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My little red wagon - repurposed and happy to hold some fun goodies.
5 commentsinspired by May 2008 Country Home JunkMarket project...
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Art with Heart Show concluded...Upcycling in Georgetown, Texas
6 commentsWhile I focus mainly on upcycling items into functional forms (furniture), it is fun to play with bits and pieces to make playful sculptures. I was inspired by Anthony Pack, of Kansas City, who...
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Display Case Frame
2 commentsI am forever searching for a creative way to frame those adorable school pictures of my little angels. You know how the grandparents adore them! So, I have made it a tradition to give them as gifts at the holidays. Well, I was thrilled this year to find this Germaine Monteil Couture Cosmetiques display case! Whew, maybe it will help tame those bright fun backgrounds we all love so much, that don't flatter any home decor. Let's see...
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A Festive Junky Holiday Tablescape
3 commentsWelcome to a "Festive" Junky Holiday! Now, you've already served the turkey, but what about all those holiday parties coming up? Are you hosting any? Need any creative ideas? Well, here you...
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Put a Little Spring in Your Christmas . . .
7 commentsThis is a project I've shown before, but being the holidays I decided to change it up a bit and get into the spirit of things!
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A trike tire is in the cards
10 commentsI bought an old tricycle over the weekend for $1.80 and dismantled it as much as I could. This is the first use I have for it so far.
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Galvanized Bins Wall Unit
6 commentsRemember the old galvanized bins I found at the junkyard a couple weeks back? I decided to make a wall unit out of them to display some of our treasures…
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Embellishing Old Mirrors
9 commentsHere's something you can do to snazz up old mirrors and use up vintage trinket collections. This old mirror was left in my circa 1930 house, i embellished it with a vintage gold frame and old metal...
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Vintage typewriter turned photo display
18 commentsI received this free old typewriter enroute to vote on Tuesday from a Craigslister. He just kind of threw it in my van after I purchased other great things from him. I simply used a Word...
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Like a puzzle...
9 commentsWhat do you do when you have an old wood frame, a sheet of rusted metal, a wood cross and a metal scroll? Mount them on top of each other of course!
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SOME FURNITURE FINDS
4 commentsTHE FIRST PIC IS A FOOLER; IT LOOKS LIKE MULTI DRAWERS BUT IS ACTUALLY 2 DOORS; I'LL PAINT IT WHITE :) THE SMALL CUPBOARD I WONDER IF I SHOULD PAINT IT WHITE. THE SUITCASE WAS A DEAL I COULDNT...
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more finds from Damon's house of junk...found a 5 gallon bucket of water valves handles
12 commentsFound me a 5 gallon bucket of vintage and newer water valves..that are great for metal flower gardens and other projects. Someone had been saving them and took them to the scrap yard this weeki...
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great old antique iron scroll work cabinet thingy.
6 commentsHere is a cool old vintage wrougth iron cabinet or something..it all hand formed metal scroll work. It came from my favorite scrap yard hunting grounds. it's about 2' tall and the two front doors...
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calling all ladies... here is a sheet metal high heel shoe i made from scrap sheet metal.
13 commentsHere is a life size high heel shoe that i made with some left over sheet metal. Took about 8 hours of welding and grinding... but well worth the effort.
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"functional junke"
8 commentsAltered art from a wide range of rustic found objects and old vintage jewelry mounted on fench posts. (3ft x 2ft cross).
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Scrapyard Cat
3 commentsThis was one of my first pieces and one of only three I kept, every bit of it was found at the scrapyard. I think the legs are muffler pipes? aluminum banged up tea...
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CHAPEL HOUSE vintage glass angel sculpture 1000 PIECES no 81
3 commentsAnother house on legs, I can't stop putting legs on houses.....Vintage stained glass and metal chapel with old glass fuses for legs and a vintage ceramic angel on the blue roof. The chapel was made...
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House Angel
House Angel was inspired by my quest for a new home in the country, a new studio and a new way of living my life. I liked the way her roof became wings and she took on an angelic look. She was...
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