My life under the bus

Put A Drape On It!

 

 

So here is what I started with.

Shelf is too small and a visual mess 

with the books and colors.

 

 

A little mish mosh.

A little messy.

I've wanted to do something more

Paris flea market meets Prarie Farmhouse.

I glued my paper.

 

 

Last night I made a Target run.

I originally planned to sew linen drapes

to cover the bookshelf .

I found pretty ( and already mostly sewn)

drapes that have a linen look so I have decided

to accent with them.

 

 

I cut one 84 inch drape in half -

I have to hem and sew in

a ruffle at the top but that should take about 20 minutes.

I bought them for my slider too!

Changes the whole look and

is much more soothing in general.

Not to mention hides the hideous paneling!

 

 

I'll sew in a ruffle at the top there to

hide the space and seam the bottom.

 

 

I still have to give these two areas a facelift.

This was my bar but we got some

built in cabinetry so I am repurposing

it for my photography area.

 

 

It's a better height then what I had.

Now I just have to figure out if

I want to paint it AGAIN!

Poor thing has been painted

6 times in the last 3 years -

(I DON"T have a problem).

Then I have this corner

might put a drape on it.

 

 

I wish my sewing machine fit in here it 

would solve a lot of problems : P.

 

Have you found any short cuts

that help you get things done?

I love sale drapes - sometimes they are cheaper

then straight fabric and have half the sewing done!

Also you don't need expensive displays!

Check out my sweet little candle holder

with a few rings!

 

Happy Thursday!!!

Patty

 

 

 

Bead Shelf Wednesday?

 

 

Spring is for cleaning out and spiffying up right?

I've been wanting a shelf over these bookshelves

and a curtain in front and finally for about $20.00

ran to Home Depot and picked one up.

I'd love to have an old hunk of wood

or something a bit more fancy

but melamine it is.

So I started papering it to make it look a little more aged.

 

 

I am pretty happy with what a book page

and a glue stick can do.

I should finish this today.

Then on to sew a curtain.

How is your Wednesday looking?

A wee bit drizzley here but warm.

What are you cleaning out for Spring?

 

 

Wing it Wednesday

 

 

My Bestie and I were cruising Micheal's the other day

when she found this for me!

I squealed with delight!!!

Not only was it the

"Chevalet pour Dessus de Table"

I've been looking for -

it was on CLEARANCE!!!!!

I've been looking for one of those

 old floor model wooden easels

but this one ( $14.99 - $5.00 bonus points)

will make a great substitute at $9.99.

I've already disemboweled it and

have some spray paint going to

give it a little  je nese quois.

 

 

Not bad for UNDER $12.00!!!

 

I have my jewelry party tonight

so I'll be prepping all day.

What's everyone up to?

Happy Wednesday!!!

 

Display Wars

 

 

So it's January and it's cold.....

and I'm stuck in the house staring and contemplating

rejuvenating my craft room and displays.

Actually I am always thinking about display.

....or maybe it's better to just come out and say I am obsessed!

I war about it in my brain.

 

 

I sell many things in person I haven't gotten around to put on line yet - these are very popular!

I am pretty happy with their display!

I sell jewelry out of my home one in awhile

and have run into a few

issues that bother me.

Firstly I HATE clutter -

although I love my inspiration boards

they are cluttery and I don't necessarily find them all that

 attractive to anyone but me.

 

 

So here's my new earring displays

which can also be put back to back.

Where's the bulletin boards?

Muwahahahahaha

 

 

Don't tell!

 

 

Looks a lot better then all that

 stuff hanging over everything.

I can easily pull the curtain back

just for me.

My next goal is to quiet the visual noise over here.

 

 

Love my books but this looks like a mess!

I have a table cloth I'm going to sew to fit

the bookshelves for a nice tailored look.

This way I have people concentrating on my jewelry

 and not Stringing Magazine!

 

 

I need a new banner too.

I'm thinking some linen would be more in line

with my current look or

maybe just different paper.

 

I dug up a few things from the attic

 I would like to redo.

Of course I still have a pile of jewelry to make!

Eeeeek! It's already Wednesday!!!

I picked up some fun labels and

$1.50 frames from Micheals -

I think these will be great for display.

 

 

So what are you redoing the January???

XOXO, Patty

 

Tickle Me Tuesday 1/3/12

 

 

So what's

tickling my fancy today?

 

 

My new favorite shop on Etsy

TimelessNchic !

Sort of a shabby meets boho meets

retro vintage upcycling shop

that always has something new to drool over!

 

 

She's got her chips

down to a science!

Frames, furniture and home accessories

you can keep up with her

latest stock on

Facebook

or on her blog

Timelessandchic

 

 

How delicious is that?

Happy Tuesday!!!

I'll be working on jewelry all day!

What's everyone else up to?

 Join in at

Yes Teacher Crafts!

 

Bead Table Wednesday 9/28/11

 

I got this great package of goodies in the mail from

Vente Viteikaite

of

Vintage Beads

I won't get to play with them until next week

but of course I was immediately drawn to

the vintage flowers.

How cute is this set of mixed vintage beads?

 

 

You can find more *here* .

