GIVEAWAY - Blackbird Tees - Your Choice of T-Shirt! CLOSED

ANDF THE WINNER IS JINGLE chosen by Jody thru random.org

Jody is the amazing artist behind Blackbird Tees! She started her business as the retail end of an effort to build a community. Her goal was to provide a forum for people wanting a more fulfilling life and career, but who were not exactly sure where to begin.

Jody specializes in totally amazing hand-screened apparel. All Blackbird Tees feature original illustrations and are printed by Jody one at a time in her Seattle studio.

She has a real soft spot for women and animals with bad reputations. As a result, heart breakers from the silver screen and predatory creatures from the animal world feature prominently!


We are so lucky to have one of her amazing t-shirts for this week's giveaway!

WHAT YOU GET:

One lucky winner will receive your choice of Blackbird Tees gorgeous $22.00 t-shirts!





HOW TO WIN:

Visit Blackbird Tees and talk shirty to Jody letting her know which of her amazing $22.00 t-shirts is your favorite!

For additional entries:

(5) Twitter this post
(5) Blog about this contest; linking to this post
(5) Follow my blog

Let me know if you have done these things so I can give you additional entries. This contest is open to everyone.

DRAWING:

Enter by midnight, Sunday June 13th! Good luck! CLOSED

Sunday Flea Market Finds - Happy Weekend Everyone!

"Junk is the ideal product... the ultimate merchandise. No sales talk necessary. The client will crawl through a sewer and beg to buy.” ... William Burroughs talking my kind of language

Friday Finds for Your Dream Kitchen - Enjoy Your Weekend

1. anthro dotty match pot holder
2. cafe retro espresso machine
3. cool beans coffee bean ice tray
4. crate & barrel corn stripper
5. shoofly lunch bag
6. spoon sisters match & munch sandwich cutters
7. fishs eddy heroes of the torah glasses
8. fishs eddy tea towel
10. dream kitchen


Thank you to the amazing Kella MacPhee (wedding photog and stacker of all things stackable) for this week's picks!

Have a nice weekend everyone. Let's pray BP's containment cap holds, even thought this is a temporary and partial fix, and they get this leaked stopped very, very soon. It is just too horrible for words right now.

A License Plate to Dustpan DIY Recycled Tutorial - Time to Clean Up!

In New Jersey if you do not turn in your old license plates you face huge fines and can even lose your driver's license,

(so, don't ask me where I got this one - I actually have about 10 in a backyard shed which I am hoping the police don't stumble upon, if one of my neighbors - jealous of my crafty nature - turn me in)

but if you live in a state that is not quite so greedy about getting these back and happen to have one that you are not using why not turn it into a handy little dustpan!

You will need:

1. a license plate

(please do not steal this from your neighbor or mother-in-law)

2. an old handle- I removed this one from an old frying pan that I ditched due to teflon and have been trying to recycle
3. 11 1/4" of weatherstripping
4. new bolts for your handle- complete with washers and nuts
5. a drill, some clamps and a marking pen

1. determine the size of the 'fold' for your plate based on your handle and clamp your plate to the edge of your work table upside down
2. gently and firmly bend your plate - working your way a little bit at a time across the plate- slight bends; you will probably need to bend across the plate 3 or 4 passes - if you have a rubber mallet - it could come in handy here

(note - I have a rubber mallet and spent more time looking for it than making this dustpan and of course, it only turned up the next day when I didn't need it anymore)

3. measure and mark your handle holes
4. if you are using large bolts- drill a starter hole with a small drill bit and then drill your larger hole with the correct size bit
5. remove your clamps and bolt on your handle


6. cut your weatherstripping to size
7. peel off the sticky paper from the one side of the stripping and press the edge of your license plate on top of it
8. make any final adjustments to your license plate fold and you are done!

And for some amazing recycled license plate creations you can buy now check out this total gorgeousness on Etsy:


1. Journey license plate word block by Recycled Art Company
2. Recycled license plate monogram necklace by Wearwolf
3. Quebec license plate photo album by Tagliatela
4. Say What? license plate belt buckle by Vintage In Retrospect
5. New England Girl license plate bracelet by Etcetrix
6. License plate frame by RandiTan