Crafts and Garage Sales

We had our first garage sale outing as a married couple. I was never into garage sales...I really don't think I've ever bought anything at a garage sale before this. I don't have the patience...I didn't think I had the eye. So anyway...there was a community garage sale a few weekends ago. We drove around for awhile without finding anything. I had some things in mind that I was looking for. Finally, we drove by a house and I saw a really cute blue bench. So, we stopped and went to look at it. It sure was cute, but there was so price tag so we figured it wasn't for sale. We left and moved on to the next sale. Then Matt said, "why don't we just go ask?" So we went and asked and the woman wasn't so sure, but her husband told her they should sell it. Apparently they were moving out of the country and just needed to get rid of everything. She said it was one of their family's favorite items. The best part...TEN BUCKS!!! Everyone else at the sale was really jealous...all you have to do is ask! So...without further ado...here's our new bench. I LOVE IT. One of the things on my list was a blue chair for our living room and it's perfect.

These are a few of my crafts to date...

My book page wreath...which looks way better in person (at least I think so), and it would probably look even better with some color on the walls, but we'll have to wait til we're done with apartment living for that...

This was my very first craft. My aunt had one of these in her house and I always loved it so I decided to make one for myself. I think it's perfect in my green dining room...and so easy!

Now this was definitely an interesting project...I had read about a fabric store in northeast Minneapolis, so we went and checked it out after church one Sunday. I was in heaven - such fun fabrics! If only I knew how to sew...

Matt's friends were coming over later that afternoon, but I decided I wanted to try to cover a really ugly lampshade that was in our dining room. I had seen a tutorial on a blog so we decided to give it a shot. It took us a LONG time to come up with a plan, but we eventually used some wrapping paper to trace the lampshade...then traced it on to the fabric...then cut it out and glued it on. It looks really good from far away and adds some great color to our dining room. Just don't look too close...

So those are some of my crafts...I need some new inspiration..and some more money please.