It was short and sweet

First, I’d like to share with you the three most visited links of Beautiful Junk Saturday

A gorgeous settee from Patience at White Lacquer

Melissa found some fabulous vintage pieces at an Estate Sale/Antique store at Vintage Mellie

Kat at Maple Leaves and Sycamore Trees also found some fabulous vintage goodies, I’m particularly smitten with this wool carpet

Thank you to all of you that linked up.

Anyone that has hosted a party before knows that it does take some work and I am afraid that I may have bitten off more than I can chew. I simply don’t have the time and devotion it takes to honour those that participate.

So sadly, it was a short lived series that may or may not be resurrected some day. Thank you for coming and participating and viewing the links.

Score 24! A quick and thrifty Christmas craft

I actually went to my craft room to sew some cushions, and well, one thing led to another…
I don’t know about you, but I have to be in the mood to sew, which I wasn’t, so a craft it was
I used a dollar store frame, some scrabble tiles and a a few coats of paint. Done in 20 minutes.

This years Christmas wreath

No sense in throwing out last years ornaments, I just used them and added purple for this year.



I purchased this pretty wreath at HD, it’s from Martha Stewart. Then I went to the dollar store and bought three picks with purple poinsettias. Added a few bulbs (that’s what we have always called them) and it’s now shiny and glamorous :)
 

I haven’t decided yet where I will hang it, indoors or out.


This is the wreath I made last year, for those of you that are new around here.

Beautiful Junk Saturday is in full swing.

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The easy and oh so pretty scarf

My girlfriend stopped by a knitting shop the other day and within a few minutes, learned how to knit a gorgeous scarf. I went to visit her and she showed me just how easy it is. I stopped by the store after work tonight to get my own yarn and while watching a couple of episodes of Breaking Bad, I created a beautiful scarf.

Pssst, don’t tell my model (my daughter) that she is in the photo, she didn’t want her photo taken :)

It takes on 6 stitches cast on and away you go. If I can do it, anyone can. I haven’t picked up a pair of knitting needles in over 30 years. And, it only takes on ball  of this special yarn (it’s like ribbon)

I started making another one in black, white and grey. It can also by crocheted together.

The secret to it’s fullness and ruffles is the yarn spreads apart to look like it’s crocheted and you only pick up a stitch every 2nd stitch.

Here is another colour that I will work on this weekend.

The instructions are online too.

Knit with Sashay yarn

Beautiful Junk Saturday #3 is in full swing, so sashay on over and share your thrifty decor and finds.

 

Beautiful Junk Saturday #3 - Link Party

Thank you for sharing again last week. There were less entries than the first week, so I hope you will join in this week. I know you must have some beautiful junk ready to show us all :)

The top three visited links last week

Vintage craft room at Shabby Love

Drexel Heritage desk makeover at Because I like to decorate, swoon!

A sweet frame makeover at Avery & Anderson

Pinterest inspired

I’ve seen the swirly painted glass ornaments around and since I’m having a hard time finding purple bulbs, I made one. Um, it took 2 minutes! Love that.

Pour in a little craft paint, swirl, add more if needed. Done :)



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Christmas Advent Calendar

Instead of doing what I was supposed to do today, I decided to take a break from the chores.


When my kids were little, I used to get them one of those cardboard advent calendars with the horrible little chocolates inside. They loved counting down to Christmas and it was always the first thing they did when they came downstairs for breakfast.

Now that they are older, I thought that this one would be a little more mature for them :)
I started with this golf shadow box frame that I picked up last year. I’m glad I finally found something to do with it.
 
I removed several of the pegs, leaving 24. Then it got a few coats of spray paint. I thought that it wouldn’t be blingy enough, so I glued some ribbon to the back. WRONG!  Eww, I hated it.


So I ripped the ribbon out. Whew, so glad I did. Now it looks much better.  I used my cricut and white vinyl for the numbers. This year I’m incorporating purples into my Christmas decorating, but next year this will be easy to change out the bulbs. The lighting is horrible; I was surprised when I came up from my craft room, and it was dark out, therefore the photos are not so great.  I’ll post a daylight photo another time.



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More Monograms

If I seem to have been a little absent this week, I have good reason.  I received orders for 6 more monograms!

I now realize that it was a mistake to offer to frame them at cost; it does not account for my time, gas, framing, wrapping and then delivery! For those of you that sell your handmade items, how do you account for this type of thing?

Anyway, they are done and I will definitely be raising the price for those that want them framed. They are each a lot of work, but knowing that they will be cherished is so gratifying.

A while back I purchased a stamp from an Etsy shop to brand my creations. It was not very expensive and the selection was great.

All packaged up and ready for delivery. Tick that off of my list of things to do this weekend.

 

Please don’t forget about Beautiful Junk Saturday link party going on.

I’ll be back with some thrifty finds later. 

Beautiful Junk Saturday #2 - Link Party

Thank you for coming to the party ladies. It was wonderful to see your thrifty treasures. I hope that you were inspired and were able to meet someone new!

The top 3 visited links last week were

Tracy at A Comfy Little Place of my Own - antique and flea market finds.

Sarah at The Yellow Cape Cod - thrifted (and smelly) dresser becomes a gorgeous dining room buffet

Pam at Our Adventures in Home Improvement – the coolest garage sale finds

I can't wait to see your Beautiful Junk this week

My Christmas Cloche

If you’ve been to my blog before, you know I have a wee fascination with cloches’.
The lovely Marty at A Stroll Through Life is hosting her Fall Cloche Party. Since my aim is to be ready for Christmas before December 1st (when I get busy), I can’t participate this time, but I’m sure she will host another party in time for Christmas.
A quick trip to Home Sense and the dollar store.

If you love cloches, you have to visit Marty’s party.
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