Gray Butterflies

Good morning!  It's been awhile since the Shabby Gals have posted!  We hope you are doing fabulous!  We traveled to a flea market this past weekend and found some cool things.....I did not take ONE picture.  I had such great intentions and never took any.  It was so much fun....we had some great laughs, ate good food, and shopped and shopped!  My mom, sister, aunt and I all went to the Springfield, Ohio flea market.  It is huge and has so many great items.  This is our ninth year that we've gone....so it's become such a fun tradition.

I found these metal butterflies at a yard sale last summer.  We seem to sell a lot of butterflies in our booth.  I decided that I would give these a little make-over.  They all received a coat of gray spray paint.

Here they are now....I think they look little more modern.

I hope you have a great day!
If you're reading....ThAnKs!

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A New Look for An Old Desk

Good morning everyone.  I missed my normal day of blogging so here I am on an early Friday morning blogging away.  Me, my sister and my daughters are going flea marketing down in Springfield,Ohio.  I'm looking forward to this and I know we will have a good time and lots of laughs.  We always purchase stuff and get a lot of great ideas.  Well on to my little project and I forgot to take a before picture, but trust me this little desk needed a lot of help.  It was banged up and missing some handles and a dirty brown.  I liked the size of this desk because it wasn't huge, one could use this desk anywhere.  I also had this little chair that didn't go with anything and I thought it would look great with this desk because it wasn't huge and clunky.

I painted both the desk and the chair a minty green.  Loved the color because it looks fresh and spring looking.  I had taken off the handles of the desk before I had painted because one was missing but I saved the rest.  The handles were made out of wood so I didn't want to throw them away. This desk had wavy wood trim already on it so I painted that white after the green had dried and the wood handle was also painted a white.  I decided to have some fun with this desk so I painted a design that mimicked the trim and added some little white dots.

I added little round metal drawer pulls that had white in the middle of them.  Looked a little bit like the white dots on the desk. 

After the desk and chair had dried, I decided to add some dry brush marks with the white to add a little texture.  The chair I accentuated with the white also.  I brushed it right on top of the caning on the seat.

So here is my little old new green desk and chair.  What do you think?  Until next time, Dianne.......

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Mirror, Mirror

Good afternoon....or should I say good evening. I always have great intentions for getting my post up in the morning but somehow my day always gets away from me. It was just too beautiful today to be inside on the computer. So I guess the evening works best!! I am so excited that it is Wednesday because it's only two more days until I make my escape down to Ohio to find some treasures. My Mom and sister and I are going down to the Springfield Flea Market this weekend and I am so excited. We usually go every year at least one time...either in the Spring or Fall, sometimes both. I ALWAYS get excited for this weekend. It's fun to get away and spend some quality time with my Mom and Sisters.

Before I go though I have to share with you a mirror that I have re-done. I actually got the inspiration for music paper from my Mom and one of her projects that she had shared with you. She covered a chair in it and it turned out ADORABLE. So I had this mirror and I could have just painted it, which I started out doing, but it needed something more to it. It didn't look quite complete. So I took my try at modge podge and music paper. The music paper was from an old book and it had already discolored so I didn't have to stain it or anything to give it an antique look. I am happy with the outcome, although it took me a few tries to perfect the look I was striving for. That's how projects work though right? You just keep working on it until you get your desired outcome.

Whatever you may be doing the rest of the week or weekend I hope you make it a great one!!!

By the way I don't know if any of you have ever tried taking a picture of a mirror but it is not the easiest thing to do. I hope you get the overall picture of what it looks like anyhow. :)

 

Chalkboard on a Slice of Wood

Happy Monday!  Hope you had a wonderful weekend and a beautiful Mother's Day:)  We spent the day with both sides of our family which was nice.  I can't believe how fast time is going....it's almost Memorial Day....which means the "official start" of summer!!  We recently bought a new travel camping trailer and we are just itching to use it for camping!!  My sisters, mom, and I are heading to a big Flea market this weekend.  I am SOOO looking forward to it!!  We always have such a great time scouring for deals and finding exclusive treasures.

I recently picked up this wood slice from Jo-Anns and decided that it would make a super cute chalkboard.....

It was such an easy peasy project!!  I simply just primed it and brushed a few coats of chalkboard paint on it.  Here is the final product....

I hope you have an enjoyable evening!
If you're reading....ThAnKs!

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The Corner Bookshelf

Good Morning fellow bloggers and Moms.  I hope everyone has a nice Mother's Day.  I know I will be because all my children, my Mom and my sister will be together, along with all the grandchildren, husband, sons and son-in-laws.  What a party!  Well, I haven't blogged in a little bit, life has been a little crazy with work and everything, but things are starting to settle down.  I'm looking forward to summer so I can laze around and have some more time to do the projects that I want to do.  Okay, so here is my latest project.  I did not get around to taking the before picture, sorry.  Started working with this bookcase and than I realized that there was no before picture.  Anyways here is a shot of it after it is all done:

What I did was first washed it all down.  It was a MESS.  It is an old bookcase and the wood was so dark and one could not see all the wonderful details of this piece.  I wanted a shabby piece so after it was all cleaned up I painted it up with a cream color flat paint.  I wanted this piece to be durable because books and items would be placed on the shelves.

When all the paint was dry I adhered some old music paper just to the shelves of the bookcase.  I than took some silver acrylic paint from Michael's or Joann's and painted the edges of the case and around the many spindles and the beaded detail at the top and bottom of the bookcase.  It took some time but I think it highlights the details of the old bookcase.

After the detailing had dried I decided to dry brush the silver paint across the top of the music sheets on the shelves.  It softened the music sheets from standing out to much and made it look a little older looking and not so newly painted.

I also brushed some silver paint across the top the of the feet of the bookcase.  After everything was dry I sealed the cabinet with a sealer.

So here is my little old bookcase.  I just love the way it fits into any corner of any room.  I love it in my living-room but I could see it being in a dining room, a bedroom even in a bathroom, endless possibilities.

So, what do you think?  Until next time, Dianne...........................

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