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Category: crafts

Posted on April 8, 2020June 7, 2020

Making a miniature advertising mural

How do you make a big statement on a small barn? Paint a miniature advertising mural on it. This one is a replica of a mural on a barn in Dodge County.

Posted on March 28, 2020September 24, 2020

Decoupaged newspaper birds

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.

Posted on June 20, 2019September 24, 2020

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 …

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Posted on April 13, 2018September 24, 2020

Crafting | Newspaper chicks wreath

Hello, blog readers. I'm going back in time today to make a new home for some old friends. Loyal readers (with good memories) might remember the newspaper chicks I made back in 2015 by decoupaging newspaper onto some yellow plastic Easter chicks. Back then, I had them displayed under glass... .. and made them their …

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Posted on March 25, 2018July 6, 2020

Painting | A home address sign for the porch

Handmade black and white wooden home address sign painted with chalk paint

I made a new sign for my back porch. If you think it looks familiar ... ... it's because this is what's on the other side of it. I made the "noel" side of the sign back before Christmas (and blogged about it here.) After I put my holiday decorations away, my porch looked a …

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Posted on January 1, 2018August 29, 2018

Crafting | Snowflake snow hoops

I have somehow managed to acquire a small collection of both snowflake ornaments and vintage embroidery hoops.  So as I was packing away my Christmas decorations, I decided I'd put the two together to make a few flattened snow globes (or "snow hoops") that could hang around my house for the rest of the winter. …

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Welcome to Wisconsin Magpie. I’m Lisa, the creator of this site.

A history nerd and profligate collector, I spend way too much of my free time at thrift stores and garage sales, salvaging other people’s castoffs. When I’m home, I’m attempting to use power tools I have no idea how to operate and undertaking craft projects well beyond my skill level. Sometimes they actually turn out.

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