scrabble ideas.

when i found an old scrabble board i almost jumped with joy. 

i have been looking for one for so long.

and the fact it was only $2 made it even better.

so many diy possibilities.

here are a few of my favourites...

scrabble piece magnets.

decorative jar.

labelled shelves

scrabble piece coasters

shelves.

 after being suitably inspired i decided to get crafty and here is how i used scrabble pieces in my home...

a weekend of garage sales.

i love a bargain and this last weekend was pretty much dominated by garage sales.
first my garage sale with friends  and then the annual Quorn town garage sales which were as epic as last year.

i got lots of new things but i thought i'd share today the magazine rack (above ) and some picture frames. i've just hung them in the hall way for now but am thinking of using the prints to be the background to some inspirational quotes, i just need to work out the right ones. but my personal favourite find of the day was some cute little canisters. they're not a matching set but wherever they end i know they'll look fantastic.

 happy thrifting! im linking with her library adventures and apron thrift girl.

what to do with a giant hole in the wall.

i'm a dreamer and love to think of ways to change up the house without spending a fortune. last weekend my super handy parents, hubby and i decided to redecorate the 'junk/dining room'. 

our house is a beautiful old house with high pressed tin ceilings, wood paneling walls and plenty of charm but it has one ugly old aircon that isn't used so before changes happened it was kind of essential to ditch the air con.

so in a weekend solution: find a pretty piece of leadlight cheap and knock out the aircon. build a frame around it, mount it and smile at a beautiful blank canvas room. 

it took about a day to complete but boy is it beautiful and turning our junk room into a nice sunny winter room where i just want to curl up with a good book and cup of tea and read all day.

before:

after:

i'll show some final transformation pictures of how our 'junk room' has been transformed into a dining room/spare room/ reading nook but it's still not quite finished. above is a small peak but i've still got so many ideas to put into place before it's complete.ah, the joys of pinterest and ideas galore on the net :)

hope your having a good week! x

trash to treasure decorating.

i am the biggest fan of recycling old 'trash' and making it into something beautiful in my home. this weekend  i was lucky enough to have a visit from the number 1 handy man- aka dad, to help me practically achieve my artistic vision and transform our junk room into my dream dining room.

i was fortunate to snag a few old crates from a local garage sale this weekend and thought i'd turn them into a few things round the house.

we drilled 3 crates together to create some cute shelving.

and one of them became a planter box for some strawberries phil received as a gift for helping someone.

and while cleaning up the shed for our garage sale i found an old rake which i spray painted yellow and have set up in the dining room to hang wine glasses from... i just really need to stop breaking wine glasses and buy some more. these sad four are the last left of the wine glass collection we got for our wedding. maybe i'll be able to get some more from another garage sale :)

 i'm linking with her library adventures and apron thrift girl

happy thrifting!!

garage sale finds.

every garage sale i always look for goodie that can be transformed into fantastic craft projects and i've found some great ones this weekend.
every time i go to garage sales i am always on the lookout for beautiful vintage items but also things that i can use to create such as nice old frames, wooden crates and globes. this week i got lucky finding all three.
i've shown my transformed crate already.

this beautiful globe. i'm not quite sure yet if i'm going to turn it into a craft project or just leave it like it is.

these lovely leather handbags for $1 each. looks like i'm starting a collection- along with this other gorgeous leather bag i found last year.

and these frames- and i have some perfect vintage pictures for them.
 

did you find anything great this week?

happy thrifting!

p.s i'm linking up with her library adventures

friends with kids.

as we get older and friends have kids we have realised that we have a non kid friendly home and nothing for kids to play with. at a garage sale on the weekend i found a beautiful old crate with lots of potential and decided to turn it into a box full of things for kids to play with when they come to visit. 

now 'the kids' does not sound very interesting so i went a little french and here's the end product. cute right? i think so!

and with just a little paint...

now i just need to wait for the next set of little visitors and see if they like it.

golden book notebook.

i love golden books. i have my prized collection at home of book i had when i was a child. however when i'm browsing garage sales i always find lots of cute golden books and thought i'd buy some pretty covered ones and turn them into notebooks.

you will need:

a golden book

some lined paper

(i usually use a notebook from coles, a thin lined one which sometimes you can get on special for 5c)

some joiners

a drill

a small guillotine or some good cutting skills

1. open up the golden book and remove the pages- you will need to get to the staples that hold the book together to remove the pages.these pages can be used for all kinds of other projects or as cute wrapping paper.

2. cut your lined paper to size and insert into the golden book.

3. drill 4 small holes and insert joiners.

and there you have it your very one golden book notebook to scribble away in!

recent crafts.

i thought i'd share a few recent craft projects. i have many on the go at the moment but these ones have been finished- well until i can work out what to do with my tshirt love heart. the vase was very easy to make- simply wrap wool around an old bottle and seal with mod podge.
for the heart you need:
an old red tshirt
cardboard
staples
scissors
simply cut the old tshirt up into lots of square and then you staple it on to the cardboard backing.
for a great tutorial (and if you want to attach your love heart to a pillow) look here..

i'm loving the fact that it's saturday so i'm off to start some more projects- and hopefully complete a few more too!

make your own kids costumes- doctor, office boss and post officer.

i thought i'd share today a quick way to make some great kids costumes. all you need are some old tshirts and paint. once you have made the costumes, then scour the garage sales and you might be able to pick up some cute stethoscopes or other play accessories.

doctor: plain white tshirt, red paint.

 post office worker: plain red tshirt, white and blue paint.

office boss: striped shirt, white and black paint.

these are super easy costumes that the kids in my class love and super cheap :) so that makes me smile too!