Time Travel Thursday #1 - Back to the Future

"We all have our time machines. Some take us back, they're called memories.

Some take us forward, they're called dreams."

~Jeremy Irons~



Welcome to the very first Time Travel Thursday linky party at the Brambleberry Cottage!
Are you ready to share your fondest memories, grandest dreams,
and most creative projects? Great!

Then brace yourself, as we travel back in time and into the future with our
wonderfully creative projects!

I shared these cute little beadboard boxes with you before. 

The Yankee and I had removed a good supply of these beaded boards

 from an old Victorian that was being torn down

 in our town.

After making a number of boxes—like those above—

this is what we had leftover.

Should we have tossed them out?  Not a chance!

If you're a crafter of any sort, you probably do

as we do here at the cottage...

save everything! 

You just never know when you might need it.  Am I right?

Though we still had a pretty good stockpile of boards in one of the barns, we

knew those wonderful old chippy-paint beauties 

were hard to come by. 

And, we just weren't willing to waste one bit of that vintage charm.

So...

when we discovered this terrific old window sash,

we had an idea of how to bring the past into the future.

We pulled those bits and pieces of beadboard out of storage

and began creating a mosaic of sorts.

Of course, the board pieces had to be measured and cut

for this project.

Have you figured out where this is heading?

Yep...

right where you thought...

into the old window sash.

With the addition of a section of mirror—purchased from

 our local Lowe's—our Time Travel project was complete.

Our pretty time traveler rounded out this vignette perfectly—at a

recent antiques and collectibles show.

Next time you're tempted to toss those itty-bitty bits and pieces, remember...
waste not, want not!   ; )

I'll be linkin' up to these terrific parties, while you're linkin' up to mine:

Suzanne's Vintage Thingie Thursday, Gina's Transformation Thursday,
Becky's Under $100.00, Maryann's Power of Paint,
Linda's Nifty Thrifty Tuesdays, Susan's Metamorphosis Monday,
Roeshel's DIY Showoff, Sally's  Blue Monday,

and Fawnda & Jeannine's Show Off Your Stuff.