reclaimed crafts

Monday, October 19

goodies for sale - vases, trays, business card holders, oh my!

I'll be at the Fall Festival at Hampshire College this Saturday from 10-4, joined, apparently, by many farm animals as well as some other amazing, local artists, including Tiny Anvil Jewelry and Taproot Threads, two of my favorites.

Here's a sneak peek at just some of the items I'll have for sale. So put on your best flannel shirt, baseball cap and Dansko clogs, and come on over!

vases from burlap potato and coffee sacks

the left coast

lovely New England - sea to the clouds

mile high Denver

big apple

vote what now?

half the world

Sunday, October 18

trunk full of goodies

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.

barn sale!

hard at work

trunk full of goodies!

so many beautiful racquets and presses

game night

KIDDING! This is a blog about repurposing!

bingo cards = coasters with bingo chip feet

sorry game board = [square] lazy Susan

thanks for the gorgeous tool box, NHJ

also, check out the cool pipe thingies

that will morph into cake plate stands

the guy explained to me their original purpose -

in one ear and out the other

look at the casters on that dolly!

never can resist cool old box, esp.

with now-defunct Northampton company

Saturday, October 10

nose to tail with croquet sets

It's been years since my croquet set addiction, errrrr, collection got started, and I have finally gone nose to tail and used every part.

Those of you that have been following along will remember the first revelation, that croquet mallets could be sawed in half, drilled at the top, and turned into candlestick holders, like this:

Then, onto the balls. These were easy, photo holders when paired with scraps of barnwood and gussied up with decoupage paper:

The sticks challenged me until this summer, when it finally hit me that a simple treatment with bolts and butterfly nuts were all they needed:

And finally, the stands. First I had to pull them out of the basement, where they had been gathering dust, just like they had been before I rescued them from various barns, flea markets and auctions. Gus "helped" clean them:

I had the simple idea of turning them into side tables by securing a thick piece of glass to top and bottom. A friend and fellow crafter upped the ante: wine racks. Because what could be better than wine and repurposing? Certainly I drink wine while repurposing....

And so it was: