Tonight I thought that I would share two other projects that Hubby and I completed in a very short time in less than two days!
The two items are rather useful and reasonable to make, especially Hubby’s a trivet from wine corks that we saved and a very reasonable picture frame.
The frame was purchased from the Trash and Treasure store at the Cultural Center that we went to yesterday and it was on sale for 50% off its already good price of $2.50 and so, everybody… now wait for it…. it was just a buck and a quarter! TA DA! Here’s it from start to finish from its humble beginnings…
a nautical frame in need of cleaning and disinfecting and Hubby took care of it all in his workshop in the garage then he applied an aluminum backing after the nasty card board was removed, also little cork feet.
I chose the idea of the herringbone pattern and the finished product is here amongst trivet row at our prep station! Looks like a keeper to me, how about you?
Next my mini project that I had thought of months ago a sign in our guestroom that added to the welcoming feeling we wanted in that room.
I had already made my ‘Home sweet home’ sign, and live, love and laugh one and so… I thought it would also be nice to have one that stated what the actual room was for…’SWEET DREAMS’!
Mine may have been a bit not too cost effective since the rectangular plaque from Jo-Anne’s fabric and crafts was $2.99, but no discount but that wasn’t the costly part though… it was getting those wooden letters that at first seem fairly realistic pricing at 99 cents a bag full, but only five per bag per letter and we needed eleven letters! Yep, for total for the plaque and letters just under twelve bucks!
In spite of the non thriftiness of this project I thought you might want to see it anyway, hmm?
What you thought I would make it that simple? Nah, that’s not me I used clip art from this word program and shrunk and printed each one I chose and then cut out lastly decoupage them on, then I painted those letters a bright apple green and…by sticking them in a bowl of paint, the easy way and then wood glued them on!
And then asked Hubby if he could hang it above the closets across from the bed in the guestroom! Voila, all done!
I don’t know if you like it, but that doesn’t matter what matters is that I do! LOL!
And sure I hope our guests do too…
On that thought of trying to distract myself from reality in this too hard to handle world at times… Allow me to be one of the first to wish you a very happy good night and to ask you kindly to count all your blessings and to share all your overages and we will too!
And next time please be here or be square, ya hear?
Speaking My Mind is about: Tobi, who is a middle aged, no, oh all right a slightly over the hill woman with all the imperfections that go with that, and this concerns her daily life's perceptions and experiences.
Friday, September 9, 2011
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