Category: collect

• Upcycling – Gran’s candle stick and plate become Heidi’s cupcake stand

  If you play around on Pinterest (especially in the the DIY and crafty areas) you would most certainly have stumbled across the use of old plates or pie tins and candle sticks to make a cupcake stand. Let’s face it, we all have old plates and candle sticks ‘floating’ around the house, that we NEVER…

  belindalangler

  March 22, 2012

  Antique, cake, cake decorating, Christmas, collect, Cooking, Creative, dessert, Interior Decoration, Kitchen, Sweet, Transformation

  cake, candle sticks, cupcake, painting, thrift, transform, trash to treasure, upcycling

• From garbage to gorgeous – transforming a three panel screen

  I stumbled across this rattan screen about 4 years ago. It was 7.30am, I was driving to work… my attention was drawn to a skip sitting outside a house in our street. Sticking out the top of the skip was a small portion of this rattan screen/room divider – It looked promising! So much so,…

  belindalangler

  November 7, 2011

  collect, Creative, Furniture, Interior Decoration, paper, paper, patterns, restore, Transformation, Wallpaper, Wood

  divider, frame, garbage, junk, panel, restore, room, screen, three, transform, upcycling, vintage, Wallpaper, wood

• Upcycling – old book pages for a bunting

  I love old books and magazines – it’s our history documented. They should not be kept in the back of the attic, or discarded – we should be reminded of our past, and how things used to be. I have a collection of old magazines and books from various places… I don’t go specifically looking…

  belindalangler

  March 20, 2011

  Animals, Antique, Art, Birds, books, butterfly, Collage, collect, Interior Decoration, kids rooms, nursery, pages, paper, paper

  Animals, books, bunting, butterflies, decor, Interior, interior decorating, kids, magazines, nursery, pages, paint, string, wall

• Robin Red Breast (seed pod) Mobile

  

  I was at mum’s the other day, and on the book shelf were these little, coloured birds placed in an ornamental tree – on closer inspection I realised that these little birds were made from seed pods! Bernice then took over, and began demanding answers – who made those birds? Where did the seed pods…

  belindalangler

  February 25, 2011

  Animals, Art, Birds, collect, Interior Decoration, kids rooms, Material, mobile, nursery, paper, paper, Sewing, Transformation, Wood

  bird, Birds, craft, decoration, decore, dowel sticks, glue, interior decorating, kids, kurrajong, Material, mobile, nursery, red, robin red breast, room, satin, seed pod, sewing, stuffing

• My Footpath find – trash to treasure (chair transformation)

  

  My husband and I were driving home after a lazy Sunday breakfast when he was hit with ‘Stop, reverse the car’. I had spotted 2 potential outdoor chairs (which we needed to complete our new deck). These chairs were sitting on the footpath (hard rubbish for anyone who is game), about 30m down a side…

  belindalangler

  March 29, 2010

  Antique, Chair, collect, Furniture, restore

  Chair, find, footpath, Furniture, hard rubbish, junk, outdoor, reclaim, recycle, restore, sand, sanding, upcycle, wood, wooden

• The Junk Company… where you can find a hidden treasure

  I only stumbled across The Junk Company recently, and have now placed it on my (long) list of places I must visit frequently to check for any new items. Visit their website here. I can’t explain the feeling I get as I approach an antique shop, or any kind of junk/vintage style shop. It is…

  belindalangler

  March 23, 2010

  Antique, collect, feature, Garden, gnome, Kitchen, kitchenalia, Uncategorized, utensils

  Antique, collectors, globe, gnome, junk, melbourne, old, suitcase, the junk company, vintage