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I popped into our local Goodwill this morning. The last few times I was there, I left empty-handed. Not today. Lookie at my latest finds:

I've been searching for these very pyrex dishes at every garage sale I've been to this year. The set of three was $5.99 - a steal! I also picked up the little pumpkin candleholder, peat pots and pretty blue glass dishes.

Aren't they a gorgeous shade of blue?

Lastly, I picked up this pail duo. I think I'm going to work on transforming it first. While, I like the floral pattern, I think something Frenchy would better fit my style.

Overall, I spent $20 there this morning and I'm quite happy with my haul!

Jeanine

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Hope everyone is having a lovely weekend. I didn't have much crafting time this week due to some wholesale Etsy orders, but I did manage to pop into Michael's and pick up these incredibly cute mini chalkboards:

I added some magnet stickers to some of them so I could hang them on the fridge. I love the color! I even used some to hang these great old family photos my parents gave me this week.

The black and white one is of my grandfather and his family on my dad's side. The color one is my grandfather from my mom's side. I miss them both! =(

I didn't have time to paint this little guy. And of course I noticed the smudgy thing on the right after I altered it with some French poetry pages. Doh!

Here's a closer look. I just distressed the book page and mod podged them on the top and the bottom. I think the French perks it up a bit, don't you?

Both the mini chalkboard clips and the one on the stand were in the dollar bins at Michael's. Sweet!

Jeanine

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I went to my local Michael's over the weekend and nearly died laughing when I saw what they were calling a redneck wine glass! They glued a mason jar to a candlestick:

They added some red paint and affectionately called it a redneck wine glass. As luck would have it, I had a dollar store candlestick and a mason jar available, so I made one.

I'm using mine to hold my hydrangeas - not wine.

So simple to make. You just need a candlestick, mason jar and E6000 or similar glue. And some wine...=)

Jeanine

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This is another redo of a redo project. We had this slate plaque for years. It had some horrible "welcome" design on it originally. I had painted it white and then added a vintage coffee label sticker from the Graphics Fairy. Unfortunately, the label peeled off due to the heat so I had to start over from square one:

I gave it a few more coats of white spray paint.

Then I printed out this great French address from the Graphics Fairy. I used graphite paper to stencil it on. Then I sanded down the wording to give it an aged look.

I gave it a coat of clear spray paint to protect it, and added the twine so I could hang it up. It's right over a basket of lavender in the tearoom. Yum!

Linking to The Graphics Fairy: Brag Monday.

Jeanine

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I'm melting. I'm melting...No kidding. It is seriously hot as you know what here. I have a bunch of makeovers planned but I just can't spray paint in this heat. =( So I've been doing some indoor projects. I made these French hotel pillowcases yesterday. Excuse the awful photos:

Ignore the paint on my bedroom wall. My husband has exactly three weeks to paint it before my sons' birthday party. Anywho back to the pillowcases. I printed this great French hotel image I bought off of Etsy onto transfer paper. I was desperate so I used the Target brand. Not the best but it will do.

I just ironed them onto each pillowcase (which I got at Walmart). I wish now that I had done a better job cutting around the graphic. Too late now and I have absolutely no shame in sharing some imperfect projects. And there is always next time.

This cost me about $10 for the pillowcases and transfer paper. A quick, easy way to update a boring white case.

Jeanine

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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 ribbon and this crown bird from Michael's. And of course the pink butterfly.

This frame is a redo of a redo. I originally spray painted it pink but I gave it a quick ASCP makeover using Antoinette - a softer pink. The egg images are from The Graphics Fairy.

Last up is another redo of a redo. This was a Goodwill find. I had painted it white originally and hand-stamped some French images and such on it. It got a bit dirty being outside, so I gave it a fresh coat of white paint and then added this image from The Graphics Fairy on both sides. I added some tea-stained seam binding to both handles. I have it in my craft room/office holding some supplies.

Jeanine