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Jen http://www.blogger.com/profile/03109641203187794636noreply@blogger.comBlogger177125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-864512032679568074.post-56953332443756835742016-01-22T10:59:00.002-08:002016-01-22T11:00:37.403-08:00exciting news!<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">So excited to announce that reclaimed crafts has a brand new website! We still have our highly entertaining and inspirational blog, but in addition, you'll also find information about workshops, private parties, wedding and baby showers, custom orders, where to buy, and wedding decor.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">So come on over to our new <a href="http://reclaimedcraftsnorthampton.com/">website</a> and check us out!</span>Jen http://www.blogger.com/profile/03109641203187794636noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-864512032679568074.post-29750601614889842762016-01-10T14:36:00.000-08:002016-01-10T14:36:08.649-08:00vintage filing cabinet drawers<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">My picking buddy and I nipped into <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Studio-second-Canal-1447033278882693/">Studio Second Canal</a> in Holyoke yesterday for their closing sale. Boy, what a day! We even got to explore Bruce's workspace, which involved stepping on crates and crawling through a window, which did not deter us one bit. This photo gives you just a small window into the treasures that were to behold (and does not even include the antique casket stand, which would make a killer coffee table in some hipster Soho loft):</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">But today, I'm here to discuss these gorgeous vintage filing cabinet drawers, the lot of which we split. I don't know the precise provenance, but based upon a little Googling, I suspect they lived in a newpaper office. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">As you know, it sometimes takes me years to figure out what I'm going to do with some of my finds. </span><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Take my lawn sweeper, for example:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">The little guy spent the day with cousins and uncle downhill skiing (oy, already?). In that time, I managed to have a lovely brunch with hubby (Sunday Globe inclusive!) and turn the printing blocks into bud vases by drilling holes into the top for teeny tiny test tubes, compliments of my favorite science teacher. It gave me an excellent opportunity to get more practice on my drill press, which is my new favorite piece of equipment in the workshop. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Or this much:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Also, I don't think you should <b>wear </b>your menorah:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">And Christmas-themed menorahs really seem to defeat the purpose:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">But how about a lovely menorah from beautiful repurposed materials, including wooden spools that your bubbe might actually have used? <b>That's </b>what I'm talking about.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">...from the </span><span style="font-family: "courier new";"><span style="line-height: 16.8667px;">special menorah hardware box</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><br /></span>Jen http://www.blogger.com/profile/03109641203187794636noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-864512032679568074.post-55179857675952603942015-11-08T14:03:00.001-08:002015-11-08T14:03:57.969-08:00piano guts!<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I've been at my repurposing shenanigans long enough that when friends are, say, dismantling a piano to repurpose the frame into a bar(a piano bar! HAH!), they naturally email me to see if I want the guts. Of course I do. And these are such good friends, they had already done the hard work, boxed the keys and helped me load the car. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Both items I scored - hinge springs and tractor axle nuts, or so I am told - lent themselves rather naturally to candlesticks. All they needed was a good bath and a spray of polyeurethane. The hardest part of this repurpose was finding 1" diameter candlesticks. Thank god for god - these are actually church candles. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">The yardstick requested (implored?) that we "re-elect" Mr. Barrett, so we know it's not circa 1978, his first year as register, but that's the only clue I have as to its age. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">So now you're thinking that this is a really lovely inside baseball story, but who is going to care about Mr. Barrett and want his campaign yardstick on her desk? I'm so glad you asked. A lawyer friend recently hung her own shingle in Greenfield, Massachusetts. She practices family law. In probate and family court. In Franklin County. SO PERFECT, right? Right. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><br /></span>Jen http://www.blogger.com/profile/03109641203187794636noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-864512032679568074.post-37794007380170482462015-10-25T19:40:00.003-07:002015-10-25T19:40:53.052-07:00so much loot at loot<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Yesterday's outstanding Pumpkin Fest in downtown Turners Falls presented an excellent excuse to go to <a href="http://www.loottheshop.com/">Loot</a>, a place that speaks my language. If you haven't been to Loot yet, for the love of god, go. Loot describes itself as an industrial artifact and handmade goods emporium, and it's that and so much more. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">But today I'd like to talk about test tube holders, because I have lots and lots and lots of test tubes. Like this many:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Luckily, friends are well aware of my barn habit and hooked me up with this incredible opportunity. I can't wait to get into the studio to start using this gorgeous wood. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Happily, there are times when items present themselves in such a way that you can't possibly miss the repurposing message. At Studio Second Canal, I lost my mind over an enormous box of test tubes, an item I had been ogling for years, and had never seen in such abundance.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">But really, could I have been given a better gift than crutch tips sitting adjacent to test tubes? I think not. Edgy and unusual, yet beautiful and elegant.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><br /></span>Jen http://www.blogger.com/profile/03109641203187794636noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-864512032679568074.post-83607481684324699052015-10-21T18:18:00.000-07:002015-10-21T18:18:10.927-07:00weddings and reclaimed crafts<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">A few years ago, we hosted a super fun wedding diy bridal shower. While guests noshed, drank and chit chatted, they also helped the bride complete some handmade table numbers, and personalized a box to be used to store well wishes that we had already decoupaged with maps with personal meaning to the couple. It was a great way to bring some close friends together to have fun and help the bride create really special decor for her wedding.</span><div>
