Dumpster Diving

Last year my husband and I put our focus on the outside entertainment areas of our house.  We put down a patio with a swing and colorful chairs, a walkway to the pool, had a friend help with landscaping, and filled in an open peak on the front of the house.  A lot of work, but all worth it!! For the entertaining areas, I really had wicker furniture in mind.  We looked at a few stores for a set to purchase, but none of them were to my liking.  I was wanting to go for the colorful, kind of hodge-podge look.  So the next step was visiting yard sales and resale shops to look for wicker furniture.  We searched, and searched, and searched!! We did not find one single piece of wicker furniture last year- not one piece the entire year! However, I am happy to announce this year has been a completely different story!! It seems this is the year for my neighbors to just throw away all of their wicker pieces!!  Nothing like a check to your pride, but yes, I went through so many of my neighbors garbage! From doing this, I have no acquired FIVE pieces of wicker and could not be more ExCiTeD!! It is important to check the stability of these items and have a good idea of what you want the outcome to be- or else you are just collecting other people's trash :)

From the dumpster dive, I have created a nice sitting area of  my colorful wicker furniture.  Below you will find pictures of my first chair that was refinished and now nicely "sparkles"!

From the Beginning

Welcome to my blog!! For sometime I have been tossing the idea of starting a blog around in my mind, but was not entirely sure what I would share with the world :) Then the ideas started pouring in...I would share my crafty side to the world.  This maybe like other blogs you currently follow; however, I hope to make this as original, creative, helpful, inspiring, and fun as possible!

A little on my background.  I am by no means an expert in the crafts department, but I sure do enjoy trying anything new!  My interests in arts and crafts started when I was in the 6th grade and have continued to grow since.  I must say, after looking at my artwork from the the 6th grade, my abilities have been greatly enhanced!  I have worked on crafts such as canvas painting, wall paintings, interior decorating, outdoor landscaping, refurnishing furniture, and sewing - just to name a few.  The ideas come in no order or specific way...sometimes I will go weeks without a new creative idea and sometimes I have too many going through my mind at once.  When creating crafts, I like to keep the monetary expense to a bare minimum. To do this, one has to be creative with the household items they may already have, being creative with flea market finds, or find the neighbor that throws away the "nice" items....No, this is not a joke! (In a later post, I will share the results of my dumpster dive)

I hope you enjoy the blog and stop by often!!