Wordless ( Almost ) Wednesday

 

 

I've been working my tail off to get ready for my sale this weekend.

I thought I would share a few of my displays.

 

 

 

I've been having a lot of fun with my Circut machine !

 

Funky chairs , colorful tables and chalkboards !

 

 

Marigold yellow ,

my favorite shade of yellow for fall.

 

 

Everything at my sale is made or repurposed by me .

My creative juices have been flowing .

 

 

 

 



 

 

A Special Changing Table for a Special Baby

 

I've been getting a little flack for not posting enough .

That's OK with me .

That means people like to read what I write.

And maybe miss me a little bit :)

 

It's not that I haven't done projects.

I've been doing tons of them.

I just haven't taken the time to blog about them .

 

Well,

I have one I just have to share .

 

Over the weekend ,

Sarah , Emily and I hosted a baby shower for my Darling Niece, Spencer.

Early on in her pregnancy ,

she had asked me to be on the look out for a changing table.

This was before her mother ( my Sis ) became obsessed with buying every baby item

at every garage sale we went to.

 

But would let MY niece have a plain old ordinary changing table ?

That would be a big

 NO , I DON'T THINK SO !

Nope...

 

So I waited till I found the perfect table.

The right size.

The right shape.

Character.

 

 

And I found all that in this old sewing machine table.

It even had drawers for baby necessities.

 

I cleaned her up.

Scraped the loose varnish off the top.

Hubs cut a board to fit  where the sewing machine used to live,

( didn't want baby falling through the hole )

which I then upholstered.

 

TaDa !

 

I had a little issue with the drawer pulls.

As in , it didn't have any ...

and

new ones didn't fit the old holes .

What to do ?

hmmm...

IMPROVISE !

 

 

I found these little white porcelain knobs.

 

 

I thought they were perfect.

Very 'babyish".

Yes ?

 

Here is Spencer's perfectly imperfect changing table.

In her perfect nursery.

 

 

The nursery is full of repurposed and DIY .

Which makes me one very proud Auntie :)

 

 

 

 

 

My Princess turns 3

I know , I know ...

haven't posted for a while.

I've been really busy getting ready for another sale.

Painting everything in sight .

(More on that in another post.)

 

 

Last week my little Addie turned 3.

 Where has the time gone since her parents brought her home ?

I guess it's true ,

the older you get , the faster the time goes.

 

Addie is Princess CRAZY !

She knows all of their names and what color dress they wear.

Princess Ariel

 

Princess Belle

 

I bought her this dress

 ( after her birthday , you can never have too many princess dresses , right )

 thinking she would think it was Cinderella.

But  you really can't fool her.

She said ," it blue , but it not Cinderella."

What could I say ...

She knows her princess'.

Once again , I was in charge of birthday cakes and cupcakes.

Addie has so many people that love her ,

that her Mommy decided we should have two parties .

( ... I had nothing to do with that ,,,, )

Sooo...

I made not one but two cakes .

Now,

 I am NOT a cake decorator.

AT.ALL.

I was really a little nervous whether I could pull this off.

 

 

I was going to make her a princess cake ( make that 2 )

I wanted to make the old fashioned "Barbie " cakes like I had when I was young and my girls had too.

This is what I came up with .

 

Then ...

 I made another one.

My mantra became ,

Frosting is like spray paint , it can hide a multitude of sins.

If I didn't like the way it looked ,

I just added more frosting "stars" .

 

I used my go- to wedding cake batter  and butter cream frosting recipes.

(Which you can find by following the link or follwing me on Pinterest.)

 

It wasn't really a Princess Cake , but close enough I guess.

When grandpa walked in with the cakes ,

her eyes got big , and she said ,

" I get a fork ! "

Of course Mommy said, " No!"

But it was all this Grandma needed to hear :)

 

My princess has come a long way from then,

 

to now...

 

Time needs to slow down !

Really ,

it does!

 

 

 

 

 



 

Revamped Dining Table and Chairs

 

I've been a bit MIA lately.

Super. Duper. Busy...

 

You may remember I closed my resale store the end of June.

Since then I have been selling my Funky (repurposed ) Furniture at a local store.

Several friends and previous customers had been after me to have a sale here in the Trailerhood .

Since we were taking our annual girl's weekend and I wanted a little extra cash ,

I decided to have one last week .

 

Of course , it wasn't that easy.

I'm way too detail oriented...

So Hubs had to help me fix up a spot in the shed ( I'll post pics when it looks like I REALLY want it to) and then I had to get busy on the stack of projects that had been piling up over the summer.

 

This first one I did was the one that had been bugging me all summer.

 

It was taking up way too much room in my shed.

I was VERY happy with the way it turned out !

 

The table started out like this ,

It was very sturdy , just needed a little TLC.

 

I had found this set of 6 chairs ,

Awesome arms , huh ?

 

I thought they would make a happy family.

 

Sooo...

I united them with some black paint.

 

 

I prefer to spray paint my projects,

but I knew this table would get used by whoever bought it ,

so I wanted the finish to be really durable and scrub-able.

So Hubs brushed on the first two coats.

 

The reason I don't like to paint with a brush -

brush stokes ... HATE them !

 

Then , I gave it two more coats with this little mini roller I have.

Then  I was happy.

 

The chairs got sprayed and covered in this fabulous paisley fabric .

 

 

I'm so happy this project is done and out of my shed.

And VERY happy with the out come .

This set actually sold BEFORE the sale !

 

Of course , I had to do a bunch of Funky Furniture projects too...

 

 

It was a great sale.
I almost sold out !

I'm  having another one in a couple weeks ...

I better get painting !

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wordless ( almost) Wednesday with Addie ....

My chair obsession continues...

in the garden.

 

 

 

 

 

With the drought this summer,

the succulents did the best by far ...

 

 

 

Volunteer sunflower...

thanks birdies.

 

Happy Wordless ( almost ) Wednesday :)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

One of my favorite quotes from a blogger was ,

"white spray paint is the botox of design "

And I completely agree.

However , I would change that to just spray paint .

Any spray paint , any color.

 

Nothing can take something out of date and dingy and turn it into something beautiful and useful again like a can of spray paint !

 

For instance,

this old iron plant stand.

Popular in the late 70's early 80's.

Who's Mom or grandma doesn't have one of these hanging around.

 

 

 

 

With a face lift of Rustoleum 2X in Aqua

 

Much more fun huh ?

 

 

 

If you have been read my blog before ,

you know I will spray paint anything .

Some things multiple times.

 

Like Addie's steps,

the first time I painted them in Key Lime,

 

they were just a little too lime...

So, they became Fire Orange

 

My new favorite Rustoleum color !

 

Or this Goodwill lamp ,

 

 

I don't remember what color it was originally ,

but I sprayed it red for my bedroom'

then decided it needed a new home in the living room.

 I was trying to inject a little color in my too neutral room.

This color is called Eden and it's my new favorite shade of green.

I covered the lampshade with burlap and

WAALAA !

A brand new lamp !

 

I used it on this baker's rack also .

 I picked it up for FREE on the curbside :)

 

Isn't it great?

AND it was FREE !

 

 

It was missing the top ,

so Hub cut a piece of left over counter top to fit .

Perfect !

 

And my last makeover to share ,

 

 

These maple end tables with a faux marble top.

 ( I think Formica of some sort )

 

 

Don't they look much happier Fire Orange?

I even used the same hardware,

just touched it up with a Flat Black.

 

Side note :

These tables and some of my other Funky Furniture pieces are for sale and can be found at

Market 124.

 

I must say , I have found a few things that couldn't even be saved with spray paint,

but not too many  :)