Sunday, August 31, 2014

Hello everyone.....I decided to share with you all a wonderful and great idea (At least I think so). This would be so cool in a playroom, garage, maybe outdoor living area, etc. The uses are endless and especially since it involves a used tire, very endless.
Ok here is what you need.
1. old tire in fairly decent condition
2. rope or twine as we often say here in the South
3. hot glue gun and of course GLUE Sticks
4. Sealant
5. Foam or some type of padding
6. Piece of burlap or similar material
7. thin piece of scrap wood (large enough to cover the top of tire when cut in a circle)
8. liquid nails or drill and screws
Okay take the tire and use a brush to clean it up from any debris (here in the South thats dirt). Take your material, wood, and foam or padding and cut about 2 inches wider than the diameter of the tire. Cover wood with foam and then burlap. Use liquid nails  or drill and screws and attach the top to the top of tire. Take rope and start at the bottom of tire and go around it gluing as you go until you have the entire tire covered. Use your sealant (pain on)to seal the roped area of the tire,
Ta Da! You now have a great looking relatively inexpensive stool that also just saved the world from another tire biting the dust! Hand clap to you for a good deed and job well done!

Wednesday, August 20, 2014

Literally from trash to treasure

Have you ever wondered what you could do with someone and then one day you have an Ah Ha moment? Well I certainly have had many of those moments. For years I would remove the cardboard roll off of the toilet paper holder and toss it in the garbage. I thought "thats such a  waste, surely something oh anything could be done to save all these empty rolls from the landfill graveyard". Then one day it came to me as I was trying to figure out how to use some other trinkets that i had accumulated. I had a silk flower that was broken from stem, a broken hair clasp and lots of glue. Hm what could i use as a base to make a cuff bracelet. Then it was that Ah Ha moment....I took a empty toilet roll and cut it painted it and started gluing. Its now one of my favorite pieces.....Now where did I stash all those empty rolls oh never mind soon I am certain in one of our 3 bathrooms another will come available. LOL...now I am outta here to begin anew!