Archive for the ‘Flea Market List’ Category

Flea Market Shopping List: LAMPS

Thursday, May 26th, 2011

I am convinced that you can make a LAMP out of absolutely anything.  It’s amazing to start exploring the options ~ the THINGS that people have used to make a lamp ~ absolutely unlimited.  Whatever you love, don’t want to throw out, or want to keep forever ~ make a lamp out of it.  Going to the FLEA MARKET??  Whatever you find that strikes your fancy, but you don’t know how to include it in your home decor ~ maybe you can attach a cord & halogen & voila ~ you have a light bulb moment.

Flea Market Shopping List

Here are some ideas to get your imagination rolling before you hit the Flea Markets, Garage Sales, Auctions & Antique Stores this weekend…

NOTE: there are lots of DIY instructions on the internet for “how to make a lamp”.  As for me and my time ~ it’s a project better left to the experts.  Sooo… if you see something you love hit the ‘BUY NOW’ button, or contact someone who knows what they’re doing to turn your shiny object into a lighted object.

 Upcycled Recycled Lamp
I love the art work from Junk Shui ~ be sure to check out all of his work ~ be inspired, buy much!!
{via Junk Shui}

Upcycled Recycled Lamp
{via Inhabitat}

Upcycled Recycled Lamp
what to do, what to do…. so many little toys lying around & not a clue as to what to do with them???  Glue them all together, spray paint & make a lamp. Brilliant!!
 

 Upcycled Recycled Lamp
A chandelier made from plastic ice cream spoons.
{via GreenProphet.com}

Upcycled Recycled Lamp
Clothespin Lamp
{via Inhabitat}

Upcycled Recycled Lamp
Industrial Bottle-Capper Lamp
{via Leaning Cedars Vintage on ETSY}

Upcycled Recycled Lamp
Recycled Cointreau Hanging Pendant Light
{via Bottle Hood on ETSY}
 
 Re-Cycle * Re-LOVE™ * Re-Deem * Re-Spend

** Click HERE for our ENTIRE **
Flea Market Shopping List!!

{SUBSCRIBE} HERE to have the CactusCreekDaily.com BLOG
delivered straight to your E-Mailbox!!

More after the BREAK >>>>>>>>> 

(more…)

Share

Flea Market Shopping List: DOOR KNOBS

Thursday, February 17th, 2011

I always see old Door Knobs at flea markets and in antique stores, sometimes even at a sale, but I’ve never bought any.  Just never had the right inspiration I guess, but here you go… all kinds of ideas for how to Re-LOVE your door knobs!!

Door Knob Bouquet
Door Knob Bouquet from 100 Layer Cake
{includes instructions}
Oh my gosh, I LOVE this idea!!!

 

Door Knob Hiker
Door Knob Hiker from LumberJocks

 

Door Knob Birdhouse
Door Knob Bird House from Reclaimed Trends on ETSY

 

Door Knob Wine Stopper
Door Knob Wine Stopper from Intoxicated Zodiac

 

Door Knob Shelf
Door Knob Shelf from Ready Made

Re-Cycle * Re-LOVE™ * Re-Deem * Re-Spend

Flea Market Shopping List

** Click HERE for our ENTIRE **
Flea Market Shopping List!!

{SUBSCRIBE} HERE to have the CactusCreekDaily.com BLOG
delivered straight to your E-Mailbox!!

Share

Flea Market Shopping List: SWEATERS

Thursday, December 16th, 2010

Do you have an old sweater that it’s time to let go??  Maybe hungry moths got the best of your closet??  Or the new guy/gal in your life thinks you need a wardrobe change… OR you stumbled across a sweater with pefect colors and a quirky good pattern, but there’s no way to
make it fit onto your new holiday figure??

