Category: Crafting

  • Upcycled Secretary Desk

    Upcycled Secretary Desk

    Do you love to upcycle furniture? My first upcycled furniture project was this Vintage Secretary Desk with a matching Nightstand. I love how a coat of paint transforms dark, blah wood into something visually appealing. I chose light sage green paint and rub-on decals with pink flowers, birds, and butterflies to bring more of nature’s…

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  • Crafting Nature-Themed Junk Journals

    Crafting Nature-Themed Junk Journals

    I finished the first of many Nature-Themed Junk Journals. Now I’m hooked! I craft handmade journals using vintage book pages, scrapbook paper, mulberry paper, coffee and tea-dyed paper, and recycled materials, such as brown paper bags, packaging, cardboard, magazines, and scrapbook papers. Learning to use tea and coffee to stain and paint acrylic on marble…

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