"REPURPOSING"!!!! ...that is what I am all about!!!

Yes, that is what I am all about....thinking outside of the box, well, has anyone asked themselves, hey, what I can do with THAT box!!!! So, would like to share with you all out there in blogland some of what I repurpose. And just want to thank Andrea from Vintage Bella Studio for doing the "Show what you create Blog party". I had fun sharing and reading everyone else's blogs that shared!!! Boosted my confidence! How about yours?



Well, no more commercials....enjoy the show!!!! Have a great day! Windy here and the tornadoes that are in the news for South Dakota were 40 some miles Northwest of here. Those that lost stuff need to be prayed for and heard of no lives lost, thank the Lord!



ok....no more, please look below..... :)

This was a spice shelf of my grandparents. Now it is a bathsalts shelf for the bathroom!

My other birdfeeder chandelier! I love the blue! Could have painted the glass, but just couldn't do it! I thought the design was so pretty!

You could make this a birdbath chandelier, too!

Hello! This is a tree feeder for the birds. Great way to use all those sconces. This one already has a friend-bird to visit with!

Cup and saucer birdfeeders, personalized with charms on the spoons. There are no two alike!!! That is what I enjoy telling people.....you will never find another one anywhere else just like this one!!!!




Rain gauges, too!!! 'Course my late husband, Mark would say this isn't an accurate gauge. I space the R-A-I-N letters an inch apart, but he said the opening is too large. Well, "Honey," I said, "We really don't care how accurate they are (most of us unless living on a farm, I guess) but just that they are cute!!!!"

Larger birdbaths! My birds loves these! I shared in another post my birdbath from an old gumball machine stand! The birds do play! It is a delight to see!

Butterfly charm....another way to use beads, buttons and/or charms.

I do provide some birdseed to get you started!!!!

One can mix and match the cups and saucers! This is what is fun!!! Isn't this a beautiful saucer!!!

We have a lot of farmers and ranchers around here! Just waiting for the "horse-minded" one to pick this one up!!!

We really don't need anymore "rain" around here! Thankfully the wind should dry things out so the farmers can get more done in the fields!!!

I like to put a fancy piece on my rain gauges.....did I say "fancy", yes I said "fancy"!!!

Still figuring out how to take those close-up shots!!! You can't see it very well, but this has a beautiful filligree cap!

Well, that is all for now!!! Don't forget to "feed the birds"!!!

Peter, Paul, Mary and "Jack" said...."So long"...

Oh, my goodness!!! I was at the antique store today putting up my tree birdfeeders, my lantern birdfeeder, my lamp birdfeeder, etc., and garden things and so on and noticed my chandelier birdfeeder that I had just written about on the 13th was gone! Went downstairs to check the sales slips for the day and someone bought it! I am going to miss Peter, Paul, Mary and Jack! I hope the person who purchased it will really enjoy it. It is quite a kick when I am working and someone buys one of my creations and I get to see who is taking it home....but, not today! Missed it!!! Well, it was a one of a kind piece....that is what I always say.....you can find one of a kind items here at the Spink County Mercantile by some of our talented people in the community. So, if any of you wonderful people are ever near Redfield, South Dakota....stop by. Have pictures in older posts, but our store is always changing. Need to take more pictures to share with you. Good night, Peter, Paul, Mary and Jack.....hope your new home is swell! debbie

Peter, Paul and Mary and......

Just taking a break from "LaDeDa"....oh, have more great pictures, but was sharing with some gals today that came into the antique store that were looking at my birdfeeders. Told them that the cup and saucer birdfeeders with the charm laden spoons handle the wind well....as it was mighty windy in midwest South Dakota today!!! And then the chandelier birdfeeder I made.....oh, they thought that was cool! Had fun with that, too. I will be putting more things like that out in the store....have my tree feeders that are birdfeeders, but are made from the old decorating sconces. You can hang them from the tree trunk. They are fun and the way some of those sconces are coated, one doesn't have to do much to them.....not everything has to be "antique" white these days!!!

Have a good rest of the week! Wind is dying down.....really needed it to dry out the fields around here!

Thanks for looking! deb

Cup and saucer birdfeeders above are fun to make. A great way to use odds-n-ends, or to have those special pieces out and used to make us smile, warm our hearts and feed the birds....remembering that even the "least of these" the Lord cares about.

Already provided some "friends" for the birds....don't they look "friendly" enough?

Oh, how about Peter, Paul and Mary and......Jack. Yeah, I like Jack. Jack it is!!!

In honor of Pastor Josh and Marley's little one....Jack, who is expecting a brother in August!!!