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Those are cool lamps...I love words decoupaged on things...

Truly brilliant ideas - love the drink tray especially...

Love the modern feel...

Very sweet...I like this one tremendously - simple is so often the best...

Those are cool...I especially like the poppy detail....

Rusty Diva - we watched Xena in the day - now we watch The Legend of the Seeker - how about Kahlan or Cara?

Wow! Yeah for me. Thanks Sue!!

Absolutely brilliant - I wish I had skills with lumber - wow...

Cloche's are so the thing. This is sweet - love the tag that says nest...

Yum - very, very, very cool

Looooooooooooooooooooooove the greyhound...we had one - she died two years ago at Christmas at the ripe old age of 13

He's pretty creepy but cool too...

Love wrought iron - lucky you...

Sorry, Let me try that again.

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Melissa

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Nope - they are gifts for my MIL's Christmas table and we won't get to see them - she is SoCal and we are in MN...

Brilliant -

Love the turtle shells too reminds me of this

Jo on the next lid, scratched and worn,
And within a motley store
Of headless dolls, of school=books torn,
Birds and beasts that speak no more;
Spoils brought home from the fairy ground
Only trod by youthful feet.

This is very, very awesome. You are fortunate to have such a handy husband...

Wow - I love the last one - my maternal grandmother made afghans like it.

I think I like the second one best although the third one is lovely too...

fabulous - this is up in the category my husband has for things he doesn't understand and I love - so cool....

Nice work - it looks great. Sounds like the kind of project I would enjoy.

very pretty

This is a different approach to them - I think it is wonderful - I like the whimsy in the idea of the 'watermelon' planter...

Brilliant...

brilliant

very elegant

the colors are lovely...

He definitely looks ready to serve...

The tea-light idea is brilliant - and if you placed glass marbles in on the table - then you would have a really cool stained glass look.

Now you can story mini-dog biscuits in it for your baby. ;)

I love the door storage - especially with specific little pockets...very cool find...

I've got a whole cultivator - I remember using them in the garden when I was a child - and lo and behold - as an adult I find they still work... ;)

You have some wonderful 'junk'

One of those things that start conversations when people walk into your living room.

He doesn't act as if he feels terribly guilty.

I keep seed beads in mine - I like that - distracted by something sparkly. - Very cute.

Great idea - and even in the photo it has three dimensional punch...

Love, love, love the beater tulips.

Makes me think I need to learn how to weld.

I second all who applaud the cream theme...I love the patina of the box too.

Simple, sweet, whimsical

This is fabulous - I love that you used the texture of the table to create the tree...

I can't believe the patience it took to cut out the tree (I find those type of detaily things difficult).

Kudos to you.

This is the coolest, the finish is as JA said - wild...(and I will add beautiful).

It is all in the eyes...and you are right Cloches are just too spendy (I love them too and I too have several makedo cloches...

I've always wanted to do this...here is one more good reason to do it - lovely copy of Alice by the way (I love that book).

I've toyed with the fusing of bags and love how your project came together - but tell me, is the stench terrible?

These are brilliant...

Thanks for the links. I really like Kant's stuff...

I like all the wonderful pieces on the gurney but I have to say what brings it all together and gives it the 'just right' homey flair that I love is the 'head' vase with the red berry stems.

I think my favorite art piece is the 'hand' one although the pencils do run a close second...

The impeller is awesome and I am so glad Sophie modeled for you as it gives a wonderful way for us to gain perspective on the size of the letters (which I am extremely envious of). Is Sophie a miniature Dachsy or a full=size? (I think Dachshunds are adorable).

I have to say that all your rework effort was definitely worth it, it has ended up wonderfully distressed and the Scrabble tiles are the perfect addition.

I should say - my favorite is the third hat! It is so lovely seems like it is waiting for a Jane Austen character....

I also use lots of garden stuff in the house - mostly in the bathroom - I use wrought iron pot holders above the toilet and sinks to hold all the misc stuff one needs in the bathroom...a pseudo lion's head fountain is great for my daughter's hair clips and small bands and a coffee mug holder is great for those scuncie style hair bans...

