Over the years, Mr. Seasongoods has become accustomed to scanning the curb for interesting “things” that could become blog projects for me- and just a few weeks ago, he came across a pair of these old, beat-up candle holder lanterns. Each one was reminiscent of an old style light post, and he was fairly convinced I could use them- so he loaded them up and drove them home.Read more ›
DIY Power Outage Lantern from a Broken Clock Cabinet
August 31, 2017 · By · 131 Comments
A funny thing happened to me on a thrifting adventure…I came across this…thing…and I just wasn’t sure what it was! But, I’m a repurposing blogger, so I bought it in case I had an idea. THEN, I found a second one that was more complete! Now I knew what it was…and I had two of them. But a project formed in my head- so I repurposed one and set the other aside to be given away!Read more ›
From Blah to Boo- A Halloween Lantern
October 13, 2016 · By · 50 Comments
Raise your hand if you had one of these “candle lanterns” in your house 30 years ago? I am 99% sure we had one in ours…so when I saw this one at the thrift store, I snapped it up because I had a Halloween idea in mind.Read more ›
Jack-o-Lamp: Salvaged Light Fixture “Pumpkin”
October 14, 2014 · By · 58 Comments
I’ve mentioned it before and I’ll mention it again- one of my favorite places to go for both crafting inspiration and supplies is Habitat ReStore. And for some reason this year, I can’t stop making Halloween décor using salvaged light fixtures.
First, I made Light Cover Ghosts.
And now? A light fixture Jack-o-Lamp!Read more ›
