Showing posts with label #decor. Show all posts
Showing posts with label #decor. Show all posts
Wednesday, May 25, 2022
Memorial Day Centerpiece
Memorial Day Centerpiece
Can you believe that Memorial Day is this weekend? Crazy how time flies. I wanted to make some holiday items so I looked on Pinterest and Etsy. I saw several things that I liked so I began to make some patterns.
After some cutting, re-cutting and starting over, I was able to make all of these items on my Memorial Day table. 
I had the wooden tray and I got the runner when I was in Pittsburgh the last time. The mason jar is one of my grandmothers.
These stars really caught my eye. After many attempts I was able to make a pattern that worked. Stuffing them was a different story. It took a couple of tries to see what worked best, but I persevered. I added a twine bow and small bell to the front.
In the red enamel cup is a flag pillow. I have made several of these and more stars. I think I am getting carried away.
These stars were the easiest once I was able to get the pattern right. I love using ticking fabric when I can. I rusted some bells and safety pins and used them on these ones. I actually found this enamel tray and was almost ready to get rid of it. Thank goodness I didn't.
I had so much fabric to work with and even the stuffing. I did have to buy some star material, but that was inexpensive.
I am so thrilled with all of these. I can keep them up for all of the summer holidays.
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Wednesday, September 8, 2021
Vintage Metal Gym Locker
Vintage Metal Gym Locker
Several years ago, my friend who has an antique shop found several of these vintage metal gym lockers for me. I had them under a console table but had not used them in the new house yet.
We had our lanai (here in Florida a screened in porch is called a lanai) enclosed with windows and a sliding door to our outside porch and pool. It is giving me a chance to fix up that room with all of the things I have had put away.
It is a work in progress so I will be showing you parts of it as I get it done. The first thing I did was grab my metal basket to add some items to it.
First I added some covered books. I grab some old books and wrapped them in drop cloth material. I didn't want to glue the fabric so I taped it on. That seemed to work, at least for me.
Other items that I included were a printed sack, a fall candle ring and some vintage bobbins. I was just going through things I found in my garage.
I did have a white insulator that I added to the basket as well.
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