a ladder in the living room

yeah...  its been awhile since I've blogged. But here I am, back in the game!
I thought this was good enough to share.

I got this old ladder from a friend and have had it in the basement waiting for its big chance to show off its beauty.
Thank heaven for high ceilings cause this ladder is tall!

Now that it is filled with vintage goodies and family photos it is looking wonderful.

linking here Miss Mustardseed

"vintage" baby shoes

ever since I saw this tutorial, I had a bug to do this project.

As soon as I could I went to my local thrift stores on the hunt for baby shoes.

Lucky me, I found these, for $2.99.

after beating them with a rock (seriously) and doing some bending and twisting of them, I proceeded to age them with a combination of Tim Holtz distress inks and a Ralph Lauren smoke glaze that I have from my furniture projects.

Now they look like this. I am going to give this shoe to my niece who has a little guy named Aiden.

junkbonanza 2009

so, yesterday my friend Sooz and I went to junkbonanza at Canterbury Park. It was SO fun, I love those kind of events and I got some great stuff.

My fave is this window screen. I have the perfect spot for it and just need to get it hung. Sorry for the crappy picture, I had to take it with my phone and photography isn't one of my better skills right now, though I am working to improve that......

jewelry window

I have been away a long time. I am not a great blogger, but am working to become better.

This post is to link to Kimba's DIY day.

I did not do a before picture, but I think you can get the idea.

This is an old window frame that I've had around for years, waiting for me to get off my butt and do the project, well, I finally did just that.

It was white, but I sanded it down and painted it a blue-ish color that I like. I had some "rat-wire" hanging around the garage from a garden project so I cut that to fit the window openings, stapled it in and (with my son's help) hung it on the wall.

now I can see all my jewelry choices at once. I plan to add a little mirror to the side.

Thanks for looking!