What I do to pass the time!

 

 This is a wood piece I salvaged from a piece of furniture trim.  I mounted a clip that was used to hold band music.  I love vintage photographs so it was a no-brainer what I would use this for.  I painted it shabby grey and stained it as usual. 

 I had this chair back for several years and one day thought hmmmmmm......I need to do something with this cool old piece.  I went to the stash pile and found an old drawer from a sewing machine cabinet and mounted it onto the chair back.  It needed some gluing and nailing but in the end proved to be the perfect match for the chair back.

I liked this piece so much I kept it and hung it in my bathroom.  I found the old red and white runner that I hung from one of the back slats.  

Bought this metal dress form at TJ Max for .75  Painted it grey and transferred the Paris design using the Modge Podge method.  Then I glued a round wood piece to a wood candle stick and teamed them to make this vignette. Add a candle and floral candle ring and this piece is complete. 

 

I always buy potato bins when I see them.  I have several in my house that I use for storing dog food and potatoes.  This one I painted grey and stenciled the design on it. It sold pretty quickly so I guess other people like the bins as much as I do.

 

 

 

 

I got one of these clothing racks that you see at garage sales all the time. I think I paid about 2.00 for mine.  I took the top hanger off and the middle piece that was for holding cuff links and tie tacks.  Then I mounted an old cupboard door on it and made this free standing chalkboard out of it. It was a very simple project and sold right away.  They were going to use it for their business writing messages to promote sales.

 

 

Doll Dresser Make Over

 I bought this little dresser that was once used for doll clothing at a flea market last summer.  I used it for storing sewing supplies.  But alas it is time to down size and so I knew it was time to give it a Cat make-over and get it ready to sell.

 I painted it white and then distressed it with a dark brown glze and top coat.  I found a design on The Graphics Fairy and trace it onto the the top. I hand painted this because my experience with Citra Solv hasn't been so good. I thought by the time I try to transfer it and mess up ten times I might as well hand paint it on. It only too me about 20 minutes to paint it and stencil the numbers. I am going to do some more designs that I paint until I find another transfer method that works for me!

Vintage Purse

I love this little vintage purse.  It was one I have had for such a long time and decided to Modge Podge a vintage photo image to. It would be cute as a centerpiece or hanging on the front door.

Graphics Galore

I so love vintage graphics and ephemera.  The Graphics Fairy is one of my favorite places to visit.  If you sign up for their emails you get new graphics every day. The one I used for the metal box below however is not from them this one is from Pinterest if you visit me there you can snag if for yourself.  The other projects do use clip art from The Graphics Fairy so you can get those as well. 

 I found this metal box with a glass lid in my stash of wonderful treasures.  I had it for a long time and was waiting for just the right picture to place under that special glass.  I love the look on the little girl's face. She is precious.  The picture isn't very good I am still learning to use my camera, the glass is beveled and it really doesn't have any imperfections as the photos may present. 

This box is a copper colored metal with green velvet lining.  Once again I rummaged through my favorite saved graphics and made a collage of these to make up the top design all from The Graphics Fairy.

 This is a free vase I got at a tag sale last year.  It has sat under my work bench for over a year now.  It was free okay I didn't need it but it was free for heaven's sake I couldn't walk away..........no just couldn't.

 After much thought about "waste not want" not I came up with this design. I spray painted it first with a gray primer and then painted it with the blue.  The gray paint does show through in places so it does look worn.

 I found this wonderful bird picture on The Graphics Fairy and printed it out 2 weeks ago to use on a dresser I was working on. Well the bird didn't seem to work out for the dresser so it was just sitting there next to the painted vase...hmmmmm.....I wondered could it be, would it work?  Aha it did work I plastered that little birdie on with some home made Modge Podge (recipe also found on Pinterest on one of my boards) and there you have it, my free vase has finally become an object of my affections.

This week just seemed to be the week to work on small projects. I had this reproduction fishing creel for some time and decided this was the week to get it painted too. As you can see I choose a white paint and filled it with silk red roses.  I thought it needed just a little something to make it extra special so I found a tag shaped wood piece and decoupaged an old post card graphic (once again from TGF) on it.  I don't really want to sell this but duty calls or should I say my bills....anyways I love it . Old post cards art is so cool, maybe next week I do something more with them. 

Eiffle Tower Dresser

I have finally done it! I looked all summer long to find a dresser that I could finish with the Eiffel Tower on it  but couldn't find any suitable dressers. After replacing the dresser in my Son's room I decided to fix up his old dresser that I was going to trash because it was so beat up. I really didn't have anything to loose if it didn't turn out and I wasn't sure mine would come out as beautiful as those I had seen on A Vie Renouvele

http://avie-renouvele.blogspot.com/2011/01/eiffel-tower-dresser.html

and

Guissied Up Furnishings


Their dressers were completely the inspiration that I used to pattern my dresser after. I cannot take credit for the design only the workmanship.  My dresser started out denim blue and needed repair and gluing.  It took one day just to fix it and prime it it was sooooooo bad.  After I got it all put back together I painted it with some home made chalk paint that I made using black latex paint and unsanded grout.  Below is my version of the Eiffel Tower Dresser.

I spray painted the dresser knobs with Black Gloss Spray paint because that process is faster and easier than hand painting and I am all for faster.  The design on the front was applied with several coats of Modge Podge.  I printed the paper myself using a vintage dictionary as the back round.  The Eiffel Tower I copied onto the paper after several steps to get it just the way I wanted it.  After I applied the paper and it was thoroughly dry I brushed the edges of the paper all around the edges of the drawer fronts with black paint to help blend in the lines of the paper.  No matter how hard you try the paper doesn't always match at the seams so a little paint goes a long way to camouflage the edges.  It feels good to have this project done it was a long time in coming and wasn't the easiest thing I have ever done.  I would like to try it again and maybe even it a different color.  Hard to believe that I was going to throw this dresser out, I usually never give up on wood pieces and I sure am glad that I gave this one a second chance!

Red Neck Wine Glasses

I was wondering how I could make dinner special for my (adult) kids last Wednesday and remembered a post on the net I saw a while back on Red Neck Wine Glasses (Does Red Neck really have to be capitalized? I better ask Jeff Foxworthy).  Anyways I found this tutorial on making these glasses and knew someday I would have to make some for myself they were hawg heaven! http://kraftingwithk.blogspot.com/2011/04/redneck-wine-glasses.html  Go visit this blog Krafting with K is is really cool and this idea was just the ticket for making my enchilada dinner over the top. 

I had some pint jars in the basement that had been sitting there for about 5 years gathering dust so I brought them up and washed just for the occasion.  I guess since they were Red Neck style I could of skipped this step but I did it anyways, then after they were dry I followed the steps in K's blog.  I added the glass jewels cause I may be a Red Neck but I still like my BLING!

I will tell you Mountain Dew never tasted so good coming from a can.  You can take a Red Neck girl out of the country but don't mess with her sophisticated style.