Chippy Shelf

I finished something!


Before

After

This is my first really distressed piece. I like the way it turned out.

More pics....

 My new chippy shelf in front of my chippy front door.




Remember this table?

Now it looks like this.
I'll finish putting a light coat of turquoise on top and some spots on the legs and then one more layer of white on the legs (over the turquoise) and a couple of coats on top. Then distress. Can't wait to see how it turns out.

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Sneak peeks and mums....

The weather was so nice this morning so I got up and went straight to work....

for about an hour

and then it was hot.

So, I headed inside and did a little cleaning and watched "The Pioneer Woman" cooking show on the Food Network... love it!

I decided to do a little painting inside the house.

More sneaky peeks...

I picked up a little pot of purple mums from Wal-Mart for .99 ...



... dreaming of fall

so I can buy more cute little mums AND paint outside!

What's goin' on in the craft room

Slowly, very slowly, I've been working on my craft room.

I'm hoping this weekend me and the husband can move his crap

into one corner, organize it, get rid of some of it

and then

put something cool in front of it

to camoflauge it!

Like maybe these old door's from my dad's attic...

and another old door that is out in the barn.

See that maroon iron bed?

My daughter wants it painted gray and put in her room.

The craft room is full of projects.

Like this...

{Another "gem" found in my dad's garage. My mother loved old, chippy,

junk, antiques before it was cool. See pic below...

another piece my mother found somewhere.}

This will be painted black and go in my other daughter's room.

I'm hoping to buy the paint this weekend and finish it.

 

Here's my new chalk board wall in progress.

I fininshed painting it, but haven't painted the second coat yet.

I've been too busy this week and it's driving me crazy...

all I want to do is be in my craft room.

Cleaning, organizing, working on projects!!

{I just noticed you can't even see the typewriter on the floor. I'll post a pic soon... it's really cool}

I can't wait to write on that chalk wall...

neither can my kids.

I put magnets on the back of some of my collages and stuck them to the metal door.

Messy mess.

My daughter, Lydia made this one. I like it.

Still working on this one. It needs a little something more.

I like the poem. I have it on my fridge.

I think it's important for parents to remember.....

REALLY like this song.

I printed it out a couple of years ago

and gave it to my teen girls.

Important for them to remember and also

us moms too!

Still shiny... not dry yet.

I've been neglecting my jewelry making, but here are a few things I'm working on....

I think it's time to clean out my beading board... what a mess!

TODAY IS EARTH DAY... BE KIND TO THE EARTH

Craft supplies...yay!

I bought these a few weeks ago and then the weather got really crappy. So.... they're sitting in my kitchen waiting patiently for me to use them. I actually have used the glue on a frame, but that's about as far as I've gotten. My son saw the chalk board paint tonight and asked what it was. When I told him I could make a chalk board out of any smooth surface he got excited. I'll be fixing some kind of chalk board for his room. I can't wait to use my new, cool supplies!