I love hats too - but I mostly wear mine and they are mostly 'old' men's hats....I also wear old men's coats....I've tried converting to a normal woman's coat but for some reason I feel more comfortable wearing coats that I find at Goodwill...but then in HS I wore my Dad's Air Force coat, so...

Clever redo - I have a growing collection of salt and pepper shakers that need some projects...

How about that being the coolest thing I've seen...lucky you!!

I think my favorite part is the earring 'drawer' pulls...

awesome deal and a clever way to use them without committing them to a permanent role in life...I have a friend that uses light weight two-sided tape for her cloth and paper creations so she doesn't have to commit. :)

BTW It was fun to read your comment on my bread box - I would love, love, love to keep bees but am not sure my husband is ready for me to do so...we have a garden and I do worm composting and I have some Orchard Mason Bees hibernating in the fridge waiting for spring because last year the bees didn't find my garden until July (I had lots of blooming flowers including: yarrow, poppies, sunflowers, phlox, cornflowers, iris etc...in addition I never have had that problem before).

I think how you worked the cord/twine into the project and how used the bottle openers is brilliant...

I should say, I really, really, really love these...will have to do something similar...

The old lace makes it for me.....

the bird's nest makes it perfect...

This is wonderful - my kind of junk leftovers from today's life.

I love the pulley... - the aqua is great too...

I really like the extra touches - they make all the difference...

I love the highchair. The style of it is similar to one my Mom has from when she was a child.

You are right - the table has great lines and I am a sucker for maps so I think you nailed this project...

These are wonderful - I will have to make a few - I've never seen them done this way - a wonderfully simple technique loaded with frothy fun.

I love birds nests in spring... :)

Those porcelain hands are lovely - I like them very, very much...

What a totally cool thing to have for holding old books - I think my most creative thing is an old chair with arms that make great side supports -

I like this very, very, very much - now I will have to try something like this myself

Very clever - and the springs are very effective in their own right...

I'm all over the fairy just because it is so pretty...

whimsical and funny

I wouldn't dream of replacing it either if it were mine.

Beautifully handled...and well conceived...

Simplicity itself - often one of the hallmarks of great design...

I really like how this turned out. The unusual shape of the face of the box makes a wonderful 'top' to the frame...I am a sucker for anything with old sheet music on it. ;)

Wow!! This is completely amazing!! I love it.

I notice you said "vintage looking book" :)

Amazingly simple - yet it has that extra punch!! Nice work!

Beautiful pieces...

You definitely have to wonder about people sometimes...I've picked up stuff from the curb and delivered it to the thrift store just because I can't stand the idea of it going into the trash...

SeaGlassLady!! I love the educational aspect of it as well - I will have to share my school desk come summer. As to globes, as I've mentioned before my collection is rather large.

Geo - I am blessed in having wonderful parents - they do very good most of the time and when they don't it is usually my Mom's way of joking us. I think it is a blessing to grow up very poor.

CreepinJen - It isn't a current picture but it still hangs in the same place. I would never get rid of it unless (if we ever move) someone offered a significant sum of money for me to part with it. My parent's are certainly to blame too...I got a steamer trunk for eighth grade graduation, my two sisters did as well... :) I know mine has a prominent place in the home as does my next sister. My youngest sister lives in Michigan and I don't see her often so I am not sure about her home.

I love this!! This is so cool...I think the hall tree would be neat at the back of a cabin with a pipe circle extended out from it so you could add a shower curtain and using it for a changing area.

Love all the grates but I think my favorite may be the third...

Love the changing cubby with the mirrors - perfect for someone like my MIL but how would I ship it to CA?

The headboard is fabulous too -

These are absolutely adorable.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery and I am going to have to imitate...I collect junk jewelry to use in all my projects too!! It is sooooo much fun.

ooooooooooooooooh - I saw the link you posted for blackdog - I want to do this for my Mom or MIL...

The muffin tin is a gem and I love how you re-used the bed skirt ruffle.

I agree. They are totally cool - did the crystals come as magnets or did you convert them to magnets?

Talk about the jackpot!! Good for you!! If I am correct, that is your dishwasher behind it - great way of giving us scale!!

