Potting Bench - A work in Progress

This is the Potting Table I put together last summer. I'm calling this my "Before", since I was never really satisfied with it. I spent last summer putting it together and tweaking it, but it's still not the way I want it. Which is why I didn't post it last year.

All the items were salvaged pieces, things I've had or "acquired" So it was completely FREE! Not bad for the price...

A Vintage Shelving Unit, sits on top of an old Farm Table, backed with an old Wooden Garage Door.

I added a stenciled Branch, with Birds, some buckets, and wire basket hold tools and Rusty Treasures

I attached another old shelf to the side of the house, a rusty mailbox holds larger Garden Tools

Below an old Umbrella Stand holds some rakes and a hoe, an old Quaker State Oil Drum holds my Bird Seed

Below you can see I tried using an old shutter, door, and Door frame... These are to hide my "workspace" behind. These are the main things I want to change.

It's a little Junky-er than I would like, but it really did serve it's purpose and saw a lot of use!

I can't wait to get started on the changes I have in mind!

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Rusty Spring Garland - On the 2nd Day of Christmas Past

 

 

Luke 1:14

On the 2nd day of Christmas Past I'm sharing my Garland.

Bed Spring "Bell" Garland, Super simple to put together

Shared this Last year on my "old" and "gone" blog, so here it is again



Keeping this one simple, few words, mostly just pictures

 

 

After all, isn't that what we really want to see?

 

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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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Rusty Mailbox Memories

 

 

 

 

 759, the address of the Home where I grew up, below is the mailbox that stood at the end of driveway. My Dad's name proudly sits on top, still in the original white paint, still the original numbers, everything the way it was so many years ago, with the exception of the location. It now sits (as of a few days ago) about half way back our little lane, on an old stump, beside my Father-in-law's old mailbox.

 

 

 When my Father-in-law passed away over twenty years ago my husband saved his mailbox, then when my Dad passed away about five years later, I did the same. It didn't seem right to just pitch them...and I always new I'd find some way to use them.

  

Last Christmas I grabbed the one and used it in a outdoor display, and then it was tucked away in the shed that has been their home  for years.

One day I saw a picture of a stump with flowers on pinterest, and immediately knew, what I would be doing with our old Family Mailboxes. They finally have a home.

  

Side by side they proudly sit, a gentle reminder of the past, I see every day when I drive back our little lane.

I can't wait to deck them out for all the up-coming Holidays

I think it's important to remember our past and pass those memories onto our Children and Grandchildren.

and I love to combine decorating and memory keeping

 

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