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Vintage Coffee Table-

This cute little vintage coffee table was given to me by a friend in town some time ago, just getting around to making it over.  Love the cute little legs and the glass removable top. 

Cleaned it up- and painted a primer on it.

Then came the fun part.

Yes, I painted it yellow.

I left the little metal toes just as they were.  

While the paint was drying, I took some time to do laundry, work in the garden....and download some images  from The Graphics fairy.  An awesome place for free images.

-The images were for the top  of the table-

....and here she is all finished.

Thanks a ton Doris- I think she is a sweet little Yellow lady.

Love finding treasures...even better when they come knocking on my door.

Happy Day 

 Linking this with...

Vintage Wooden containers...turned gift center.

I picked up a couple really sweet  Vintage Wooden crates from The Vintage Market the other day.  I was originally looking for  wire baskets ....but, these caught my eye and will be perfect for what I intend to do with them.   

I'm gifting them to a couple of friends- I call them  "Christmas Baking Gift Containers."  {wish I could think of a clever name for them- any ideas?}

I plan to fill them will all things needed to wrap baked goods in for gifting.  {A gift that's for gifting =)

• Paper baking containers for gifts of different shapes and sizes- loaf, bunt, cupcakes and cookies.
• Cupcake flags 
• Ribbon
• Blue, red and green twine
• Frosting spatula
• Sprinkles 
•  cupcake design tattoos 
• White paper bags
• Cellophane bags 
• Die cut cupcake holders
• Gift tags

I put all the items in the containers- tied with some burlap and ribbon  then added a little greenery from my yard.  

All ready to give- I love using Vintage containers to put gifts in- like wooden crates, wire locker baskets, enamel bowls, vintage lunch tins, old metal tool containers....etc.

Loved the patina on the end of this Vintage container- Sweet.

I prepared this post several days ago....but, post delayed it {did you know on typepad you can post delay a year if you want?}  to show up today- I didn't want  Sandi & Ruth  to see it before they received them. 

Sandi, Ruth, Cindy and I served in the Stake YW  many years ago- since then we get together once a year for a little reunion.  {sorry, that Cindy couldn't make it this year.=( 

This year we are doing breakfast, lunch & a Christmas House tour- and of course our annual Christmas gift exchange. {Ruth planned this years event.....I planned last years...see it here.}

Happy Day. 

Vintage Enamel Bread pan-

 

One .50 cent enamel bread pan-{from my Saturday Treasure hunt.}

 

 

 

 

 

Put a couple inches of rock on the bottom of the pan, add succulent potting mix.  Then fill with succulents of your choice.  Ending with moss to cover the dirt.  Water lightly. {won't need to be watered next for a month.}

Now here's where I need you help-

Where should it's home be?

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#3

#4-

Where should it go 1, 2, 3 or 4 ?

 

Starburst Mirror...redo

It didn't take much time to change this mirror....just a little paint and about 10 minutes.

Can you spot a couple of the treasures I found Saturday?

I painted the mirror white....and just cleaned up the wooden shoe.I guess it probably would of been just fine left as it was.....I just wanted it to feel a little bit fresher.

So, It went from Brass to this-

Found the mirror and wooded shoe for under $5.....I love secret little places that not many know about yet.  {my lips are sealed =)

One of my goals when we bought this little cottage was to accessorized it with left overs, do overs and lost treasures. {Just for fun} So far everything in the cottage has entered that way {except the sofa and mattress.....this girl has issues about that.....will only use an old sofa if it is leather, came from family or it has a good frame and can be upholstered....just saying there are some things you just can't clean enough for my taste.}

I think spaces have more character and are more interesting when you have had to hunt them down.  The whole kitchen sitting area where the starburst mirror ended up....came in under $50 including the chairs.

Next project, the blue and green bottles....I will have that up later this week.

Happy Day

 

$25...Treasure hunt-

Yesterday I had plans of trimming roses etc up at CV.....but that got foiled when I had to run errands for the Nut Company- we had a part FedEX to us and I went to pick it up at the airport.

So because it was too late to run up to CV- I decided to grab Heidi and the kids and go on a little treasure hunt.

Our treasure-

• One small table- Heidi's
• 10 blue and green vintage bottles- one with a glass/cork stopper
• one vintage wooden shoe form
• a vintage convex starburst mirror ...with mercy showing through
• one vintage enamel bread pan...I have a fabulous idea how  to use it....sharing next week.
• Total $25

These bottles are soaking in my secret solution..... I plan to share what I will be doing with them next week.

Happy day

Remnants of the Past-

Our bags are ready....all tied up with a pretty pink bow.....now all we need to do is fill them.  

