A Diamond in the Stuff» junk http://adiamondinthestuff.com Mon, 14 Jul 2014 11:00:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.1 Thrifty Thursday #59 http://adiamondinthestuff.com/2014/04/thrifty-thursday-59.html http://adiamondinthestuff.com/2014/04/thrifty-thursday-59.html#comments Thu, 03 Apr 2014 11:00:34 +0000 http://adiamondinthestuff.com/?p=2971 Thrifty Thursday Finds

So it’s been about forever since I’ve posted some Thrifty Thursday finds.

That is mostly because I haven’t been finding a whole lot of awesome thrifty goodies lately. However when people know you have a love affair with junk somehow it finds it’s way to you. My husband’s father is working on an old house and has accumulated a lot of “junk”. I of course made sure that he knew, to me it wasn’t junk! A few weeks ago a big junk pile made its way to me.

Thrifty Thursday Finds

Check out all this window and door goodness!!! There are varying degrees of condition in there….some glass panes broken or missing….and lots and lots of dirt. I’m sure to some people this just looks like a huge pile of trash….to me it’s endless possibilities!

Thrifty Thursday Finds

The other pile of goodies that my father in law brought were these old banister spindles. Awesome right? Ok so I think so. My hubby sides more with a pile of junk….but I see possibilities! My first thought: candle holders. Other than that, I’m stumped. However, I’m super excited to have some fun with them.

So what ideas do you have for these thrifty goodies?

Thrifty Thursday Finds

Of course I also recently scored this amazing old drop leaf farm table. I already gave it a beautiful makeover that you can see HERE.

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Tiered Urn Flower Pot

Earlier this week I shared how I created these Tiered Urn Flower Pots.  In 4 easy steps I brightened my front porch and officially welcomed Spring. See how I did it HERE.

Tiered Urn Flower Pot

]]> http://adiamondinthestuff.com/2014/04/thrifty-thursday-59.html/feed 10 Junk into Topiaries http://adiamondinthestuff.com/2011/03/junk-into-topiaries.html http://adiamondinthestuff.com/2011/03/junk-into-topiaries.html#comments Wed, 02 Mar 2011 13:31:00 +0000 http://174.132.189.156/~adits/2011/03/junk-into-topiaries.html It’s time for Spring, even if Spring doesn’t know it yet! I guess I really can’t complain, with our lows in the 30′s I know it could be a LOT worse! Still, I am so in the mood for warm weather and beautiful springy colors! Let the Spring projects begin!
I bought these gold urns at a thrift store, as I was paying for them the cashier broke one. She felt so bad, she obviously didn’t know that something as little as this wouldn’t stop me! I got a discount out of it though!
A little bit of Gorilla Epoxy to glue the pieces back together and we were back in business. I used some Gorilla Tape to clamp the pieces together until the epoxy was good and dry. I gave them a paint job, flat black would work much better than shiny gold!
After I found a couple sticks that would work I assembled the topiaries. I purchased the moss balls from Michael’s. They were only $1 more than a plain styrofoam ball, add in a coupon and  it’s not too bad.
Here they are on top of my hutch. As you can see I’ve started breaking out my other Spring decor as well. I think it will take some tweaking before I figure out how I want everything in the new house.
They look super cute next to the moss monogram art. I don’t know that they will stay here though….but for now it’s their home.
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