Approximately 2 years ago, my close friend & I decided to try
our hand at selling some of our creativity. We'd been scrap-booking
together for ages & then we became Pinterested.......which
helped inspire us on sooooooooo many levels as well as made us ask the
other a bazillion+1 times regarding various projects we'd pinned "why
didn't we think of that???!!!"
Several hundreds upon maybe even thousands of pins later & countless hours of oogling over scads of images got our creative juices flowing like the grand rapids. We began hitting thrift stores, garage sales, & estate sales in search of buried & dusty treasures. Sometimes we got super duper lucky......sometimes we found odds & ends we knew we could use to finish a project.......and sometimes we didn't find squat. But, we always had some good ole' fashioned sister bonding time :)
We've been into the upcycling craze for a while now. I've gotten friendly with an electric sander in my shop which has led me to become pretty handy with all kinds of techniques like antiquing, glazing, distressing, & waxing. I've gone to work more than once at my real jobs with traces of paint, stain, or wax peeking out from under my nails or embedded in my cuticles - thank God for mineral spirits & lacquer thinner!
Today, we have our upcycled & hand crafted goodies in a couple of places locally. We are constantly on the lookout for hip, slick, & cool ideas......here are a few things we've sold in our booths.......
Several hundreds upon maybe even thousands of pins later & countless hours of oogling over scads of images got our creative juices flowing like the grand rapids. We began hitting thrift stores, garage sales, & estate sales in search of buried & dusty treasures. Sometimes we got super duper lucky......sometimes we found odds & ends we knew we could use to finish a project.......and sometimes we didn't find squat. But, we always had some good ole' fashioned sister bonding time :)
We've been into the upcycling craze for a while now. I've gotten friendly with an electric sander in my shop which has led me to become pretty handy with all kinds of techniques like antiquing, glazing, distressing, & waxing. I've gone to work more than once at my real jobs with traces of paint, stain, or wax peeking out from under my nails or embedded in my cuticles - thank God for mineral spirits & lacquer thinner!
Today, we have our upcycled & hand crafted goodies in a couple of places locally. We are constantly on the lookout for hip, slick, & cool ideas......here are a few things we've sold in our booths.......
I picked this table up at a garage sale for cheap cheap cheap....
