Terracotta Flower Pot Wind Chime / Tutorial

July 22, 2012 By 14 Comments

Making this flower pot wind chime was a fun and simple project to do with my kids. I was really looking forward to hanging out with them and painting, and I knew I would also love seeing the wind chime in my gardens, where I had every intention of hanging it, when it was done.
  While I think we kind of ‘made it our own’, this flower pot wind chime was not at all my idea. I have seen them so many times at crafty website now, and so many style-versions of it, that I’m not sure which style I saw first, or where!… Read More

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Boys’ Hardware Accessories

May 14, 2012 By 13 Comments

      It seems to be somewhat easier, to come up with crafty ideas for my girls. But the other equal half of my kiddos, are boys!  I know they get just as excited when I am making something for them, too. So I try to see what cool ideas I can come up with, that they’ll dig.

     Something recently got me thinking about hardware.  Hardware is just cool, and definitely boyish! With all the various sizes and shapes that it comes in, for all kinds of building and fix-it projects, I got brainstorming what cool projects I could come up with for my boys.  In this post, I’m sharing some hardware jewelry and belts I made for them.… Read More

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Our House Of Joyful Noise Link-Up Party #11, & Spotlighted Links!

June 27, 2011 By 4 Comments

& SPOTLIGHTED LINKS!

 

I wanted to thank everyone who has been coming around to link-up every Tuesday with us!!

Honestly, it’s a difficult process to choose features every week! Everyone is worthy, and I have never liked leaving people out. I want to choose everyone, and there are other times it’s hard not to choose the same bloggers we’ve chosen before. There are always so many inspiring and inventive ideas!  So, I can only do the best I can do, week depending. Anyhoo, this week, I need to keep it short and sweet, and get right to the party.… Read More

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Our House Of Joyful Noise Link-Up Party #8, & Featured Links From Last Week.

June 7, 2011 By 6 Comments

& FEATURED PROJECTS

FROM LAST WEEK’S LINK-UPS!

 

Tuesday is here once again, and that means it’s time to TOOT a few horns, before we have another inspiring round of linky-partying!

Before I get to our features here, I just wanted to cut & paste a little message I put on our Facebook Page. (In case you aren’t following us there.) I really hope (really, really, reeeeeally hope….), that I don’t come across as a witch, saying this. Because my intentions are good, and encouraging.  But at the same time, I wouldn’t want thinking we never feature them because we don’t like their creative ideas or projects, either.… Read More

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Our House Of Joyful Noise Link-Up Party #7, & Featured Links From Last Week.

May 31, 2011 By 5 Comments

& FEATURED PROJECTS

FROM LAST WEEK’S LINK-UPS!

Memorial Day Weekend 2011 is coming to a close, as I sit here typing, exhausted from a wonderful 3 day weekend.  I could really go on a blab-fest about how Memorial Day hits home for me, as I know it sadly does for many of you as well.  Naturally, we all think of all of the American soldiers who have put their lives on the line for our country’s freedom, and sacrificed it.  For some of us, the pain of that loss hits very close to home, as we live with the loss of a loved one.   But we also celebrate our freedom, with gratitude to those soldiers, as Americans.… Read More

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Our House Of Joyful Noise Link-Up Party #6, & Featured Links From Last Week.

May 24, 2011 By 7 Comments

& FEATURED PROJECTS

FROM LAST WEEKS LINK-UPS!

 

It’s Tuesday again, and that means it’s time for another Link-Up Party, to show off & inspire others, with the creative projects you’ve been up to!  If you *must*, you can skip right down to the bottom and link-up, if that’s all you’re here for.

But like many bloggers who have linky-parties, we’ve decided to feature some of our favorite ideas that were linked up last week! It’s a tough thing to choose, because they are all great ideas, and hopefully our parties will only grow in size, making the choices more difficult every week!  But for one reason or another, (and I’m sure I’ll be saying why!), the following  projects are ones I’d like to be sure no one missed last week!… Read More

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Skeleton Key Accessories

May 22, 2011 By 5 Comments

 

I’ve always thought skeleton keys were pretty cool, even back when I was a kid.  While hunting at a frequented antique/junk stop of mine for old door knobs (for my recent Door Knob Project) I found some door knobs were part of a whole working set, complete with the opposite knob, door plate, locking mechanism, and of course…key holes.  That got me wondering if there might be some old skeleton keys around the place too. So I asked the old man who owns the place.

By golly he did.  He pulled out this box from under his desk, and dropped it in front of me with a clang.   At first sight, it was looking like I wasn’t going to find much.  But a little digging proved me wrong.… Read More

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Wild Thing….You-Make-My-Heart-Sing.

February 21, 2011 By 11 Comments

BARTERING, can be a beautiful, beautiful thing.

Just look what I struck a deal for…..

How’s THAT for a WILD chair??

Sit and relax for a minute, and I’ll tell you the tale of how it became m-i-n-e.

I got it from my friend, Michelle, owner of Stitch A Wish Designs. (This is her blog, and this is her web site. )  Michelle is an amazing boutique-style designer of all kinds of things, and I have featured her and her work, here on my blog  before. Well, I had learned while reading her blog, that she had gotten a Victorian-style sofa at this great little antique store nearby, called the Antique Chapel, which I frequent myself.   But with the sofa she really wanted, came 2 chairs she had to take also.  This chair above, was a nasty mess.  A dusty pink, extremely worn velvet, that was filthy too.  Imagine.  (Or see Michelle’s blog posts a few pages back, for all of the gory-to-glory photos….later.  There’s a different post on each of her 3 pieces she took, so you’ll have to look through them.) Well, Michelle turned the chair into what you see above.  I believe this piece was only her 2nd re-upholstery project, ever, (the sofa being her first), but it was sure good enough for me.… Read More

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Smiles in the Kitchen

August 30, 2008 By 3 Comments

We are SO very blessed, that the man and head of our household and family (well, one of them, lol) is multi-talented.  There is NOTHING he cannot do.  He is what they refer to as a ‘Jack-of-all-trades’.  His vast abilities including mechanics, electronics, electrical, plumbing, carpentry, landscaping, finishing, you name it….has probably saved us ga-zillions over the years.  His father is the same way, and that’s exactly where he got it from. They are natural born do-it-yourselfers-, and they do so with pride and quality in their work.

So I knew my new little dream could quite possibly come true, when I told my ever-loving husband I REALLY wanted a big chalkboard, custom built to fit our fridge.… Read More

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