Shades of Gray

 

I just finished this fantastic stool and I love it!  It has a little French look to it and would be great as a foot stool or an accent piece.

 

 

The stool, when I acquired it, was painted black. I refurbished it with a soft blue/gray paint and sanded it a little to reveal the black paint underneath.

 

I had some leftover burlap for the seat cushion.  This stencil worked out to be just right!

 

This is how the fabric turned out.  Not too bad...

Sheet Music Garland

 

Here is another project using my grandmother's old sheet music...garland!  I have cut out several different shapes (Christmas trees, stars, birds, butterflies, gingerbread boys and circles) and glued two cutouts together with twine in between.  The 8 foot garland can be used on Christmas trees, across the mantel, or just on the wall as decoration.

 

 

I have yet another project done with the sheet music...

Sheet Music Wreaths

For the past 35 years I have been moving around a rather large box of old sheet music that once belonged to my grandmother.  I thought the music could be worth something, but I guess after 35 years, I'm never going to find out.

 

While thumbing through a magazine I saw a wreath made from the pages of old books and knew that I had finally found something to do with all of this fabulous old sheet music!

 

These wreaths can be hung on the walls during the holidays or can be used for every-day decoration.  I have used many different types of centers for my wreaths including burlap flowers, seashells, Christmas ornaments as well as birds cut from the paper.

 

 

 I love them!  And I have another idea of how to use up this box of sheet music...