Monday, September 9, 2013

Hang Onto Your Wooden Hangers to Upcycle Repurpose

                              Upcycled Wooden Hangers Decouped

                           Upcycled Vintage Wooden Hangers Into Towel Bars

                            Upcycled DIY Wooden Hangers Into Coat Rack

                                Upcycled Repurposed Wooden Hanger Gallery

Hang Onto Your Wooden Hangers to Upcycle, and Repurpose them. Such wonderfully neat, creative, do it yourself ideas being shared for those wooden hangers collecting dust in our homes.

How neat, and so many things you can do with those vintage wooden hangers that you are staring at, and thinking . . . should I keep them, what to do with them, throw them out, or better yet . . . What can I create with them? There are some different styles, and different sizes of those old wooden hangers that we either have, or we find when we are thrifting. Many times we look at them thinking I won't use those, or who uses these anymore? Like anything there is something that can be done to revive them with a new life for another purpose. 

As you can see from some of the pictures above a few ideas where shared by others on what to do with some of these old wooden hangers. You can decoupe them, make some towel bars with them, make a coat rack with them, paint them, use them in a photo gallery in your home, use them to make some wonderful upcycled lighting, I seen a dish rack made with some, and there are so many creative ideas being shared on the internet for us to get our own ideas. 

Don't you think these are neat? Is it something that you would have never maybe thought of? I know some of the ideas I seen I would have never guessed. I am thankful for those who share their skills, and ideas with us that we too can create such neat things. As always make sure to click the links under the pictures to take you to where you can either find some instructions, more ideas, and to have fun with too. 

It's great being back here with everyone! Thanks so much for sharing your time with LilacsNDreams. See you all again soon. Till the next time, have fun creating!

Sunday, September 8, 2013

Tuesday, September 3, 2013

LilacsNDreams Vintage Collectibles Handmade and Upcycled



Hello, and Welcome back to LilacsNDreams everyone! Wow! I truly have been gone a little longer than I thought I would, or anticipated. I have dropped by now, and then to catch up on things. Can't ever stay away from here completely you know. 

I do hope everyone had a wonderful Labor Day Weekend. Now, is everyone getting ready for the seasonal changes, and the holidays with their online shops or brick and mortar stores? During this time I thought I would do a lot more than I did with crafting, shopping, and of course am disappointed that I did not. But, it felt good to take some long needed time away, sort through a few other things, and to come back here raring to go again!

I enjoy offering vintage collectibles, handmade, upcycled, repurposed, and homemade for your home decor, for those cottage homes, to add a touch of maybe retro or vintage in the home, and upycling pieces to better blend with your lifestyles. I still offer my items at Ebay when they run listing specials. I much prefer either Ecrater, or Etsy myself. But, with selling online you work with what is all available to you, right? I have work to do with Ecrater, and Etsy adjusting prices, freshening up some pictures, and of course adding in more treasures offered too. It's always a working progress, don't you agree?

It's Tuesday, and I hope everyone is able to get back into the routine of things after the long holiday weekend. Time of year with seasonal changes, getting ready for the big holidays, kids are back into school or college, and some of us have just a little more Me time too. 

Thanks again for visiting with LilacsNDreams, and hope to see you again soon. Toodles . . . . . . . . 

Monday, August 26, 2013

Welcome to LilacsNDreams Site

Hot! Hot! Hot! Whew, has it gotten hot around here again, and humid too! Good thing the a/c was juiced last week because it has been working over time since then.

So, how has everyone been? Hope ya'll had a great weekend. How about this next weekend? Any big plans for the weekend, or for this holiday? Nothing here.

Been missing my routine of some things, and here too. Thought I would drop in on everyone, say Hi, and drop in for a quick chat. Hopefully soon I will be back into my routine of things, and sharing with you here again too. Till then I wish you all a super week. Have fun, be safe, good luck with all your creativities and up cycling. Hope you find some fun treasures too! 

Thanks for sharing your time with LilacsNDreams, and see you all again soon. Toodles . . . .


