Heart Chest

Heart Chest

Check out the great hope chest my husband made for our home. This great chest was made from recycled wood. The pattern was woodburned on. I love this chest. There isn't too much left to say about it, I just wanted to show you yet another thing that can easily be made from recycled wood and a little imagination.

I hope to give this chest to my daughter when she gets older and leaves the home. I think it would make a great hope chest. The inside of the chest is quite large, so I will be able to get a whole lot of things inside it.

Recycled Paper Globe

Recycled Paper Globe

Have you ever received a gift that came in a really cute bag? I have. One day my Sister-In-Law gave me a gift that was in a great purple bag. I loved the gift, but I really liked the bag too. (Maybe that makes me weird). I couldn't bring myself to throw away the bag. I had to come up with an idea, something I could do with it, so it looked good, and not like a piece of garbage.

I decided to turn it into a globe. I just tore the bag into small pieces of paper and basically glued it onto a styrofoam ball. Once the ball was completely covered, I sprayed it with clear spray to protect it. This globe has been sitting in my livingroom for a couple of years now. You would be surprised how many comments I get about it. Plus it's recycled.

Recycled Bar (Part 2)

Recycled Bar (Part 2)

I started blogging about this bar in a different entry.

To continue...

After my husband and I made the basic skeleton of our new bar, and after we put in the liquor cabinet, we decided that the front of the bar had to have a rustic look. The theme of the reck room that the bar is in is "the Dragon's Lair" so a new bar wouldn't fit in.

My husband decided to come up with a substantial looking bar. Here's what it looks like - Keep in mind that we have since stained the wood.

All of the wood that is on the front is recycled. The pattern was really very simple. The style matches the look we were going for to a tee. This bar would have cost us a small fortune if we had tried to buy one, or even more if we would have had one custom made for us. BUT... Crafters know the golden rule. Why have someone else make something when you can make it yourself? And most of the time, you save lots of money by doing the work. Not to mention the sentimental value.

Recycled Liquor Cabinet

Recycled Liquor Cabinet

This is just part one of the bar that my husband and I made last summer.

When we moved into our house 4 years ago, we always wanted to turn one of the out buildings we have into a great reck room. Our idea is to take the building directly behind our house and make it "The Dragons Lair". The arbor that we made is on the outside of the building I'm talking about.

Well, to continue, my husband and I decided that every great reck room needs a bar. Since we are crafters, and have almost every tool known to man, we knew that the right bar for us would have to be one that we made ourselves.

This picture is of the Liquor Cabinet that we put under it. (please excuse the dust in the picture)

We made the whole thing out of recycled wood. The lock on it spins and you can either leave it locked or keep it unlocked. We keep it locked because we have kids. This picture is just the raw wood, we have since stained the whole thing, I will post more of this bar at a later date.

Easter Update

Easter Update

This year the Easter bunny was very creative, he spent some time putting together baskets that fit my children perfectly. Here are some pictures of their baskets.

This one belongs to my oldest son Devynn, he's 14. Devynn likes to draw. The Easter Bunny put together a great "Portfolio Basket" for him. It had a sketch book, pencils, pens, a pencil sharpener... many things related to drawing and art. He also got the traditional chocolate bunny and jelly beans. It was perfect for his likes.

This basket belongs to my Daughter Destinee, she's 10. Destinee, like most girls her age, loves Hannah Montana. The Easter bunny put together this Hannah Montana basket for her. The basket is a backpack, it's loaded with Hannah Montana stuff! Inside it was a wig, microphone, and a doll. She also got a new outfit (as did all the kids in my house- per our tradition) She's in heaven (for now!)

My youngest son, Charlie is 8. Charlie doesn't have much of a style yet, he's still trying to figure out what he likes, so I guess thats why the Easter Bunny decided to give him a basket that was fit for Summer. His basket came with a bucket, some water guns, out door toys, plenty of bubbles, and some different kinds of balls. He loves it.

Bow Tie Angel

Bow Tie Angel

Here's a quick and easy project that anyone can make. All you really need is a box of Bow Tie Pasta, a couple of small pom-pom's, some paint, a small piece of wire (strip a bread tie, if you don't have wire laying around your house) and a pin back.

Paint a piece of pasta white, you can add glitter if you want, I did. Glue the pom-pom onto the top for the head. fashion a loop in one end of the piece of wire, this will be the halo. It will look kind of like a lasso when you're finished. dip the loop into glue and then glitter. Glue the wire and pin back to the back of the pasta with hot glue. (position the halo above the head, you can cut off the excess wire if it's too long.) I made these little angels one year for mother's day, they were so easy and inexpensive that I gave one to every mother I know.

Painted Saw

Painted Saw

Yardsale Lovers Listen up! Here is a project that's perfect for one of the little treasures you can find at a yardsale. My husband loves tools! What man doesn't? For this reason, I have 1 1/2 buildings on my property that are full of tools, all kinds of tools. Yet, when we go yardsaleing he is always ready to buy more.

One thing my husband likes to buy are old hand saws, maybe he likes the history. The problem is that we have too many saws now.

One thing you can do to turn that old saw into something new, is to paint the saw. I don't mean paint it brown, or blue, I mean paint a landscape on it, or paint an abstract painting, paint a self portrait. I opted for the landscape, mainly because I can't draw and trees are really easy to paint. Since saws are medal, you need to make sure it's not rusted and don't forget to prime the blade before you paint.

Now I love the saws as much as he does, and what a great gift!