Chippy Old Decor Project

 This is a project I did about 12 years ago. I recently dug it out of the garden shed and plan to clean it up a bit and hang it on the wall in one of my guest rooms.

It's an old cabinet door that I drilled some holes into and attached antique glass flasks with wire.

I don't want to clean it too well, because I love all the chippy white paint.

When this was hanging years ago, I filled the flasks with water and live, cut flowers, but that was a pain when I had to change the water.

I'm hoping to find some pretty paper flowers on Etsy to use this time.

Don't you just love the look of all that old, chipped paint?

Thanks for dropping in!

If you decorate with old, chippy things, I'd love to see them.

Have a wonderful day everyone!

Eco-Friendly Crafting

 Windchimes made from old flatware.

I didn't actually make this set of wind chimes, but they look relatively easy to do.

 The spoons are hammered flat and holes are drilled at the top of each handle.

There is a hole drilled at the end of the fork handle and another one centered above the prongs.

The prongs of the forks are bent and the spoons attached with string.

I think this is such a cool idea.

 Turn an ugly garment into pretty mixed media supplies.

 This ugly jacket had some really nice embroidery work, so I cut it apart and made some supplies for a mixed media sewing project.

 Some cheery polka dot sheets that I am going to recycle to make some kitchen curtains for summer.

I'm really having fun making new things from old things.

Do you have any ideas for using recycled materials  in your art projects or home decor.

I'd love to hear about them.

Thanks for stopping in to see what I've been up to.

I so appreciate your visit.

Drink for Crohn's!

It's finally here!!  The time you (and mostly me) have been waiting for....for about 7 months now.  Although I am sure you have already heard of this awesome Team Challenge fundraising party that was basically created on Wednesday and it is now Friday, the details are below:

When: yeah, today, in like 2 hours.  6pm start!
Where: Karma Bar & Grill, 600 E Ogden Ave, Milwaukee, WI
Who: Anyone and everyone who is cool!! (and who is available to come on 2 days notice)
What: Raising some freakin cash for the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation!
Why:  Too many reasons to list!  Okay, I will try. 1) raise awareness-crohnawhat?, 2) make some money to find a CURE for Crohn's and Ulcerative Colitis, 3) Because you're not cool unless ou go.

$5 for a drink ticket for a "Crohntini" (yeah, we thought that up ouselves) for up to two tickets.  So basically $10 = 2 drink tickets!  Please feel free to give more!  I bedazzled the crap out of a fish bowl for donations, so it's basically going to be hard not to throw money into it.  There might also be a special prize you get for donating more (okay I admit, there is one!!  I can't keep secrets).

Stay tuned for pics on how the event turns out!  G2 (yeah, he's like a G6), the head of the party planning committee, was in charge of creating a flyer for the event, and apparently this is what he thinks it will look like.

So yeah, pretty much get your expectationss way up.  And although some people were really into me raffling a "hug +", we've decided to go with a 50/50 raffle instead, drawing to be held at 9pm, *must be present to win

Since we already ran for Crohn's...

it's time to drink for Crohn's!  I mean come on people...it's for charity, suck it up.

UPDATE:!!!!!!!!! I had to put exclimation points after the update even because this event was SO AMAZING!!!  Can I just say that it is now a statistically proven fact that I have the bestest most awesomest friends ever.  Not only did I get over triple the amount of people I was hoping for, but we crushed my fundraising goal!!

Thank you so much to everyone who came out or otherwise supported me, especially on such short notice.  Just wait until my next Team Challenge, and we can do it all over agian!!!  (maybe with a little less ice throwing....yes, you know who you are)

I will update with some pics soon!  And by soon, I mean sometime this year.