Wednesday, January 14, 2009

A Few Quick Projects

I made these quick projects awhile ago, but I can't find that I ever shared them, so here you go. They really are easy ones and are made with easy to find junk. The first one is simple candle sconces ( I guess that are sconces--not sure of the official definition of sconce) made from some cutting boards I found at the thrift store. I painted them up, drilled holes for the wire and wired the bottles on. I used glass rocks in them and would be great for real candles, or those little flickering battery operated tealight ones.


The other project is made from wooden recipe boxes which are always at the thrift store. I popped the lids off, painted them and screwed them into an old board. They are great catch-alls for spices, or could be used in an office for office "stuff".

18 comments:

  1. what a great idea for a spice rack! love the color schemes for both projects - they look great!!!
    ~nicole

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  2. great ideas!! i love both of them and these are items i see alot of at thrift stores.

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  3. Awesome projects! I love the candle sconces. Great ideas.
    T:0}

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  4. What fabulous ideas! I purchased 2 wooden cutting boards like that at a flea market shop we have here in GA and that's the perfect thing to do with them! Now, I'll have to find where I stored them so that I can make those and hang them in my kitchen.
    Have a wonderful day.
    Blessings,
    Sandy

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  5. Just Darling! I love the cutting boards- gonna do it! Krista

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  6. Bec thanks so much for your prayers todays the day we find out about her treatments so keep us in your prayers. I Love these projects I have one of those cutting boards and I think I'll give it a try. love the spice rack too
    Have a wonderful day:)
    julie

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  7. Super cute... I'd need huge wooden boxes bolted to my walls to catch my "catch alls" lol

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  8. Great projects! Love the way you used the recipe boxes.

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  9. I love both of these ideas. I would like to make the one with the recipe boxes. I could use that in my craft room to hold little bottles of paint and glitter. Thanks,
    Lee Laurie

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  10. Hey Bec...love that blue and those sconces! Wow!

    You got the wheels turning on spice rack ideas. Thanks

    Yes, I think it is cool! I would be tickled to be on your blog list.

    BTW, Thanks for the Sunday verse, I always look forward to that.

    ~Kindle

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  11. Oh yeah. Cool inventions! I like what you came up with. ~Mindy

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  12. Wow! I am loving the cutting boards turned sconces...how creative! All of your projects are great...lots of thinking outside the box..I love that!

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  13. Great projects! You should post them on the junkmarketstyle.com site! Everyone would love them!

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  14. What great ideas you have! You're just like the Junk Market gals...you can turn anything into works of art. I'm so completely wishing I had that in me. Both ideas were so good!

    Thanks so much for the prayers for our safe travel. We had beautiful weather and the roads were excellent. And from now on, I'm going to think of God's hand on the top of the car driving us along. What a great thing to think. Thanks!

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  15. great ideas! they are both very cute!

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  16. These are both such great ideas! You are very creative.

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Thanks so much for taking the time to comment, I really appreciate your kind words!