Friday, December 16, 2011

Driftwood Jewelry Storage

While attempting to break some old rusty nails that I found (I wanted to shorten them for another project), I ended up bending them instead....light bulb moment....hooks!


Hmmm, now, what to put them on....I have a collection of driftwood that I've picked up whenever we take walks around the lake near our house. 


So I hammered several of them into the wood, and tied on a little twine...crazy, but I liked it.


I need to change the way it's hung on the wall so it won't slide to one side when something is placed on one of the hooks.


It was in my booth for about a month (see below), but obviously, it didn't sell...but it seems like there's more of a demand for this type of thing on Etsy.

While listing it on Etsy, it occurred to me that this would be a great place to hang jewelry or scarves from...or maybe belts or hats.  I put a couple coats of poly over the nails so the rust wouldn't rub off on anything.

 
Thanks for stopping by - hope you're enjoying the holiday season.  We finally put up our tree yesterday - and it's still standing.   It has suffered several run-ins with the Cozy Coupe, and several of the (plastic) ornaments have been ripped from the limbs to be used as projectiles (I tied them onto the tree)...but everyone still has all of their eyes...so far.

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Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Booth Update...And Need Your Advice...

Took the farm table over to my booth yesterday, and I finally remembered to take along my camera.  Here are a couple pictures from my space...


Wooden Chalkboard Toolbox


Chest #126



Can you believe the pink dresser is still there...I thought it would be the first thing to sell.  It would be such a shame if I had to bring it home and keep it!


Spot the toddler?  He's my Design Coordinator...

I'm still trying to figure out what buyers are really looking for here...I'm not from the area where my booth is located, so I'm not familiar with the demographic there.

Maybe I'm expecting too much too soon, but it seems like the things that are more my style (rusty, industrial, farmhouse) are getting more interest in my Etsy store.  I'm still deciding whether to try to sell my large items there.  I'm a little intimidated by trying to ship big furniture. Anyone have any experience with this? 
Would you change your "style" to fit with a shop, or would you try to find a shop that better fits your style?  Did you find that your booth became more successful after a couple months?  I chose this shop because the owner allows and encourages repurposing and upcycling, which is something I had trouble finding in other shops.  I'd love any advice you have to offer (on this or anything you see here).
Thanks so much!!

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Monday, December 12, 2011

Finally, The Farm Table

This table was featured by Sherry at The Charm of Home at her weekly Home Sweet Home Link- Up Party and by Good Luck Charlie at Redoux.  Their parties are each Friday, and if you haven't linked up before, I highly recommend them.  Thank you so much to both of these lovely ladies for featuring my husband's table...I know he'll be giddy with excitement...as soon as I explain what "being featured' means. :)

Promised a couple weeks ago, I finally have pictures of the farm table my husband built out of an old door and reclaimed barn wood....


...see the hinges in the corners...


Here it is decorated for Christmas:

We moved into our house in September, and if you've looked at the pictures of our last house, you'll see that our new home isn't really our style yet.  I've been spending all of my "free time" working on my blog and starting my business, so the house has been put on the back burner for a while.  Please use your imagination a little bit...pretty curtains, hardwood floors, paint, etc.

Our family doesn't "do" decorated tables for holidays or any days...putting raw veggies on a tray is "fancy," so I just tried some different decor ideas for fun...
  
We don't own a set of formal china - it would never be used...I love the look of layered dishes and chargers, but they aren't something that we'd EVER use in real life.

We live in a private lake community, and the wood is from the beach near our house.

Don't worry, I've put many coats of poly on the top to protect the future owner from consuming paint chips.
Everything but the top was made from reclaimed barn wood.
















Have you decided on your Christmas table decor yet?  Does your family do a lot of decorating for Christmas?  I know we'll do a lot more once our kids are older...right now, it's just too much trouble to have items out that will certainly be chewed on, played with, climbed upon, dropped, used as a projectile...ya know?

Hope you are enjoying the holiday season.

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Friday, December 9, 2011

Defeated by Martha...

Came across this little pretty yesterday, and I thought it could be a beautiful holiday decor item...

Just imagine the possibilities....different papers and ribbons...and then what to fill it with? Ornaments, feathers, glittery anything, stars, greenery, candy, meringue cookies, berries.  It's a craft of endless possibilities...looks pretty easy and is virtually free.

In my book - this has the makings of being a PERFECT craft, right?  

So I read over the directions, don't have a "bone folder," but I've scored and folded paper before without one...bring it on!

I was so confident in myself, that I was taking pictures as I plodded along. I measured and scored and folded for a couple hours, and all I had was a ginormous, messy paper fan.  Even if I had ended up with a "paper compote"...it would not be something I'd admit to making as the paper was looking pretty rough by this point.

I've decided that a "bone folder" must be a magic wand, as this craft is 100% impossible...and that the picture on Martha's website is a total fabrication meant to make us feel inadequate in comparison to Martha's "Craft Department".

This experience has caused me to question my life-long secret devotion to Martha, and I'm just not sure how I'll be able to pick up a glue gun any time soon.  My crafting spirit has been broken.

If you can figure this one out, Martha may just hire you, as I would venture to guess that she couldn't do this project if her vast empire depended on it.



Your comments on this post have made me laugh out loud!!  Thanks for putting things in perspective for me!
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