Put a Number on it!

Happy Tuesday everyone!  Hope this finds you well.  My little family of three traveled to Chicago this past weekend with a few friends and their kids.  It was a lot of fun!  We did a ton of walking and the kids did an awesome job of keeping up.....although there is so much to look at when you're in the city.  We spent the morning and a bit of the afternoon at the Shedd Aquarium on Saturday.  My son enjoyed seeing all the different types of aquatic animals.  It was a neat place!  We took a commuter train into the city so that was bit of adventure too!  The kids thought that was "super cool"!  I hope your long weekend was wonderful as well:)

I found this watering can at a yard sale awhile back.  I do really LOVE old watering cans....There is something about them.  I decided that it needed a number on it.  The number three happens to be my favorite so that is the number that I stenciled in aqua paint.

I hope you have a great week:)
If you're reading....ThAnKs!

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Getting Ready for Spring

Good evening, fellow bloggers.  Getting my post out a little late.  Spring is such a busy time and not enough hours in the day to get everything done.  I have been a little slow in getting my summer furniture out on the deck because of the weather.  Spring has been a little slow in sharing her warm weather with us.   Well, anyways here are some pictures of the back deck, just waiting for more warm weather.  I had this baker's rack that was just sitting around and I decided to put it on the deck for a another place to put plants, trays or just about anything.  I had these metal chairs that didn't have any cushions for them so I made some.  The fabric is fun and the buttons are all different.  I just love my old rusty sun that looks like he is blowing sun kisses at you. 

 I had some old milk crates and I decided to use one for a small little end table with some candlesticks close by for some atmosphere.

I filled up my shelves with old metal pieces that I really like, for example my old pail, my old chipped basin and some very old, chipped metal plates.  

 Here is my other milk crate that I just turned upside down to place a plant on instead hanging the plant.  Here is my crate that I'm using as a little end table.

 

 Some more stuff on my shelves.

 I just love how this fuchsia plant looks hanging down over the shelves.

 Here is my old rusty sun.

 And here is my deck just waiting for a little more warmth and sunshine.

Until next time, Dianne...............

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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!
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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. :)