One woman's quest to salvage the world's castoffs, lock, stock and bauble
Welcome to the new, improved Wisconsin Magpie. The blog, that is, not the blogger. Sadly, I am still the same old angst-ridden, out-of-shape, puddle of indecision and self-doubt that I have always been. But the blog is all bright and shiny and new, thanks to a move from an antiquated beginner-level Blogger template to a …
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Here's a little post on something I don't do often enough: polishing my shoes. In our throw-away world, we tend to just toss things out once they start getting battered and worn. But a little polish can make your old shoes look new again and actually preserve the leather. Plus, shoe polishing is good for …
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Hello, Blog! I've missed you. Sorry I neglected you for so long, but it couldn't be helped. In the past month and a half, I've changed jobs, taken a night class and finally, after seven productive years together, had to watch my vintage 2008 Windows Vista PC die a slow, painful, lingering death. The old …
It's taken about three weeks, but I finally have art up on the wall in my upstairs hallway. Here's what the hallway looked like before. It's right at the top of our stairs, and I always felt like it would be perfect for a gallery wall but I just never got around to making a …
I had the day off of work last Friday and just one thing I wanted to accomplish: (finally) hang some art on the empty wall in our upstairs hallway. All of the photos in this post are of thrift store paintings, kids' art and mementos of our travels that I've collected and (sadly) stored in …