Recycle Repurpose Redecorate > Vintage Door Message Board

Have I mentioned how lovely my friends are and how lucky I am to have them? And as if they couldn't get any better, they are also CRAFTY.

I love that word. In my book, it's right up there in the good friend check box along with "funny" and "non-judgemental"; which all of my lovely gal pals are. They are the kind of girls that will hang with you not only thru the thick and thin, but be on speed dial to go and get a pedicure with you, help you laugh at your worst mothering experiences, try to soothe your tears with a frappacino, and bail you out of jail, if you if should ever need it. (Remember that "non-judgemental" part...?)

The other perk to having amazing friends is seeing them create cool and amazing stuff like this:

My talented friend made this from an 80 year old screen door she found on her family's old homestead. She brought it home and had her handy hubby lightly sand the ruff bits and then sealed it with a couple of coats of polyurethane.

Next she got some metal sheeting to use for three magnetic memo boards and gave each one a border using scrapbook paper and adhevisive. She then created a chore/behavoir chart for her kiddos on one of the panels by using a paint pen, which you can find at any craft store.

For a cool final touch she had a family friend laser cut the top memo sheet with their family name and the year they were married. She used eye hooks and chain from a home improvement store to hang the boards all together and then mounted the whole thing on the wall.

How cool is this?! I'm scrounging around for an old door as we speak.

Thanks Mystie for sharing!

~Angela

P.S. Take a peak at how she made her little girls butterfly wings with some paint, wire hangers, and a pair of nylons! We will beg her to share this project with us on another day.

Summer Shack > DIY Water Ski Towel Hooks

Did anyone notice that the first day of summer was yesterday, or the day before or a couple of days ago?  Okay, I know I just gave you almost no useable information except that summer has officially begun, I just don't know when and am too lazy to look it up.  


I just looked it up and I stand corrected, the first day of summer is tomorrow.  Now I have nothing to say cause I was going to wax poetic about the summers of my childhood and how warm the summers were when my children were young.


All that was going to be a build up to:


The summer's were so hot back in the day that we would spend almost every evening after work and weekends on the river with my sister-in-law, her husband and all our kids.  Our kids all learned how to water ski, kneeboard, and tube.  This was before wakeboards, so everyone water skied.  I feel so sad for those poor lonely water skis.  You hardly ever see them out on the river now.  


Where I do see a lot of water skis are at thrift stores and at yard sales,  When I see them, it always brings back so many great memories of hanging at the river!  For Mother's Day last year, my son took our poor, sad, lonely water skis and made outdoor towel racks for the pool towels!

Upcycled Water Skis

Here's some more ideas:

seibelsblog.blogspot.com

alifesdesign.blogspot.com

pinterest.com

Next time your out and about and you see some poor lonely water skis, grab them and give them a new home and a new purpose!


~ Laurie