Fix it or Trash it: Project #3

Okay, I can't tell you how many I've crammed this hat from box to box. 7 + years. Somewhere around that amount of time, anyhow. I purchased it at a yard sale (as usual), with the intentions of "fixing it" (again, as usual). 

This was a project on my 2012: Creative Overdrive is On list to be done. Here's what it looked like in the beginning and then, my finished product:

Plain Old BORING Sunhat

FABULOUS Dark Blue Sunhat with White Pearls

Much better, I think! I feel like Miss Daisy in it! You think Andy will chauffeur me around?!?! Yeah, I know....my imagination gets carried away with me on a regular basis! 

2012: Creative Overdrive is On!

I've decided to set some creative goals for myself this year. I always tend to put off creative accomplishments. It's time to kick "it" in gear. Me being "it". I've got tons of unfinished projects waiting on me!!! They've been waiting for a while... I've got a whole year to finish these. 

Here goes:

• "Fix it or trash it" hat project (dyed, just needs pizzazz) 1/7/12
• Hannah's Headbands (pink and purple)
• Owl Purse
• Finish off-white Summer dress with brown, green and pink (dress almost sewn; need to add pizzazz)
• Bandanna Dress
• Finish at least 10 Welding Caps (patterns cut) 2015 I started a business  January 2015.
• Use the awesome red/yellow fabric that I picked up at Wal-Mart in Salisbury over the holidays (50's style dress?)
• Finish Ceramic Bowl (painted black; needs pattern painted and decoupage) 2/3/12 
  
• Finish Bird Bath (painted; needs to be grinded and attached) 3/23/15 
• Learn to knit (have the knitting needles; JUST NEED TO READ THE DIRECTIONS!!!!) 2013 (can't remember when but I did it & didn't like it)
• Upcycle broken Clock 1/14/12
• Find a creative use for all the CDs I need to get rid of!!!!

Wow, that's not so much! Only 12 things on my list, so that means, I could average one thing a month and be finished! 

I CAN DO THIS!

Time to get started! Wish me luck :)

Fix It or Trash It: Project #2

So, I bought this adorable vintage candy dispenser at a yard sale years ago. As a matter of fact, I couldn't tell you how many years ago it was. It has $3 on the bottom is Sharpie Pen, but I don't think I even paid that for it. I HAD to have it (if you're a yardsaler, you know that goes). It's been in pieces since I bought it, underneath my hutch. Since I've started couponing, I needed more room to stash my stockpile, so it was time to Fix It or Trash It! 

Owen loves marbles, but my feet do not! I had to find a home for the marbles and so it goes....

Fix It or Trash It: Project #1 Finished

Yard Sale Find: Before

I'm notorious for picking something up at a yard sale, Goodwill, Salvation Army or a local consignment  shop with the intentions (the best intentions) of "fixing" it and it making it mine. I've always had a knack for putting my spin on an otherwise unusable object. I used to make clothes for my Barbie Dolls out of my old clothes. The thing is, it takes me forever to get around to it; whatever it is!

I made a deal (with myself), fix it or throw it in the trash! Well, this is Project #1 and I think it turned out pretty cute. The frame was really cool, but just didn't measure up (to me) with plain wood. The plexi-glass is a little scratched up, but you really can't see it too bad. I painted the frame black, washed up the glass and inserted my favorite subject --- Owen.

Tadaaaaaaah!

Yard Sale Find: After

It only costed a couple of bucks and it's cute now! I've had this frame for five years or more, crammed into whatever space I could fit it in without bending it! Finally finished =)