I was given this great old Whiskey crate a couple of years ago and recently decided to do some research on it. These are sought after crates and valued at $45-$70 depending on the condition. It's a keeper! ...rustic and historic. So I wanted to give it a new purpose. Painting, or staining, or disassembling it would be wrong. So let's see...I could use a wine rack. I'm not at the wine cellar stage but need a place to store 3-6 bottles of wine. So with a few cuts of some 2x3/8inch flat pine trim boards, cut notches at the centers, and stacked in a X pattern inside the crate, I have a wine crate.

Puzzle Pairs

I have been thinking about making jewelry...repurposed? Yes!...Introducing Puzzle Pairs.

Van Gogh "The Sheaf Binder"

I resently received a book from and written by William Havlicek who is married to a friend of my husband. Great art inspires art. So while on vacation this week at a cabin at Wallowa Lake, I began a new puzzle painting piece. Here is the beginnings of Van Gogh "The Sheaf Binder".

Frogs...

Frogs?...not green amphibians, flower frogs...those spiny, sharp and heavy metal or glass odd looking things a florist puts in bottom of a pot or vase to hold the flower stems.

Try using them in your office as pen holders, stamp and receipt catchers, or to hold a family photo. A friend used them on top of the piano to hold their Christmas cards.

So the next time you are at a garage sale ask if they have frogs...:^)