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Old Paint Aprons, New Dress!
By cutting up old paint aprons, I made an apron dress. If you didn't know, I have a business called Connecting in Color where I teach classes to residents in skilled, assisted living, and memory care facilities for over 4 years now. While my residents love the...
A Dress Made from Kitchen Wallpaper
I made a dress from my Grandmother's kitchen wallpaper. Growing up I always thought this flowered wallpaper from my grandmother’s kitchen would make a nice spring dress… So when that kitchen was remodeled recently for the sale of the house, I had a chance to make that...
A Tire and PVC Pipe Tree- DIY Christmas Tree 2017
My husband and I make an unconventional Christmas tree every December. This particular year we used an old tire painted white, a bucket, and 40 ft of PVC pipe to create the tree shape. Do you remember our life size paper bag tree from the year before? In college I...
DIY Scrapbook Paper Wall
I Covered Our Stairwell With Scrapbook Paper Did you know scrapbook paper can be used as wallpaper? When we bought our house we knew it was a fixer upper. Unfortunately we had to replace the roof, boiler, and a couple other big ticket items right away, so the state of...
Paint Chip Christmas Tree- DIY Christmas Tree 2018
We Made An Unconventional Christmas Tree From A Stack Of Paint Samples And Some Old Blinds My husband and I make an unconventional Christmas tree every December. Do you remember our Christmas tree from last year on Bored Panda? This particular year we also bought a...
A “Puzzling” Fruit Bowl
Who has puzzles with missing pieces? With a quick request for old puzzles I discovered that I know a LOT of people with puzzles they've either put together too many times or just aren't using any longer. I've been sorting through them for certain colors needed in a...
Can Tab Chandelier
You know those little metal figure 8 things that help open your favorite can of soda pop? You can do some pretty amazing things with can tabs! Take one look on Pinterest for can tab art and it will blow your mind. But one problem with collecting these...WE DON'T DRINK...
DIY Leather Belt Table
Last summer our local thrift shop was having a going out of business sale where everything had to go. They said if we filled up plastic grocery bags they would only charge $2 a bag. What a deal! Naturally I'm thinking crafting material and went straight for their...
Wallpaper Sample Lamp Makover
On an evening walk before trash day I walked past a neighbor who had put a lot of boxes by her trash. In them I noticed a big book and inside the book was a collection of Thibaut wallpaper samples. What wonderful free crafting material! Thankfully it hadn't rained...
DIY Brooch Art: Peacock
Old brooches in your jewelry stash? Turn them into a displayable work of art! My grandmother had quite the collection of brooches that were handed down to me and I didn't want them to just sit in a box. Instead they are now displayed together in the shape of a...