More pumpkin makeovers

Again ...thinking....I seem to do a lot of that lately, I have these orange pumpkins that seem to have lost their charm! What can I do to change that? Decoupaging would be kind of tough unless I cut material into strips and glue one at a time around the pumpkins. I do not know if I have the patience or talent to be that creative so the next best thing..PAINT THEM! I can do that! Voila! They look pretty good, now I might stencil around them in contrasting colors but I have to see what I can come up with. If I decide to do that, I will be posting more pictures..I have to do some more thinking about that....

Pumpkins redo

Now that winter is here and the garage sales have ended for the season, I like to keep busy doing projects. I was looking through my country magazines and found in the Country Living Magazine an article on decoupaging pumpkins! I thought what a neat idea so I went and bought my Mod Podge and began...well, it is not as easy as it looks! I got this pumpkin pillow on a whim and just hated it! I tried selling it, I tried giving it away but nobody would bite so I thought what could I do with it??? I played around with ideas for a couple of days but because of its shape it would be hard to decoupage it so I decided to paint it a black color and decoupage black checked pumpkins on it (the pumpkins covered up the marks from where I tore the felt eyes and mouth off)it sure was a big improvement! So see if there is something you wish you would not have ever bought, think about what you can do to change it!

Tea Room Luncheon

During the holiday break, I went with my two friends, Karen and Chris, to the Kirkland Tea Room for lunch and a little bit of shopping! If you have not been there, you must go, they have the nicest stuff in a quaint house! The lunch was good too! The tables are dressed with vintage tablecloths and old vintage dishes! The atmosphere is worth the trip. It is on 306 in Lake County. The garden room where you can shop has the most unique items from tea pots to lawn animals. Check out the cute cottage house I just had to have!

New Years Eve Pickin

Went back to Tannery Hill this morning and found some more cool stuff! These old wire lamp protectors I thought were neat so I put a plant in them and love it! I found this sort of crock type pot with wooden handle, it was really neat but I have no idea what it was used for? I just liked it because it was old so I brought it home and cleaned it up and put my succulents in it so now it is a really cool planter!

Wisk brooms

I have started collected old wisk brooms, my friend Pat, got me hooked! I was finding them for her at estate and garage sales then I started finding some really cool ones and decided to keep them for myself, sorry Pat. I just love sticking them in old wooden boxes! Recently, one of my favorite customers(that comes to my sales) brought me a couple unique wisk brooms, I can not thank her enough, I just love them!

Holiday get together

Our neighborhood Christmas get together at Trudy's. A lot of good food and good friends!

New project

I am always looking for something new to do during the winter months here in Ohio. I found this chair at the side of the curb (lucky me) and decided to bring it home. I put it on the porch but it needed a seat so I thought to myself, why not buy some material and try making my own! Now, remember this is my first attempt at doing this so be kind! It only took me about 2 hours to do, the hardest part was cutting the material and making sure it fit across the chair. My next venture would be to find a small chair and see what I can do with that! I don't think it came out to bad for my first time, what do you think?