Give A Man A Hammer...

Tell him the idea -- and voila!

R's oldest collected lightbulbs when we went to the Madaket Mall (a.k.a. the Nantucket transfer station) and gathered some lightbulbs hoping dad would be crafty with her. She had found this idea on the www. and was dying to make one. While the kids slept this morning, he got to work, wanting to surprise her for when she got up. The reaction? Two thumbs up.

Right now it's set into a small clear bowl to hold it upright, we're brainstorming to come up with a cool alternative made with found objects.

Vintage Cookie Tin Wreath

Isn't this great? A clever tin crafter's handiwork...

A friend did a clean out and let me go through the boxes before he haphazardly tossed them into the dumpster. There was a car load of salvageable items that I took with me, some to donate and some to use. It was perfect timing as I had not figured out, yet, what I was going to hang on my front door. Voila!

Vintage Craftyness...

...at it's best! This somewhat gaudy tassel is great! Who needs fancy yarns when you have a tea ball, sequins and some plastic beads? Ingenious!

This is a keeper...for now anyway. Anyone that knows me also knows that things come and go around here.

Glass beads and some silver or silverplate, played off this idea would be pretty and sparkly. Hmmmmm, the imagination is starting to whirl.