Following the huge success of my wood art auction last month, I am running another auction! This time I am offering two pieces. Flowery Flowery features folk art style garden […]
Trash to Treasure
Wood Art Auction
My wood art was recently featured on Colossal which was an absolute thrill for me. I have been in awe of the wonderful stuff on this site for years and […]
Laser Etched Coasters
I recently discovered my local library opened a Makers Place and just before Christmas I visited and had a tour around. It is filled with an amazing selection of creative […]
Easy Christmas Craft Project
As they say “Every cloud has a silver lining” and my laundry mishap resulting in a shrunken red sweater gave me some fun material to muck about with. Last week […]
Upcycling a Sweater into a Hat
Upcycling a Sweater Hands up if you have mistakenly shrunk a sweater in the wash. Yeah, that’s just about everyone, right? I was pretty gutted to destroy a lambswool sweater […]
Easy Halloween Craft
Looking for a fun and easy Halloween craft project? How about these fun wooden blocks decorate to look like pumpkins and candy corn made by a friend of mine. You […]
DIY Window Treatment from Photo Slides
This brilliant window treatment comes from a Pennsylvania friend, Deb Schell, who I first met on an epic hike along the Susquehanna River Deb is a travel writer and photographer […]
Fall Craft: Wooden Pumpkins
I have not had much luck with real pumpkins at my house. The squirrels eat them within minutes of me putting them outside. So I was thrilled to bits with […]
Painted Wood Geode
It seems that my most popular projects on this blog are those that I have created literally from trash. Take Sally the Seahorse constructed from scraps of driftwood collected on […]
Paper Mache Bird Tutorial
Spring is in the air and the birds are chirping, but not this one sat next to my driftwood planter. He is made of paper mache (or is it papier […]