No worries… there are a bazillion things you can do with those old sweaters…

Sweater Lamp Shade
Sweater Lamp Shade from Country Living

 

Upcycled Sweater Wreath
Upcycled Sweater Wreath from Looploft on Papersnitch

 

Argyle Pig

Argyle Pig from Martha Stewart

 

Sweater Bag
Sweater Bag from ReIncarKnits

 

Scrappy Sweater Skirt 
Scrappy Sweater Skirt from SnugglePants on ETSY

MORE after the BREAK >>>>>>>>>>
(more…)

Share

Flea Market Shopping List: DOORS

Thursday, November 18th, 2010

Another item for the Flea Market Shopping List… DOORS are something that you should always grab whenever you stumble on them at barn sales, flea markets & antique shows.  Old doors are like a blank canvas ~ the options are limitless, the only boundary is your creativity.

Hanging Door Table from Salvaged Upcycled Recycled Doors
Hanging Door Table from Salvaged Upcycled Recycled Doors via Pinterest

Repurposed Door Arbor
Door Arbor from Confessions of a Curbshopaholic

Doors Re-LOVED & made into an arbor for a sweet garden.

Potting Bench from an Old Door
Potting Bench from an Old Door from
Tami4gsd on Junk Market Style

There are tons of these online…Potting benches made from BIG doors, SMALL doors, screen doors & more.

Bench made from an OLD DOOR
Bench made from an OLD DOOR from Twig Decor

How perfect is this for the entry hall??  Store shoes in the bins below…
I can picture it now.

Re-LOVED Doors
Old Doors made into a Headboard & Footboard
on Extreme Home Makeover
The doors {of course} had significant emotional signifigance.
More good ideas from Extreme Home Makeover HERE.

Farmstead
SCREEN DOOR at Farmstead… such a great idea!!

Door Coffee Table from Joys of Home
Door Coffee Table from Joys of Home

Door Ceiling
Door as a tile in the Ceiling from Country Living Magazine
Has to be the winner for most creative!!!

Re-Cycle * Re-LOVE™ * Re-Deem * Re-Spend

Flea Market Shopping List

** Click HERE for our ENTIRE **
Flea Market Shopping List!!

{SUBSCRIBE} HERE to have the CactusCreekDaily.com BLOG
delivered straight to your E-Mailbox!!

Share

Flea Market Shopping List: PICTURE FRAMES

Thursday, November 4th, 2010

Another item to add to our Flea Market Shopping List… PICTURE FRAMES.  These are another item that you should always grab at flea markets, thrift stores and garage sales because the number of ways to Re-LOVE™ them are endless!!

Flea Market Shopping List

Picture framed used as a vanity tray
Picture Frame as a TRAY from Real Simple

 

 Old Picture Frame as an Earring Holder
Picture Frame ~add wires ~ for an Earring Organizer from Real Simple

{simple instructions included}

 

 Picture Frame Shadow Box
Picture Frame Shadow Box from My Repurposed Life

{simple instructions included}

 

Re-purposed Frame
Picture Frame as a Centerpiece from Ready Made

 

Bulletin Board in Distressed Frame
Bulletin Board in Distressed Frame

 

Frame within a Frame
Frame within a Frame from Natural Home

This is a great way to accent an existing piece of art.  Adding a FRAME is also a good way to add size, depth and texture to your walls ~ especially important if you have a large wall and/or a small piece of art.

Re-Cycle * Re-LOVE™ * Re-Deem * Re-Spend

** Click HERE for our ENTIRE **
Flea Market Shopping List!!

{SUBSCRIBE} HERE to have the CactusCreekDaily.com BLOG
delivered straight to your E-Mailbox!!

Share

Flea Market Shopping List: Plastic Grocery Bag + Yarn = PLARN

Thursday, September 16th, 2010

I cannot remember to take my recycle shopping bags into the grocery store.  Can. not. remember.  With that confession I will tell you that there DOZENS of plastic grocery bags in a drawer in our kitchen.  I use them for various little jobs around the house, occasionally for lunch bags when a boy forgets his lunch box, or laid under painting projects {especially handy for cleaning up after finger painting!!}, but now I learn that there is a way to make these plastic bags into fabric??  Yarn actually, which is where the name comes from, Plastic Grocery Bag + Yarn = PLARN

 Plarn Bag

Apparently making PLARN is easy… a tutorial is included in the link ABOVE.  The instructions include the words “finesse” and “crochet hook”, both of which take me out of this DIY project ~ but you should try it and tell us how it works for you.  There are lots & lots of things you can make with the PLARN once you’ve made the yarn/plarn material.

