Tolentreasures

First of all, I am going to apologize for these pictures right up front. I am not sure why, but they are not that good. Please bear with me, I am sorry for all blurry, grainy, fuzzy pics! This brainstorm started on the day I had to take my printer to Pittsburgh. I stopped at the Pittsburgh Center for Creative Reuse I cannot babble on about how much I love that place! I saw the bassinet filled with wine corks, so many possibilities, however, it takes my mind a little while to process those possibilities. Somewhere about Fox Chapel, where Route 28 gets a little hairy and lanes are switching and I should have been paying more attention it came to me! This ceiling! Clearly those corks would be perfect here. Clearly! I could cut them in half! I could hot glue! It would look so cool! Why is that tractor trailer honking it's horn at me? I really need to pay more attention when I drive. OK folks, I am just goi...

Last Saturday night we went to an antique mall. I found some cute handkerchiefs for some butterfly pillows that I am making for the girls. (More on that in another post.) I found this metal sconce also and for some reason it  just called me, you know like those things in the Pier One commercials,  sometimes things just say, "Take me home!" Really and truly,  too many things say that,  but you will see that as this post goes on.   Thursday night had us serving food at an estate auction and having way too much fun bidding on stuff and running up each other's bids. I did get this little crock pot, have been wanting one this size. My friend, Kim, bought tons of boxes of blankets and material. She washes then up and donates a lot of them to a women's shelter. I pulled this fabric about, loved the colors, it will get added to the stash. JWS got a little carried away on the glassware. Let's just say ...