Friday, August 9, 2013

Super Friday and a Wonderful Weekend

Hello, and Welcome to LilacsNDreams! This will be short today everyone, but I had to come and keep in touch with all of you. I have had some things come up that will need my attention for a bit. Soooo, I will be taking a short break for just a bit. Hopefully I won't be long, but wanted to let you all know why I wouldn't be posting regularly for a short while. This has become a routine for me that I enjoy.

I wish you all a super Friday, and a wonderful funfilled weekend! Take care, and I hope to be back here soon with ya'll. Behave till then!:) Toodles . . . .

Kim/Lilacs
LilacsNDreams

Wednesday, August 7, 2013

Repurpose Upcycle Reuse Unwanted Lamps With Home Decor

                                             Lamps Repurposed as Bird Baths

                                           Upcycled Lamps Into Home Decor

                                           Lamps Repurposed Into End Tables

                                             Brass Lamp Makes a Candle Holder

                                          Lamp to Table With Before and After

Repurpose Upcycle Reuse Unwanted Lamps With Home Decor

I have a glass lamp that has that crystal look design sitting, and staring at me some days. I don't want to get rid of it because I feel there is another use for it. So, there is sits with the chandelier I have waiting on me to get busy. Well, the chandelier I have almost gutted out. Can't find my pliers to help me finish, and a wire cut me. So, I walked away for a bit. As for the lamp? I decided it was time to check around, and get some ideas to help inspire me. That I found too!

Often we get rid of our old lamps. You know those big old belly lamps, those ugly brass ones, something we got from Grandma, and you know what I mean. Sometimes if we don't give them away we maybe paint them, give them new lamp shades, but often we wonder what else could you do with them? Hey, we generally see them being offered at garage sales, thrift shops, on the side of the road, etc. What if we repurpose them into something for our home decor? 

Above you will see some neat ideas that I found, and have shared with you. I really like the bird bath idea as I think I have an extra ceiling light cover hiding upstairs, or maybe an extra lid sitting some where I could use to make a bird bath. 

The glass big belly old ones you see in the second picture was kind of neat what she did. She gutted them, and then put in a battery operated tea lite. They made some wonderful colored glass pieces for her home decor. 

So, next time you want to be rid of that darn old lamp maybe you might want to repurpose it into something you can use again. Hey, I am thinking I would like to hit the thrift shops for some unwanted lamps, and maybe give them a new life too. 

Thanks for visiting with LilacsNDreams, and hope you got some ideas for yourself. Have a happy thrifty crafty day, and see ya'll again soon. Toodles . . . . .

Monday, August 5, 2013

Coffee Pot People With DIY Projects Upcycled

                                                    Coffee Pot People Coffee Pot People

                                             Coffee Pot People Yard Ornaments

Coffee Pot People With DIY Projects Upcycled

It never ceases to amaze me the things that people do with everyday items from our homes, items found from thrift stores, pieces that have been thrown out to garbage, and etc. No wonder I don't get much done with all I can see on the internet, how I am amazed, and how I am in awe of so much of it . . . LOL:)

We often use our old coffee tea pots for maybe plants, and little things like that in our homes, or on our porches. As you can see there is more that we can do with them, and extra pieces that we find to help with these adorable lawn ornaments that have been made. I remember seeing this blog quite some time ago, and adored it then. Over time I had lost their blog address, but have found it again. I just had to share it with you all so that you could see some of the ideas shared with making Coffee Pot People. After visiting with them you might be able to get some wonderfully fun ideas for your crafting too. 

Coffee pots, teapots, pan lids, vases, toasters, chandelier lights, a little bit of this, a little bit of that, and you have an adorable conversational piece that others will adore. Over at this blog you will see this, and other crafty things that they share along with just everyday things too. People like you, and me who happen to have a creative side of things too.  

It is Monday, and I hope ya'll had a wonderful weekend. Did you do all you wanted? Did you get some thrifting done for certain projects, find some must have vintage pieces, or did you get some crafting done with maybe some painting, cleaning, and refurbishing too? Whatever you all did I hope you enjoyed, and was able to complete things you wanted to. I strayed away from my list of items to do, but I did get a few things done while I was able to. 

Thanks so much for visiting with LilacsNDreams, and as always I hope you enjoyed your visit. Take care, and see you all again soon. Toodles . . . . . .