DIY Apothecary Jars

I have always had a weakness for glass jars. A wall in my craft room is lined with old mason jars filled with trinkets and treasures, my kitchen counter has large ones with snacks and my bathroom vanity is adorned with q-tip and cotton ball filled jars...as I said, I love jars! Here is a fun little diy project with empty candle jars.

 DIY HOW TO:

These particular jars are from Bath and Body Works but any jars or thrift store finds will work. Make sure your jars are nice and cleaned out before you begin.

 

Select nobs for the tops, if you want, and drill holes for the knobs.

Paint the tops your color of choice (I chose to paint mine a textured brown so the words would not show through).

 

Tape off the area you want to etch and use stickers to spell out any words you want. I use Armour Etch, it is a thick paste that is easy to use and I have had the best luck with it. Follow the directions on how long to let the etch set on your item and wash off.

 

Viola, there you have it, super cute, easy and upcycled apothecary jars for anywhere in your house!

DIY Frame Project

 

Upcycling...yay! My favorite thing!

Ok, here is a quick diy project to do with all the old frames laying around.

I collected a bunch of wooded frames from thrift stores and laid them out in groupings I thought went well together.

Discarded the glass, painted the frames, inserted some old fabric to stencil, stamp or paint on and then screwed them to a thin piece of wood on the back...and there you have it.

A simple project that can match any decor!

Last Sale of the YEAR!!!

Elaine and I will be hosting our last sale of the 2012 year...

I can not believe it went by soo quick!

 

Come shop for unique, handcrafted and vintage items at Betsy BoyerSmith's home. (3971Teal Ln, Lewiston, ID 83501)

There will be items by multiple talented people such as BU2ful Farmhouse Charm, Laural Smith, Konen's Karamels, Oh Sew Green, Gourds by Phyllis, Deanna Grimm and many more!

Shop on Friday, November 30th from 4:00 to 8:00 or Saturday December 1st from 9:00 to 2:00

Hope to see you there and you are more than welcome to bring a friend!

Red Barn Farms 2012

      Finally!!!       Here are some pictures of the booth Elaine and I threw together. We have so much fun going to Red Barn year after year and seeing the same shoppers love our booth puts huge smiles on our faces. This year was a little chilly, but no rain...yay! We can't wait til next year.

 

BIG thanks to Jennifer Konen, Deanna Grimm, Phyllis Hewett, Shirley Boyer and Uncle Don for joining our booth!

Puttin' Scraps to Good Use

Here is a quick little project I whipped up to use up some of the material scraps I have laying around. I bought the tote bags at Jo Ann's, with a coupon of course, and accessorised with scraps of vintage fabric, ribbons, buttons, flowers, you name it, it'll work.  I love the green ones, myself!

Hallway makeover and a bonus!!!

People may think I'm nuts, but I love when my husband leaves on business trips...that's when I GET STUFF DONE!!! Ha ha, but really, when he leaves I can do whatever I want, how ever I want and quickly too. On his latest trip I decided to redo our hallway, finally.  Wallpaper - floor to ceiling - on top of plaster, grrr. I really wanted to do wainscoting to match the bathroom and choose to stick with the same colors also.  After texturing, sanding, painting, cutting and loving using the nail gun, my whole hallway project was around 100 bucks. I was pretty pleased!

Eventually, I would love to get chandeliers, but I just spray painted the existing light fixtures for now. I love that my fish tank fit snug into that awkward cubby and I even painted the drawers a fun turquoise!


Here is my bonus project. With the left over wainscoting pieces, I made chalkboards. The back is a panel from an old door that fell apart and the chalk holder is a Scrabble easel.

Mason Jar Chandelier

This cute little project

was a custom order for a wedding. A good friend of mine called and asked if I could make her something similar to a picture she showed me, but

 *on a budget.*

I said I would try, but no guarantees. And here is the final result.  Finding reasonable chandelier crystals or a chandelier with crystals is not easy task. In the end,

~I loved it~

and decided I need one hanging in my front porch, so I'm keeping my eyes peeled!

Thrifting in Spokane

 A few days ago, I listed my dining set for sale on facebook and a good friend of mine, Windie, bought it. I decided to deliver it to Cheney for her so that I would have an excuse to go shopping. I was so excited to visit all of my favorite thrift stores and a few new ones I had never been to. I wanted to go to PINK, which is a newer store downtown, but they were closed, sad day.  My next stop was at ROOST, on main, and I saw tons of things I loved. #1 Painted chandelier light fixtures- the brighter the color, the better they are!, #2 The adorable barn pillow-if I had a little boys room, this would be in it and #3 A wall of corrugated metal-I have been wanting to do this in our house for sooo long.  My next stop was to the International District on Sprague, where they gave me this handy-dandy little map. I found a store I had never been to and was so pleased...Vintage Warehouse! They had everything from vintage clothes to over sized neon letters (and very affordable). I proceeded to hit up a few more thrift stores and then finished the day off with a mini Cinabon, um mm!





Here are a few of the treasures I picked up to makeover; orange chair, chandelier, two matching lamps with crystals (they desperately need new shades), mirror, and not pictured is my favorite purchase, a fake tinsel log fireplace-the orange light bulb gives off such a warm glow...hahaha

My 1964 Aloha...whoot whoot!!

Super excited to be the very proud owner of this little 12ft fixer-upper! I have been wanting a vintage camper for way too long and I finally got one. My husband thinks I'm crazy, what's new, but I can not wait to dive in. It's got a little water damage, a few bee's nests and a lot of work ahead of it. At the Farm Chicks Show earlier this month, I bought some vintage bark cloth from the fabric booth in Bay 1 for curtains, throw pillows and who knows what else. I'm hooked on looking at other vintage campers online and the Vintage Bag Lady of Cheney has some great pictures...Looks SOO fun! Check out her blog. http://cheneybaglady.blogspot.com/2011/06/farm-chicks-weekend.html
Hopefully I'll get this project started soon so I can post more pictures. Happy Camping!

FARM CHICKS: PART 2

Here are some pictures of other booths that I just LOVED!  As you can probably tell from the pictures, put a plant in anything and I am sold! Garden Party had an amazing set-up, very botanical and dreamy.  The one thing that I loved and am mad I didn't get a picture of is Funky Junk's pick-up bed shelf, but I did snag me a t-shirt with a vintage camper on it.


Black, White, Yellow...Looking good ROOST...Love their store!

This is a table my husband wanted me to buy but we missed out, sad.

LOVE the bike sign