Recycled wood birdhouse

My friend and I decided to build a whimsy birdhouse one day and this is the place so far. The front, back and bottom are made with a cedar plank from an old garden planter. It was cleaned then ran through a planer that we have. The roof was made with the redwood lattice that was cut out of yurt to put in windows. The lattice was cut apart the cut into 1/2" strips that were then cut into 1/4" thick pieces. Last but not least the door and window frame were made from old dowels 1/4" dowels that were cut in half. 

It is not water proof but is going to be hung under our homes eaves. 

I love the way it is coming out.

Corset back dresses

 This custom made black dress came from a pattern I purchased from a gal called Pineapple Pop. I can't believe I took her dress design and made it our of all recycled fabric. Sometimes you have to wait a little bit of time until you find the perfect fabric but when it is done you will even amaze yourself.
I would highly recommend the Pineapple Pop patterns.

Re-usable bags made with recycled materials

I have an obsession with re usable, made with recycled fabric bags. I thought I had made a few but my few is turning out to be many. I have given many away but I have my favorites that I use for everything. All my bags can carry at least 2 gallons of milk. The red/ white striped one in the middle is the perfect size for bringing your lunch to work. 
All the large bags have a recycled piece of corrugated plastic in the bottom for extra strength and is easy to wash with some soap and water. 

Lake Tahoe art with a 1947 newpaper

We found a newspaper from Thursday Sept. 4, 1947 and had to find something awesome to use it for.

So my hubby grabbed a piece of wood left over from another project and went to work. The next thing you know he has Lake Tahoe cut out. 

So I grabbed the old newspaper and decided to highlight it on his piece.

The piece came out amazing. 

Lake Tahoe serving tray

We had a boring old serving tray that had been in our home for a while and was well loved and used. 

SOOOOOO my hubby grabbed some brown paper bags, Elmers glue, a sharpie and some paint and made it into an amazing pise of functional art. 

A bonus is that is that it has the main roads of Tahoe on it.

It has many coats of polyurethane on it to protect the artwork.

Lake Tahoe Guitar

My husband was given a non-working guitar. So he worked worked his magic on it and then the picture came :-)

My husband LOVES to draw and doodle. This one came out amazing, a piece of art that you can use !!!!

Pill bottle veggie garden markers

While getting ready to plant some seeds in the mini greenhouse my hubby made me I was trying to figure out a way to mark my veggies. So I did 2 things. The 1st things was to save all out toilet paper cardboard tubes. Then I put them in the soil and planted my seeds in the middle of the tubes. This way was things grow if it is outside a tube it is most likely a weeds and the worms love eating them, 

The second thing was to grab my old pill bottles and some skewers. I drilled a little hole in the bottle of each bottle and then put it on a skewer. I then wrote the name of the plant on a scrap piece of paper and put that in the bottle then the lid. All done just put the skewer in the dirt to identify your plants. 

Now I realize I can write the main info on the paper inside also, things like watering, feeding, harvest days etc.