Wire Strainer Cloche

I made the cloche from a kitchen strainer, added a knob and button to the top.

I have a birds nest in it for the photo, anything can be added to these even the frog!

 

Shreded some book pages and added some blue shreds in a granite pie pan!

Now for sale in my Etsy Shop!

Repurposing

A fun thing to do with old things not used or not needed anymore is to find new uses for them.

Here are 2 of my newest finds and repurpose.

 

A pink french fry cutter!

used as a reciped card holder

or

a salt and pepper shaker holder

Do you have any other ideas?

 

 

 

 

 Another item is an arched clipboard, used possibly in a store for receipts, now can be used as

a jewelry holder or tie holder or maybe scarves!

Heirloom Bears

These Teddy bears are made from coats that used to belong to a family member.

This is a way to cherish a family member and a memory using their coat and making a Teddy Bear, hence Heirloom Bear! 

 

I use as much of the coat as possible, bow is from the lining, and this first Bear is wearing a special necklace!

 

 

I named her Miss Pauline T. Bear

 This red coat had a great black faux fur collar, I made it fit and added a button from the coat. I added a red heart for the heart of the bear.

This is Miss Miriam T. Bear

Some Things at Booth 65

Last weeks finds, old tattered quilt, childrens hankies, an amber etched bowl, feed scoop, childs ironing board, and a Firestone tire ashtray!

 

 

 

I took the tatered old quilt and made a Teddy Bear!

Sew Cute!

 

Another quilt, I found it is a small wall hanging or baby quilt.

 

 

 

I made two Heirloom Bears that will be posted soon!

A Cheesey Valentine Display

Needed some kind of Valentine display with out much valentine merchandise, so I came up with the conversation hearts inspired / vintage valentine humor and came up with this!

 

It was fun making the heart streamers from old book pages, great for backdrop for a party or photo shoot or just for fun!    

Have a Happy Valentines Day!

Facebook Page

I started a facebook page and would like some people out there in blogland to like my page thanks!
www.facebook.com/Booth65 

Mason Jar Organizer

Wow, its been awhile!  I've been busy.  I thought I would post something I created for our booth, a Mason jar desk organizer.

 

I found 3 of these jars at a flea market but they did not have the wire part to hold the glass lid on. I knew I could use the lids on other jars so I bought them. The wire basket I got at a yard sale a couple of weeks later, not even thinking about putting the jars in it.  Well, sometimes good ideas just happen! I added some jute like twine to the area on the jars where the holes were for the wire.
This could also be used to hold silverware, sewing supplies.....ect....

By the way the Booth is going great, and that's why I haven't had time to post along with Christmas and Life! 

Have a Great New Year!

Sock Monkey

 

Today at a yard sale I got a free sock monkey!  After looking around at the yard sale I decides notheing was there for me as I was leaving the lady said, check out the free boxes and take somethig home with you.  I stopped and looked just being polite, there under a bunch of normal stuffed animal was this sock monkey, I pulled him out and the lady said his ear needs fixed, do you sew? I said yes I do, the hole was behind his ear and only about an inch long. She also said her soon was afraid of him, I find that funny cause I hate monkeys too! But sock monkeys are fun!

Can you find all the subtle changes I made to him?

 

 

1. I took off both ears, took some of the stuffing out and repostioned them on his head.
2. I used the excess stuffing from the ears to put in the hat.
3. Made his neck more defined by adding a tighter yarn.
4. took a pompom off his belly and added it to his arm, he was missing his right arm pompom.and repotioned them higher on his arm.
5. And the most subtle of a change was trimming all his pompoms!

Booth Update

Our booth is doing great! Its really fun finding treasures and cleaning then up and waitinng for them to sell.

 

Here is a frame I got for free, it is peeling away and was perfect for the spider web teatment. thumb tacks on back with string strung around. I added a spider for fun!

Belt Chair

Here is a chair that I used old belts to weave a new seat.

A friend of mine got some ladies together one afternoon and showed us how to put it all together!

I want to do more, it is fun collecting the belts and weaving them!

They are buckeled underneath, some had to get neww holes in them and extra length was cut off.