Crafting with Crap

07/15/2025

Join me and my partner CJ for a Summer Crafternoon!
Date: August 16, 2025
Time: 2-3:30 p.m.
Location: North Vancouver City Library, 3rd floor
All you need is your imagination to create summer-themed artwork with repurposed materials! 😎✨✂️

07/08/2025

Sharing a few of my recent furniture rehab projects… I’m levelling up my upholstery and refinishing skills. ✨💕😎🪑

01/14/2025

The Auxiliary to The Lions Gate Hospital Thrift Shop is back! Find out more:

The Auxiliary to the Lions Gate Hospital is part of an organization that’s served the North Shore for more than 100 years

12/03/2024

Lets get festive AND crafty this Saturday at North Vancouver City Library. ☃️✨💕

Crafternoons are back! On Saturday, Dec. 7, join us at 2 p.m. for a winter-themed upcycling workshop led by local crafter and upcycler extraordinaire Denise Corcoran (Thrifty By Design). All ages and skill levels welcome! https://buff.ly/4fM3y3z

09/22/2024

Things to do with salvaged fabric and donated / free items… make a cork board, restyle a foot stool or reupholster a chair. I have one more piece of salvaged in need of a project.
Here’s to more craftiness! ✨

09/21/2024

A donated foot stool from Tom at , salvaged fabric from my upholstery buddy Mark and a bit of elbow grease from me. Love the finish on the wood base now. And the fabric is a stunner. 💕
Next up is repurposing the old fabric cause why not.

09/08/2024

Finished up my chair refresh… new upholstery by me with support from my peeps at Velle’s Furniture. Some fixing up of the wood frame. From trash to treasure… a free chair with good bones is now quite the signature piece. 😎💕✨

09/03/2024

After a bit of trial and error, my transformation of these trashed nested tables (thanks to Tom at ) is complete. Some sanding, some glueing, some staining then some oiling and now they look super FAB. 💕😎✨

08/25/2024

When one friend gifts you salvaged fabric (yay for scoring some small bits of ) and another loans you a staple gun - what’s a girl to do?! Well she spends a Sunday evening upholstering two chairs she got for free on .

07/20/2024

I rescued these metal film reels from my work’s metal recycling. Any ideas on how to upcycle them? 🤔💕✨

07/19/2024

Another recent project where I grabbed something from Tom at that needed a ton of TLC. This plant stand was a bit worse for wear - beat up finish, warped top, etc. I replaced the top with a scrap piece of door skin, refinished the wood and found a glass container (also from Urban Repurpose) to restyle into a planter for some succulents. Love it! 🌿✨💕

07/17/2024

A free table via a free group gets a lot of TLC… I sanded, stained but the top finish was super orange and uneven so I then resanded, added wood conditioner, used a darker stain then sealed the deal. I love transforming neglected furniture. It’s my jam. 💕✨😎