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Summer — Handmade & Repurposed

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Hand-painted tomato designs displayed inside vintage canning lids with milkglass and aqua glass inserts on a weathered white wood background.
Hand-painted tomato designs displayed inside vintage canning lids with milkglass and aqua glass inserts on a weathered white wood background.
Left image (spider web): Small spider resting in the center of a delicate web against a soft blue-green background. Right image (glass bottles): Collection of weathered aqua and clear vintage glass bottles with worn, frosted surfaces.
Sunlight shines through vintage white dish towels with faded blue, turquoise, and yellow stripes hanging as simple summer kitchen curtains.

Handmade & Repurposed Summer Ideas

Ideas for creative summer days — shaped by summer hues, garden details, and everyday objects seen a little differently.

Small studio pieces in progress.

Closeup of a handmade clay red and black ladybug ring being finished with black spots painted on with a fine paintbrush. In the background is a floral vintage milkglass plate with red and yellow tulips on it and a small wood paint palette.
Left image (pink floral print): Close-up of a worn pink floral print on textured ivory fabric with branches and small leaves. Right image (moth): Large yellow luna moth with long tails resting against a dark green background.
Handmade beaded cherry charm with faceted red beads and a green leaf, hanging from a suede cord on a pink lemonade bottle.
Trailing mandevilla vine clipped to chicken wire with vintage wooden clothespins beside a white enamel bucket on a weathered potting table.

A touch of green.

Small wood thrifted wall pocket with a tin roof arched over front with an old cucumber playing card and a silver vintage pendant in the shape of peas in a pod. The pod is silver with diamond rhinestones. The peas are pearls in graduating sizes. On the wall next to this piece is a black and white photo of a garden gate.
Left image (vintage card): Close-up of a vintage botanical reference card illustrated with vegetables, herbs, and plants. Right image (green pepper): Green bell pepper growing on the vine in a summer vegetable garden.

Light & airy to the deep blue sea.

A wire hoop hung outdoors with torn cream bandana strips blowing in the breeze against a blue summer sky and green trees, creating a soft Americana-inspired textile display.
Left image (stitched rainbow): Hand-stitched rainbow embroidered with colorful running stitches on white fabric t-shirt tail. Right image (hot air balloon): Colorful hot air balloon floating against a pale blue sky.
Left image (blue agate): Polished deep blue agate slice with white crystalline edges and a sparkling crystal center. Right image (ocean): View of deep blue ocean waves beneath a pale blue sky with scattered white clouds.
Colorful strands of beads hanging from a weathered piece of driftwood against a blue summer sky, creating a handmade mobile-inspired outdoor decoration.
A tropical-inspired collage arranged on a stretched canvas featuring vintage Hawaiian ukulele string packaging, a Coral Hilton matchbook, Caribbean map ephemera, colorful postage stamps, seashells, a beach photograph with palm trees, and a small crab ornament, creating a collection of travel memories and seaside keepsakes.
Mementos Collected
Two views, left and right, of a vintage amusement park swing ride featuring ornate painted canopy ceiling panels, hanging chains, and blue swing chairs beneath a summer sky.
Painted canopies and summer skies.

Potted & Dried

Preserving a little of summer.

Fresh picked and bundle lavendar, rosemary and basil hanging from a round vintage canning jar caddy hanging from the ceiling with a humming bird chain at the top.
Three side by side vertical photos with planting herbs in pots and saving them in mini ball jars (basil and thyme) after drying and making sachets from dried lavendar.

Free Printable Seed Packet Cards

A set of four to print and keep—download the printable here.

Photo of a wildflower card in vintage yellow, dusty dark pin and pops of deep aqua blue, shot in a vintage round dark wicker sewing basket. The bottom of the basket has a worn old brown paper liner with florals similar to the simple florals of the wildflower card. tucked to the side is the lid of the basket and a glimpse of the other cards in this free printable set.
Download here.
Three illustrated seed packet cards featuring lavender, wildflowers, sunflowers, and pansies with a small C. Studio signature.
Star divider used has two hand drawn lines with a star in the center, used as a content break and signals new or different content below. This doodle style illustration is in a medium charcoal gray.

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