Klepto Files: Second Edition
A few of the steal-worthy ideas I saw this week …
My friends at Prudent Baby showed up on Hostess with the Mostess and this super-cute tutorial for Mod Podge Coasters. Love!
My friend Bonnie’s blog got me turned on to Flourish Design. This is the post that won me over. Why doesn’t my house look more like that? Love that cream dresser with dark pulls. Hmmmm ….
There are some really gorgeous photographs on One King’s Lane this week by Marcella Echavarria. The one below is stand-out. One King’s Lane is such a daily addiction … and this week I ordered a blue and white garden stool for our living room with a $25 credit that was burning a hole in my pocket! Pics forthcoming …
You know I love Miss Mustard Seed? She’s doing an awesome give-away. It’s a box FULL of fantastic antique stuff. A whole box! Check it out. And congrats to her on 2000 followers!
My friend Eleanor gave me a beautiful Pewter spoon when I was the Maid of Honor in her wedding years ago. It’s monogrammed with a B for my maiden name and it’s way too pretty to stay in a drawer. Love this idea! Think just one would be too boring?
Eons ago, my friend Katie Hitt snapped this pic for me at a Flea Market and said that these were selling for $199 each! She rightly thinks that they could be modified to fit nearly any decor. I was thinking of a slim, gold-leaf frame and mounted on a simple linen background. Would a soft lilac be interesting in a room with dark walls and lots of blue & white? I’d love to introduce another unexpected color for accent but just don’t know what …
That’s it for this week!
posted by Julia on Aug 1st, 2010 in Crafting, Decorating, Klepto Files
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I love your concept for a blog and honesty about a bit of creative plagiarism! I am a tiny bit geared that way too; why come up with your own ideas when everybody elses are right there for the the taking?!!?
So how do those spoons stay in the frames? Do they have to be glued?
Nope, doesn’t seem like they do! Here’s the post from that blog: http://www.aperfectgray.com/2010/07/silverware-collection.html She says she uses cardboard, batting, and then a heavy fabric to cover the backing of the frame and then secures the silverware with heavy, clear fishing line. Can’t be too hard, right?
So….the spoons. I had some of the ones in your silver drawer that have strange shapes and flowers on the hanldes in a rack years ago. They may do or……Another good collectors item to start watching out for. Tell your MOM!! Maybe it will be antique spoons instead of bunnies!! They are pretty!!