Lexie came up with the "stream of tiles" design and I think it is perfect!
Tiling the top of a great little wooden table to use as a place to serve. New floor and "new" table.
Some time ago I feel in love with a gorgeous girl's vintage swimsuit for sale on EBay. I had no idea what I would do with it at the time. I was lucky enough to win the auction. When it arrived I decided it was to wonderful to just put away in the cupboard, so I decided to frame it. I bought this white frame at Ikea and placed the swimsuit inside. At present it hangs in my guest bathroom and always gets lots of comments from friends. It really is a simple idea and I am sure anyone could do it! Next Friday I will show you how I expanded on this idea. Have a great weekend (a long weekend in Queensland), so I shall be back on Tuesday. I am hoping for one last swim in the ocean before it gets too cold!
Some time ago I saw some images of a house in the USA where the owner had framed some vintage swimsuits. I put it in my scrapbook for future inspiration. I used the idea last year when we moved into our new home. I decided our dining room would be most appropriate for them as it would create a great talking point. It took some time to buy the vintage bathers, they are hard to find! All of them came from Ebay USA. So the shipping cost a little more than I would have liked but the end result was well worth the time and money spent. The simple wooden frames are from Ikea. I have to admit, I tried a few of them on before I framed them, and danced around the room to Frankie Avalon. How sad is that?
Wow, thanks to my friend Debra aka Bottle Blonde Inspirations I'm officially a blogger. These pages will be a place for me to post pictures of my latest Jewelry Designs.I've been creating Jewelry for about 5 years. Each piece is an original design that is crafted by hand, my hand to be specific. I work with metals such as Fine Silver, Sterling, Copper, Vermeil and 14kt Gold Fill. The variety of stones I use range from Semi Precious Gems such as Aquamarine, Peridot and Amethyst to custom made Cubic Zirconia, Swarovski Crystal and Pearls. Most pieces end up being one of a kind just because I make something and move on from there though I do have a few "in demand" designs that I've made several times but always with slight variations. Check out my work and let me know what you think.
Thanks,
Judy
Lighten up your colors in the bedroom. Think calm. Use a corner of your bedroom for morning snacks or checking the weather on your laptop.
Add fresh flowers to your rooms. And real live plants.
Freshen up your back entry. Take away the coats, sweaters, and boots and add a few summer straw hats.
First I bought two packages of the largest size drop cloths. They come in long lengths with about a good width. I ended up needing one more so this photo is of the smaller size. The 8 oz. weight is perfect and very easy to work with.
Here is one of the sad faded cushions before being covered. The cushion behind it was measured, cut and sewn like a pillow case on three sides.
This photo shows how to make the box corner on the two top already sewn corners. Just pull up the corners with the seams together and sew a little triangle across.
Turn the cover right side out. Slip the cushion inside like a pillow, then fold and tuck the corners of the unsewn bottom to make the box corners and pin. Then just sew a slip stitch across the bottom length of the pillow.
Before
After!
View to the rest of the patio (still in progress).
