tag: whimsical

showing 341 - 360 of 483 posts
First  < Previous 16 17 18 19 20 Next >  Last
Sort By:



Subscribe to RSS feed

Snow What?!?

10 comments

Just go with the "faux"!  Here is my second project for my New Year, New Challenge: No Craft Stores for 60 days.  This was inspired by my 5 year old.  I told him it was cold enough to...

view details

A Precious Gift

12 comments

I received this wonderful Wisdom Gal from Jenny K last night and I love her and will cherish her forever!

view details

Create a Faux tile backsplash behind your stove

6 comments

Even is you don't have a nice tile backsplash behind your stove, you can create one with nothing more than paint.  This can be painted directly on the wall or done on a piece of art cloth...

view details

Assemblage Fun With Georgia Moon & JennyK

14 comments

Geo and I try to get together every couple weeks for some silly fun assemblage time and tonight was no exception! Please meet Baby Boy & King of Hearts!

view details

Wind Chimes

5 comments

This was a fun project and I love the sounds it makes!  I found the red handled mixer all by itself-it was missing its mixing bowl-and knew it would be the beginning of something neat! After I...

view details

Upcycle your cabinet doors: Part 1

12 comments

I have found a ton of uses for recycled cabinet door fronts.  One of my favorites projects is to repurpose them as memo boards.  You get a sturdy piece with a built in frame that...

view details

Scary salvage

8 comments

The side portions of this shelf began life as decorative fronts on a piano. When the piano literally fell apart, I salvaged these two gargoyles. I used left over dowels and scrap lumber with white...

view details

A couple fun winter shelving projects

8 comments

I made this set of shelves using old skis as the back board.  Many of the skis I had were  either red, white, or blue, so I chose ones with those colors.  The shleves were just basic...

view details

Small scale architectural salvage

4 comments

We have traveled a lot and bought a few houses in the last few years. These are parts to front doors to two houses we have had. This allows me to keep a part of my old house with me in the new one...

view details

Chamber pot

6 comments

Like Sue's traveling spa, this one holds bath goodies. An antique chamber pot gets put to use so it can be seen and enjoyed. Its filled with loofas, small massage balls, sponges and other goodies.

view details

Viking Cowboy and Sailor Joe Lock People

14 comments

OK, now for some silliness! I found these amazing old brass lock bodies at my favorite salvage yard and immediately thought they would make fabulous little people bodies. So, I put the quotes and metaphors away for a little while (grin) and came up with these two fun little guys. I’m feeling more of these coming on so stay tuned…

view details

Wisdom Gal

11 comments

Please meet the first in my series of Wisdom Gal Assemblages...

view details

Pssst. Don't tell anyone, but....

15 comments

I think this is my favorite of all my projects.  I don't know why (and my husband certainly doesn't agree).  It's just fun.  It's a gossip bench constructed from old ladder...

view details

Earring hanger

6 comments

We had to clear a relative's home when she went to assisted living. She had crocheted the cover on this wooden hanger. I couldn't bear to throw it away. It immediately told me it wanted to be a born...

view details

Horseshoe Cake Pan Message Center

10 comments

What better way to bring luck into the new year! A horseshoe shaped message center can be a serendipitous reminder of your good fortune for 2009.

view details

Canning is for the birds!

7 comments

I wanted to share this bird feeder that my mom (Dana) made for our fall sale.  It didn't sell, so I'm using it now! Lucky me!  We found oodles of canners this summer while...

view details

Vintage Ceramic Squirrel Pin Cushion

16 comments

I created a fun little pin cushion using an old ceramic squirrel vase.

view details

My bull skull...transformed

16 comments

This is an old bull skull I've had hanging in my house for many years...ya'll don't laugh!  It's a Texas thing.  Anyway a few months ago I hit on an estate sale and bought a whole box full...

view details

Out of this World Chandelier

17 comments

This is a project my extremely creative friend, Sue Wolfe, made out of a saucer/sled.

view details

Toboggan Winter Photo Display

12 comments

What do you do with your sledding equipment when not in use? Why, make a photo display from it, of course!

view details
showing 341 - 360 of 483 posts
First  < Previous 16 17 18 19 20 Next >  Last
Sort By: