Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Easter Projects!

In an effort to get my home decorated for Easter I had to get thrifty! Check out these cute projects we threw together!


This was from the first round of thrifting, found some cute owls, birds and candle holders!


Cute owls! UGLY color! (I'll fix that)

Cute little birds needing an update...


Priming!







 Enter a bit of turquoise, yellow and white spray paint!






 Add a bit of heavy duty apoxy to some dollar store vases and glass candle stick holders and you get apothecary jars!



Here I added a thrift store white candle stick to a dollar store plate to make a cake pedestal.

 


Some simple brass candle sticks added a pop of color for my dyed Easter Eggs!  (found those at a thrift store for $3.50 for the set of 6. SCORE!)




Another brass candle stick plus a couple of glass holders....





Dollar Store bowl and plate plus a thrifted glass candle holder.....CHIP AND DIP Bowl!
Total: $2.50!




Thrifted glass canisters and candle sticks created a set of apothecary jars for my bathroom!
Total: $ 6.00!





And this cute butterfly snack project I found here:









White Chocolate covered PEEPS tutorial found HERE:



Thrift store frame and chalk paint!


I love me some milk glass!



 Carrot plastic-ware tutorial found here:



I LOVE EASTER!!!!!!!!

Saturday, February 25, 2012

Racin' Stripes!

My son thinks he's grown now, and he decided (at 11yrs old) that he needs a "man cave".
WHAT???!!!
He wants a futon and a coffee table! HA! HA!
Maybe he'll do his homework on it without me asking him THREE TIMES?
*sigh ......a mother can only wish. ;)
I started his "man cave" by transforming his bookshelf/cabinet with some racin' stripes!
I tried out a recipe I found HERE on making my own chalk paint. Worked GREAT! (I used the Calcium Carbonate)

He thinks they are pretty cool...errr.....manly?

We'll see about the futon! ;)




Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Old White Solid Wood Dresser


I painted this cute solid wood dresser for a client. Old white bottom, dark walnut top. Just love the lines on this drawers and cute details. This color combo is so popular right now and its timeless!



Here is what she looked like BEFORE:



Yes she needed a makeover!

PICTURE PARADE!









Linking to:
Restore Interiors
Primitive & Proper
Shades of Amber