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  This post may contain affiliate links. Do you have a set of measuring spoons similar to these? Do you end up losing one (or 2) when you take them off the ring?  Or, if you keep them together, are you constantly spinning to find the correct spoon?   If this sounds familiar, I have the solution.   W elcome to the 'Do It Over' Designers blog hop.  We are a group of bloggers who love to recycle/upcycle/DIY.  I'm happy to host this hop and I hope you'll visit everyone to see what they have to share with you.  Their links will be listed at the end of this post. The solution begins with a piece of pallet wood.  If you don't have any pallet wood, no worries.  Any random board will do! Start by sanding and then painting your board in your favorite color.  I used a chip brush and craft paint . Since I wanted some of the grain to show through, I took a damp rag and wiped off some of the paint while it was still wet. While the paint dr...

Where does the time go?  It's the last day of July and that means today I'm sharing my last Christmas in July project.  I love using reclaimed wood (aka pallet wood) in projects and this one is a new version of a project I made two years ago.   The original was a set of 3 trees.  You can read about them HERE .  I had an extra vintage Playskool block that I split while hammering in the nail. (I was SO mad at myself) I glued it back together and decided it would be used in another project.   Before the split.   Since I'm talking about the block, I'll tell you about that process first, even though I did it after the tree was done.  The tree had a lighter finish so I whitewashed the block with craft paint thinned with water.  I brushed it on. Then wiped the block with a cloth until I had the look I wanted. Done! I love the vintage Playskool logo! Moving on to the tree.  I dry-brushed white paint on the tree and then lightly w...

 I'm back! After 3 weeks of healing my injured finger and dealing with a bad flair-up of my vertigo, I am finally on the road to recovery...the sad thing is my 'holiday mojo' seems to have disappeared.  I just don't have the enthusiasm that I normally do at this time of the year and I'm not sure if it's because of my recent health issues or just 2020.  Is anyone else feeling the same way?  I need to shake this off, so any and all suggestions are welcome. In spite of that, I do have a sweet little project to share with you today.  This one was started a few months ago and the only things left were a few finishing touches. As many of my projects do, this little barn started out as a scrap of wood.  I drew the pattern and cut it out. Naturally, I started cutting and then realized I needed a picture!  You love that about me, don't you!  LOL Since the barn needed a roof, I grabbed some popsicle sticks, gave it a quick measure, and cut them with a hacks...