What to do when you're cooped up at home combatting a global pandemic? Give a couple of flocked birds a newspaper makeover. It won't cure the coronavirus, but at least it will help you forget about it for a little while.
Decoupaged newspaper birds
Meet Kermit the DIY Junk Turkey
Meet Junk Turkey No. 9. His body says mid-century modern, but his eyes scream Kermit the Frog.
Building junk turkey number 8
So much junk, so little time. Here's Turkey No. 8 in my junk turkey series. He's made from vintage kichenware, including pots, pans, pie tins, and a potato ricer.
Another upcycled turkey made out of thrift store junk
Nothing says "fall" like an upcycled turkey made out of thrift store junk. This one is built with an old colander, a battered pot and a garden sprinkler.
How to make easy concrete pumpkins
Make easy and inexpensive concrete pumpkins by putting a layer of Henry FeatherFinish skimcoat over Styrofoam pumpkins from a thrift store.
Building a junk turkey from thrift store parts
Junk turkey season is here! I'm digging into my cache of collected kitchen castoffs and assembling them into something resembling a Thanksgiving bird.
Vintage typewriter table gets a chalk paint update
A vintage typewriter table gets a modern farmhouse-style update with black chalk paint and grain sack stripes.
Giving an old hardware organizer a makeover
Underneath this cute little numbered drawer set was a sad plastic hardware organizer just waiting for a makeover.
Statue of Liberty sign for the porch
By now, my husband really should know better than to leave plywood laying around out in the open inside our garage where anybody who lives here can steal it. If he wants to keep the plywood for his own use he should hide it somewhere out of sight, amirite? Anyhoo, in a related matter, here's …
A miniature winter village of little white houses
Today's snowstorm kept me home from work and school and gave me a chance to finally finish a craft project I had started before Christmas: a mini winter village.