Curb Shopping Luv.....and...the Answer....

This old dresser travelled across the country with me - crazy

I know - but I found it on the curb in our neighbourhood in

Toronto and I just could NOT leave it behind.  I've been

carting it around for almost 4 years so YEAH ME - I finally

finished it!

Here's what the poor old dear looked like before:

And here's how she turned out.....

If you read my post (here) I might have picqued

your curiousity on the "bling" teaser.

Here's what I

did with the gems.....

And here's how I did it. (Please forgive the out-of-focus

pics - I was the do-er and the photographer!)

I found these ones for 25 cents each but I have seen

them at Fabricland (if you are in Canada) sold by the box.

I don't think they would stand up to kids pulling on them but

for my purposes - a server in the dining room - they will be

just fine.  I have lots of treasures to share this week - some

of which you can see on top of the dresser.......

So be sure to c'mon back to see more!

Have a great week!





Pop a Wheelie.....

Ok, that might be the stupidist title I've yet dreamed

up - but I could not resist.  These little beauties came

off of my latest project - it should be finished by

tomorrow......

This is what they looked like "after" I cleaned them - they

were too gross to photograph before.  I kind of like the

chippy paint on them now.

The project is also going to use these: 

These were 25 cents each - there are six in total - any

guesses as to what I am going to (try anyway) to use

them for?

Stay tuned....more to come....

And nope, that's not me on the bike...hee,hee....

I can imagine....can you?

Karah at the Space Between invited me to participate

in this challenge she and the bloggers listed above

have started....now I am inviting YOU!

I had to think about what I would consider an

impossible challenge at this point and it was actually

easy - almost a "no-brainer".  Back in the Fall I purchased

 two wing chairs with the intention of slipcovering them.

Hmmm.....everytime I think of about getting it done I get

kind of worried, then scared and then, well, I just walk away!

I am going to face my fear and tackle at least one of them

and commit to getting it done by the 31st of January!

I will post my progress after this weekend (my plan is

to start tomorrow....wish me luck!)

Hop on over to Karah's blog to read more - here's a little

piece to get you interested.....you are interested - right?

What would you try if you had no boundries?

What ideas do you have floating around that you (or others)

think are just nuts?

  What do you really just want to try even though a big

 part of you thinks it’s just not going to work? 

It could be anything people! Skydiving, mountain climbing,

creative writing, closet organizing, gourmet cooking...

Is it lamp painting, table decorating, long distance running, kayaking?

Your impossible is just that, YOURS!

There’s no too big or small, right or wrong.

What limitations have you set for yourself that you might,

just maybe, be able to talk yourself out of?

Oh, just Imagine the Impossibilities!

Table Runner

While I was playing with graphics the last few days

I spotted this border art (again at the Graphics Fairy)

and thought it would look good on a table runner....

I made the runner out of linen and left all the edges

raw and frayed (luv it!).  I added the text "Love is

Spoken Here" as the finishing touch.  I am happy

with it - now if I could just dig out my dining room

table from all the crafty stuff I've got going on - I

could actually put the table runner on a table

(what a concept!)

Here's the graphic ready to print out as a "jpeg" - again, if you use it

please give credit to Karen at the Graphics Fairy for the background and

a shout out to me for the overlay....enjoy!

What have you been up to.....