I Can't Wait For...

The hutch is getting springified.

Dear Spring,

I'm anxiously awaiting your arrival. I look forward to the day when your warmth and sunshine melts all of this yucky, dirty snow. I long for your beautiful tulips and the chirp of birds. I crave seeing the green leaves on the trees again. Please visit soon. I love you and miss you!

Making Over A Finial

Another D.I. find is transformed. This finial had serious potential and I'm glad I saw it. They had three for sale and I'm kicking myself for not buying them all and gifted the other two...arrggg. Anyway,I gave this bad boy three coats of antique white paint and finished it off with some glaze. This piece was really glossy to begin with and the paint kept rubbing off...note to self...prime next time! I love the finished product!!

Before...what do you even call this color? :)

After...oooo...awww...beautiful!

I love how the glaze gets trapped in the details.

Making Over A Pinecone

I bought this at the D.I. a couple of months ago. It was love at first sight...I saw the potential right away. I have used its little gold self here and there in the living room for the last couple of months, but it finally just had to have its makeover.




Three coats of glidden later...


After some glaze.


I like this color much better than the gold, but all three of my boys have asked me why I painted it...they liked the gold! Sorry guys, the gold just had to go.

Finding Cheap Cuteness

I found this cute little tray at Hobby Lobby for $2.80. I snatched it up! I knew I could do something with it.



After trying a couple of different things, I ended out putting my moss topiaries in it and adding a grapevine ball.



I just love it!

Two Moss Balls Are Better Than One

I bought this little dish thingy at the thrift store for $1.50 the other day. It is made out of metal. I knew exactly what I was going to do with it.


Rather than add this little guy to the "waiting to be painted" pile, I got out the Glidden and brush and went to town. It took three coats because I didn't prime...oops. Since I already had the paint out, I decided to paint the small urn from a couple of posts ago too.


For a finishing touch, I added some glaze. This is my first time using it and can I just say that I'm in love! It is so easy to use and really makes the details pop. I will be using it lots more in future projects.



I wasn't able to find a cast away basketball for this project and didn't want to spend a fortune on a Styrofoam ball...but I did have a bazillion of these grapevine balls stashed away and just covered one with moss. Easy peasy!



I love them!! Best of all...they were SUPER cheap and I think they're FABULOUS!!

Happy Friends

I bought these two items separately and they go together perfectly. I was so happy when I got home and realized this. I bought the easel at an antique store for $6...score! I love it, but it was really all alone in it's coloring, that is until I brought home this statue thing from Hobby Lobby...clearance for $8. So, they are happy little friends.

I won the plaque from a giveaway hosted by Traci at Beneath My Heart.