Nothing like some good ole JUNK, I say!
And what could be better than swapping junk…
And then making something fun out of it?
Welcome to the first ever Jingle Bell Junk Swap. I teamed up with some amazing bloggers and that’s just what we did!
Swap some junk and make some groovy stuff…
I must have drawn the lucky straw because Andi from Jane of All Crafts sent me this…
Isn’t it neato-schmeato???
What is it you ask? Ummm… Take a guess! And then tell me what you think it is down in the comments below…
Now, what to do… what to do!
I have junk everywhere… even out in the driveway… Yes, I’ve started to duck and run to my car… sorry, neighbors!!!
So a little piece of it… appropriate, me thinks, for a venture called a Junk Swap.
I didn’t realize all I had was Primer until I snapped this photo… Oh, well…
Used it anyway!
Inspired by Cassie’s fence post poles, I decided I needed some glittery stripes in my Winter Wonderland this year.
To do this, I taped up the entire piece at a diagonal…
Then unpeeled the alternating stripes…
This gives even, no-need-to-spend-years-of-my-life-measuring, stripes which you can then GLITTER out the WAZOO….
Which, as you can see, I proceed to do…
Red and Pink don’t work, so, much to even my dismay, I glittered over the little bead at the top of my item…
Yes, I cried a little…
Then, after I hung the item with a screw and some hot glue as back up, I didn’t have clue what to do to cover that ugly screw…
Here’s what I came up with after gnashing my teeth for a while…
Lime Green embroidery thread and a white button.
I’ll know and you’ll know, but nobody else needs to know what’s behind the button, eh?
So, life’s a little sweeter now… and little bolder here at this here abode.
And now, no one has any excuse for bad breath, right?
Be sure and check out all the fun stuff by my compatriots in our Junk Swap. You can find them right below…
Bliss Ranch | Five Days..Five Ways | Jane of All Crafts | Junky Vagabond | Nellie Bellie | Primitive and Proper | My Third True Love | The Thriftress | Vintage Drama | We heart DIY
Pop over to Vintage Drama and see what I sent her! Hmm… wonder what she made with it? But she hit a teensy snag, so hopefully, her post will be up later today… so check back!
Junk is good…
P.S. Yup. That’s my crazy Mud-Room… I’ve been agonizing over it for MONTHS… just ask any of those bloggers up there. MONTHS. I’m still hating that dark teal color and I want to paint over it. But that means painting. Ha! I just finished painting the stripes in my Master and I can’t do it. Maybe after the new year when I’m feeling all “new” and “energetic” to make positive ch-ch-changes…
Linkin…
