Staying busy this rainy summer

Don't you just love those Aha moments when something comes together perfectly. I had one of those just last night. But let me back up a minute...

The other day I was at the thrift store and I kept eyeing this strange child's lamp that is definitely not my style, but I knew it was begging for help. So I asked the lady how much it was and she said $2! Can't beat that, so I grabbed it and it was all mine...for what reason I didn't know.

Coming back to last night, a friend called and said I was invited to a babyshower for a girl I barely know but who LOVES horses. That's when the AHA Moment struck.




I really liked it and thought it was classier than before but my husband said it looks like a poodle. Completely ruined my enthusiasm... oh well. What do you think?
If you are still with me after the poodle/horse experience then I hope you will love these milkglass lamps as much as I do! I found them for 5 dollars each at the thrift store.

Notice the tacky brass and wood!

Ahh so much better. I just used Hammered metal Bronze spraypaint from Wal-Mart.

Here they are in my bedroom. Please excuse the poor lighting. Total these ran me around $50 after the spray paint and lampshades. But I found a comparable lamp on ebay for $80 and that was for ONE! Gotta love the thrift store!

Thanks for looking!!

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DIY Day at Kimba's

It's Diy day over at Kimba's. Go check it out for all the exciting projects! I know I'll be up late tonight checking out whose idea to steal and copy!!

Some of you may remember the $5 dollar yardsale chair I found a few months back. It had pretty bones but needed some kind of POP!

Look at those beautiful spindle legs. I'm in love and for 5 bucks you can't beat it!

So the first thing I did was apply white primer to her. I know, white primer, but it's all I had. I hated it! I was so frustrated that I started scrubbing furiously with sandpaper....lo and behold...this is what you all call "distressing!" I loved it!! The next thing I decided was that I was too lazy to buy material if it was just going to sit on my porch and hold a flower, but with a little more thought, I thought, why not this...make it into its own flower holding thingy migger.

And after 3 months of patient (okay not so patient) waiting, this is what I have now. I think she is beautiful and I can't wait until all the flowers bloom!!! LOVE

One last before and after...

Dresser Drawer Repurpose!

I saw this wonderful repurposed drawer over at Cottage Charm and Family Inspiration and knew I had the perfect drawer to copy with. Doesn't it look awesome, especially with those beautiful glass knobs. Thank you Clara and Marcela!!

Here is my version...

I love it. I used ABC stickers, primed them and the drawer and spray painted it with Rustoleum Heirloom White. I covered the inside with scrapbooking paper.

This will eventually end up in my son's room because of the alphabet stickers but for now I want to enjoy it! Hope this inspires you as well!

PS I saw the stickers idea on a post where they were placed on a mudroom chair. If anyone knows about that post please let me know and I'll link it to this one. Thank you!

Thursdays are DIY days over at Kimba's. Check it out!

Thrify fun and fun projects

Once again it's time for some thrifty fun over at Rhonda's place. This week I have been on a strict strict budget and only had 1 DOLLAR!

I told my hubby I was going to see how many things I could get for 10 cents!!

ha ha :0)

He really does think I'm obsessed.

Well anyways, around 1130 am (WAY TOO LATE FOR YARDSALE-ING) I got together with my dear friend for lunch and as soon as I hopped in her car, she threw the yard sale list and said which one?!

So me and my dollar said "okay!"

I never thoughts we'd find anything

but I found this.... for $5

(on loan from my dear friend) until I get paid this week...anyways...

I COULD NOT believe this little beauty hadn't been sold. But the lady wanted $8 (a bit much) so I think people were not willing to pay for it. Anyways, I snapped it up, then waved a 5 dollar bill at her and she snapped IT up! :-0) Now it fits perfectly on my little shelf.

Oh and I have to show off my thrift store find from Wednesday!

I brought this home and told my husband I had gotten it for him and acted really offended when he didn't like it.
In reality I had gotten it for him, but with, obvious, other purposes in mind.

Anyways those didn't pan out so I turned it into this...

a silhoutte of my son. I kinda like it!

Surprises in the Mail

My aunt Phoebe is near and dear to me and today she sent me a wonderful box full whimsical lovely birds.

I love birds!!

Enjoy the pics. of my newest additions!

My lovely bird atop a shelf I'm not sure I love....hummm

Should the owl go here...

or here...?

(ok, I just wanted to show off my awesome vintage "coool it" fan)

Thanks for stopping by!!

Party Time with Red, White + Blue

Etsy Cottage Style is having a fun party to highlight what all you bloggers have been working on. So go join the fun if you have something you'd like to share!

I'm going to share my version of our dear ol' flag. I was inspired by this blog post.

I really wanted some cute flags for my flower pots but didn't have any but I did have scrape material. These are so easy to make and I think pretty cute! Hope you like them!!

Yard Sale Finds Party at Southern Hospitality

Rhonda is having her weekly yard sale party at Southern hospitality and she has great taste. Be sure to visit her, if you haven't done so before.

This week was a bit lacking in the "GREAT" yard sales but I still managed to find some keepers. First up is a hobnail lamp that had a much too large shade that WOULDN'T come off!!! ugggghhh. So, frustrated as I was...I took my straight edge and just cut some of that sucker off! So then I needed to hide the ragged edges... What do you think? I think it turned out pretty darn cute!!

Next up is a wreath and letter that I found at the Salvation Army. I have been on the look out for either a wooden letter "W" or a metal one. The walmart in our town quit selling the large wooden letters, so I squeaked with delight when I saw this at the thrift store. I just spraypainted the "W" with my handy dandy hammered metal bronze spray paint and glued on some ribbon. LOVE IT!!
75 cents total can't beat it!








And last but certainly not least is my FAVORITE find of the day!! Two cute cute cute cream pitchers ($1 each). I love to use them to serve salad dressings in for a nice dinner. Also they would be so cute with flowers in them and placed at each dinner plate! Cant wait to try it! Oh and the ribbon cake stand ($5).