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Corn Husks and Acorn Caps Sunflower Wreath

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Corn Husks and Acorn Caps Sunflower Wreath I've seen some wreaths on Pinterest constructed out of corn husks and pine cones.  They are so cute and resemble one of my favorite flowers, sunflowers. Today after returning home from babysitting my grandchildren for a few days, I was itching to make something. I remembered I had dried corn husks from the summer and thought about the sunflower door decoration.  I didn't have any pine cones but I did have a small collection of acorn caps.  As usual, I'm always trying to make decor out of things I've collected from nature, and re-purposing is always top on the list.  I was not going to buy a wreath form so I made one. All you need for this quick and free wreath project: Scissors Glue gun Glue sticks Clean dry food trays (or a wreath form) Corn husks Acorn caps The first thing I did was cut two circles  about 8" in diameter out of  two large food trays. I save the trays whenever I get them because I use
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Junk Trunk to Coffee Table....Easy!

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Good Morning! I am happy to share my DIY   coffee table project. I hope you like it! I have a beautiful glass-topped and metal base coffee table that I somehow manage to bang my shin into every.single.day.  No joke.  My left leg looks like I was in ten rounds with a dragon.  I decided to buy a new coffee table, preferably one with storage for my driftwood hoarding problem. The only thing stopping me was that I'm always "funds-impaired." I saw a pretty rough footlocker/trunk for sale on Facebook's "Marketplace." Luckily it was still available for the bargain price of $5.00.  SCORE!!  I brought it home.  The black fabric covering it was torn in places and it was missing a portion of the locking latch. Big deal.  If your friends comes over and notices a missing portion of the locking latch on your footlocker/trunk coffee table, they aren't your friends! Here is the footlocker before:  I can see in my head what it's going t
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Platform Bed

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I have a very small bedroom and a very large driftwood collection.  You see, I'm an artsy type.  I craft sculptures and home dec items out of shells, seaweed and driftwood.  I have sorted all of my supplies and have them stored in various sized plastic bins.  One day, it all got to be too much. I basically couldnt walk in my bedroom. But I couldn't work out of my basement because it's HUGE SPIDER CENTRAL.  Gross! I was also tired of lugging everything out of my bedroom into the kitchen in order to work the counter.  This became problematic for my housemate also, who took exception to my half finished projects lying about so that he was unable to use the stove.  LOL I had a beautiful four post bed that took up 60% of the floor space.  It had to go. I did some research on Youtube on how to construct a simple platform bed. I modified the legs of that project and made my new platform bed's legs four feet tall instead of 13" tall.  With all that room underneath
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Little Brown Blah to Coastal Glam

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Hello, gentle readers! Please be aware:  My blog contains adult subject matter   i.e.  occasional colorful language, references to wine, and perhaps a photo of a DIY injury or some such other nonsense. LITTLE BROWN BLAH TO COASTAL GLAM I have had these two small cubed trunk end tables for twelve years.  I lent them to my son when he had his first apartment, but alas,  the cubes came home.  Not that there's anything wrong with them...but I'm just sick of BROWN.  They have a nice crocodile texture. I got them at HomeGoods on clearance since one is missing part of a latch.  Who cares?  For $30 each, I didn't.   And anyway let's face it....If a friend comes into your house and notices a missing latch on your end table, she's not your friend. So I agonized over what to do with these things, and it only got worse after I remade my awesome antique machinist's chest.  (that's another post) I googled TRUNK END TABLES and finally saw one that was whitish
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I'm Obsessed With Horseshoe Crabs

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I love horseshoe crabs. There. I said it.  People say that admitting you have a problem is half the battle.  If I admit I have probably fifty horseshoe crab molts (and some straight up preserved adult shells), the other half of the battle is won. I have them stored by size and condition. In large plastic bins.  Waiting for my brain to come up with stuff.  I have way too many ideas, but too many visitors (grandchildren, my adult children) to be able to go hog wild with my inventions. I don't want witnesses. These are the most remarkable creatures.  When it's molting time, or egg laying season, and I'm in my collecting mode, I hand the molts out to children passing by on the shoreline. I take every advantage to open a dialogue about the AWESOME AMAZING HORSESHOE CRAB!  But I'll go into that in another post.  For now, here are a few of my horseshoe crab home decor items that I've made, and sold. My "business" is called Bogtrotter Designs of Waves, W
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