say All things are new again!

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Vintage Mail Box - It's A Chalkboard!

 

Philemon 1:21

Confident of your obedience, I write to you, knowing that you will do even more than I ask. (NIV)

Is there anything that can't be made into a Chalkboard?

 

This summer I picked up this Vintage metal Mailbox at a yard sale, it's been sitting in my "stash" ever since. So I decided it was time to put some paint to it!

 

 

After I gave it a coat of Black paint, I thought... sometimes I do that...

 



 

Maybe it would look cute, painted with Chalkboard Paint, so you could write messages on it

 

Most of the time these wall mailboxes on a covered porch, or even just used for display inside, so I went for it!

How cute would it be to leave messages for your mailman!

Super Easy Project just used Spray Chalkboard paint, about 3 coats over the base coat of Flat Black

Then painted the front Medallion White, and distressed the whole thing to give it a more aged look

I then "Cured" it, This is an important step, all you need to do is take the side of a piece of chalk and color in all the areas that will be used as a chalkboard. First run the chalk Horizontal, the vertical, and wipe it off. I did this several times. If you don't "cure" it, the first things you write will never go away completely.

 

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How to make a Bed Spring Christmas Tree

Matthew 1:21

"She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins." (NIV)

Bed Spring ChristmasTrees
         How to:

I made 3 Trees, each slightly different

Materials:

1. 3 Rusty Old Bed Springs (from an old bed)
2. 3 Rusty Old Small Springs (they were from the Bed also)
3. 3 Old Clay Pots, aged even more with candle wax and paint
4. Floral Foam (from the Dollar Tree)
5. Jute
6. White Puff Paint (for the snow)
7. Spanish Moss (from the Dollar Tree)
8. Moss, (from the Dollar Tree)
9. Red Berries (from my Yard)
10. 3 Sticks (from the Yard)
11. Old Book Pages
12. Clear Glitter
13. Spray Adhesive
14. Hot Glue
15. 1 sheet of Cardstock
16. Brown Stamp Pad

As you can see, that's alot of stuff! I already had everything, so I didn't have to go out a buy anything specifically for the project.

Cheap, but messy and time consuming

Double 3D Stars:

I used my Cricut to cut 2 sizes of stars out of cardstock, I cut 6 Large, and 3 small. (The actual book pages were to brittle to run through the Cricut) I then traced the stars on the pages and cut them out by hand and glued them on the cardstock stars.

I made mine double, just make a single sided 3D Star and attached to the front of the bigger ones.

I used the these instructions to make the Stars 3 D, found the instructions via Pinterest, Just like these from:

http://thegluegungirl.blogspot.com/2011/11/how-to-make-3d-cardboard-stars.html

Source: thegluegungirl.blogspot.com via Sarah on Pinterest

I further aged the book pages using brown stamping ink around the edges, added glitter and puff paint, "snow".
I attached them to the tree top with the small springs and a hot glue gun.

Trees:
I stuck a stick into the foam in a clay pot, and glued the top of a Spring to the top of the stick, and added some "stick" braces here and there to hold it straight.

I added snow to 2 trees by appling puff paint and using a heat gun to activate (puff) the paint. Then added red berries to all 3, sprayed the tress with spray Adhesive and just sort of "patted" the moss around. I covered the foam in the pot with moss also and added a snow around the bottom.

Hot glue a little Jute bow and we have a Spring Tree!

Aged Terra Cotta Pots:
You can use new or old clay pots, just randomly rub a candle over the surface, then paint (I used white paint). Take a clean dry cloth and wipe the paint off, some of the paint will remain giving it that wonderful aged look.

This is really my time doing a post with instructions, so let me know if I missed anything or you have any questions!

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