I've been crafty

 

 

 

I've discovered it's okay to get paint on your hands

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I've also discovered mixed media!

This is a recycled "canvas" from work.

A box, the size of a canvas, that would have been thrown away.

 

.... just the beginning of a mixed media piece 

Scroll-y

Distressed

Frame 

 

Frames~

(Listed on etsy)

 

 

 

 

 

 

mixed media glittery, turquoise-y goodness

... practicing with my new stencil.

I love it!

I love this yellow!

 

Also another

etsy listing

This pig is not cute.

I got her at Goodwill for $3.00.

I took her button eyes off, unscrewed the hook on her nose, took off the tape/price tag from her behind and gave her a good sanding and then some kilz spray paint.

I'm thinking she'll look cute with a chevron pattern painted on her.

 

What do you think?

... things i've been doing

Vaca to Hull, MA.... LOVED it! Want to move there. I've never been to the ocean and now I'm hooked!

The rocks there were so beautiful... God's artwork.

I'm also addicted to SEA GLASS.... these are some of the beautiful things I found on the beach.

Painting {and distressing} frames...

Are you seeing a color scheme here?

Finding thrifty finds.... like old jars at Goodwill for $4.

Owls... before and after

                                                         Much better, huh?

Confession... I used to hate owls. I thought they were really ugly and WAY outdated. Now I love them! Turqouise paints helps a lot though.

       Kinda cute.                                         REALLY cute.

I can't find his before picture. I know it's somewhere on my computer. Just picture a dull metal owl and that's the before. Isn't he cute now?


I love OWLS!


I'll be listing these in my  etsy shop  soon. It's been closed for a long time. I used to sell my jewelry, but jewelry is on the back burner for now. My new favorite thing is PAINT!! And OWLS :O)

New bright paint colors

I picked these up at WMart the other day...

.99 each.

I'm lovin' these bright colors!

And here's my dining room table.
My plan for tomorrow is to finish some of these and start painting some more.

Paint and finish day...

that's what today is supposed to be. I'm pretty sure I finished a headboard that... um, no.. I just remembered I have to wax/seal it. Ok, so today is not FINISH day, but work on finishing something day.



I did do this today though.

This is my laundry/mud room. See the chippy table? My mom bought/found on the curb (?) many, many years ago.




Look at all that chippy, distressed goodness! (My mom had cut a piece of linoleum.. you know the kind that's white with small gold flecks/dots?.... UGLY.. on the top. It wasn't attached so I took that off real fast!)

I sanded it and then thought it looked pretty perfect.

So I cleaned it off and put it in the laundry/mud room.
My husband needed a place to put all his "stuff" when he comes home so I wandered around the house looking for something.

I tried this...

It was a little too "mod" for the table.

So I tried this...

Actually, I'm not totally happy with this one, but it's bigger and holds more "stuff" and the style goes better with the table. But... it's too close to the color of the table so I may have to rub a little bit of color on it or find something else. It works for now and my husband couldn't care less. Maybe he won't lose his keys now.

More pics....

One side of the table and the legs are metal and it's hollow inside. It's an unusual little table. 

I wish I had prettier things to hang from the hooks, but this is reality. Caps, hats, dirty lunch boxes. I think the spurs are cute though.


Maybe tomorrow I'll FINISH something. (Probably not.)

Things I'm working on

.... i like blue/turquoise

I know it looks like I'm a really bad painter, but there's a purpose for this messy paint job. I'm going to spray paint white over this and then distress it. Hopefully the turquoise will show through where it's distressed and also the wood.

I've designated tomorrow as "paint and FINISH some projects" day.

Painting supplies

I spent some time today at Home Depot and Lowes.

It was better than shopping for clothes!

Now if the weather would just cooperate and get cooler I could get busy painting furniture.

I got this cute little butterfly stamp and more fun stuff at Wal-Mart. I finally got some letter stencils... I've got plans for those.

Love these FREE paint brochures.  So many pretty colors. Isn't the butterfly beautiful?

Can't wait to use all this!

Bargain of the day!  Oops paint.
.50 cents each. I snatched up all of them as soon as I saw them!!
Look at that red.

Not sure what I'm going to use this on. I'll find something. 

Remember this table?

I'm thinking now that I want to paint it white....

with these cans!

I love paint supplies.

It's my new favorite thing.