*Holly Paint*

Found this Jewelry Box at a thrift store and loved the details but hated the wood color...
So...
I sanded it....
Then painted it white...
But still hated the color.

So....


After a little Turquoise and some Distressing...
The final Product...

Love it!!! Linking to:



Thrifty Thursdays

*Holly Paint*

Fixed up an old thrift store jewelry box for my nieces' birthday present.

I took off the handles and sanded the box down and then spray painted in a flat black. Sprayed the handles silver. I sprayed wooden letters for her name.
I can't wait to make more!

*Holly Create*

I found these binder clips at a thrift store for 2 bucks. The are 2 inches wide so I knew they would be cute Mod Podged with scrapbook paper.
I think they turned out cute...I'll be putting them in my sale.

Garage sales..thrift store...junk day

Went to garage sales this weekend and picked up this cute pink enamel pot = $2
Can't wait to boil pasta in this one!



Found this Dansk pot at a thrift store for $2.99, I walked away happy. It is worth at least $30.00...I love these finds!

Score of the weekend...this bed in a junk pile near our house...how could someone throw this away??? But good for me!! My husband went and took it while I was at work. I'm in love...can't wait to paint it up and hopefully sale it!Oh, also got this, but not at a garage sale. My first "mom-car"...at least it is not a mini-van!

*Holly Create*

So my son loves to tape all of his latest artwork or "whatever's" to the wall and it was becoming a major problem in my very "clutter-free-controlled" life.

Here are just a few examples of the problem...
why, oh, why, is the Costco receipt so cool just because they draw a happy face on it????

This is when I knew I had to come up with a solution...taped to his bookcase...really....
So I bought a cork board at the local thrift shop...$1.99
Used one of my husbands old shirts (only old because he decided to use Gorilla Glue while wearing it...that's what happens when you work with high schoolers...their stupidity rubs off on you after awhile!!)

A little hot glue and a knife to push the unfinished edges into the wood border...Made some push-pins out of some plastic rock-thingys I had leftover from a previous project...


Added a wooden dog so it would match the theme of his room...and it turned out cute...until....
He got a hold of it and made it his own...oh, well at least I'm saving money on tape!!

Oh, and now he wants to paint his room purple or rainbow...should I be worried????

Thrifting

I hit a local church rummage sale this past week and found some great stuff. I paid $10.00 total for all of these things...which I think is a great deal. I walked out of there a very happy girl. Not picture is a large wooden frame and a white, milk glass like, flower pot. I have seen the flower pots at Goodwill and they have been price from $6-7 so I was thrilled to find one.

I love these prints, don't know if they are worth anything put the colors are amazing. I plan to remove them from the frame and matting and hopefully find some thrifted frames for them. They will go in my bedroom.


I am a huge fan of enamelware and have a very small collection which this pot with lid will fit in quite nicely. I love to crochet so when I can find a different size hooks I always will pick them up.
Also have recently started collecting vintage linens, I use some of them for my bedding and also made an apron out of another. The flower stem/centers are for my friend who makes flower headbands. I just loved the little glass jar.
So I know these are a little random but I want to spray paint the boards and then put a cute saying on them. I'll post a final picture of that when I finish. Also the original stickers are still on these boards and are marked as $16.95 each!!
I'm always looking for old cookbooks and especially love "fundraiser" cookbooks, you can find some great recipes. I already have the Good Housekeeping cookbook and I love it so this one will be a gift. I also like old children's books with great graphics. I use them for decoupage projects.


Here is an example of the pictures in the book...aren't they cute?! So not bad for 10 bucks!!!

*Holly Create*

When I found this huge picture frame at a church rummage sale I just knew it would come in useful at some point. So when I asked the lady how much she paused and then said "Well, it sure will cost a lot to put the glass in it so how about a buck." I tried to remain calm and said "that sounds like a good price." I then paid her for it and walked away a happy girl.

This is the same sale I bought a brand new razor scooter for my son for $2.00, I love this church rummage sale!

So this frame sat in my garage for a year and then I decided to hang it on the wall, there it remained for another six months until I finally figured out exactly how to put it all together. I found the smaller frame at Goodwill for $1.50 and glued the Scrabble game pieces to the glass. (Scrabble found at a garage sale by my Aunt for $1.00) Though the first time I spelled laugh wrong (laugth, whoops) thanks to my friend, Val, who pointed that mistake out!!! I then found the hooks at Lowe's on clearance for 68 cents for 4. I cut foam board and covered it with scrap book paper and Mod Podge then glued the twine on to hang the pictures. To attach the pictures I used double sided tape, this way I can change out the pictures as I desire.
I really like how it all turned out and for way cheap!!

*Holly Create*

So I love to decoupage (as some of you may know!) and I made this for my niece's birthday (Audrey it will be in the mail soon...)
I found an old jewelry box at the thrift store and paid $1.98 for it. Took it home, sanded it down and then sprayed painted it with 3 coats of turquoise, I then cut the paper from scraps of papers I already had and mod podged them to the box. I found little wooden handles at Joann's (around a buck or so) and sprayed them fuchsia and then glued them to the box. I also had little wooden feet laying around the house so I sprayed those and glued them to the bottom of the box for additional height.

Sorry I don't have a "before" picture of the box. But I plan on making a lot more so I will include a "before" picture next time.
Not a bad gift for less than 4 bucks.