Everyday Treasures II

Everyday Treasures is a vintage, previously loved, handmade, and or altered, antique mall.  It has about twenty vendors and it's located in Roy, Utah.

 

It has something for everyone.

 

Banners, aprons, quilts...

 

 

 

Painted furniture...

 

 

 

Dishes, teacups, kitchenware...

 

 

 

 

 

Cute things...

 

 

 

Things for St Patrick's Day...

 

 

 

 

And Mother's Day...

 

 

 

 

Need a little table or lamp?

 

 

 

Or a birthday present?

 

 

 

How about a house for the birds?

 

Or a bird?

 

 

 

Barbie doll clothes or little hand made dresses?

 

 

 

 

Or a gift for one of your friends?

 

 

I'm sure you can find what you need at Everyday Treasures.

Dollar Store Polka Dot Glasses

 

 

Everything's A Dollar

 

at the Dollar Store!

Edited to say:
I got them at the Dollar Tree! 



Gilded Christmas Box

 

When we were in California last month visiting our daughter #2 and her family, the visit happened to coincide with a class

that the talented Paula Cheney was teaching. So daughter #2 and I signed up for her Gilded Christmas Box class.  Paula is a designer with the fabulous Tim Holtz!   It was held in the

adorable little shop, Paper Tales, in San Diego. 

 

It was so much fun visiting with Paula and her niece Courtney!

We've known them both for a zillion years.

 

And it was so much fun having a craft day with daughter #2!

 

The visiting with our friends was fun but this was the end product of this fabulous class. 

 

 

 

It started out as a plain brown chipboard box.  I'm pretty sure you can find them at any craft store that carries Tim Holtz products.

 

 

 

Look at all the details.

 

 

We embellished the heck out of every single adorable piece.

 



 

 

It even has a little lantern that lights up!

 

 

We learned some new techniques like how to use alcohol inks and we met some nice

ladies who also took this fun class.

 



 

 

Super fun day!

 

Super cute project!

 

If you ever have a chance to take a class from Paula do it!

 

She travels all over the world teaching different projects featuring

Tim Holtz products.   So maybe she'll come to a paper store near you!

Painted White Frames and Christmas Procrastinating

This is the extent of my Christmas decorating so far this year.

 

A few garlands tossed on the floor.

And a few other treasures sitting around on tables waiting to find their perfect place.

 



 

So instead of Christmas decorating I thought I'd show you my

white empty frame wall that I put together a couple of weeks ago.

 

 

I can't stand seeing an empty wall and this seemed like the perfect solution.

 

Please note the empty shelf that will get filled up with Christmas

very soon now.  I hope.

I've been gathering frames for a while, painted up a few, and

 

hung them on the wall with a plate and an ampersand.

 



 

 

Love the carved frames.  I think you can really see their details

when you give them a coat of paint.

 

Paperwhite update:

 

They're blooming!

 

A little early.



They turned out to be Thanksgiving Paperwhites!

 



 

 



Wood and Fabric Pumpkin Crafting

I've been in the crafting mood lately so I've

been checking out blogs and Pinterest for some fun ideas.

 

One of the fun (and easy) projects I decided to make are

these wood and fabric pumpkins.

 

There's a nice tutorial here. http://www.the36thavenue.com/2013/10/diy-pumpkin-tutorial.html

 

They were lots of fun to make.

 

 

I already had the wood from our bookcase project.

 

And some of the fabric.  But I did buy a couple of fat quarters.  I love to buy fat quarters.  Well, I love to buy fabric. 

 

The leaves came from

an old arrangement from way back when that had seen better days.

 

(Recycle!!)

 

And the stems came from my backyard.

 

 

I think they turned out pretty cute. 

A Living Room Makeover

Daughter #2's new living room.

 

Sofa from Costco (!)

 

She made the slipcovers for the chairs.

 

And the pillows.

 

 

 

 

 



Cabinet on the right is part of her husband's grandmother's antique dining room set.

I think she did a great job on it.

 

Very calming and serene.

 

 

I just wish she didn't live four states away.

New Shoes

Red and white polka dots

 

Little red bow.

 

Target clearance.

 

 

 

 

 

Pretty darn cute.

Living Room Makeover

Even though we're right in the middle of a handful of big projects,

I've started gathering things for a living room makeover.

 

 

 

Walls and a table need to be painted.

 

I'm looking for an area rug.

 

Curtains need to be sewn.

 

We're admiring crown molding designs.

 

We just got this chair back from the upholsterer.

 

I'm LOVING that fabric!

 

 

Black and cream buffalo check fabric for the love seat that's still

being worked on.

 

Looking forward to seeing how it all comes together.

 



Vintage Chandelier Makeover

 

 

I've been looking for a vintage chandelier for our #2 daughter's dining room for several years.

 

I've found a few but they're either too expensive or in really bad shape. 

 

Last weekend I finally found one that looked promising.

 

I was pretty sure we could clean it up and

get it working. We've had a couple of rainy, muddy days so we couldn't do

much of anything in the yard.  Perfect weather for a little inside-the-house project.

 

 

 



I hope that in a few days it will look like the one hanging in our entry.

I'll show you when it's done.

Polka Dot Cups

I found these polka dot cups at Homegoods the other day.

 

I love Homegoods.

 

I really love polka dots.  Especially red and white polka dots.

 

They're big.  Perfect for holding soup or hot chocolate on a cold winter morning.

 

Plenty of room for lots of whipped cream or a giant marshmallow.

 

But most importantly they look so good in my kitchen cupboard.

 

 

Don't they just make you happy?

Pretty Pallets

 

Last week we visited our local garden center and

saw this adorable idea.

 

Painted pallets and big metal flowers.

 

Just perfect for the first day of May.

 

 

 

Kind of cute.

 

I'm trying to figure out where I could put one.

 

J and J Garden Center

Layton, Utah