I've gathered up a couple of my friends and we are heading off  for  a super fun time at Remnants of the past.

These bags are divine- Trish from Cottage by Design  was super, super, super...helpful.... did I mention that she was super?...well, she was! {because you see, I seem to do everything last minute. {smile}

I totally think Trish understands how I think.....just wouldn't be a girls day without something divine.  Thanks Trish!

 I think they are even big enough to bring home an antique mirror....  (more smiling}

A Few more little surprises await the girls.... like this and.....

Like these-

I used cupcake bags, tied with a string and a wooden fork for fun. Raspberry and chocolate moose. The cupcake bags have a little platform for the cupcake to sit on....Happy Day. {I am totally obsessed with thinkgarnish.com ......I would love to have a storage cabinet full of all their little touches....just sitting there waiting for a fun time to happen.}

Oh.... If you are going to the Show too...look for 3 ladies with the cutest bags ever..... tied with pink bows....that will be us.

I'm looking forward to meeting a blog friend Brooke, at the show .

 Brooke will be there signing her fabulous book....Patina Style....take a look for yourself =)

Happy Day

 

 

 

 

 

Give Old Furniture new life with paint-

 
This is the old dresser before....come follow me over at  Blissful and see the after.

Photo by Heidi

$60 Ottoman-

 
A Custom ottoman for $60 dollars....can't beat that.  A few weeks ago I went to a friends home to help her make an ottoman....fun & fairly easy.

I had a bunch of step by step instructions....but my computer crashed and I lost the step by step pictures. =(

But this is basically what we did-

 

• She found a piece of round plywood out in the barn that we cut down to size- {3/4 inch plywood.}
• drilled holes through the plywood for buttons.
• cut two inch foam for top
• stapled fabric to the plywood round {layers; plywood, foam, fabric}
• hand covered buttons with fabric
• pulled string through holes to attach button's.... secured the string to the bottom of the plywood using a metal washer and a dowel.
• attached hardware for legs
• pleated and then attached skirt to plywood with staples and hot glue
• Added decorative trim around center with hot glue.

 

 
Love, love how it turned out....

On another note- I finally found a little black phone to add to this space at the cottage-

 

 

 

 

I attached an old school house slate board to the back using Velcro strips-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Step One-

 

Step two-

 
In the linen cabinet to the right...we have a bowl of chalk & an eraser, just so we can change up the message once in awhile.

Happy day

I've linked this post up with thirty hand made days  lots of fun ideas-

A little Sanding-

 

 

Remember this $10 chair?

  I've been working on it off and on for the last couple of days.

 

I've finished the cleaning, painting and sanding.

 

 The fabric is ready to put on the seat, just need the time to do it.....that will happen this weekend.

 

But, I wanted to show you the chair so far......and, I have to tell you, I love what "Sanding" can do to a chair.

 

 

 

 

 

 

After Paint, but before sanding-

After Sanding-

I think most things are more interesting when they are a little ruff around the edges..... including people.  =)

 
I'm hoping to finish these little chairs today. {I love how they look in the kitchen}

After I had painted & sanded these two chairs.... I decided to go back to the thrift store and pick up the other two remaining chairs.  =)

Happy Day

 

One more thing, I could just kick myself- About a week ago I saw a pair of chairs at this same store, that I was thinking about buying $24 a piece that looked something like this, only they were caned on the back and sides.

 

 

 Yes, I was so stupid and didn't pick them up at that time.....came back a few days later and they were gone.  =(  ....  lesson learned. 

Caned like this-

 

 

 

 







 

 

 

 

One more thing....I found this adorable little chair last week......  its on its way to my home.... {happy Dance}  I have a happy little spot waiting for it in the cottage living room.  =) 

I was thinking a little sunshine & sand were needed in my cottage of sea colors. 

 

Sofa Table....from the Bone Yard-

Last week I pulled a few items from the Nut Company's "bone" yard.

I thought I would try my hand at making a "somewhat" industrial style sofa table.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
I thought these little guys were make a perfect base...I cleaned them up and spray painted them white.....I thought about spraying them silver...but thought they would look too cheap....I also thought about leaving them as they are just cleaned up....but I wasn't liking their color....so they got a coat of white spray paint.

I grab a few boards from our pallet stack....I picked out some boards that just happened to have almost the same teal color on their ends as what I painted the dinning room buffet.

 
The boards before I sanded them and dry brushed them with white paint.

After

 

I still have a few more touches to finish up the table.....here's a look at it in the meantime.

 
After I finish with a few more things I want to do to it...I will show you the whole "table".

Cost of table $.O

Even the spray paint/paint was left over from another project.

Happy day