How About A Little Sparkle?

Good Wednesday evening everyone.  I had the day off and enjoyed it by doing some fun things and running around doing errands.  It was a cold and windy day here in Michigan and all the hunters have gone off hunting.  My hubby and my son left early this morning for the elusive big trophy(the big deer).  My other son could not get off of work and he was really disappointed.  I for one can't understand how it could be so fun when it is usually so cold outside, but oh well I am not a hunter!
Well on to my little project and this one is an easy and fun one.  I had this old galvanized pail just sitting around and I thought I would do something fun with it.  Here is the before picture:

 Usually everyone has an old bucket or pail just sitting around but I thought that this little pail needed a little sparkle.  I drew an exaggerated heart on one side and took out my acrylic paints and choose a fun pink color. 

 When the paint had dried and adhered to the pail I took some Elmer's glue and painted that on just inside the pink heart.  I sprinkled on some gold glitter on top of the glue before it had dried.

 When that had dried, I lightly sprayed the whole pail with some varnish.  Just lightly and especially on the heart to keep the sparkles on.

 So how do you like my little sparkle pail?  It could be used for so many things, but I put some flowers in it. 

Well until next time, Dianne.......

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Oversized Ruler Growth Chart

Hey everyone!! Hope you are doing well:) Thanksgiving is around the corner and we are getting some cold weather around here in Michigan. I love Thanksgiving....it's like the kick-off for the Holiday season!! This time of year is my absolute favorite...which I've probably mentioned a time or two:)

I recently made an oversized growth chart. I've been meaning to try and create one for awhile! One of my friends was making one and gave me the inspiration to try and create on too at the same time! It's always more enjoyable to craft with friends:) I had a decent size flat board in the garage...so I primed and painted it gray. I then pulled out my trusty 'ole cricut machine and cut out my numbers for the ruler. I decided to use a sharpie marker to try the ruler lines. I think that worked better than using vinyl strips. I then used burnt umber acrylic paint to make it appear distressed around the edges of the ruler.

Here she is finished.....I have her in our "Shabby Gals" shop just waiting for the right customer to scoop her up:)

Have a great day!
If you're reading....ThAnKs!!
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Need a Vase?

T.G.I.F!!! It seems that this week has been a long one. Usually I don't feel like I say this but I think because of the weather it seemed to crawl along. I should probably prepare myself for a long winter though. This is just the beginning. I guess I am just saying that I am glad it's Friday!!

I found this old lamp base down at the flea market we went to this Fall and I didn't want to paint it because I just love the old rusty finish on it. Some might have watched me walking around with it in my cart and wonder why I would want such a piece. They might have also been wondering where the rest of the lamp was but for me that was the charm in the piece. The possibilities for it were endless!! I couldn't wait to take it home and brain storm.

The ending result after a few failed ideas ended up being a vase. I thought that it would look adorable amongst all my other junk...I mean treasures...that I have picked up along the way. It is such a versatile vase as well and can change with the seasons....of course the flowers I put in it are not Fall flowers but they go well in my living room. So there you have it an old oil lamp base transformed into a beautiful vase for flowers. Another thought would be to collect a bunch of these bases to decorate tables for a wedding or even just for a Thanksgiving table. The possibilities are endless!  I hope you all like it! Have a great weekend!!


This is the beautiful lamp base that I found...can't you just see the possibilities? :)

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Vintage Lightbulbs and Butterflies

It's Thursday morning and on Monday, I noticed that my eldest daughter who also bloggs with me announced to our blogging world that we are going to have an addition to the family.  They are going to have twins and we feel so blessed.  They will be my 6th and 7th grandchildren.  We are all excited and can't wait for their arrival.  Jackie's and John's son Oliver is looking forward to their birth. The babies are due in December, actually the 30th.  I kinda of mentioned that it would be fun to have the babies on my birthday (29th) but she said she would be happy to have them come a little bit earlier than that.  Oh, well I tried. What fun we will have!!!!!!!  Now after the great news, here is my latest project.  I had these candlesticks that were brass but I had decided that I wanted to shabby them so I painted them a wonderful pink and then lightly sanded them down.  I had seen in the Country Living magazine these wonderful candlesticks done with some cool looking bulbs and paper butterflies.  So I gathered up some supplies.  Here is the before pictures:

My husband had found some vintage light bulbs at an estate sale. So these were incorporated into the design.

I glued the vintage light bulbs onto the candlesticks with E6000 glue.  When they were dry and sturdy I glued the paper butterflies where I wanted them.  Some of the candlesticks had more butterflies than other candlesticks did because the light bulbs were different sizes.

I also made some done in brass candlesticks that I didn't paint.  I think they are really fun and they were fun to do.

They are a fun addition to someone's decorating scheme and they look wonderful on  the mantel.

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

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Vintage Mail Organizer

Good morning:)  I hope you are well!  With Halloween behind us ......Thanksgiving and Christmas will soon be here!!!  My favorite time of the year...and this year will be exceptionally exciting with the arrival of our twins:)  We will be enjoying the most precious Christmas gifts we could have ever asked for!

I found this vintage mail organizer this past summer.   I thought it needed a little updating....

I gave it a few coats of yellow spray paint then antiqued it with some gray acrylic paint.

I hope you have a great rest of the week!
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