365: Day 36

Last night i turned on Fame (I love that movie) and crafted for hours! I made sooo many pincushions I doubt I will ever need more! But I love making them so much I will probably end up making more. Tonight I'm spinning more yarn, and crocheting stuffies for the kids. I love my craft area soo much!

Even used the felt the kids and i made!

My favorite

365: Day 30-31 Thrift store finds

I have been so busy re-doing my craft area that I slacked in the blogging and 365 areas. I am back though! So here are the two days that i missed (plus 2!), today's photo later, and I should be on here sometime to show y'all a new easy craft.

These photos show a sneak peak into my craft area, which i am not quite ready to show.

I got two of these tea cups for a $1 and I am going to make pincushions out of them

The front little bowl was a $1 and I got 4 of those cups for $2! Again for pincushins

I got two metal plates for $2 to hold my beads while I make things

And this server is my fav! $4! (Love my horrible huge pincushion? I messed up on it and thought "oh well!")

I also got some wonderful vintage crochet thread never used! The dates on it say 1963 & 1964, and they are in wonderful yellow and orange! Can't wait to crochet with them!

Have a crafty day!

Vintage Dresser Make-over

A month ago we re-did our vintage dresser that was a blah white that didn't match our style at all. Under the white was a really nice wood, back in the 50's they used real wood to make furniture wish we could say that now days!, so we stained it with a dark ebony stain. The hardware for small drawers were easy to find, but for the big drawers, it was an issue. Finally I found some and they just came in today! So here is the final look to our 1950's dresser! Now on to the bed that matches....

BEFORE:

 Sloan was already taken drawers before I could get a quick picture!

AFTER:

It's actually more black than the photos came out, I'm being lazy and just snapped them quick without setting changes or anything on my camera...no editing either :)

Kitchen Changes & Vintage Finds

This was my wall since we moved into our house exactly 6 months ago:

Very blah nothing special and the photos constantly slanted, drove me crazy! So I got the idea to add a shelf to the wall to add something to it so it would not be so blah. I then went on a hunt for something coffee related but vintage, since my kitchen theme is my addiction...coffee! At our towns adorable Antique store I found these little cuties telling me to take them home.

That coffee grinder is in insanely perfect condition, I don't think it was ever used, and I think it sparked a new addiction! (No Kendra you already collect cameras, you are good, no more collections!!!)

With those finds and a new shelf came this:

I wish I could have the table centered but then I can't easily get into the cabinets and my coffee, so it has to stay where it is. I love my wall though :)

I also found this awesome black vase, but I am unsure what to do with it at the moment. I put my knitting needles in it since I can't get rid of them and I am in hopes I think of a cute way to use it.

Thrift store finds

There is a large thrift store down the street from my house that i love to go to. All proceeds go to the United Cerebral Palsy a wonderful non-profit organization that is dear to my heart since my sister has Cerebral Palsy. I donate everything we no longer need to them, I took a trunk full last week!, and I always find nice little treasures there. I thought I would share what I find, and then turn it into.

First thing i found was a large real wood frame for $3 (with military discount $2) I turned into a chalkboard for the kitchen with some left over stain and chalkboard paint I already had: (didn't notice till i was uploading the picture that i spelled decorative wrong! LOL)

I also found another smaller frame for $1 that i am turning into a small cork board for my little area, picture later though because the stain for some reason would not dry on it yesterday!

The last things i found I got for 50 cents each! They are ceramic Blue's Room wall hangings, Jase's favorite show, so i had to get them for his room! They were pretty dirty when i got them, but they cleaned up nicely