BOO !!

Ghoul in a Jar, recycle a gallon jar into a mad scientist experiment!!! Add a spooky old mask and some colored water, some Spanish moss other random leaves and silk flowers. Make sure the lid is on tight and add a cover made of tea or coffee stained muslin tied haphazardly and WaLa!

Silverware Keeper

I guess that is what it is called, well anyway I re-did this a long time ago and I really like how it turned out. The problem is I would like to use it in another manor do you have any suggestions?
It was a plain wood tray that I painted and antiquedit added wood drawer pulls for legs and metal drawer pulls for handles. This also was my first try at mosaics, I used old state plates.

So again, does anyone have any suggestions on how I could use this, besides silverware?

Chicken Feeder

I guess that is what it is? Found this at a yard sale for 1.00, cleaned it up and sprayer a sealer on it, added dried black beans and some primitive candles. Easy!!

Button Jewelry Swap

This is what I received from Melissa! Isn't it fabulous!! Made from wool and silk thread and mother of pearl buttons. Isn't it great how you can take something old, and make it new again!!

She also sent, this great piece that is just up my alley! She read here at my blog how I like numbers and made this necklace from a cinema seat, how cool is that!

Button Swap

I participated in a Button Jewelry Swap and here are the things I made and sent to Melissa in Canada. I found out about it from the Button Floozies blogspot and was started by http://incywincytogs.blogspot.com/
The earrings were fairly easy, using blue buttons and a recycled filigree pieces from a old necklace, everything else was new.

The next two pics are of the button bracelet, I created on an old white zipper it has an elastic loop closure.

The next piece is a button brooch using another white zipper as a flower shaped base with three buttons stacked on top.

And the last piece is just one large olive colored button with a silver bail glued on and a nifty new black necklace kit.

It was a lot of fun, thinking what to make for this, and creating these items for Melissa. Here blog is www.mistuk.blogspot.com She also introduced me to www.swap-bot.com so there may be more swapping in the future.

Old Frame

Finally, I am back to updating junkinjane! Been busy since going back to work, getting a new computer. I need to take some more pictures though. I also participated in my first swap and will be posting about that soon.

Here is a quick project I put in my home recently, an old frame I bought for a buck at a public sale a couple of years ago. I toned down the gold paint by making a wash of brown craft paint and water. Made a template of the frame and placed the grad pics of the kids on it marked it and then placed the template on the wall to put in the nails.

My Sisterhood Junk

So far I used 2 of the pieces I choose from took Sisterhood of the traveling junk box.

I added it to a piece I had.

I had this peg board that was made out of an old drawer front I made a couple of years ago, with old doorknobs and old coat hook I made some stars out of rusty tin from a craft store.



The second piece I used to add interest to a nail keg I recently brought into the living room after being outside. I cleaned it up and sprayed with a clear sealer, added cheesecloth that was coffee stained.

This teddy bear, I also made from something used, do you know what?

Thanks for the comments! Yes you are right it was an old coat!

Sisterhood of the Traveling Junk - My Fun

I was in the group of 12 who signed up for the Sisterhood of the Traveling Junk from the Junk Revolution Community. I was the 6th person to get the box! And this is the fun stuff I got to choose from.....

Bottle Caps - cute and colorful I was actually thinking of putting some of them into the box when it was my turn.

A Metal Butterfly - would make great angle wings, I have some similar.

A Water Nozzle- my first thought that this could be used as a ring holder.

Buttons and Embroidery - I love buttons and have some vintage fabric items.

Musical Pieces - would make a good clip to hold notes or recipes

Shoe Taps - This is one I was thinking of taking but just wasn't sure what to do with them.

N - I love letters just as much as numbers

Door Plate and Building - A door plate was another thing I thought I could possibly add to the box and the building I also thought of making a ring holder.

? Metal Thing ? - No one seems to know what it is! but I still was thinking of taking it. I thought it might make a good candle holder.

Tiny Metal Cars - I was tempted to take these also! My last name was a name of an old car!

I wonder what hey are from?

Numbered Nails ? - I would have made some kind of a peg board out of them.

Does anyone know wha thay are?

In the end, it was between this and


these numbers!

I took these!!

Numbers Galore! - cattle, locker, and hotel. So far I have used 2 of them and I have them on my blog tomorrow!





And this is what I put into the box, A photo and 4 chandelier prisms.

Originally I was going to add a spice tin and put items of interest into it, but it was so full when I got the box that I decided on the prisms.

It sure was a fun experiment, and would do it again but I will sit the next one out so others can have fun!!

Old Mirror Makeover

I got this mirror from my SIL, it was her mothers. I just wanted, to do something a little different with it, but not permanently. So, I decides to find a vinyl decal to add to it. I first wanted just a word like Imagine or Dream but decided to go with P the initial of my last name.

I found one on Etsy. It is gold in color.

Here it is hang on my Living room wall.

Recycled Bags

A couple of days ago Margo had a blog post about bags so I thought I would join her! http://robolady.blogspot.com/2009/08/its-in-bag.html

This first bag I got on Etsy, it is crocheted of recycled grocery bags. Read more about it at her etsy site http://www.craftykathi.etsy.com/

The next bag is recycled with a belt, leather pieces, coffee bean bag, drawer pull and vintage jewelery, visit robelyn at her etsy shop for lots more ... http://www.redneckchic.etsy.com/

The last three are are my tote bags, the ones on the end were made by my kids when they were in sewing class at school, they were left behind when they moved away, I like to have them in my car for fast purchases at the grocery store. The middle one might be familiar to Junk Revolution Fans!! If not check it out at http://www.junkrevolution.com/ look for the Store!