Brilliant!!! I bet it is the sort of thing that makes people in your house go hmmmmm

Very pretty - I particularly like how you used the pinking shearers to edge the photos - like those old-time photos.

I've seen these mounted on a board - with a board you could hide the cords along the back or underneath (depending on how much work you want to do) then pass them up through the board.

Another option would be to buy those electric tea candles that flicker like real candles.

Did I mention how pretty these are? I like the window you have them in - it frames them and makes them a focal point.

Beautiful...very unique

I like the aqua color of the J with the faucet handles (?) and the contrasting red and pink (buttons?)

Very sweet - I love it - I have a thing for binder clips...What is the metal piece with holes that provides the background, do you know?

Awesome! What a wonderful haul of insulators....

I saw a similar idea recently where beaded wires was used to make hangers for insulators and then tea candles were inserted...

I personally love the candelabra.

Cynthia,

I bought this awesome spray paint by Krylon...they have spray paints that mimic hammered metal and are made for spraying on plastic (Krylon Fusion for Plastic).

Melissa

Cute I see a kitty for some reason when I look at her.

Stunning and I absolutely love it with the globe on it (I have a significant collection of junkstore globes.

It is almost like a shrine - should call it a box=spring shrine...

Absolutely brilliant find and and a wonderful re-use for it...

I love those old percolators - what a fabulous idea!!

This is very pretty - the green is fabulous...

This is gorgeous - the colors and the tools and the message all work terribly well together...

I love the contrast between the porcelain and the rust...

I love penny rugs but have never gotten around to trying them - I really love how you used the frames for them...

Totally clever - I love the simplicity of it and how when you see it the idea seems so incredibly obvious...but nobody seems to think of it but junkers. ;)

I like them - simple and straightforward. Nice stair step arrangement for hanging them too...

I am not entirely sure which is my favorite - either the canteen or the globe - (I have an over sized globe collection (as in lots of globes but some are small and some are large - I just border on having to many altogether))

I really like the gothic window shape of the iron work...

Beautiful and I love the green of your hallway - makes for an elegant and warm feel (at least from the photo). I like the photo-jar too.

Five!! That is an incredible price!! Lucky you!!

Very creative!! I love it!

This is brilliant - what a wonderful idea!! And you are a master of details and details really make a difference.

So do you glue them with a silicone adhesive?

I think these would be fabulous tucked in among blooming plants...

The moss is what draws me in - nothing is more magical than moss - makes this a crib for fairies...

I have a small collection of insulators and try to avoid buying more but...

the blue and green ones are perfect for what you show us and you are right they compliment the flowers and the copper foil tape is the perfect touch.

The gym basket elevates this little creation - I like this...please tell me this is an old photo and those tulips aren't blooming already - we've got another three months or so... :(

The beads and etc were strung on - the mirrors are glued one on each side - so it is important to have your layout planned in advance. Then you string and glue - it helps to tape it on a piece of cardboard...

Actually the roosters are sort of decoupaged on from napkins (think tissue paper and baby jar candle holders from from grade scool).

That is brilliant - I love this - twenty dollars? It looks like there is plenty more material for more projects in the purchase to yet.

Wonderful - I like how this adds - windows often have that awkward space above them and this solves that problem...

I like them stacked - makes them a nice height and creates that wonderful necessity - storage...

Very pretty gift basket - is nice when you find something to do with them, isn't it?

This site is awesome, you will love it here.

I think my favorite is the heart on the red candle stick...

Wow!! I love, love, love, love this...I suppose if you were to sell it I couldn't afford it. Oh well - I will have to do my own thing sometime...

I love the viewmaster face - I have a red one - hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm....

Absolutely awesome!!

This is wonderful - it all fits together beautifully

I agree with Candy - the finial on top makes this - what a creative and lovely piece...

I like the smallness of this - it is a versatile little piece that would come in hand in many different places.

This is beautiful - very cunning and decorated so nice too - now if I could keep my garden stuff so pretty and organized, life would be good.

This is a stunning piece - you did lovely work with it.

Isn't it fun when things fit as if they were meant to be - I like the softness of this piece.

