Buckets, Buckets!

Who doesn't have some old, dented, rusty buckets sitting around? I decoupaged vintage seed packet images on these.  These will be great as shabby flower pots!  And the rust in the bottom means no drain-hole drilling!

Yardsale Plates Transformed!

I found some clear glass plates in a yardsale, and moved them here and there for a couple of months before I could decide what to do with them. I decoupaged vintage flower pictures and sheetmusic on the back side of them.  The front is still food-safe.  These would be adorable to use for an outdoor tea party!

New Old Display

This turned out really cute!  I took an old dresser drawer and painted it black.  Then decoupaged some really vintage-looking scrapbook paper on the insides.  I added a wired ribbon through the drawer-pull holes, and hot-glued a few pearl strands to the edges.  Instant display shelf!  Even my mom (who hates old stuff) said she liked it!!

New Baby Room Decor

I used this drawer out of an auction-find chest of drawers (I made the rest of it into a wardrobe) and removed the knobs, painted it black and stood it up on the end.  I glued scrapbook letters and pictures, and lined the inside edges with some ribbon to match the room.  A really cute way to get all the "just arrived" info on display! And the top can be used to display other items.

Vintage-Look Lamp .

This was so fun to make! I had some leftover threaded lamp tubing I wanted to use, so I got a couple of boards about 6" square, drilled holes to accommodate the tubing and painted black. Then I decoupaged some scrapbook paper to each piece. I purchased a DIY lamp shade and adhered scrapbook paper with glue dots. I hot-glued some vintage pearl lace to the top and bottom of the shade. Then I began the assembly. I had an old suet cage I just slipped the tube through, and it moves freely. I cut out some scrapbook paper that looked like old postcards into similar-sized pieces and ran string through and tied on the suet cage. Put a couple of nuts on each side of the wood pieces to hold them in place and it was done!

Shabby Chic Picture Frame

I made several of these to display at my daughter's wedding.  I took an ordinary 8 x 10 frame, and painted it white, leaving a little of the wood color to show through.  Then dug through my craft box and found some vintage doilies, jewelry and lace and hot glued them around the edge.  For a really cool look, I went to www.photofunia.com and put personal photos into their selections of backgrounds and printed them out.  Really gave it a vintage feel.

Repurposed Serving Tray

This was a super-fun project!  I took an old metal serving tray I found at a yard sale, and masked off the center, painted it flat black.  Then I found an old picture frame with no picture or glass, and painted it flat black, and scruffed a little tan and cream paint around it for a shabby look.  I mounted the tray to the frame with some plastic conduit clips.  I purchased the letters, and decoupaged some coordinating scrapbook paper on them and glued magnets on their backs.  I had some really cool scrapbook paper that I cut out and burned the edges, glued to a piece of cardboard the same size, and glued a magnet to the back of it.  I hung this on a wall in my bathroom where I needed something not too bulky and it looks perfect!  This would also be a neat message center in a hallway or kitchen as well.