75 Cent Frame Transformed Into A Chalkboard

Good morning!  I hope you had a wonderful weekend.  I can't believe we only have two more weekends until Christmas.....December is flying by!!!  This weekend we took my son to Huckleberry Railroad which is in Flint, Michigan.  It is set-up to look like a vintage village where thousands and thousands of  Christmas lights twinkle on every building and tree. Huckleberry Railroad is so magical this time of year.....  We got to enjoy a train ride and the train was also lit up in Christmas lights!  My son absolutely loved the train ride!  It lasts for about 45 minutes and there are many Christmas light displays along the way to enjoy.  My sister and her family and Grandma and Grandpa joined us as well.  It was such an enjoyable evening.....LOVE this time of year!!

I wanted to share a quick and easy transformation.  I found this 75 cent frame at a garage sale this past summer.

I painted the glass portion of the frame first with a primer.  After that had dried, I applied several coats of chalkboard paint to it.  The frame received a coat of yummy yellow paint and then black glaze around the nooks and crannies.

What do you think?
Make it a great Monday!!!
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Fit for a Princess

Good morning!! It's Friday and I couldn't be happier. I feel like this week has been really busy and I am looking forward to spending some quality time with the husband and baby. Speaking of my baby..I am going to share with you a project that I worked on just for her. I found this rocking horse at a moving sale, I guess that's no surprise because that's where I find most my treasures. It looked as if someone had painted it before and they did a great job but it wasn't in the best of shape. It looks as if the years had taken it's toll on the poor horse.

Since it was going to be for my little girl I took out some primer and pink paint and put a few coats of each on. After I was done the horse had no eyes or nose so I took some pretty, antique earrings and adhered them on where the eyes should be. I then drew little dots in the middle to make them really look like eyes. I took the white paint and antiqued all the lines of the horse so you won't miss any detail. Lastly I found some lace and put it on the seat. After all the details I think it looks perfect for my little princess.

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A Little Aqua

It's Thursday and it's a good morning.  The week is just flying by and the winter weather has been pretty mild so far.  It is such a busy time of year with Christmas right around the corner and it's such a fun time of the year, but hectic.... I have a little project that was fun and one just needs a little spray paint.  Found this cute little metal retro shelf at a little shop in the town of Farwell, Michigan.  I just love to go in there and see what they have, a little retro and some new stuff.  A fun shop to shop in.  Well, anyways here is this little shelf.  It was nice the way it was, but I wanted it to look a little different.

 I guess that I really wanted to paint it an aqua color and I had this Krylon can of spray paint that looked like aqua.  So I sprayed the shelf and I was pleased with the end result.  I really liked the shelf when it was on the orange colored wall.  Orange and aqua are such fun colors together and quite unexpected.
 

So what do you think?  Is it better or should I have left it alone?  Until next time, Dianne......
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Green with Envy

Good afternoon!! I hope you all are having a fabulous Wednesday. I found this desk on craigslist quite some time ago. I was a little hesitant about working on it because it had chipped veneer on the drawers and I didn't really know what I was going to do with it. When I bought it I didn't even notice for some reason. I guess I was just in love with the shape and the hardware on it that I didn't bother looking closer. It is most definitely a learning process when finding pieces to re-do.

Anyhow my husband was on me about getting it out of the garage so I finally decided to sand it down and put a primer on it to start. Once I got that far I really got motivated and painted it white. I wasn't happy and thought it needed a different color. So then I took out this green that i bought as an "oops" paint. It was my first time opening it and I put a coat on it. I was really pleased with the color. Then I rubbed some brown stain on the corners and around the edges of the drawers to give it more of an imperfect look, since the piece is not perfect. Finally I took some sand paper and sanded the corners and edges of the piece. I thought it needed this last step because of the chipped veneer, although after the color change and detailing I don't think the missing veneer was so noticeable. Overall I was happy with the outcome and wonder why I didn't start the project earlier. That is all for today, I hope you are having a pleasant one.

This is the before picture. Even though I LOVED the color the piece wasn't in the best condition with the chipped veneer so I had to give it a new look altogether.

 

Here is the after. I think that the chipped veneer is not as noticeable and it looks like a brand new piece.

 

Here is the last picture with one of my favorite chairs that I keep on hand to take pictures with. It something that I could never part with but looks pretty nice with this desk.

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Fresh Veggies

Good morning and happy Monday!  I hope you all had a restful weekend!  We took a quick four day trip to Michigan's Upper Peninsula for a family funeral.  We decided to make it an extended weekend and allow the kids to enjoy the pool.....and that they did!!!  It feels good to be home....although there are a lot of things to catch up on...laundry and etc....

I wanted to share a sign I recently made.  I've seen one similar somewhere in blogland, however, I cannot remember where.

I found a few of these basic boards for fifty cents at a garage sale.  I knew they would be perfect for signs so of course I scooped them up.  First off, I painted the board black.  After that dried, I painted a light coat of white paint onto it.  I then distressed it enough so the black paint would show through.  I then used my cricut to create a stencil and painted the words, "Fresh Veggies" onto it.  Here it is placed above my kitchen cabinets.

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