Hand Painted Shabby Table

Here is a little lady I painted while sitting in front of the television, during one of our last bout of freezing weather... Oh and sorry, it was a bit too dark to take before pics...

I just love little tables like this...but sometimes they are super dated...

I think its transformation brought it to date a bit.

I gave her a few coats of my "go to white" Cotton Whisper. Then hand painted a few flowers and swirls, with a light bluish-green

A last peek...a little bright, so the flowers wouldn't show up in the picture... But it still looks pretty (ya think?)

I am going to be linking up to these parties...you should come with me :)
Primitive and Proper-Piece of Work Wednesday
Domestically Speaking-Power of Paint Party
Blue Cricket DesignShow and Tell
All Things Fee-Calling all Crafters
Sew Can Do-Craftastic Monday
Homemaker on a DimeCreative Bloggers Party
The Girl Creative-Just something I whipped up
Dragonfly Designs-Inspiring Creativity
Elements InteriorsWhassup Wednesdays
HoH-Hooking up with HOH
Paisley PassionsThrilling Thursday
Finding Fabulous-Frugalicious Friday
Remodelaholic-Remodelaholica Anonymous
Redoux-Old to New, your great Redoux

Jewelry Box Makeover

This little thing has been sitting in my garage for I'm not sure how long. Its little so I forgot all about it...
So it deserved a little makeover to make up for the neglect :)
Here it is before...

Blah...but with a little paint and distressing, its ready to go.

Look at the aqua velvet lining the drawers...pretty, huh?

One last peek...

Have a lovely day!

Lil Blue, the Jack of all Dressers

There is no shame in my game!
Gotta love trash day!

I picked this lil guy up on the curb... You should have seen me trying to lift it by myself into the back of my (lifted) truck...ah ha ha funny sight!
He was missing a bunch of drawers, but had great bones.

I decide to keep only the top 3 drawers, so I started (with the help of my hubby) by cutting the bottom apart.

Then filled this section in with backerboard.

Here he is all put together, just before his paint job.

I gave him a coat of some freebie light blue paint given to me by a friend. And stained his top a nice Dark Walnut.

Next came the bottom "cabinet" part...trying to decide between which basket I wanted to get, 3 really really expensive ones, or 3 really expensive ones..Joanns was slippin this week...So as I browsed around, I came accross these unfinished crates, for $10 each...AWESOME compared to $25 each for the size baskets I needed...15"x15".
I bought 3 of these crates, and with all of my sah-weet coupons I only paid $18 for all 3! I know right?!
I got them home and they were a bit too long, and stuck out 3 inches...oops,

so we cut off the amount needed, and took my new staple gun, and put em back together!

and stained them the same dark walnut color as the top.
Here he is in all his glory!

I love him! and I can picture him just about anywhere, a baby boys nursery, a big boys room, under a nice sized flat screen, with dvd's filling the crates, in a craft room....Oh the possibilities!
Are you all ready to party....cuz I am! come join me!
Primitive and Proper-Piece of Work Wednesday
Domestically Speaking-Power of Paint Party
Blue Cricket DesignShow and Tell
All Things Fee-Calling all Crafters
Sew Can Do-Craftastic Monday
Homemaker on a DimeCreative Bloggers Party
The Girl Creative-Just something I whipped up
Dragonfly Designs-Inspiring Creativity
Elements InteriorsWhassup Wednesdays
HoH-Hooking up with HOH
Paisley PassionsThrilling Thursday
Finding Fabulous-Frugalicious Friday
Remodelaholic-Remodelaholica Anonymous
Redoux-Old to New, your great Redoux

Oh Em Gee! 100 Followers! {and} an Award!

Unfortunatley I have a day job...ugh I know. So yesterday I'm at work, really don't want to be there. Customers are grumpy, making my night crappier and crappier. I take my 10 min break and while I'm chillin enjoying the peace and quiet I check my emails, and there was just 1 from Brooke at All Things Thrify. And can I add that my mood changed completely...My night got way less crappy! She said she stumbled upon my blog and loved it {awwww schucks} and that she was giving me an award.

I had clue how awesome this award is, until I ran through the past recipients of said award...and HOLY COW! I am in Amazing company!
Thank you Brooke...and I went to sleep with 92 followers, and woke up with 102! WOAH! Super Excited today...now I need to think of something special to do...kind of a giveaway of sorts! I'll letcha all know whats up with that soon!
Thank you all so much for hanging out and showing some love with all of your awesome comments...I love to read them all!
Have a Lovely Day all!

Sunny Yellow Chevron Table

This little gal is ready for some sun! I got this table a while ago, and was going to restore it, to its natural design...but do you ever get into one of those moods where you just want to cut something up...well thats what happened...so I cut it up...and it looks great!

Here is the before...

Here is what I (well hubby) cut off...

And what it looked like after...upside down but you get the pic...right?

A fresh couple coats of my FAV white, and some chevron stripes...

May I say this part was a pain in my rear end...after a few trial runs, hubby and I decided to just make a stencil out of cardboard...worked great!
Then used 2 in painters tape...And painted a thin coat of a super sunny yellow

And her sunny debut!

Sanded her down alot...I wanted the look of alot of wear and tear...

Sorry about all the pics...I just love the way she turned out!
Ooooh so I'm going to partaaay-ing at these places! (join me)

Best Giveaway Ever...Please vote for me #15

Alright All! Now is the time to vote for whom ever you think is worthy of Mandis mad skills and her Epic Makeover!


Remember this post of my sad master bedroom

Please vote for "me "here I'm number 15...unfortunately you can only vote once...Soooo make it count! Thanks!
Happy Sunday Everyone!