Creating with a self taught mentality

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Ever wonder where some DIYers pick up their seemingly natural skills? Don’t think I haven’t thought of that myself!  Is there a self help magazine I don’t know of? But something I’ve come to understand is the way one thinks. Most that accomplish tend to work with a self taught mentality. Something I’ve done forever in my […]

Sat Nite Special DIY Link Party 112 – handmade ornaments

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Welcome to Saturday Nite Special #112, the multi themed link party!  * Home Decor  * Crafts, / Sewing / Recipes * Theme of the week Every Fri 7pm  to Sunday 11 pm Pacific. This weekend’s theme – handmade ornaments This cute Christmas tree ornament is made out of coiled magazine pages. Love the tones! By […]

Christmas candle centrepieces out of old bakeware

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Rusty junk drain cover Christmas candle centerpiece

  Christmas candle centrepieces out of old bakeware I was called upon to help decorate for my son’s youth Christmas banquet not long ago. 9 Christmas centrepieces were needed as well as other room decor. So I hit the thrift store to see what came to mind. And brought home a bunch of old bakeware, […]

The making of a Stepladder Christmas Tree

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stepladder Christmas tree Funky Junk Interiors

By now, you FJI regulars have caught a glimpse of my stepladder Christmas tree this year. You kind of have to do a double take. There’s a stepladder buried in this picture. Here, let me prove it. After the fiasco of landing two bad real trees last year and them both dying within a week, […]