Tussie Mussie/ Victorian cones

This is the newest Halloween cone I made. It is black and silver, has a skeleton and a bat and a spider and other embellishments.

Fall decorating

This is a vignette on my porch. I'm sure I will be adding to it and taking things away, but for now this is what it looks like.

Fall flowers in my enamelware pitcher. This is also on my porch.

A table top arrangement on my wicker table on my porch. I have white pumpkins, bittersweet, and my lanterns with tea lights in them. Also a praying mantis on the one gourd.

This is my Sweet Autumn Clematis. Just beautiful and it smells sooooooooogood.

Halloween Altered Boxes

This is the lid of the box I altered into Halloween. I love the owl on the lid and the fancy braid around  the lid. 

This is the inside of the box, not a real good picture.

A close up of the lid inside.

Another box I did for Halloween. This one has a skeleton hand on the top with some other embellishments.

The inside of the box.

Close up of the inside of the lid

And this is the inside of the bottom.

Altered Halloween Bottle

This bottle was a maple syrup bottle that I did in Halloween. Sorry the picture is not any better. I painted it black and decoupaged pictures on and added glitter a key and other embellishments.

Repurposed

I think this was a tool carrier, not sure. I got it at a yard sale, it was brown, so I painted it antique white and distressed it. For now I have lace in it.

I posted this on my blog before, but now I am using it for lace. I bought it at the thrift shop and it was brown. I painted it and distressed it.

This shelf was put out for the trash, and I gathered it up and brought it home. It was UGLY. Dark brown, I really did not like that. So I painted it antique white and distressed it. It fits perfect in the corner of my bedroom. And yes that is a tv antenna, I don't have cable.

I covered a pillow I had with this French country material. I do not sew, so I attached it with fabric glue. Works for me.

I bought this candle holder at the thrift store, it was a brownish copper color. I did like it, but decided to paint it and distress it. Then I covered it in glitter, turned out real nice.

This fireplace holder was also out for the trash. I needed something to hang a wreath on at craft shows, and I could see this being used for that. I painted it green and crackled it. And in the next picture you will see it in use.  

And here we are. What do you think? I think it will work. I didn't want to pay 12$'s for a wreath  stand. So this was a lot better. FREE.

Old piano stool I got at a yard sale. I really wish I had taken before pictures of all this stuff, but I didn't. I have to work on that. I painted it and distressed it then decoupaged music paper to the seat.

Close up of the seat.

A coffee can I papered, added lace and a button. I will use it for a planter.

Bought this bird cage at a yard sale for 1.00. It was a ugly blue. It is not old, maybe 60's, the bottom is plastic. So I painted it pink. I am thinking of using it to plant flowers in and sit on the patio next year. At least that is the plan, that could change. Hope you enjoyed the pictures, sorry I did not have before pictures.

Shabby chic

The ladder in this picture, was my dad's. I painted it antique white and distressed it. I have some of my bears sitting on it, an old puzzle in the box and a lantern. I have a trellis behind it with lights on it, I have lights every where, I love lots of lights.

I love this little shabby lantern. I change the inside with the seasons. Right now I have a pair of my daughter's baby shoes in it with a teddy bear some pearls and lace.

Wicker

As you all know, I just love wicker, so when I saw this wicker table at the thrift store, I knew I had to have it. And I really love it.

This is a close up of  the top of the table.