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Revamp Old Furniture Instead of Replacing

Becky Striepe — Wed, 20 May 2009 11:00:39 +0000

[Freshly stained dresser. Photo by Lenore MacLeod-Bickley]

We’ve all got pieces of furniture that look like they’re on the way out. When I first moved to Atlanta, a friend gave me a coffee table. I had no money and very little furniture, so I was grateful even though the table was sort of…well…it was ugly, alright? It was an ugly, ugly table. Rather than pitch it, I decided to give it a fresh coat of white paint and try my hand at a mosaic. We still have that little coffee table living out on the front porch! It’s a little bit dusty at the moment, but I’ll show you a picture if you promise not to judge my housekeeping skills:

Reuse Sewing Pattern Tissue Paper

Jackie Hernandez — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 13:01:54 +0000

Sewing pattern tissue has a great graphic quality. If you have some vintage or used sewing patterns laying around, consider reusing them for art, home decor, jewelry, or anything else you can decoupage. Here are a bunch of inspiring ideas for reusing sewing pattern tissue paper.

More Recycled Crafting Fun: Decoupage Canisters

Jamie Ervin — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 15:00:10 +0000

I decided that the kiddos would make these fabulous decoupaged canisters. We would then fill them with all kinds interesting things.

Idea #1: Fill with little love notes or notes of inspiration and gift, the receiver gets to draw a note out to read anytime they are feeling a bit blue.

Idea #2: Makes adorable wrapping and the receiver can then use the tub to hold all kinds of nifty things.

Idea #3: The kids can use them to store collections of rocks, stickers, leaves, play jewels, whatever…

Idea #4: Two words: Time Capsule

Idea #5: Sharing tub- fill it with a surprise (love note, treasured toy, gift, etc…) then pass it on to a sibling who will do the same in a weeks time. Keep it moving.

Idea #6: Your Ideas? Share in the comments!

How to make these fabulous little tubs-