Try It Tuesday~pickin' in Indiana!!

Hi guys!

We had such a great time in Indiana with our kids. We lucked into

a pickin' opportunity and, if you know me, I was all in. 

A view of the things I got but let me back up and start at the beginning~

This is the house that is set to be torn down.  The doors were open and all

 were welcomed.  We had permission, from the owners, that we could

take what we wanted.  The house had pretty well been picked over

 but what is one persons trash is another persons treasure.  So true!!!

The old chairs, with a wicker bottom in them, caught my eye first.

They are pretty rough but will look great, just like they are, with a succulent

on them. That's the plan~

The door was taken from under a stairwell.  It is much smaller

 than a normal sized door.  It was love at first sight!!

We got three sets of black porcelain doorknobs and some hardware.
I will do something really neat with these.  They have paint on them
but other than that no chips.

 The first thing I did (like last week) cleaned the door and

 painted it  with chalk paint by DecoArt.  After each coat

the door was sanded down.

The old coat hook was also picked from the old house. It fir perfect

on the old door.  I painted one of the pallet signs, by

Clear Scraps, to make a sign for the door.

A stencil from the Farmhouse Collection was used to create the

"Amazing Grace" sign.

This is how I used these picks from Indiana~

The door, taken from under a stairwell, with the old coat hook.

The old chairs with the wicker bottom, perfect to set a plant on.

Products used:

Paint: DecoArt

Stencil: Clear Scraps

Pallet board: Clear Scraps

and

elbow grease, lots of it!!!

Thanks for stopping by~

Christmas Trees (my style) with S.e.i.~

Hi, Connie here with a really fun project, especially if you have some old door knobs laying around.  I found that the Glimmering Boughs Collection was just what I needed to create these adorable Christmas Trees.

See what I mean~so cute!!!  The supplies that you will need are, the vintage door knob, Glimmering Boughs/holiday wishes sheet, Yuletide Greetings Sundries and the Bright paper doilies by Sei.

Instructions~

#1. Fussy cut the Evergreen Tree found on Holiday Wishes sheet.

#2. Glue the gold snowflakes to the tree (found in the Yuletide Greetings Sundries Pack).

#3. Add the pearls and star to the die cut tree.

#4. Stuff a small piece of Styrofoam in the door knob hole.

#5. Add a long pin to the back of the trees. Stick the pin in the Styrofoam. After the Holidays, pull the pin tree out and the tree is ready to pack for next year.

Find out all the details on S.e.i Lifestyle blog here!

Very fun project and made so easy with the Sei products!!

Merry Christmas!!!

Thanks for stopping by~

Connie Mercer/DT Member

Darkroom Door~many projects!

Hi guys!!

I know I said I was going to post junkin' stuff for today but I forgot about this~

you can read all about the tag and door knob  plus several more projects up on the Darkroom Door blog, their new Blog:):):)

I hope you will check it out.  Our project posts will read like tutorials, with a supply list.

You will know exactly what we used and how we did it.  

 The rusty one is how mine look before I cleaned up and made it into a photo stand.:)

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I will be up on Avocado Arts tomorrow.  This is my last month on the Pit Crew.  I will continue

 to work with the Avocado Arts brand doing guest spots and I'm very EXCITED about that!!!!

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My latest junkin' finds will run Friday !!

See ya soon~

(compliments of Darkroom Door, Thank You Rachel)

Pie pan full of old door knobs~

 

A pie  pan tin full of  old door knobs just waiting around to be made into these~

needin' some love bad~

 gonna have to wait a little bit longer~

did you see the silver one, doing it first!!

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See ya soon~

Door knob fun~JBS style!!!

 

 

Just a quick weekend post~another old rusty door knob given new life!!!! I  made some loops out of heavy gauge wire, hot glued it in the top of the door knob and decorated it all up!!!! Jenni Christmas style!!!!

 

 

I used Inka Gold on the outside of the metal door knob.  Just gave it some color and truth be known, it was quick and beautiful!!!! My original post is HERE on JBS Inspiration blog!!!

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Have a GREAT weekend!!!!

 

Try It Tuesday~junker post!!

Hi everyone~I've come to know junk is a GOOD thing as Martha would say:):):) I can not take credit for what I'm about to show you but I did put my spin on it.  I saw the original idea at a local craft show and I have seen a version on pinterest~

 

These are some of the supplies I used.  I also used Viva Inka-Gold to add color to the door knobs, a hot glue gun comes in handy, and fun embellishments.  Mine are by Jenni Bowlin, Vintage Street Market, May Arts and Canvas Corp.  It was hard for me to make them and then show you how with a picture~but I think I can walk through it.

 

The first thing I did was measure off a good 25 " of wire { a good strong wire} ~ sorry guys that's the best I can do on the wire~no label on what I used.

Then I just looped it three to four times like the photograph shows.

I then made it tight by cinching two of the wires together, so it will hold a picture or note card etc.

Then I took a Jenni Bowlin button (those worked the best) and threaded the wire through the holes.

If the wire hits the bottom of the door knob cut a bit off.  You want the button to sit on top and not move around.  I stuffed felt in the hole to make the wire tight before I hot glued.

 

 

I then added some extra color to the door knob using the Inka-Gold. You just put it on with your finger.  I added felt to the bottom because my door knobs were really rusty.

 

Here is another set. 

 

I still have four more to make ~I'm going to do these different, maybe Christmas style:):

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Thanks for stopping by today and I'll see ya soon~