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Jen http://www.blogger.com/profile/03109641203187794636noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-864512032679568074.post-35727730059223042702015-10-19T19:13:00.001-07:002015-10-19T19:13:48.964-07:00goodies for sale - vases, trays, business card holders, oh my!<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I'll be at the <a href="https://www.hampshire.edu/farm/fall-festival-at-the-hampshire-college-farm">Fall Festival at Hampshire College</a> this Saturday from 10-4, joined, apparently, by many farm animals as well as some other amazing, local artists, including <a href="https://www.facebook.com/tinyanvil">Tiny Anvil Jewelry</a> and <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/TaprootThreads">Taproot Threads</a>, two of my favorites. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><br /></span>Jen http://www.blogger.com/profile/03109641203187794636noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-864512032679568074.post-54927339143655804212015-10-18T17:35:00.002-07:002015-10-18T20:00:10.012-07:00trunk full of goodies<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Just when you think the tagging season can't get any better, you hop in the car, head to your nearest farming community with your tagging buddy, and you score all this.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">also, check out the cool pipe thingies </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><br /></span>Jen http://www.blogger.com/profile/03109641203187794636noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-864512032679568074.post-75333288378965717062015-08-27T19:08:00.000-07:002015-08-27T19:11:40.025-07:00Reagan, Nixon and croquet sticks<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">A simple yet elegant upcycle of some beautiful croquet sticks. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Starring a photogenic 6 year old, Presidents Nixon and Reagan. Naturally. These beauties will be for sale at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/614943111919305/">Loop</a>. Come check them out!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">...and here are the earrings. Simple, sweet and so '50s. What Betty Draper wore the first season of Mad Men, when she was still in love with Don...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><br /></span>Jen http://www.blogger.com/profile/03109641203187794636noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-864512032679568074.post-67149405367900285012014-12-13T11:18:00.001-08:002014-12-13T11:18:19.476-08:00Male by Paul<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Rather heteronormative, Male by Paul, but then again, this was the 50's. Not a lot of women wearing ties back then. I'm thinking vintage-looking button earrings with these gorgeous ties, picked up at <a href="http://loottheshop.com/">Loot</a> yesterday. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">And speaking of Loot, I'm now selling yardstick business card holders and croquet mallet candlesticks there! Great news for Franklin County....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Exhibit A, "Massachusetts" business card holder, now appropriately residing at the University of Massachusetts.</span><div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I spied not one but two service station creepers. Along with the creepers (two for the price of one!), I learned that the guy who sold them to me used to have long hair, which got stuck in the creeper wheels when he worked at the now defunct Norm's Service Station in downtown Ashfield. That story just increased the value of my creepers a million fold. And made me think I really needed to remove the head rests.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I did just that. Removed the head rests. Gross. Here are the befores:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">These creepers were gorgeous, but they had seen the underbellies of a lot of cars. Hello, epoxy! I gave them a gorgeous layer of epoxy which gave them a smooth, clear and thick layer of cleanliness. A good and unusual thing in a creeper. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Then, for the legs. The sexy skinny Don Draper era legs were salvaged off of a gross, bright red table top rescued from the side of the road. The sexy curvy table legs were purchased at a local tag sale, to the curiosity of many. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">The wheels, the very essence of the creeper, stayed put. You can see the wear and tear and imagine all of those enormous gas guzzling cars of the 50's and 60's getting all fixed up at Norm's.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">And voila, the most beautiful and unique tables you could ever wish to have. And if you have car trouble, you have a creeper.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">And now, I offer you daytime creeper table and nighttime creeper table. Enjoy. </span></div>
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Jen http://www.blogger.com/profile/03109641203187794636noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-864512032679568074.post-46491172310812268422014-11-20T11:51:00.001-08:002014-11-20T12:00:34.194-08:00vintage yard sticks = business card holders<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">These yard sticks turned business card holders are a perennial best seller, and with my new miter saw, they look better than ever. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">A perfect gift; so many shuttered local businesses. Northampton! Easthampton! Springfield! Holyoke! Greenfield!</span><br />
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Jen http://www.blogger.com/profile/03109641203187794636noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-864512032679568074.post-47918422890064349632014-11-20T09:47:00.002-08:002014-11-20T09:47:35.081-08:00flowers and test tubes<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Yes, of course, flowers and test tubes. What else would I do with test tubes? <b>Science? </b>So many test tubes, so many ways to show them off. Here are a few, all are for sale at <a href="http://www.parlorroommusic.com/makers-market-at-the-parlor-room.html">Maker's Market</a> this weekend! </span><br />
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