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A LITTLE OF THIS AND A LITTLE OF THAT

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Just a mix of several projects, special to me, but not really anything to post individually.

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Country Pump Lamp

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A  funky old found cast iron water pump is the base for this lamp. It's wired with a dimmer socket at the top, then the 3-panel shade edged in a rope colored trim is mounted on a...

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old faucet

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old faucet

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"Box O Flamingos"- (no birds were injured in the making of this lamp)

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I bought this frame from "Out of the Closet"- a non profit thrit store that raises money for people affected with HIV and AIDS- I think I paid $6 for it.  It was 'Boring Beige' when found, with...

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army cot transformation

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I took an old army cot and dressed it up for a relaxing spot on the back porch, under a tree or just about anyplace. I used vintage fabrics and covered a queen size feather down comforter I had...

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Holiday Boot

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Holiday boot

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Glass Memory Totem

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I created several glass totems, as Christmas gifts, for the girls in the masters program I am currently completing. While they were done as gifts, they were also part of the project assignment along...

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Chair Slat & Vintage Buttons Cross

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An old Mexican equipal slat chair fell apart......I just couldn't toss the old hand-hewn equipal slats into the trash. Lashed together with leather thong; I added old white shell buttons sorry...

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Glass totems

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Just a few glass projects I've been working on.

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From nut sweeper (!?) to wreath!

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My son's in-laws have walnut and almond orchards and apparently these huge brushes are used to sweep the nuts on the ground out of the way so that the farm equiptment doesn't drive over and destroy...

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A Greenery Christmas

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It snowed a few inches today in Iowa, just a nice beautiful covering on everything. Here are some of my outside winter decorations. You may notice my wheelbarrow from my fall post, now it all decked...

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Our First Garden Fountain in 2007

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My first garden fountain came about when I  went to dog sit at the Hiwassee River in 2007. I was there a week and we lived right on the river. I fell in love with the rivers stones that...

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Our New/Old Garden Fountain 2

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    I found the Three Pewter Bowls at the Thrift store and my husband put them together with a  weed eater blade holding a solid pewter tray for base and Pipe, washers, and fittings...

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wood shutters

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window shutters i made from wood pallets

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The three snowmen

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Just a little decoration for mom's "stoop" made of some extra picket fencing I had lying around. I will admit that it wasn't totally home made- I bought the hats from the as is bin at Ikea. They were...

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You can thank Disneyland for this one!

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While watching a Christmas decorations special a few weeks ago, host David (HGTV no-shirt guy) was giving a tour of Disneyland at Christmastime.  He pointed to some giant ornaments on...

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A "Light Bulb" Moment...

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I had one of those "light bulb" moments in my garage the other day when I arrived home from shopping and needed to place to hang my wreaths while I dug around for my keys in my...

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My very first project post....An elegant, funky, bird feeder!

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I bought some old table legs in early November and painted them.  I had no idea what I would use them for, except I knew they would be for something outside in the garden. Then, while at a flea...

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Upside Down Junk Tree

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My upside down tree hanging outside my family room makes me smile. It almost pushed my husband over the edge but he'll take all the credit when the grandkids come and get a kick out of it!

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Christmas on the front porch

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I was inspired by Lanette Lorsung's front porch on her blog Cottage Elements.  A Christmas welcome on my front porch.  A small Christmas tree adorned with berries and pineconesnbsp...

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