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I picked up a little, unfinished wood chest earlier this week at the Dollar store.  With a little paint and some Frenchy touches, it now looks like this.
This took about two coats of white paint.  The image is from The Graphics Fairy.  I used Omni Gel to add it to the top.
I used a Bingo piece to add a little personality to the front.  And it's filled with...
Faux moss from the Dollar store, French book paper and a couple of starfish.

Not bad for $1!

Jeanine
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Oh boy, is it Monday already?  I feel like the weekend is a blur because we had a lot of family time, playdates and birthday parties this weekend.  This translates into: Jeanine did not get to hit any garage sales this weekend.  Harumpf!
That's okay because in between the madness, I was able to paint a few recycled food cans.  I used the last bit of my Annie Sloan Old White chalk. Seriously, I was scraping the bottom trying to get every last bit out.
Once they were dry, I hot glued pieces of burlap to each can. Originally, I was going to add some bling to the burlap, but then I spied some leftover starfish and they seemed to be the perfect size for the cans: not too big, not too small.
I hot glued them onto the burlap and voila: instant upcycled, nautical-inspired bliss.  I have candles in them and am looking forward to lighting them for our next summer get together.

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I picked up a plain, white prayer candle for 50 cents at a garage sale earlier this month.  It sat and sat - patiently waiting for some sort of makeover.
I finally got around to dressing it up yesterday.
I printed off this gorgeous holy card image (from The Graphics Fairy) onto label paper.  All I had to do was cut, peel and stick.
Then I added a pink rhinestone and hand-stamped the word prier (pray in French) on a small tag, and tied it to the candle using twine.

Sometimes a few simple touches are all you need!

Jeanine
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Remember the wood rooster cutting board I picked up last weekend at a local garage sale?  Now it matches my chalkboard pig!
I gave it a few coats of chalkboard spray paint over the weekend.
I have it displayed in the kitchen across from my piggy one.
The boys love it and so do I!

Jeanine
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I picked up this little wood tray at a local thrift store last week.  It was originally an ugly blue/green.  After a few coats of Annie Sloan chalk paint, it's now a pretty French tray.
At first I painted it white, but the white didn't seem to be covering the old paint very well.  So I switched to grey.  Much better!
You've probably seen this image on The Graphics Fairy.  It's one of my favorites!  And it fits perfectly for my little tray.  I used the Omni Gel method to add it to the front of the tray.  I couldn't wait to take pictures - you can see it's still a little wet/shiny in some spots.  Apparently, patience is not one of my virtues.

Love, love, loving my new tray!

Jeanine
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The winner of the Graf & Lantz giveaway as picked by Random.org is Donna from My Shabby Chateau!
Congrats Donna!  I'll be in touch shortly for your info!

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