Vintage Repurposed

Here are some of my favorite things. Vintage picnic bags turned Book Bags.

I found two of these at thrift stores, but you can also easily find these on eBay, in antique shops, at flea markets and occasionally on Etsy. More often than not they are filled with thermos bottles and sandwich boxes.

For years I have carried my sketchbook, design sourcebooks and magazines to and from my kids’s sports practices, camping, library, and anywhere I will have some time to read and sketch. They are rugged, zippered, so plaid-retro-cool, and just plain handy. I never paid more than $15 for any of these.

The third one over is my favorite and I am starting to wear it out after all these years. (Or maybe just wearing it in!)

So tell me, what’s your favorite repurpose?

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Holiday Ornament Exchange


Well, this could be a LOT of fun! Check it out and sign up, I did! Click the image to link to the program, a brainchild of the fabulous Beki Hastings of Pampering Beki.

Feel free to use this image or the smaller image link-button found on Beki’s blog to pass the word.

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Just Something For Men

This post is dedicated to my wonderful husband, Jeff, who actually reads my blog.

I not only blog a lot, but I read blogs, visit forums and email my old and new internet friends, most of the time while my husband is either on duty at the firehouse or relaxing after dinner in front of the TV. Occasionally, he will read my blog to catch up on my posts and what I’ve been up to in blogland.

Today I ’m sharing a website & blog that I think he and other men will enjoy and possibly find quite refreshing from all of the other extreme guy sites on the web.

The Art of Manliness is a unique site busting with everything from manly articles, to guy forums and seriously, there’s even a Barbershop Locator!

One article series I found of interest was So You Want My Job? With the fist installment entitled Firefighter. There are hundreds of other archived articles HERE, including:
The Mechanics of a Man Hug
Three Man Killers: Power
Shine Your Shoes Like A Soldier
Quite frankly, I may be spending some time on this site, myself!

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