My late mother-in-law gave me this basket a few years ago. It got a little beat up over time so I decided to give it a bit of a shabby chic makeover: It was originally brown but I gave it a few coats of pink spray paint to soften it up. Once the paint was dry I hot glued some vintage lace trim around it. I am still debating on whether or not to do...
Hope everyone had a lovely holiday weekend! We were so busy with company and barbeques that I was only able to get one project done. I actually remembered to take a before photo for once: I don't even remember how we acquired this. I'm certain I didn't buy it at a garage sale and my husband doesn't think someone in his family gave to us. Either way, it needed a makeover stat! After a few coats...
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Recycled Food Cans Turned Patriotic Candle Holders
We have a busy weekend planned, so I wanted to share some quick patriotic candle holders I made using some food cans. Even though these aren't quite Memorial Day images, I think they still represent our patriotism. I printed them out from the Graphics Fairy. I mod podged each image on and then gave each a quick spray of clear paint. Once the paint was dry, I added some German glass glitter and some random...
If you're like me, you stock up on tea towels when you go to the dollar store. I had a few lying around in my craft room and as luck would have it, I had some iron-on transfer paper too. Put two and two together and you get some cute new towels: I bought this image off of Etsy (popalicious, 99 cents!) over the weekend. I spied it on Pinterest (thanks Gina from Shabby Creek Designs!) and thought...
I have a serious bone to pick with Mother Nature today. After a gorgeous weekend, we're back to, yup you guessed it, RAIN. :{ For me that means, painfully dark photos and no painting whatsoever. Boo! Thankfully, I did manage to get this quick project done before the skies opened: I bought this clam tote at the thrift store last week. I gave it a few coats of white paint. And I do mean a few...I ran...
With my two boys playing baseball on Saturdays, I've had to switch my junkin' day to Friday. Yesterday, there were a ton of estate sales here. I managed to find a few diamonds in the rough. Look at these fabulous milk jugs! Only $5 each. I already have them proudly displayed on our porch. At the next sale I grabbed these two little frames which have canvas in the middle. Quite unique - never saw...
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I really love this little table that I picked up thrifting last week. It was an ugly reddish-brown if you remember. Here it is now: I gave it a few coats of white spray paint and sanded the edges for an aged look. I wasn't quite sure what I wanted to put in the middle. I was out of graphite paper so I decided to print this French crown image onto Avery label paper. I simply...
Here is the first of the weekend projects that I was able to accomplish. I bought this little wood shadowbox from the Unique Thrift Stores last week. It was just a plain pine box. I decided to give it a French-y makeover: I gave it a couple of coats of white paint. While that was drying, I used some French script scrapbook paper for my background. Then I popped over to The Graphics Fairy and...
Have you seen the new Privet House for Target line yet? I had never heard of Privet House, but I was intrigued enough to look for them in my local Target. I was pleasantly surprised! On Friday, I picked up four of these wonderful placemats. I also couldn't resist the ceramic cheese plate. I was a little surprised to see though that it was Made in China. Hmmmm...not quite an American artisan collection now is it?...
I popped into Unique Thrift Stores again. I didn't have the boys with me so I was able to slowly go up and down each aisle and examine everything. I spent about $10 and got these goodies that I will hopefully be transforming this weekend - weather permitting: I love the little wood stand. They had two but the other one was a bit wobbly. Can't you just envision it in white chippy paint with a...
I think you can tell from my photos that, yes, it's another rainy, dreary day in NY. I'm getting a little frustrated being stuck in the house - especially when I have a ton of projects planned that need spray paint. Sigh! Still, I did manage to whip up this petite Marie Antoinette pillow before the weather put me in a funk. I hand-stamped the French script and Eiffel Tower postmark first using black ink. ...
I'm not really sure what La Fabuleux means in French (note to self: Google it!) but whatever it means, I used it on this wood sign for my tea room: I had one sheet of graphite paper left and since it was raining on and off all day yesterday, I decided to use it for this little sign. I bought this image off of Etsy a year or so ago and I simply love it. ...
Yup, still rainy and chilly in our neck of the woods. Sigh! The upside is when you're trapped in the house all day, you get a jumpstart on some Mother's Day gifts: I made these little wood silhouettes of my boys for their Grandma today. I bought the wood pieces at Michael's and gave them a few coats of aqua paint. Then I took some profile shots of the boys. I printed them out on...
Two days of rain does nothing for my motivation. All I've been able to accomplish this week is this book stack which has found a home atop this vintage scale. Here's to hoping for blue skies and warm temperatures tomorrow. I hope, I hope... Jeanine ...