Kimberly,

It isn't a big secret, I used Sophisticated Images "Rust Antiquing Set"....I screwed the music box (from one of my girls' defunct jewelry boxes) to the lid and then used the kit to create the effect.

I use salt and pepper shakers for beads and vases for buttons

I love the floral frog - I would give a lot for that one in my collection (if I had a lot to give. ;)

Wonderful work - and better than the stereotypical flowers!!

You do beautiful, beautiful work....

I wish I could paint...this is customized in such a personal and delightful way...

Brilliant - this is the sort of memento/memorable project, I love.

I like this - especially when converted to a table - I want to sit at it with a drink and read and watch the water...

Isn't it wonderful when it actually calls out your name? Then you know the mistake would be not to buy it because it will haunt you forever!! This is a fun and whimsical piece...

Wow!! I love that you chose the artwork - it is perfect!!

She definitely does have attitude!!

I love the coordinating lamp - this looks like beach living...

This is beautiful.

Do you know where this should go? Hang in in front of the window in your bathroom as a privacy screen and to let all sorts of pretty light in!!

I like the heavy look of this chandelier

Wow - it looks great and I am super impressed by how handy you are...

She seems to feel alienated by the big chef robot...She is fabulous - totally ready for the sock hop...

Very edgy looking - seems like it would be a trick to work out unless you found the groove and knack...

I like the angularity of this (if that makes any sense at all).

I do love broom trees - ;)

Awesome! You did a great job with the faux patina - did you create it yourself or use a kit?

Amazing - isn't it nice, that little aha, moment?

I'm very impressed - I like the scale of the base - it keeps the hurricane lamp from looking so tippy...

I haven't quite evolved to your level - this is great - I like the sunny cheerful yellow and the slightly ornate shelf brackets too.

I like the shape of this mirror - I can see why it appealed to you. I try not to look at mirrors anymore. I have way, way, way too many in my house - most of them in places where they can't reflect me... ;)

I really like how you added the three-dimensional figures...

Cool - more ideas that need my investigation - Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm....I like your style - it suits me...

I've made teacup pincushions (not sure I posted it here) but I've never branched out - I've thought about it but haven't done it - I love the cupids and their carriage...

Do you make your own cushions to fit?

I like this idea - many possibilities and of course, I love the bouquets..

Everything about this is cool but I do believe my favorite part is the whisk broom - for some reason that little detail tickles me...

I can't think, I need this tooth pulled.

The Styrofoam is encased in paper mache and you have to apply it in multiple layers.

I forgot to mention that when I do hand prints, I use a form to hold it until it is semi dry. When I do something like this cross, I cut the shape out of styrofoam and use it as a base. My husband brings sheets of it home from work when they get a product packed in it.

You make the coolest things!!

This is brilliant - I've had ideas to do things with chests of drawers but haven't done it - this is inspirational - thanks for sharing!!

Lovely desk and what a find - I must confess, I am a bit envious...

Such lovely ladies you make...and this is a special remembrance. Your friend will be blessed, I am sure.

Very nice - I like the appropriateness of all the pieces.

I think it is a lovely little piece....elegant and romantic - sweet...

Both are fabulous!! You are amazing...

You know, next time I do something similar to this I cam going to try something on a larger scale -

I've used a paste of instant coffee for a similar effect and I've steeped the papers in tea

I don't know if you would be interested in those alternatives or not - just thought I would share...

I bet it does decorate up easily - be fun to see a few different holidays...

My MIL collects milk glass too - I dig it up for her as I like the hunt and she doesn't so much...

those are very, creative and unusual - I like them!!

Just my style - beautiful...

I wish I was able to do this sort of thing and my husband was willing to help - this is great!!

MimiToria - I've mostly used plastic ones although occasionally I have found wooden ones cheap (they are usually more expensive - I don't like to pay more than a dollar for them - 49 cents is ideal).

On many of these I paint the base (I am fond of sponge painting for these as you can probably tell) then I use Modge Podge to adhere the images.

I usually finish with a few coats of acrylic clear coat to prevent water damage etc (you never know when one of these will be used in a bathroom).

