And now for something a bit different....

Not completely different as it's still crafting but not a card this time.  Before we moved across the ocean to the States, I liked nothing better than DIY-ing, be it painting the rooms of our cottage or recycling and doing up small bits and pieces such as old chairs, boxes or anything that took my fancy.  When we moved here, we made the decision to rent (we are planning to return to the UK at some point) and so the decorating option was off the table BUT we have discovered that we both love to go junking at weekends and so the "do-it-up" bug has bitten again!!

      I've been busy collecting a number of items to play with and I've actually managed to finish off a few - one of my 'pins' on Pinterest was a window frame that had been used as a photo frame and I loved it!  I found two great frames whilst out junking - one was $12 and the other $10 and when you look at the price of large photo frames, what a bargain!!

After several of hours of sanding, painting and distressing, I then added my photos (the latest ones of my gorgeous nieces) and added a sentiment and some butterflies with some Silhouette Vinyl.  The frame then ended up leaning against the wall in my craft room until I found some thin rope to hang it with.  Today I finally got around to hanging in our entrance hallway -

The hallway is so narrow that it was extremely difficult to get any decent photos of it so apologies for that.  I should prop it against a wall and take a head on shot but we have guests arriving soon so no time for that today.

The sentiment reads "sweet childish days of summer that were as long as twenty days are now" .

I have another window frame waiting in my garage for some tlc so expect another posting at some time in the future.

Thanks for popping in to take a look :)

Recycling junk

Hello again - back with a quick post just to show you that I do stuff other than cards and digis!!  I found this old tool caddy whilst out picking the other week and knew it would be very useful for my craft tools - just not in that fairly boring and dull condition :(

So, several coats of paint later, a bit of sanding and stamping and a few transfers later - TA DA!!

Much better :)  and it fits in with my craft room very nicely.  The containers are recycled tin cans which I painted and wrapped with some scrapbooking paper.  I made the transfers by using the packing tape method which is one of the many things I have pinned on Pinterest - I have so many things I want to do from there but at least this is one done!!

Thanks for stopping to take a look today :)