Chicken Wire Update to an Old Window

Last winter (in the biggest snowstorm of the year!) I convinced my husband and daughter to go with me about 100 miles away to buy some old windows.  I ended up buying two for myself and getting two for a friend.  I used the first one for this project.

The second 'window' didn't have any glass in it, but had great old, chippy paint and worn wood that I loved!  It sat in the basement utility room for months.  I knew I wanted to do something with it, but wasn't sure quite what that was...

 

...Until I saw The Vintage Bag Lady's Post about how she used chicken wire on an old window.  I knew what my next project would be!

I bought a roll of wire at Home Depot for about $10.  I stapled the chicken wire to the frame.  (ok, yes, this is a picture of my husband stapling, but really I did most of the stapling, and he is not good about taking pictures of me doing these projects!)  :) 

There were some sharp edges on the back, so I put some Gorilla tape along the back so the wire wouldn't scratch up the wall.

And here it is up in my office.  I'm so happy with it!

 When I was hanging the pictures, etc on it, I thought regular clothespins were too big. I found these little ones at Michael's.  They worked perfectly!

While I was at it, I added this box that I made.   It's a good size to hold all of the 'stuff' that accumulates on my desk.

Thanks so much for visiting!

Pam

I am linking to the following parties:

Funky Junk Interior's SNS Party
Savvy Southern Style's Wow Us Wednesdays
My Romantic Home's Show and Tell Friday

Great Buys at Garage Sales Today

I went out to some garage sales today.  Here's what I found:

My total for all five items was $17.50. 

This bedside table was $5.  I can't wait to sand it down and redo it.

After I bought the bedside table, I went to another sale and found this end table. (Who knew I needed two new tables??)   It is sturdy and has the drawer.  $5 for it too.  :)  I will be sanding it down as well.

I love this iron.  I paid $5 for it.  It looks like I could probably plug it in and use it right away!  It is SO heavy.  I'm sure it would just smash the wrinkles out of the clothes!  :)

 

Thanks so much for coming by!

Pam

A Pretty Way to Show Off Your Address

I love making boxes out of  fence boards. I prefer to find the boards with some chunks out of them.  :)

This time I painted the box using white paint dipped in water to give it a white-washed look.

I learned from Denise at Pink Postcard to use freezer paper as a stencil.

 

I found these stencils for $1 at The Dollar Tree.

  

I laid out my address numbers and taped them onto the freezer paper.  I then traced around each number.

I cut out the numbers using a sharp Exacto knife. 

As you can see, the insides of the "8" got cut out too, so I used a couple of felt dots on the inside.

After I removed the stencil, I decided that the numbers were too dark.  I added more watered down paint  to the entire front of the box.

 

  I sprayed some clear sealer on it and added some mums.  I will take another picture of this in a few days when the mums are all blooming.  Lowe's didn't have any of the little ones that were blooming, but I needed the smallest pots possible and they were so cheap, that I couldn't pass them up.  :) 

   

Thanks so much for coming by!

Pam

I am linking to the following parties:

No Minimalist Here's and On Sutton Place's Open House Party

Potpourri Friday at 2805 

My Romantic Home's Show and Tell Friday 

Spicing Up a Galvanized Pail

I learned about using Mod Podge to adhere a label to an object without seeing the paper,  from Pamela's blog:  From My Front Porch to Yours.  

I was out garage saling last weekend and found eight of these galvanized buckets for 25 cents each.  I knew I could make something fun out of them. 

I started with this graphic from The Graphics Fairy's blog.  I printed it off on my laser printer. 

Make sure you flip the image so it'll come out right when you make your project.

 

(I have a black and white printer, so the graphic came out in black and white.)

***If you don't have a laser printer, you can print it off on your inkjet and take that to Kinko's (or probably any grocery store with a copier) and make a copy from their laser printer.  I think copies are less than 10 cents each. 

I applied matte Mod Podge to the graphic and the can and stuck it on the can.  I tried to smooth out any wrinkles, then left it alone until the next morning. 

The next morning I sprayed water on it and started carefully rubbing off the paper.  I think I must've used some heavy paper, because it took forever to rub it off.  I had to come back to it a few times after I thought I was done and respray it and rub off more paper.  Be very careful with the edges as I had a problem with one corner tearing away.  I'm going to call it 'character' and leave it at that...  :)

 

 And here's the finished product.

Thanks for coming by!

Pam


I am linking to the following parties:


The Stories of A to Z's Tutorials & Tips Party
Savvy Southern Style's Wow Us Wednesdays
Unexpected Elegance's Transfer Link Party
 

Don't Throw Your Old Pillow Cases Away! Another Easy Pillow Project.

 

We recently bought a new bed that was a different size than our old one.  I was getting all of the old sheets together to give away when I found a set in the back of the linen closet that was made of cotton and cream colored.  Hmmm, I am always on the lookout for fabrics to make pillows with and love that a pillow case has a tight weave to take an iron on transfer really well.

I started by ironing the end of the pillow case really well.  (yes, the picture above is before I ironed it!)  :)  I then put a board inside of the pillow case so both sides weren't touching.
 

I printed off this cute bike graphic that I purchased for $1 from Graphique on etsy.com.

 

**** Please note that if you are trying to transfer a graphic with writing on it, be sure to FLIP the image in Picnik or other program before copying it.  (In Picnik, it's in the ROTATE tab).

I used my trusty Jolee's Easy Image Transfer sheets (purchased at Michael's)  and my inkjet printer. 

I cut pretty close to the image so there wasn't a lot of white edging showing.  I ironed it on and let it cool completely before peeling off the backing.

 

I used an Ikea pillow insert (the long, skinny one that's about 20"x14") that I had on hand.  I think the inserts are about $6 at Ikea.

I cut the open edge of the pillowcase to the size of the pillow insert and only had to sew one side.  

And here's the finished project:

This was such an easy project and cost me almost nothing!

I am excited to use the other pillow cases and the fabric from the sheets to make some more things.

Thanks so much for coming by!

Pam



 I am linking up to the following parties:

 

 French Country Cottage's Feathered Nest Friday
Savvy Southern Style's Wow Us Wednesday
You Are Talking Too Much's First Link Party
My Romantic Home's Show & Tell Friday
Unexpected Elegance's Transfer Link Party