Plarn Rug
Plarn Rug from Screaming Chee Toes on ETSY

 

Plarn Handbag
Plarn Bag from MyRecycledBags.com

 

Plarn Pillow
White Plarn Pillow

 

Plarn Amigurumi Buddies
Plarn Amigurumi Buddies from PlasticBagCrafts.com

 

Plarn Rug
Plarn Checkerboard Rug from Talking Crochet

 

Plarn Clothing
and the pièce de résistance…
Plastic Grocery Bags into Knit 1950′s Outift.
WOW.  Image via Blogher via Craft via Cathy Kasdan

 This will be the folk art of the new millennium… our grandchildren will have no concept of plastic shopping bags, but these crafts will live on once we’re gone. Forever.  Better that they live on in as kitschy tote bag or stuffed animal than in the landfills!! 

Re-Cycle * Re-LOVE™ * Re-Deem * Re-Spend

 
 
Share

JIMT: SAVE money ~ use BURLAP

Thursday, September 9th, 2010

For years people have been using burlap as the material of choice when they are needing something sturdy, inexpensive, and water resistant.  Made from JUTE, burlap is used to prevent erosion on hills, for bagging feed and coffee, as well as being an important part of furniture making, giving support to the inner portions of chairs and couches.  BURLAP bags & scraps are definitely something that yous should grab up at flea markets & antique shops ~ its use as a tough fabric is endless!!

Burlap Colors

 In the design industry burlap has a significant place as people see it as a rustic material that…

  • wears well
  • is crazy cheap {less than $3/yard}
  • comes in tons of colors {like natural, terra cotta, avocado… see ABOVE}
  • has vintage charm
  • can add a twist to just about style of decor.

Here in the Cactus Creek Store we have burlap curtains & tablecloths in our office area ~ they keep the heat from pouring into the big windows by my desk and keeps my plastic table that serves as a desk looking a little prettier than most.  Other ways to use BURLAP??  The list goes on and on…

 Burlap Tote
Burlap Tote {made from a recycled burlap coffee bag} from Jalmodovar on ETSY

 

 Burlap Curtains
Burlap Curtains {with instructions!!} from Life to the T

 

Burlap Pants
Burlap clothes from Gretchen Elsner

{for those of you who can make a bag look good}

 

Re-Cycle * Re-LOVE™ * Re-Deem * Re-Spend

This idea will be featured this morning on the Junk in my Trunk Radio Show {JIMT} which airs every Monday, Thursday & Saturday from 10am till 11am on Kansas City’s 1140am KCXL & 1160am KCTO. You can also LISTEN LIVE on the Internet… visit JunkMafia.com and click on the Little Red Radio at the bottom of the page.

 

(more…)

Share

FLEA MARKET LIST: Ladders

Thursday, August 19th, 2010

Barn Sales, Farm Auctions, Middle-o-nowhere Estate Sales… for me these are the best places to find grungy old garage & gardening elements.  Still, the perfect wooden ladder for re-purposing is becoming more and more difficult to find.  But oh the beauty of a good ol’ ladder… and all the things you can do with one!! 

Ladder Pot Rack
Ladder Pot Rack ~ you could even hang a chandelier from the LADDER for a fun & funky lighting fixture!!  Image via WomansDay.com

In our Flea Market Shopping List we have a long list of objects you should never pass up, after finding all of these fantastic ideas wooden ladders are on the top of my list!!  Makes me want to run away to a million little towns this weekend and track down the perfect ladder specimen…

Ladder Shoe Rack
LOVE this Ladder Shoe Rack Idea from Country Living, Sept 2009

 

Ladder Shelf
Sideways Ladder Shelf ~ Image via Ette Studios

 

Ladder Towel Rack
Image via Country Living, June 2010

 
 
Ladder Shelf
DIY Ladder Shelf… great idea via Poetic Home via Maya*Made
 
 
 Ladder as ART
Ladder as ART ~ image via houzz
 
 
Ladder Shelf
Another LADDER Shelf ~ with DIY directions!! Via Mother Earth News

Re-Cycle * Re-Purpose * Re-LOVE

{SUBSCRIBE} HERE to have the CactusCreekDaily.com BLOG delivered straight to your E-Mailbox!!

