Shoe Storage

 

I needed a simple way to manage some shoes and decided to go with plastic boxes, despite the fun ideas on Pinterest. I drilled air holes in a few places and added the photos in front to help me identify one black pair from another. It works!

 

It's worth the time and effort to add the photo. Also a great time to sort out shoes for give-away and clean up the ones you are keeping.

 

Simple Driftwood Sculptures

I love to gather driftwood when I visit the coast. It's a free, light weight sculpture medium with loads of character. All you need is:

wood
wire or string of some durable sort
a drill
extra beads, shells, stones if desired



For this one on the right, I put 2 little pearls of different colors between the sticks. I generally always use copper wire just because I like how it looks. Even the really thin stuff holds up in a Montana winter. 




This one used up all my sticks with elbows and twists. I love the way they intersect and intentionally left out the spacer beads.

Look for fun bottom pieces when you are gathering. Note the beautiful grain on this one.























I used a nice curved piece for the top on this one.
The drilled holes are in the middle and allow the individual sticks to move. They find their own happy place that way. If you drill two holes and use two wires you can make them line up as you wish.
















Flat pieces are fun to piece together, too. Add a few odd shapes in for interest

Have fun gathering wood and sculpting!

Up-Cycled Side Yard

Just wanted to share my garden...

The Up-cycled Skirt

This project was a happy mistake. I cut the bottom off a tired old denim skirt and intended to replace it with a swirl of bright colored fabric. OOPs! I sewed it on inside out. Then I decided I liked it this way and left the raw denim edge intentionally. It will fluff up with wash and wear. I also put the hem to the outside so the fun fabric got its chance to be seen.