Fall Creations

All created by Mary Nida Smith

 

Nida Crafts and Recycling

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Mary Nida Smith's Books: Christmas Arrangements - Table Center Pieces.

Mary Nida Smith's Books: Christm

as Arrangements - Table Center Pieces.:  Christmas arrangements when you live in the county - you create your own by using dried weeds and grasses and a little paint. Enjoy!  

Grocery Bag Wreath

I had too many yellow store bags: cut strips and tied to a store purchased wire frame . Hung it on the River Run Studio door. A ribbon of sunshine.

Fly Threw Bird Houses.

I loved building and decorating the scenes on these little fly through bird houses.
Great little gifts for any occasion.

MISS RABBIT'S NEW LOOK

Miss Rabbit, become tired of her drab reflection.

Her friend Miss. Smith agreed to give her a new look

This was the start of her new look and she is a bit scare - will she look beautiful or not.

BEACH SUNBURST

 I tried to find the before photo of the sunburst, but I couldn't or I forgot take one
The face was a plain faded yellow and the rays were dark brown. I didn't like it, so I painted the colors you see - beach colors.

Indoor Fairy Garden

A couple items I did last week in-between other things. The moss garden I was creating outside, including a spot for a Fairy garden didn't work out, so I created one for inside.A couple items I did last week in-between other things. The moss garden I was creating outside, including a spot for a Fairy garden didn't work out, so I created one for inside. I tried to find the before photo of the sunburst, but I couldn't find one or I forgot take one

Recycling Inspiration

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Candle Holder and Rose Arrangement

The glass candle holder with gold colored metal was the center of a gift arrangement. After the flowers died and were discarded, it was glued to a stained round craft board to provide balance. The painted clay pot on the right  has a half ball of Styrofoam with a ribbon glued around the bottom. Purchase small silk roses to glue to the compete half ball and then glue it inside the clay pot.

Recycled Shoe Polish Container and Bedroom Set

My husband's discarded shoe polish container made out of teak wood.
I lightly sanded the blond wood and brushed it with a light coat of gold paint.
Stenciled the rose and ivy, then added on top a dresser handle for carrying.
Inside I add felt to the sides. This was recycled to blend with my parents dresser and high boy below. 

                                          This was my parents first bedroom set from the early 60's.
                                           It had long gold metal pulls which I replaced with  round wooden ones that I varnished to match the blond finish of the highboy and dresser. The stencil was added to cover some of the large scratches and I also added the roses to the corners of the mirror that was chipped.

Jewelry Cases for Travel

Old eye glass cases use to store jewelry in when traveling. They protect and will stay close.

Leaves Have Many Uses.

Large Leaves  

I love leaves for they can be used for many projects: Art, table settings, arrangements and more. "Don't only be a tree hugger, be a leave lover." Quote by Mary Nida Smith.

RECYCLE GROCERY CONTAINERS.

Recycle, reuse containers you have purchased store items in. Good for many uses for storing or carrying items to a gathering. Can be used for storing sewing, craft items, art items, and other items in drawers to keep organized. Many store containers can be reused or redesigned for creating toys.

Valentine Cards for Grandkids

                                                  Card crafting for grandkids.

Happy 2014 Thanksgiving

 

 Include dried hydrangea in wreath decorations.

  I love creating items form sunflower seed sacks

 

 

Slipcovers for Enclosed Sun Porch.

Change summer flowers to Fall colors by sewing slip covers.

Fun & easy by creating your own seasonal changes that can be used each year.

Save money & little to store away.

 

Yesteryear and Todays Recycling.

 

Butterbin

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Checking out at the store, the young cashier suggested to the older woman, that she should bring her own grocery bags because plastic bags wer...en't good for the environment.
The woman apologized and explained, "We didn't have this green thing back in my earlier days." The young clerk responded, "That's our problem today. Your generation did not care enough to save our environment for future generations."
She was right -- our generation didn't have the green thing in its day.
Back then, we returned milk bottles, soda bottles and beer bottles to the store. The store sent them back to the plant to be washed and sterilized and refilled, so it could use the same bottles over and over. So they really were truly recycled. But we didn't have the green thing back in our day.
Grocery stores bagged our groceries in brown paper bags, that we reused for numerous things, most memorable besides household garbage bags, was the use of brown paper bags as book covers for our schoolbooks.
This was to ensure that public property, (the books provided for our use by the school) was not defaced by our scribbling's. Then we were able to personalize our books on the brown paper bags. But too bad we didn't do the green thing back then.
We walked up stairs, because we didn't have an escalator in every store and office building. We walked to the grocery store and didn't climb into a 300-horsepower machine every time we had to go two blocks. But she was
right. We didn't have the green thing in our day.
Back then, we washed the baby's diapers because we didn't have the throwaway kind. We dried clothes on a line, not in an energy-gobbling machine burning up 220 volts -- wind and solar power really did dry our clothes back in our early days. Kids got hand-me-down clothes from their brothers or sisters, not always brand-new clothing. But that young lady is right; we didn't have the
green thing back in our day.
Back then, we had one TV, or radio, in the house -- not a TV in every room. And the TV had a small screen the size of a handkerchief (remember them?), not a screen the size of the state of Montana.
In the kitchen, we blended and stirred by hand because we didn't have electric machines to do everything for us.
When we packaged a fragile item to send in the mail, we used wadded up old newspapers to cushion it, not Styrofoam or plastic bubble wrap.
Back then, we didn't fire up an engine and burn gasoline just to cut the lawn. We used a push mower that ran on human power. We exercised by working so we didn't need to go to a health club to run on treadmills that
operate on electricity. But she's right; we didn't have the green thing back then.
We drank from a fountain when we were thirsty instead of using a cup or a plastic bottle every time we had a drink of water. We refilled writing pens with ink instead of
buying a new pen, and we replaced the razor blades in a razor instead of throwing away the whole razor just because the blade got dull. But we didn't have the green thing back then.
Back then, people took the streetcar or a bus and kids rode their bikes to school or walked instead of turning their moms into a 24-hour taxi service. We had one electrical outlet in a room, not an entire bank of sockets to power a dozen appliances. And we didn't need a
computerized gadget to receive a signal beamed from satellites 23,000 miles out in space in order to find the nearest burger joint.
But isn't it sad the current generation laments how wasteful we old folks were just because we didn't have the green thing back then?
Please forward this on to another selfish old person who needs a lesson in conservation from a smart-ass young person.
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Polished Brass Chair Updated

 

I purchased this 60s polished brass chair for $1.50.
I washed it with vinegar water, dried, and sprayed it with 98 cents black flat paint.
Purchased a round foam piece from an upholster shop for two dollar
and the material for 50 cents at a thrift store. I believe it is a nice chair for about five dollars.

 

HANDMADE CHRISTMAS TREE DECORATIONS.

One year I created all my Christmas tree
decorations  from items I had on hand.
I remembered as a kid decorating the tree
with popcorn and cranberries, and paper
chains we made. It was a fun time with
eight brothers and sisters.