Share

JIMT Idea: Glass Jars

Thursday, August 12th, 2010

Earlier this week I was having a conversation with the boys from Junk in my Trunk Radio Show and we got to talking about JARS.  We talked about how our grandparents used to save and wash their jars to re-use for dinner scraps, about how our parents used the same jars in their garages to store nails and screws.  We talked about how, as young adults, we became horribly nonchalant and just threw jars away without re~cycling or re~using them {shameful, shameful behavior} ~ but finally we have embraced the concept of Re~LOVING and we now recycle our glass jars, or, better yet, re-use them like this…

Re-LOVED Glass Jars
Lanterns made with re-used wire hangers from
The Home in Paradise

 

Re-LOVED Glass Jars
Baby Food Jar Chandelier from Ulula

 

Re-LOVED Glass Jar Lamps
Jar Night Light from Tree Hugger

 

Cupcake in a Jar from Renegade Cupcake
Cupcake in a Jar from Renegade Cupcake

You can also bake cakes and pies in jars which make fantastic gifts and yummmy desserts… check out these Cakes in a Jar.

 

Re-LOVED Glass Jars
Recycled Jars for storing bulk foods, oatmeal, tea… plus 9 more ideas from Re-Nest.

 

Re-LOVED Glass Jars
DIY Mason Jar Soap Dispenser from Heather Bullard

 

Re-LOVED Glass Jars
Garden Lanterns from Gardner’s World

 

Re-LOVED Glass Jar Lids
Finger Cymbals for kiddos from MakingFriends.com

This is one of my favorites!!

 

Re-LOVED Glass Jars
Vintage Clear Canning Jar Chandelier from Etsy

 

Re-LOVED Glass Jars
Organizing nails & screws with recycled peanut butter jars from Chez Larsson.  Just like Grandpa used to have…

Re-Cycle * Re-Purpose * Re-LOVE

This idea will be featured this morning on the Junk in my Trunk Radio Show {JIMT} which airs every Monday, Thursday & Saturday from 10am till 11am on Kansas City’s 1140am KCXL & 1160am KCTO. You can also LISTEN LIVE on the Internet… visit JunkMafia.com and click on the Little Red Radio at the bottom of the page.

{SUBSCRIBE} HERE to have the CactusCreekDaily.com BLOG delivered straight to your E-Mailbox!!

Share

FLEA MARKET LIST: Globes

Thursday, July 29th, 2010

Cactus Creek’s Flea Market Shopping List features a list of items that you should NEVER pass up when shopping in a flea market, antique mall, yard sale or dumpster dive…

Today’s Flea Market List idea is GLOBES… collect em’, paint ‘em, cut ‘em up ~ here are a few ideas from the best of the best on the www.

Vintage Upcycled Recycled Globe with buttons
Button-covered GLOBE via Pinterest

Vintage Upcycled Recycled Globe Snowmen
Globe Snowman via Pinterest

 Globe Clock
Globe Clock from T.O.M.T.

Chalkboard Globe
Chalkboard Globe from Flickr

Globe Bowl
Globe Bowl from Matangi on ETSY

Globe Pendant Light
Globe Pendant Light from Project Create-a-Home

 Globe Collection

Globe Collection
{look at the size of that cat ~ Oh my!!!}

Any other big ideas for GLOBES???

Re-Cycle * Re-LOVE™ * Re-Deem * Re-Spend

Flea Market Shopping List

** Click HERE for our ENTIRE **
Flea Market Shopping List!!

Share

« Previous Entries   Next Entries »


400 Main Street
Weston, MO 64098
816.386.4013
Open Tues - Sat, 10am to 5pm
+ Sundays, Noon to 5pm


©2008-2013 Cactus Creek Trading Company. All Rights Reserved. - Web Design




Cactus Creek Daily HOME