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New Life To Old Roll-Top Desk

This is one of the projects that I just recently finished, a … that I picked up at a garage sale last summer for $5. I couldn’t pass it up; I have always wanted a … The only thing wrong with it was on the bottom right side the trim was broke. That was no problem to fix.
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DIY Faux Leather On Wood

Handcrafted wooden cross with wings… The handpainted cross was painted to resemble leather. Learn the technique that I used to accomplish the look of leather on wood in my step by step tutorial. Continue reading

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How to Make Christmas Carolers

Here are a couple of Christmas Carolers like the ones I use to make years ago when I had my craft booth, and made a lot of woodcrafts. This was before I discovered jewelry making. Well my husband really gets into decorating for the holidays, and this year we are off Christmas day so we are having family over. So I decided to make some Christmas Carolers. Continue reading

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Black Friday and Cyber Monday Sale !!!

Are you ready for the biggest shopping days of the year? This year I am going to have my first ever Black Friday and Cyber Monday Sale. Continue reading

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Wood Potato/Onion Bin Redo

Do you remember the wooden potato/onion bin that I bought at a garage sale several weeks back? Well I finally got around it. I repainted the whole thing with antique white milk paint. Well that was a little to white for me, so I used an antiquing gel to darken it up some. Then once dry I… Continue reading

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Handmade Message Board

Handcrafted chalkboard, fabric covered cork board, message center made from a old vintage mirror frame I picked up at a garage sale a few weeks back. How do you like? Continue reading

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Fish and Chicken Chalk Boards

These chalk boards were hand-painted on an old cedar shingle. The chicken is painted to one side and the rest is a chalk board. Would make a cute gift for a cook to hang in the kitchen….The fish is painted…would make a great gift for the fishermen in the family…Unique handcrafted chalk boards… Continue reading

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This Weeks Garage Sale Finds

Here are our great finds for this week. We were just about to give up on finding anything good and was on the way back home when we ran across another garage sale sign, and I talked my hubby into stopping for just one more. I found a metal frame that use to be a foot stool, that I am going to make into a plant stand for the patio. The old mirror frame I think I will make into a message board, chalk board, cork board, and maybe paint something in one block… Continue reading

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