A trip to Goodwill

I went looking for a bookcare for the family room, and found these instead.

Heavy wood magazine/book holder.  I will repaint this one to a more modern look :)

What a cute little chair for Madison!

Not sure if I'll repaint or not.  I love the little bear at the top :)

Vintage books...love them.  In the Treasure Island book we found a handmade bookmarker fro a little girl named Miranda.  In the Brownie book, the little girl Kathy H. wrote her name and the date of her joining the Brownies....1968!  The back page has a library like card taped there and it's stamped with I am assuming her dad's name from the military.  Always a pleasant little surprise to find some link to the past :)

Happy thrifting to you!

xoxo

sue

SIT

I have three chairs at my kitchen counter that are just about tore up from the kids shoes and just general wear and tea.  If you know me, you know I love all things old, chippy and distressed so I decided to give my chairs that look too.  I figured if they already look distressed and worn, the kids can't do much more damage right?  LOL.

What's the "s" for you ask?  Well, since there's three chairs, I'm going to put an "I" and a "T" on the other two to spell out "sit".  My husband doesn't get it.  Lol, it's all about creativity honey!

xoxo

sue

Ottoman re-do

Our living room furniture is old and worn, but it still works for us.  The ottoman in particular is really stained from the kids antics and spills.  I've been meaning to work on it and yesterday I found some pretty fabric at Wally-world!


This is the old, worn out raggedy looking ottoman....

two yards of fabric and some ribbon and voila!

Brand new!

Gotta love a simple sewing project :)

xoxo

sue

Crib Rail Re-Do

Remember Madison's crib?  Well it's been sitting on my back deck in pieces for oh say, about two weeks  now.  I finally decided today to get to work...

So, add one can of 50% off turquoise paint plus one crib rail and some sandpaper..

and you get this!

Which you can then use for .....

this!

Cool magazine storage....or for books, whichever you like.

Gotta love upcycling!

xoxo

sue

HAPPY banner

Like, who doesn't need another banner?  Lol!

Done in purple, machine stiched, ink distressed with a cute scalloped edge.

A little butterfly for whimsy...

This makes me happy!

what makes you happy today?

xoxo

sue

Ideas

I am always looking for a spot to keep those ideas I come upon, in magazines and on line.

Yesterday I came up with this...

I stitched three manila file folders together to make a 6 pocket binder.

I added some small stickers at the top for different crafty goodness.

End result, a little spot to keep those inspiring ideas and snippets all neat and organized!

happy friday!

sue

Jacob's school album

I've been working on the kids school albums lately.  I had started them a while back, but never really worked on them much.  Since my re-newed interest in scrapping has come back (lol) I decided to get moving.  I ordered some supplies from MemoryWorks Simple Stories line. 

This is Jacob's book. 

 His album is a repurposed binder.  After I started making it, I realized it was too small to fit his class photos and other larger memorabilia.  He will also have a companion album that is a little bit larger.

Each grade section has a smaller 4x6 page to keep track of that years teacher, and other special info.

These are included in the pack...love them!

I then made a pocket out of some plain paper to store smaller items, extra photos and what not.

I decorated them album with the companion stickers. 

To add some pizazz I stitched around photos and the pockets.  I used other office supplies like binder clips and hole reinforcers.

This album will go up until the 5th grade, then I'll have to make another one.

My goal is to keep it updated yearly (lol)

happy creating!

sue