Remember that wood thingy I picked up on Friday at our local church thrift store? Here's what it looked like before: And here is the after: Excuse the lighting. I took my photos around dusk. I thought I was going for a neat, artistic lighting effect, but what I got were some dark photos. Doh! Still, you get the idea. I used this great French graphic from The Graphics Fairy and the Mod Podge technique....
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Upcycled Vintage High Chair
**You still have time to enter my Stampin' Up giveaway!** I've had this vintage high chair for a few years now. It was a garage sale find ($5) but I could never seem to find a permanent home for it. I gave it a chalk paint makeover yesterday. Of course, I forgot to take before photos. The color was something I would compare to a poopie brown. Not pretty by any means. I used Annie Sloan...
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French Basket
This is another garage sale makeover I did earlier this week. I picked up this wicker basket last Friday. I really loved all of the compartments in it and I wanted it to match the utensil holder I did over the summer. I gave it a few coats of robin's egg spray paint. I knew I wanted to add something to the front of it. So while, the paint was drying, I printed out this...
Hope everyone had a safe and happy July 4th! Now that I can upload photos again, I wanted to share some random projects. This is the dress form I got from Home Goods earlier this week. Ain't she pretty? I also picked up this birdcage while I was there. I loved the one my sister Kathy (CreativeHomeExpressions.Blogspot.com) did last week. I gave mine a quick birdy makeover. I added some faux dollar store moss, hand-stamped muslin...