Yep - I buy them at thrift stores and then I work collages on them. These are actually some of my earliest ones. I have made dozens since then...I've got a series of motto collages hanging around the house.

And yes - it is a LGB it is We Like Kindergarten and it was illustrated by Eloise Wilkins (who I love).

Very clever - I like the dual purpose - you could use it for incoming mail and coats, or reading material in the bathroom and toilet paper and so on - good work...

Brilliant - I would, love, love, love getting my hands on one of those.

I remember putting my hands in one when I was a child. ;)

I like this a lot what is particularly pleasing to me is how the pot almost looks like Aladdin's lamp.

Beautiful recreation - I tend to agree with bridiemurphy those tables are shudder worthy - and you've saved one from its own miserable existence. Yeah for you!

These are brilliant. I love them...I will have to do some myself = totally inspirational.

She is wonderful - I love the feel I get from her body - what a wonderful piece...

I love gargoyles and oddities - this has me drooling - I think I could even convince my husband on this one!!

This is brilliant!! I love it. I wish I could convince my husband that stuff like this is totally cool!!

Well, this is definitely a great way to set the tone for a year. Time for me to start creating!!

This is beautiful...I've done pocket watches and I've made clocks but this - lovely.

I love them all. They are so cute. I like the bowling pin and Jenga lamps the best.

I like the idea for using the old frame.

Very creative. I like how you put it all together.

Very graphic and vintage sentimental at the same time - nice work!!

The battered red is wonderful - what a great find and a wonderful way to use it.

Absolutely brilliant and creative. I love the natural colors and feel - light but not too bright.

What a sweet little wagon. I like the size-ratio between the ornaments and the wagon.

I agree - it is adorable - very bright and cheery.

I think the martini-glass-floor=grate combo is my favorite.

Very nicely done. Well-crafted in the best since of the term. (in other words, it looks as if you did an extremely professional job).

What an exceedingly clever thing to do!! I love it.

Both are very nifty. I think I lean more towards the country lamp myself.

I think we should all post learning experience projects sometime. I would love to see what other people wish they hadn't made. I have a few.

A lovely collage. I like simplicity in collages and this is sweet. I think that I want to suggest that our recycling center do that.

You obviously understand the value of memory. Another wonderful piece of memorabilia.

I love good memory projects and this one is a wonderful one. Very meaningful and full of character.

Wow!! I would take one of those in a heartbeat!!

Those windows are awesome...gotta love a good find.

I use florists wire because it is cheap - and without going to look, I am not sure what the gauge is - it is pretty coarse. I use a double of wire in double-holed buttons and single wire in each pair for four-hole buttons and then I twist it all together. A good tight twist from top to bottom. I cut the bottom to make it even. As a result, they have pretty sturdy stems.

I preferred the shade - I loved the cobalt and how it popped against all the industrialness of everything.

I think it is so cool that people find "Grandma's silverware" to wear as a necklace.

Hmmm. I like it with the hat on it and I always need a place for my hats... Hmmmmmmmm..

The whisklight turned out great - and I like the wreath too.

What a work of love - beautiful.

He is so sweet - I love how shabby he is...

I love the old clocks - what a fun, fun display.

Old colanders are awesome, arent they?

Okay!! This is easily my favorite dog collar so far...it has a jingly feel to it even without the jingles and is definitely festive enough for Christmas.

The quote, makes it incredibly meaningful.

I love them!! They are very neat. I love the door hinge idea for wings...going to have to keep my eye out for door hinges...

Wow!1 I wish I could paint, he is gorgeous. If my Mom ever gets a new ironing board, I will have to do something cool with hers - it is one that her Uncle made....

These are lovely...they have my mind whirling and I have no lamp shades... :)

That is an awesome looking old game board...

those are adorable - I just picked up a black pair of skates recently - I will need to come up with something this clever!!

I really like the pearl star 'ornament'

It is the best feeling to use all found objects, isn't it.

Too bad some people have no taste....awesome idea...

I think my favorite part is the domino - how very clever.

I really like the colander with the bottle.

Thanks to everyone for the warm welcome!!

Kmayflowers - I am glad you like the frogs - it was fun. :)