I was up last night getting my props ready

for my show on Saturday.

I remembered I had this frame and

an old bulletin board in the attic!

The stand is from Hobby Lobby.

 

I have to glaze the frame to make it a bit less gold

and added a little fabric and some spray glue.

 

 

*Hello* New display!

 

 

Still freaking out but happy my

evil plans seem to be falling into place.

What are you working on this week?

Tell me about it : D

Have a Happy Wednesday!

 

Join in with

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on

Flickr 

 

 

Tickle Me Tuesday 9/27/11

 

 

Ok so lets' start with this picture of my quickie set up for my craft show this weekend.

See those girls in the corner?

I've been wanting to make them over for awhile.

Not that they aren't lovely on there own,

but they are very distracting to show jewelry on.

I want my jewelry to be the focus not my displays.

I've considered decoupage, paint, sand paper.

I ended up converted by another make over.

 

 

So in it's full glory here is the horror of

*The Black Velour Display*.

I think like many of us I bought a few of these

thinking it was the gold standard

for display. 

Obviously this was before realizing that

unless they are hermetically sealed,

they will always resemble an imploded

dust ball.  

Enter my old friend spray paint.

 

 

A bottom layer of craft paint

and 2 top layers of spray paint =

faux linen!

About $12.00 repainted about 8 displays

which I will show you later in the week all done.

I got to reuse my unusable displays and

bring my look together

quite afford-ably.

 

 

If I have time I may even paint a seam

 on my mini dress-forms.

So once again

*Rustoleum*

is tickling my fancy

( This was Desert Bisque textured finish ) 

Join in with

Yes Teacher Crafts

and

 

What are you thinking about reusing?

Have a fun link feel free to leave it!

Happy Tuesday!

XOXO, Patty 

* For everyone that asked this leaves a nubby texture like a heavey linen. It's not flaky at all and seems to bind right to the craft paint. It's actually smoother then it looks!*

 

 

Under $20.00 Jewelry Display

 

 

Clearing my mind in Homegoods last weekend

with about $10.00 in my pocket

I found this lovely for $9.00!

Homegoods has the best clearance section hands down!

Now it's a nice enough shelf

but I am always on the look out for

jewelry displays.

 

 

The graphics were too big and I had something in mind

for hooks so I took off all the hooks

sanded, painted, papered

and flipped.

 

 

Much better!

I had some Tim Holtz knobs

I got at Micheals with a coupon.

 

 

I love when things actually come out the way

you see them in your head!

 

 

So

$9.00 shelf

$ 7.00 knobs

free book pages

spray paint I had

+_______________

under $20.00!!!

Yippee!

 

 

It's neutral and fits in with my other displays!

I'm a happy girl : ).

 

Happy Friday!

What are you up to this weekend?

XOXO, Patty

 

Tickle Me Tuesday 6/7/11

 

 

So paper is tickling my fancy all week.

Here's my plastic rice jar from yesterday.

I tried to make this quick and easy

but there is so much you can add.

 

 

Staring with the top I stamped an image then

used my paper punch to add a little

pizazz to the design.

 

 

...and we have a cap!

 

 

Then we are going to take 3 sheets of

book paper and rip them out and

trim them down all at the same time.

 

 

This keeps them all the same size

- you can use a trimmer-

 but I like the textured edge.

Lay them out and double stick tape

the ends together.

 

 

I then covered the first layer with a strip

of left over scrap paper.

I like to keep the seams

in the front and back

as the front will be covered

with a label.

The back...well is the back!

 

 

Wrap around jar and trim excess.

I then affixed this with double sided tape.

On to stamp a label - 
you could easily dowload a free

label from the internet.

 

 

I trimmed this and added a border

and some ribbon.

 

 

You can find a nice selection of

label downloads

*HERE*

 

 

...and your done!

 

 

Nothing fancy but it certainly

 doesn't look like a rice container.

 

 

 

What else is tickling my fancy?

I am totally addicted to

Pinterest 

I'm pinpatty..... help me!

 

Happy Tuesday!

What's tickling your fancy?

Join in at Yes Teacher Crafts .

 

 

 

Paper is My New Black

 

 

Mannequins are great for book pages.

Book pages are neutral as a background 

and 

give the mannequins

 a vintage feel.

See the original post *HERE* .

 

The things people do with paper continually

delight me!

What could be better?

We get tons of paper free everyday.

My local library always has a few

old books they are decommissioning

or you can get a bagful at their

annual sale to start.

Garage sales, friends - there is paper everywhere.

So what else do I do with paper?

 

 

Cover foam core for my background

and foreground in photos.

 

 
 

Cover magazine files that don't match

but make great storage for

all sorts of odds and ends.

 

 

You can see the original *HERE* .

 

 
 

You can certainly use paper in Jewelry.

 

 

Paper even works great in home decor!

 

 

You can check out what I did *HERE*

 

 
 

Even pictures are better with book paper.

 

 

 

Original post is *HERE* 

So for tomorrow I'm dressing up this

plain old nothing special

wild rice container.

 

 
 

Here is the before.

Come back tomorrow for

Tickle Me Tuesday

and

The Great Wild RiceContainer Redo!

Happy Monday!