Hello Hello Hello! Etsy Shop

I Love to see things get a second life, that's why I do what I do!  I Love modern and old, valuable and ordinary. I love to upscale, reuse and revamp!  I heart Thrift stores! I couldn't buy one more thing, honestly I couldn't.  But, I wanted to!  It all started when I would swing in to check out the furniture.  Then I made the mistake of browsing, and I shouldn't have.  When it was only 75 cents and  $1.00 why wouldn't I buy it?  I shouldn't buy it because, I don't need it, and what would I do with it, but I would think how cute it would be with some paint! I love paint too!

 So, I started an Etsy shop  Oops Redone Etsy Shop! I know, real original, but I couldn't think of cute name that wasn't already taken!

Oh My, Etsy is so easy - user friendly!  I started slow and am still learning, but I don't have to feel GUILTY about my love of old things, and giving them a new life!

BEFORE - Ugly 

AFTER  - Adorable

And for your viewing entertainment, here are a few more

Thrift store finds, revamped!

Have a Good Day!  I have Saturday errands and a visit to the Thrift Store, to find more ugly stuff!

Vintage Paper Flowers

Do you love pinterest as much as I do? 

I love vintage paper flowers, and I spyed these cute ones on pinterest. It took me to Sew Inspired, and there was a tutorial.  Yahoo!

So on one of my trips to the Thrift Store I bought an old Readers Digest Book.  I made the mistake of reading one of the stories, and it was so good, I read all 4 stories.  It delayed me a day taking the book apart for the old pages.

This book cost $1.00 and has 520 pages - That is A LOT of flowers.

My first attempt, not bad - could be better.

These flowers all were cut the same size but came out different. . .

I added some small clothespins bought at JoAnn's.

Love!

Are you pinning pinning pinning are making?

Thrifting! Vintage Owl Cookie Jar

The weather is cold and it is hard to paint!

So I visit the Thrift stores to find treasures!

I am very picky at what I purchase - It has to be a Treasure!

Well, I found one. . .

An owl cookie jar!

It has a face on both sides! Adorable. . .

My doors are locked, you can not have it!!!!

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Wall grouping of Vintage frames: Before and After

I am a Lover of Frames!

all frames

I own a plethora of them. . .

 It was so fun and stressful painting a few for a grouping!

I lay them out and moved them around,

and finally went eeny meeny miny mo!

Before

a sampling of similar frames

My Favorite color at the moment is Turquoise, teal, aqua anything in that color pallet.  So my first attempt at a gallery of frames is in Valspar gloss exotic Sea.

 

I used various shapes and sizes and mixed wood, resin, metal and plastic. I primed them with Valspar gray spray primer, then sprayed them with exotic sea.  Even though I love spray paint, I don't love when things look just spray painted.  So I used Valspar Antiquing glaze - Asphaltum ( black) to bring out the detail of the frames and seal and protect them.  What I love about the glaze is you can use a little or a lot of glaze depending on the look you want.  I wiped most of the glaze of with a wet rag on these frames.

The next collection of frames are Ballet Slipper by Krylon.

I did exactly the same thing - eeny meenie miny mo first!  Then primed, painted and glazed!  I left a little more glaze on these and I Love them! I am thinking one of these frames would be nice with a chalkboard in them!

Finding Fabulous

Before and After: vintage frame cork board

Miss me?  I have missed you!

I needed some time to get my mojo back!

I really have been creating, just not painting furniture.

Fun things like this cork board!

Before

 A $2.00 frame from the thrift store

Some cute fabric, some cork board and of course spray paint

In about an hour, from start to finish I have this. . .
If I didn't have to wait for the paint to dry, it would have been even shorter time

Voila - stinkin cute! maybe for pictures or jewelry. . .

I need some cute stick pins, I will have to work on that!

Kasey Buick One girl Talks

I am also working on a gallery wall.  This is my inspiration!

So I am on the hunt for some vintage frames, any excuse to go to the thrift store!

On my visit today, no frames but this 1960's American Tourister Tiara RED luggage. I don't think it was ever used!

$2.00 I jumped for joy, it's so cute!

I can see it used for photography! 

Before and After: Oak Table and 6 chairs

FYI - I paint furniture and do a few crafts and my #1 post  on this little ole blog is this: 

Tasty Spinach Dip!!!



The recipe is found Here.  Everyone and their dog must have made this for Thanksgiving, and now with all the Christmas parties, this little ole post has gone crazy! It is really really good!



Different Strokes for Different folks!

I have friends who are done with their Christmas shopping.  I have friends who haven't even started, and I am some where in the middle!  We are all so different and that is the beauty of living! 

It is the same in decorating!  Some like vintage, some like modern and  I am somewhere in the middle!  And once again, that is the beauty of living! The world would be so boring if we all liked the same things!

The fun part of painting furniture for people, is seeing the difference style they like!  Some of you will love this table and chairs I painted for a darling girl and some of you will not.

BEFORE;

Solid wood oak chairs

Each chair painted a different color!

For a girl who loves color, this was fun!

A Black Pedestal table too!

What is your style . . . .

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