I'm Laptop Challenged

OK....

I admit it, I have no skill with this laptop!

I'm typing away, I look up at the screen and

my text is all jumbled up or completely gone.

It took me 30 minutes to write a simple Email last night.

My, oh my, very frustrating..

Things have been very weird around here of late but I'm

embracing the changes and trying to go with the flow!

 NOT!!!

Read,

  Terry is a control freak and does not

like change unless it is initiated by her!!!

 Anyway....

My shower curtain of 8 years really needed to go

but me being the frugal (cheapo) person I am

wanted something really cool at little to no cost.

I was browsing the recycle box at work

 and found a catalogue from Garnet Hill.

(Pricy clothing and home decor).

Spied this shower curtain ($78.00) and knew

I could replicate it at less than a third of the cost. 

 

Pricy Catalogue Curtain!

I already had the fabric,

the pink fabric was from a secondhand store score

and the peace sign fabric was purchased a few months ago at

Wally World for $1.50 a yard.

The floral top and bottom fabric
are leftovers from I don't know what!



That thing hanging in the middle is a lei

 from my sister's b-day party!

My Version

Close Up

I found a liner at Ross for $3.99 so now I'm good to go.

 Ivy and Spike like it,

but....

No Face, Jamaica and Voodoo Girl are noncommittal.

What do you think?

 

Till next time,

Bonjour

 

Neglect

I know....

I've been neglecting my blog!

That doesn't mean I've been lolling about doing nothing though.

I do have a few projects in the works!

Really, I do!

 Like this wrought iron sofa.

A guy I used to work with needed some trash hauled away and this sofa

and a matching chair were in the trash pile!

SCORE!!!

(Why we were hauling trash is a whole other blog post)!

Anyway,

Steve cut boards for the seats and I got busy with the paint.

I covered some bed pillows for the back cushions

and just used an old quilt for the seat cushions.

Well...

A few weeks ago I was at my local thrifty shop

and spotted these cushions in their trash.

Hum...

They were mine for the asking,

 and now I have comfy seat cushions for the sofa.

All I need to do is cover them.

One has a broken zipper but, I think I will cover them in the pillow sham style.

A little more fabric is required but the need for zippers is eliminated.

The back pillows will also receive a redo.

I'll post the results as soon as I finish.

 Till next time,

Bonjour.

Repurposing An Old BBQ Grill

So..

This photo was sent to me via E-mail from my stepdaughter Amber.
She pens the blog http://www.librarianismchronicles.blogspot.com/

filled with useful links, projects and info related to teaching lower grade students.

I'm pretty sure I wouldn't have thought of this and
I think it's truly a unique way to repurpose an old bbq grill.

She planted coconut thyme and spicy oregano in it, and since

both plants are creepers the space should fill in quite nicely.

Unfortunately her dogs have a tendency to pee on her plants

 so, this was her solution to the problem.

I say well done!!

What do you think?

If you have a repurposing idea, sewing project or recipe that you would

like featured here, just email me a picture and info 

to

 terryseeks@gmail.com

Till next time,

Bonjour

Projects



Stick Corral



SO...

My grandson Nate stays at our place on the weekends.
He is an avid stick collector, sticks in the toy box, sticks under the bed, sticks at the computer.... We needed a stick corral.



Cores wanting to be something

 

I work at a label Co., some of the paper arrives on big, round, heavy duty cores. Humm... I can do something with those soon to be in the dumpster cores.



I gathered up those puppies along with that square thingie with the hole in it. (square thingie was a divider in a box of paper) I intended to use those tuna fish cans as feet. (didn't work out) Well, with a little duct tape, a staple gun, glue, some fabric & ribbon & an old floor lamp, I got to work.                     



A little duct tape action



  I duck taped the cores together, varying the heights, stapled the fabric on & started the assembling. (Glued the fabric on the square thingie) The floor lamp acted as the base, next I slid the square thingie down the lamp pole. Now for the cores, I positioned them around the lamp pole then stapled some ribbon around to hold everything together. The floor lamp gave the whole thing stability.

VIOLA



Shelf riser

 The fabric used to be my sofa cushion covers & the lamp was here when we bought the place. The tuna cans got covered with fabric & now hold various things. I've also used this endless supply of cores for shelf risers on my desk. Used wallpaper from the thrift shop to cover them & added  a covered piece of plywood on top. 

Many possibilities for other projects.... These are really heavy duty, thick walled cores. Stacked up they remind me of pillars, if I had a need for a pillar.

I'm thinking..... cheese cloth dipped in plaster of paris applied to the outside, round wooden base screwed on, drawer knobs attached as feet, paint, pretty plate hot glued on top, some candles.... Maybe I have a need for a pillar after all.



Till next time...

Bonjour