Category Archives: Cheap to Choice

I’ve been framed.

Ooooooohhhhhhh I love vintage children’s books. Textbooks, picture books, storybooks… I buy them anytime I see them. And then I stack them in my craft room, where they grow older and dustier every day. Now that I’ve got my booth (!!!), I thought it was a perfect time time try a few projects that I’ve...

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Let’s shed a little light, shall we?

Look. A Chicago winter is endless. We have nothing but miserable, grey skies to look forward to from now until May. Cold, dreary mornings, colder, drearier evenings, and dark as midnight at 4 pm. I can accept that. But how unfair is it that it’s been raining, gray, and miserable for what seems like twelve...

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The Great Chair Makeover of 2009.

So, I found four of these in the alley last week while I was yard salingĀ  (Saling? Sailing? Which is correct?). They had the magic sign on them: FREE. Did they take twenty minutes of twisting, turning, and lifting to wedge them in the back of the Forester? Yes. Was it worth it? YES. At...

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