Plants, Farm Animals and Junk

I recently planned a full day with my girls to go to Lake Farmpark , located in historic Kirtland, OH. Let me tell you, we had a ball! I knew it was going to be THE place for me once I saw the rusty-wheel wind chime hanging just outside the entrance of their Plant Science Center.


Dangling from this rusted beauty were miniature clay pots creatively painted in all sorts of ways including paisley print, floral patterns and even camo.

Can you believe, I logged onto Craigslist today only to find an old rusty wheelbarrow who's wheel would be perfect for this project!


Hubs would KILL me if I brought home another BIGGIE-SIZED piece of junk right now though, so I'll just have to file this project away for a later date. Looking at the bright side, maybe it has inspired you to make one for yourself!


So after oogling over and taking photos of the inspiring junk chime, we went inside to find the largest tomatos...


as well as the juiciest.


We saw the sweetest lamb..that didn't eat much.

...a Billie goat that seemed planted right where he was...

and a big ol' moo cow that was apparently framed and incarcerated in a local bovine jail.


Outside we saw the cutest fuzzy real lamb...

...and the sleepiest, laziest, and most peaceful looking hog in all of Lake County.

Have you ever taken more photos of inspirational junk projects than that of your own family and friends you were with? (Sorry kiddos.) ;) Let me hear all about it!

As always, take care and keep on junking!

Spud Love

Love can be shown by the simplest of gestures. After a full day of work and an evening filled with his assignments for school, my husband still helps with dinner preparation many evenings. I just wanted to say, thanks for the love, smart one. We love and appreciate you so very much!

Vintage typewriter - Photo display

A Clipper I can be chipper about! I was given this Smith Corona typewriter from a wonderful Craigslister on Election Day. Talk about winning!



It was as easy as changing the font for the text to Batik Regular and printing out a black and white photo of my girls. This will get really fun when I switch out the photos for the different seasons.



As dirty as it was when it was handed to me, I knew it would clean up nicely!





Now if only I can keep my girls' hands off this thing! That will be the challange.

Have a wonderful day and keep on junking!