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One Man's Trash is Another Man's Art Project

Not sure if ya'll know this about me, but I am an elementary art teacher as well as a Mommy, Blogger, and Studio Artist. Yeah, pretty busy. Good busy though. :)

Anyways, I was in my classroom today for several hours going though all of the cabinets of supplies and doing inventory. I started getting sad because every time I thought of a cool project I noticed I was missing an ingredient. Or I didn't have enough for the hundreds of students I see in a week.

So I thought I'd appeal to you for help.

If you live in the Houston or Dallas/Fort Worth area, or have a way to get it to me, I need your weird but usable odds and ends! Your industrial left overs! Your grandmother's 2 ton collection of yarn and buttons. Beads, foam packing peanuts, blank ball caps, restaurant supplies, anything you think we could use in art.

One of my greatest connections ever was a stationary/ paper company that gave me tons of paper, envelopes and misprinted products. Another great resource was a pizza store that had closed. I got tons of pizza boxes and chinese take out boxes, etc.

If you have a family business or know of anybody with supplies/ materials like this, or even have a massive amount of crafty stuff yourself, we would be thrilled to have it for our classroom!!

If you are in the Houston or DFW area I can pick it up. Help me spread the word please. I know someone out there has connections!

Thank you bloggy buddies!

♥Linsey

A bird got into my house!

Maybe it is the cooler weather...

The shorter days

... or the sound of football on the TV. 

But Mr. Raven wanted to come (in) to play.

He and two of his friends landed on my hutch.

 With some old crusty bottles and a severed hand. :D

Yup...they are fake of course. I found them at the dollar store of all places! This will probably be the extent of my Halloween decor. Besides a few pumpkins and my haunted house cookie jar. Oh, and maybe a wreath. And my little pumpkin lights. But that is ALL.

I guess Mr. Bird and his "crow"nies can stick around until Halloween.

As long as they don't mess up my old books.

Have a spook-tacular week my little punkin's!

♥Linsey

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Welcome to Week 32 of Cowgirl Up! Link Party

Welcome to Week 32 of

Cowgirl Up! Link Party . . .

the party with a cowgirl can-do spirit!

1 Party, 4 Blogs

It's Samantha from Crafty Texas Girls hosting this week.  

Around my house we are excited FALL! The weather has gotten a bit cooler (good riddance to those 100+ temps), my girls have started cheering for our youth football team, TCU games are here, and I am brainstorming ideas for my fall decor. After looking back at a few of my projects from last year, I am pretty sure that burlap will be making a comeback in my home! 

You can find the tutorials for these projects on the right sidebar of craftytexasgirls.com

And after looking at your posts from last week, I can see you are excited for September too! Everyone gets so creative this time of year. So this week, I have chosen 10 of your best ideas- a bit of fall inspiration, some beautiful home decor, and a yummy recipe too.  I hope that they will inspire you to welcome fall, update your home decor and try a new crafty project this month.

 
1. Get a head start on your fall decor with a bit of gold. Start with this Gilded Pumpkin tutorial shared by "From Generation to Generation" .

2. Is your laundry room/keeping space lacking some pizzazz? Check out this make-over from "Lookie What I Did" and find some inspiration for getting organized. 

 

3. Experiment with a bold color. I love the warm orange wall color and black accents chosen by "Ranger 911" for her French Country Kitchen.

4. Create a new look on your shelves or mantle by shopping your home.  "Forever Decorating" showed off her newest 'hutch' decor and how to mix old and new. 

 5. "Must Love Junk" adds a pop of orange with these sweet little pumpkins. 

 6. Get the look for less with these gorgeous painted curtains. The perfect way to change the feel of a room.  Shared by "The Concrete Cottage". 

 

7. Have you been thrifting lately? "Daisy Mae Belle" knows how and her room reveal will inspire you to look twice the next time you are at a garage sale or Goodwill. 

8.  "Gwen Moss" wrote an interesting post about what fun Halloween decor you can find at the Dollar Store now. Stock up early, you won't believe what you can find for $1.

 

9. Invite over a few friends and enjoy this yummy cake with a Pumpkin Spiced Latte. The perfect fall treat.  Shared by "100% Molly Made". 

10. And finally, "Craftberry Bush" has given me wreath envy! I love the look of hydrangeas and burlap. Challenge yourself to craft a beautiful fall wreath this month.

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