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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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!...
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! Jeanine ...
