fun stuff

here are a few fun things i enjoy making and i have a few more in the works that are going into shop this weekend.

i LOVE LOVE LOVE vintage game pieces and even the packaging and information that goes with them. here is a fun way to REFURBISH those old scrabble pieces...




also, i have a couple different corkboards made from old picture frames that are going into shop too.



last...i am working on frames and chicken wire...be back with those pics VERY soon! :)

have a creative day!

things come and go. fun LETTERS!

these business sign letters are rather large and really make a statement. they are constructed of a hard plastic/resin and we have used Krylon plastic spray paint to cover them in fun accent colors.






our merchandise still continues to come and go. please contact us if you are interested in something posted here. they may or may not still be in shop and we can confirm if it's something we can run across again for you.

do you like 'Unique'?

when i refurbish a piece my creative thougths are to make it different....UNIQUE! i often get mixed opinions when i do this and i know that will always happen. to date; i've never had a piece that hasn't sold quickly so i MUST be catering to someone. :)

this piece just went into shop last night. i picked it up at an estate sale where it sat with layers of crud, no mirror and missing mirror hardware.




hubby took it apart, sanded to the bare wood, he built some custom hardware for the "mirror" piece, i painted, distressed and made the mirror part into a corkboard as the replacement of the mirror was going to be a bit of a cost. i think it would be a great desk! :)

(off to look for the before photos, wish me luck. lol)

back in action

i've been painting...still painting...

i love to paint, really i do. the weather and stuff just gets in the way sometimes and gets me WAAAAYYYYY off track. lol hubby already set me up a paint tent within our garage but he added to it this past week with the exhaust machine (so i don't work in a haze or paint dust) and fully enclosed the tent so that other items in the garage aren't dust covered. anyway, those necessities aside, i am getting things in shop. here are a couple pieces i have finished and a few more are on the way.

this child's cabinet was well loved and needed some attention. it still had good "bones" so i knew what to do. new hardware and some painting brought it back to life.





also added many vintage"y" items as well and we are moved into our bigger space. still have lots of tweeking to do and adding things in but it is getting there.

painting, pricing and picture taking, oh my!

i continue to keep busy with painting the display pieces that my hubby 'whipped up' for me to put in my shop space.

hoping to distress them in the morning and then get them to the shop to fill up with a BUNCH of vintage goodies i've had sitting around from estate sales and such.

if you don't know....i have been venturing out into photography too (catch my link near the top of this page). this last summer i put myself out there on a more professional level and haven't looked back. i did a mini shoot this past week and each new experience is such a great learning tool. i photographed three little ones with all different personalities. fun stuff! :)




also found a great wooden sitting chair that i can't wait to 'paint up'!