Snowman Love

 

 

Here are some items I painted with snowmen.  I bought the basket and touched up the plaid a bit and painted the handles red (they were tan yuk). 

I love kids' chairs and these 2 I decided should be painted for winter.  I love to paint some folksy stuff once in a while so it was good therapy for me!

 

Painted Containers

I found this really cool set of wood boxes at a garage sale last summer.  They were just stained wood with forest green stripes, very uneventful looking I thought. 

 

 

 

So I painted them white and used black to accent them.  I scuffed them up a bit and stained them to complete them with a worn look.

This is a small jewelry size wood dresser that I bought a long time ago at a huge flea market.  It was painted an ugly brown color so I decided to paint it over and stencil some numbers on it.

 This is  a tool box tote I found and painted then stenciled.  I love these totes you can use them for so many different things.  I like to cart my sewing and knitting around in the.

This is an old bean basket that I had for years. I decided to give it a French Country make over.

Seasonal Vintage Baskets

Just getting started painted for the seasons and before you know it they will be here!  I love to paint fall and winter items and I love to paint on these type of baskets!

              This is a close up of the fall design.  I am a sucker for saltbox houses and sheep!

                      Nothing better than a snowman with a flag.  I threw in the sheep for good measure.

Baskets Rule

Seems like evey time I go treasure hunting I come home with a basket or a tote.  I just can't resist either of them but I have a new rule if I allow myself to by them I have to get them ready for market within a reasonable amount of time I (less than a month).  I like to store my sewing and knitting in baskets because they can be stacked up and they make nice vintage accents to decorate with so I hate to part with them.  I am in the business to make money so as sad as it seems they have to go. Baskets are functional and beautiful I can picture a stack of them in all colors up to the ceiling (that is my goal!).

I mixed both the antique white and the aqua myself.  I buy a can of paint from the Walmart oops department and then set to adding and mixing until I like the shade and add a bit of plaster of paris that makes it chalky paint.  Well I had these baskets for more than a month and they are going  to the Peddler's Market on Friday so I will officially be in the market for more next time I go perusing for excellent junk.Yeah!

Life is Good

I went to a sale a few weeks back and all I could afford was a big bunch of fake flowers.  The sale was nice but the prices were out of my comfort zone.  I bought 2 bunches of flowers that I didn't need but they were just so pretty for a dollar I couldn't walk away without them. I put them in my basement (Hoarder's Heaven as I like to call it) until the day would come when they would make their debut.

Yesterday as fate would have it I went to another sale where prices were again not in my range. However sitting all alone by itself in the autumn sun was this wonderful shabby basket , and yes I know it was probably once a cemetery basket but life goes on and it will now celebrate life and happiness. Being that it was marked 2.00 my magic number I just had to have it.  I couldn't believe it the basket was in such great condition and had the metal liner and everything.  I looked at it and thought naw...I don't need that but remembered the beautiful flowers waiting to grace the world with their beauty and knew that fate had brought them together. If you wait long enough you will find a purpose for everything you have stashed away, I promise!