Shopping list organizer

 Materials:

• Frame
• Wooden clothes pegs
• Vinyl coated tablecloth (bought mine by the meter)
• Paint
• Ribbon
• Metal ring
• Glue (I used Prit stick and a hot glue gun)
• Shopping list with boxes to tick as we run out of things.

From gold to good

One ugly picture

Take one ugly faded picture (and cups of tea to help brain cope)..... 

......with very ornate frame bought cheaply at a carboot sale 

Add strange floral ornaments with flat back

Add drinking straws from fast food place

Stick flowers on ugly picture and add straws as stems

Hide joints with filler of your choice (I used No More Nails for filing and gluing)

Paint all of it white (or any colour you like) 

I undercoated twice and then finished off with White High Gloss

Let it all dry then hang on wall in contrasting colour

Voila! 

Beautiful unique art for very little cost and effort!

Nest of tables

The first project in a long time is a nest of three very tired tables that were given a new lease of life with a lick of paint.


They went from this....

.........................to this!

           

They look so much better and help brighten up my recently decorated lounge.

I have been sewing

I had this idea, and after thinking about it for the longest time I finally dusted off my sewing machine and got stuck in.

I started with a suede jacket, a shirt, a mini skirt and a belt....

....then did this, before going away to think about the project for a few days because suddenly I had no idea what I was doing.....
I eventually ended up with this fully reversible bag with lots of pockets!
What do you think?

I'm pretty pleased with the end result.