FLEA MARKET STYLE MAGAZINE IS HERE!!

The UPS truck just pulled up in front of my house in Shakopee, Minnesota ---- DELIVERY!!!  Two boxes of FLEA MARKET STYLE MAGAZINES.  YEAH!

The magazine will be available at my next sale, in Carver, Minnesota, on February 17 through   February 19.  Stop by, shop and pick up a copy of this awesome publication!

Here is a sneak peak:

These are my original idea -- so excited that they made it in the magazine!

My friend, Pam and vintage eye glasses!

HOPE YOU ENJOYED YOUR SNEAK PEAK!   Sara

Paper --- It seems to be my obsession!!

Here are a few of the items that I have put together using old books.  Hope you enjoy them!

Sets of three coverless books tied together for shelf sitters.

Necklaces made from dictionary pages and old glass lenses.  I also made the necklace (on the top right side of my blog page) using paper shreds and a typewriter key. 

3-D.  I used an exacto knife on this old book to cut around these people and stand them up. 

Start shredding the old pages.  Shreds work great in bowls for filler.  Love these vintage cash register numbers.  Use paper shreds in your Easter basket this April; use when mailing a package instead of styrofoam peanuts!  Recycle, recycle, recycle. 

I've made Christmas ornaments, garland, paper cones filled with candy canes.

Made this necklace for my mom - she loves to do crossword puzzles every morning!

These are all the covers from the Readers Digest condensed books.

Last year, Bachmans needed an end table for their Idea House.  My husband helped me put this together.  We used a wood base and a bunch of coverless Readers Digest condensed books.  Doesn't it look great?  Always trying to think outside the box!  Just add a piece of glass to the top -- one of a kind.

Top view of the end table.

THANKS FOR STOPPING BY MY BLOG TO SEE WHAT I HAVE BEEN CREATING!
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Sara

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!

HOPE 2011 BRINGS YOU ALL THAT YOU WANT AND MORE!!

Enjoy!!   Sara

CHRISTMAS DAY 2010

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!  We celebrated with our kids and grandkids on Christmas Eve.  So much fun!!!!!

Here are a few pictures I snapped around my home on Christmas Day -- hope you enjoy them!

Two Lefton angel bells sitting on my kitchen windowsill.  I love their faces -- they always make me smile.

Our fluffy, white, Minnesota snow seemed like the perfect place to capture a photo of my three little angels.
Aren't they adorable?
The angel on the left has a sling shot hidden behind her back - check out the next photo.

Here is a slide projector reel with a mirror added to the back of it.
A great way to display your favorite vintage ornaments!

Funny!

LOVE aluminum christmas trees!

Meet HoHo.
My oldest sister made him for me when I was just a toddler.  He is in very loved condition! 

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL AND TO ALL A GOOD NIGHT!

NUMBERS

What's your favorite number?  Mine (as well as my two daughters) is number 3.  Not sure why, we just all like it.  This past year I noticed numbers everywhere.  Just take a look!

My husband's 1968 Chrysler Newport is parked in his garage (yes, his) with exactly 40,000 original miles on the odometer.  My junk is not suppose to be in that garage, but sometimes shows up there.  Yikes!

HOPE 2010 WAS A MEMORABLE NUMBER FOR ALL!  HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

LOOK FOR ART IN THE SIMPLE THINGS!

I have always been one who likes to take what I have and make it work.  I remember growing up on our farm in southwest Minnesota and digging around in our grove for items to use for decorating in my bedroom.  I once took 2 old tires and a board and made a desk out of them.  Not sure mom liked it too much, but she let me bring it in the house just the same.  Take what you have and flip it upside down -- who knows, you might find a whole new use for that treasure you have been holding on to!

Am loving the old books!  I've made book bundles for shelf sitters, wallpapered with book pages,  garland for my Christmas trees, necklaces from paper shreds, price tags, paper leaves for broken tree branches  Just can't get enough.  Who knows what lies ahead with the pages.  Time will tell.

Ordinary paint brushes become art!

HAPPY HOLIDAYS 2010

FROM MY HOME TO YOURS, "HAPPIEST OF HOLIDAYS.  THANK YOU ALL FOR A GREAT 2010!"

I'm dreaming of a White Christmas -- well, not anymore -- this past Saturday we got 21.5 inches of snow.  Welcome to Minnesota!!  Sara